Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Grants for postgraduate study 2025

Are you a UK resident pursuing a full-time postgraduate degree and connected to the grocery, pharmacy, or commercial travel trades? The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust offers bursaries of up to £5,000 per year to help cover tuition, living costs, or study equipment for students in financial need. Applications are open until 1 September 2025, and funds are paid through your university.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineSeptember 1, 2025
• Value£5,000
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorLeverhulme Trade
• Eligible CountryUnited Kingdom

Benefits

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust offers a bursary of up to £5,000 per year to support full-time UK postgraduate students in financial need, helping them cover tuition fees, living expenses, and other study-related costs.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply, you need to be:

• a resident of the United Kingdom;
• studying for a full-time postgraduate degree at a recognised UK university;
• the child, spouse, widow, widower or personally employed as a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer, and;
• in ‘financial need’.

Before applying, you should check that you are eligible by reading the detailed guidance on eligibility.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

• Visit the Grant Application System
• Log in or create an account
• Complete the online form, providing personal details, course information, financial circumstances, and your connection to the relevant trade.
• Make sure to submit your completed application by 5 PM on 1 September 2025. Late submissions will not be considered.

For more details, visit Leverhulme Trust Scholarship webpage