Vertical Aerospace Black Engineering Scholarship

Up to six awards of £3,500 are available. The payments will be £2,000 in the first year and £750 in the second and third years. We also offer up to £1,000 of funding support for employability opportunities such as internships, placements or summer research programmes.

Successful applicants will be enrolled on the Futures Scholarship programme. You will be supported by the Futures Scholarship Coordinator to access career guidance and advice on University opportunities for personal and professional development. Recipients are expected to come to meetings with relevant University team members.

These awards are funded by donations from Vertical Aerospace. Vertical Aerospace may offer the scholarship recipients:

• site visits
• technical mentoring and opportunities to link in with those who have completed similar programmes
• future internship placements.

Eligibility

You can apply if you:

would describe you ethnicity as one of the following:

Black African

Black Caribbean

Black Other

Mixed – White and Black Caribbean

Mixed – White and Black African

Other mixed background (to include Black African, Black Caribbean or Black Other)

are a UK applicant for full-time undergraduate stud

have an offer (or are awaiting a decision) to study for an engineering undergraduate degree

can demonstrate financial need.