{"id":41191,"date":"2024-05-14T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?page_id=41191"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:25:41","slug":"rhs-masters-scholarships-eligiblity-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/rhs-masters-scholarships-eligiblity-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"RHS Masters Scholarships &#8211; Eligibility Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-46681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1522\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42.png 1522w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42-200x108.png 200w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/01074659\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-07.45.42-624x336.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1522px) 100vw, 1522px\" \/>\n<p>To be successful, applicants to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/research_funding\/postgraduate-research-funding\/masters-scholarships\/\">RHS Masters&#8217; Scholarship Programme<\/a> must:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>be accepted onto a Masters\u2019 course<\/strong> at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the UK or Northern Ireland. Conditional offers are acceptable at application; however, release of funds is contingent upon confirmation of formal acceptance<\/li>\n<li><strong>have an undergraduate degree from an HEI in UK or the Republic of Ireland<\/strong> (although this need not necessarily be in History)<\/li>\n<li>have been in receipt of a full <strong>Maintenance Grant<\/strong>, or other <strong>means-tested and non-repayable financial support<\/strong>, for their undergraduate studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Maintenance<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Loans, or other repayable financial support schemes are not acceptable as evidence of your meeting this criterion.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stage One applications that meet the following criteria may be made via the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistorical.smapply.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Society&#8217;s applications platform<\/strong><\/a> before the closing date of <strong>11:59PM on Friday 6 June 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Examples of acceptable schemes include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/student-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Finance England<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintenance Grants<\/li>\n<li>University and College Hardship Funds<\/li>\n<li>Disabled Student Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Childcare Grant<\/li>\n<li>Adult Dependants Grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From <a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saas.gov.uk\/full-time\/undergraduates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAAS Bursary<\/li>\n<li>SAAS Estranged Students Bursary<\/li>\n<li>SAAS Care Experienced Student Tuition Fees Grant<\/li>\n<li>SAAS Care Experienced Student Bursary<\/li>\n<li>Disabled Student Allowance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentfinancewales.co.uk\/undergraduate-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Finance Wales (SFW)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SFW Grant<\/li>\n<li>SFW Special Support Grant<\/li>\n<li>Disabled Student Allowance<\/li>\n<li>SFW Childcare Grant<\/li>\n<li>SFW Adult Dependants Grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentfinanceni.co.uk\/\">Student Finance Northern Ireland<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintenance Grant<\/li>\n<li>Special Support Grant<\/li>\n<li>Disabled Student Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Childcare Grant<\/li>\n<li>Adult Dependants Grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Equivalent Grants from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.je\/Working\/SkillsCareersHigherEducation\/StudentFinance\/Pages\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jersey Student Finance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.gg\/studentfinance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guernsey Student Finance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.im\/student-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle of Man Student Awards<\/a> are acceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other <strong>non-repayable<\/strong> support grants are also acceptable, however applicants using this as evidence of eligibility are asked to supply information on the grant during the Stage One application process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Applications without evidence of this support will be disqualified.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Applicants <span style=\"color: #800000;\">must<\/span> also meet <span style=\"color: #800000;\">one or more<\/span> of the following requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>have participated in an access scheme, foundation year, or widening participation scheme<\/li>\n<li>have previously been eligible for free school meals<\/li>\n<li>be the first in their family to attend Higher Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To discuss the scheme, the eligibility considerations and the application process itself, please submit your query to <strong><a href=\"mailto:administration@royalhistsoc.org\">administration@royalhistsoc.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that there may be a delay in response of up to two working days. Queries sent less than one working day before the related deadline may not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are therefore encouraged to ensure any questions are submitted in sufficient time to receive a response and for the application to be submitted by the deadline. <strong>Extensions to the deadline may not be granted due to outstanding support requests submitted within two days of the deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be successful, applicants to the RHS Masters&#8217; Scholarship Programme must: be accepted onto a Masters\u2019 course at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in the UK or Northern Ireland. Conditional offers are acceptable at application; however, release of funds is contingent upon confirmation of formal acceptance have an undergraduate degree from an HEI in UK <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/rhs-masters-scholarships-eligiblity-criteria\/\">&#8230;Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22939,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22939"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41191"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48146,"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41191\/revisions\/48146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}