About these scholarships
We have two different types of sports scholarships:
Elite athletes / Elite disabled athletes scholarships
These are for students who have reached a national level of competition or performance and have the potential and dedication to reach world-class performance level.
Talented sports performers scholarship
These are for students who have represented their sport at national or regional level or who are able to demonstrate that they have the potential to compete at these levels.
Elite athletes / elite disabled athletes
- Free access to the university sport facilities
- Financial support (up to £1000 for the academic year)
- Performance T-shirt
- Access to workshops (nutrition, fitness training, technique analysis and sports psychology)
- Strength and Conditioning support
- Sport Science support
- Physical Performance testing
- Reduced rate access to physiotherapy support
- Reduced rate access to sport massage treatments
- A mentor to help with lifestyle management
- Access to University of Brighton sports coaches (where available)
- Links to external clubs through our extensive partnership network
Who is eligible to apply?
- You should have reached a junior or senior national level of competition or performance and have the potential and dedication to reach world-class performance level (or equivalent) in your sport.
- You should have been accepted on a University of Brighton course or be a current student of the university, or a directly funded course at a partner college.
Talented sports performers
- Free access to the university sport facilities
- Financial support (up to £500 for the academic year)
- Performance T-shirt
- Access to workshops (nutrition, fitness training, technique analysis and sports psychology)
- Strength and Conditioning support
- Sport Science support
- Physical Performance testing
- Reduced rate access to physiotherapy support
- Reduced rate access to sport massage treatments
- A mentor to help with lifestyle management
- Access to University of Brighton sports coaches (where available)
- Links to external clubs through our extensive partnership network
Who is eligible to apply?
- You should have represented your sport at national or regional level or be able to demonstrate that you have the potential to compete at these levels (please note county representation is not a sufficient standard).
- You should have been accepted on to a University of Brighton course or be a current student of the university.