Somewhere MBA LGBT+ Scholarship

Overview

The Business School will offer one MBA/EMBA LGBT+ Scholarship with the value of £10,000 to a candidate who is committed to making a difference to the LGBT+ community especially within the business environment.

In addition, Somewhere (a social enterprise whose mission is to increase the visibility and representation of the LGBT+ community in business) will offer the successful candidate mentoring.

MBA LGBT+ Scholarships will be awarded to a candidate who:

• Can demonstrate their commitment to the LGBT+ community through previous action and support either within the business setting specifically or in a wider sense through LGBT+ action.

• Continue to aspire to make a difference for the LGBT+ community through their future personal and career goals

• Has sound academic credentials.

Eligibility

You can only apply for the scholarship once you have received an offer (conditional or unconditional) to join one of the eligible programmes and have either firmly accepted the offer or be intending to do so. The scholarship selection panel can only consider your application if you hold an active offer throughout your scholarship application process (meaning if your offer is declined at any point up until the scholarship decision deadline you will no longer be eligible).

You will not be eligible for this scholarship if:

• You are fully sponsored by your employer.

• You are in receipt of a full scholarship.

• You have already accepted a scholarship from the University of Edinburgh Business School.