Armed Service Bereavement Scholarship

Overview

The aim of this scheme is to give the children of those who died in service and whose death was attributable to service, a scholarship to help cover some of the costs incurred in obtaining further education qualifications, university degree or higher level technical education.

The Scheme will provide a contribution towards the cost of a first undergraduate programme at a publicly-funded UK higher education institution for bereaved children of Servicemen/Women from the UK Armed Forces.

In the 2018 to 2019 academic year you can apply for up to:
- £1,500 for a further education course
- £9,250 for tuition fees and £4,950 for a Maintenance Grant for a higher education or higher level technical education course

Criteria

You can apply for help with the costs of further and higher education if all of the following are true: 

• One of your parents died as a result of their service in the armed forces 
• Your parent died on or after 1 January 1990 
• You’re 16 or over and in full-time education 
• You or a surviving parent receive bereavement benefits from the Armed Forces Compensation scheme, War Pension scheme or Armed Forces Attributable Benefits scheme
  
  For further information and criteria please visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afbss-form-1

Deadline

31 January 2019