Ashfords Scholarship

Scholarships for postgraduate marine-related courses at the Â鶹´«Ã½
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The Marine Institute has secured funding to support scholarships to enable current final year undergraduate students to continue their education at the University via a marine-related postgraduate masters-level programme.
This scheme has been made possible via a generous donation from , with a key aim of helping to retain talented students in the region.

2026 Scholarships

Up to two scholarships of £1,000 each are available to students who are offered a place on one of our marine-related postgraduate masters-level programmes starting in September 2026.
It is a precondition of the award that successful applicants will conduct a marine-themed dissertation as part of their studies.
To be eligible you must:
  1. be in the final year of study on an undergraduate course at the Â鶹´«Ã½; and
  2. at the time of submitting your Scholarship application, have already applied for a marine-related postgraduate masters-level programme at the Â鶹´«Ã½ commencing in September 2026 (see list of suggested courses below).
Applicants will be judged primarily on the basis of their undergraduate academic performance, but shortlisting will also consider a personal statement indicating why you wish to take the postgraduate programme you have selected and how this choice fits with your longer-term career or personal objectives.

How to apply

Applications should be submitted to marineinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk no later than Friday 29 May 2026.
Please include:
  • your full name;
  • student number;
  • current undergraduate course of study;
  • chosen masters-level programme;
  • personal statement – please indicate in no more than 300 words why you wish to take the postgraduate programme you have selected and how this choice fits in to your longer-term career or personal objectives.

Previous Scholarship winners

2025

  • Ruby Atkins

2024

  • Ethan Quah

2023

  • Storm McClements
  • Constance Little
  • Cerys Rimmer

2022

  • Caroline Millan
  • Janine Douglas
  • Maizie Edwards

2021

  • Jennifer Hickman
  • Miriam Daughtery

2020

  • Cecily Eaton
  • Erin Browne

Ashfords Final Year Project Prize

If you are interested in the Ashfords Scholarship, you may also be interested in applying for the Marine Institute Final Year Project Prize – first prize £300, second prize £150.
The prize is open to current undergraduate students whose final year research project relates to the marine sector.
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