Winning Students

Scotland’s Student Sports Scholarships

Winning Students is Scotland's sports scholarship programme supporting students competing in high performance sport.

In member colleges and universities across Scotland, some of the most talented young athletes - including Olympians, Commonwealth competitors and senior internationalists - are combining their studies and their sport.

Across core sports and through Individual Scholarships, the scholarships now support more than 150 student athletes.

How to Apply

To be considered for a Winning Students sports scholarship, students and prospective students should meet general, education and sport-specific criteria.

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Winning Student Highlights

Sporting students at college or university in Scotland can apply before 31 March for funding support.

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It’s proving tough to keep up with Laura Muir in 2014. Already selected for Team Scotland for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, you could be forgiven for thinking she might take her foot off the pedal.

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A Chemical Engineering student has swapped his Bunsen burner for a set of skis and qualified for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Gifted Scottish swimmer Ross Murdoch picked up a brace of breaststroke golds at the Arena Grand Prix in Texas as he enjoyed a strong start to his biggest year yet.

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Hope Gordon “Without the support of Winning Students I wouldn’t be able to stay in Stirling and train at the National Swimming Academy. It helps to pay for accommodation, training fees and competition fees. The scholarship has been really supportive and I really appreciate that.”

Hope Gordon, Disability Swimmer

Forth Valley College