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Scott Trust Bursary
Six bursaries to help aspiring journalists break into the media.
Applications for our 2025 bursaries will be open from Monday 3rd February until 5pm Monday 24th March 2025.
To see if you are eligible to apply, please check our FAQ’s page.
The Guardian Foundation is this year offering six bursaries for aspiring journalists to study for an MA in journalism. The primary aim of these bursary awards is to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the qualifications needed to pursue a career in journalism, and who come from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the media. In particular those from a lower socio-economic background, Black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+ and people with a disability. As such we will only accept applications from candidates who meet one or more of these criteria.
About the bursaries
The bursaries pay all course tuition fees and provide a subsistence allowance of £6,741 minimum towards living expenses. In addition, candidates take part in up to six weeks of work placement at Guardian News & Media and are paired with a Guardian mentor.
The opportunity also provides the possibility of a paid fixed-term contract at the Guardian, following the successful completion of the scheme.
Past beneficiaries of the bursary awards have gone on to successful careers at a variety of media organisations, including the Guardian.
Eminent Guardian journalists who have benefitted from this scheme include Gary Younge, Pippa Crerar, Homa Khaleeli, Tania Branigan, Poppy Noor and Lanre Bakare.
