Navigation BUNAC WebsiteBUNACScholarships & Awards The 2015 BEST Scholarships are now closed for applications. The 2016 BEST Scholarships will open for applications in December 2015. The BEST (BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust) scholarships offer financial assistance to eligible applicants who are looking to undertake postgraduate study in the USA or Canada. They are funded by the BEST Scholarship Trust which is an independent trust administered by BUNAC on behalf of the BEST trustees. Candidates must: Be UK passport holder Be currently, or have been engaged in full-time tertiary education at a university or college of higher education in the United Kingdom Have already applied for, but not yet started a post-graduate course in the US or Canada. The postgraduate qualification must be awarded by a US or Canadian institution Not be permanent employees of BUNAC Travel Services Ltd. At the judging stage, preference is given to those whose proposed study in North America is likely to do most to further transatlantic understanding and/or to those who are required to go to the US or Canada to do a specific course. A number of scholarships are awarded each year from a fund of £50,000 allocated for the BEST Scholarships. Included in this, are the sums of £4,000 available as the Christopher J. Harbour Memorial Scholarship to a candidate looking to do sports-related studies and £2,000 as the John S. Ball Award to a candidate looking to pursue a teaching or geography-related career. The individual amounts awarded vary but a typical award is in the region of approximately £5,000 - £10,000. The BEST Scholarships are top-up funds, not the prime source of funding and candidates should be actively looking to secure funding from other sources while in the process of applying to BEST. Candidates cannot already be engaged in their course of study in North America at the time of application although they should be looking to apply to courses in their chosen field. Awarding of scholarships is at the sole discretion of the BEST interview panel. As well as completing the online application form, you are also required to provide two references. Once of these should be a personal reference and one should be an academic reference on the official reference forms: Personal reference form Academic reference form The closing date for complete 2015 applications is 31st March 2015. We must receive both your application form and 2 references by this date. The Fulbright Commission offers scholarships for academic work in any subject, at any accredited US university. Each year, awards are given to approximately 25 UK citizens studying at postgraduate-level. The Fulbright awards offer scholars the opportunity to have a transformative cultural and academic experience and provide unparalleled support both during and after their Fulbright year. In addition to the all-disciplines category, Fullbright also offer subject-specific awards in partnership with UK and US institutions in fields such as public affairs, journalism, law, finance and information science. For more information please head to the Fulbright website. Introduced in honour of Howard Crew, General Secretary of the British Universities North America Club for 25 years, the Howard Crew Scholarships are for those wishing to apply to a BUNAC work exchange programme to North America. Our 2014 'Win a place on Work America' and our 2015 'Win a BUNAC Travel Internship' were funded by the Howard Crew scholarships. For further information on the BEST Scholarships and the Howard Crew Awards and Scholarships please call the London BUNAC office on 033 3999 7516. 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