Dr Lewis Miller Medical Scholarship

Essential Criteria

• You hold an offer for the UU MBBS course

  You meet this criterion if you hold a Conditional Firm (CF) offer for the MBBS course starting in August 2022.

  You do not need to submit evidence, the School of Medicine will confirm you meet this criterion.

• You are eligible for Northern Ireland tuition fee status

  You meet this criterion if:

  • you are eligible for NI fee status

  You do not need to submit evidence, the School of Medicine will confirm you meet this criterion

• A resident of Northern Ireland

  You meet this criterion if, at the start of the MBBS programme in August 2022, you:

  • hold Northern Ireland (NI) residency status

  Proof of address

  You can provide evidence of your home address by providing a letter that includes your name and address such as:

  • utility bill
  • bank statement
  • rent/mortgage statement
  • driving licence
  • payslip
  • NHS card
  • benefits letter.

  If you have settled status, please also provide evidence of this and further details.

• You experience financial barriers or have a low household income at the point of entry to the course

Additional Criteria

Additional consideration will be given to those who meet any of the following criteria:

• You are the main carer for a family member or dependent

  You meet this criterion if:

  • you are a carer who provides unpaid care to a family member who could not cope without their support due to, for example, illness, disability, a mental health issue, or substance misuse
  • you are someone who is the sole carer/provider for dependent children

  Please provide any evidence you have to support your application. However, we understand if is not possible.

• You have been placed in care

  You meet this criterion if you have experience of being placed in care (fostering/adopted/care home or other supported residential care).

  This includes individuals who have lived in public care or as a looked-after child, including placements with foster carers under local authority care or kinship care, in a residential children's home, or who have been adopted after being in care.

  Please provide the name and contact details of the relevant social worker.

• You are in receipt of disability or personal independence payments

  You meet this criterion if you are in receipt of disability living allowance/personal independence payments/other benefits.

  Please supply a photocopy of a recent (within last 3 months) disability living allowance or personal independence payments.

• You live in an area of high deprivation/low participation

  You meet this criterion if you currently live in a designated area of high deprivation/low participation. High deprivation is indicated with a score of 356 or less. Please see the evidence column for tools on how to check this.

  • For NI applicants please provide a link to the page showing your
    postcode and note the deprivation rank. Applicants can check eligibility using the NISRA postcode
    checker
• You went to a post-primary school with high deprivation

  You meet this criterion if you attended a post-primary school with high deprivation indicators.

  You must provide the name and address of your secondary school.

  • NI applicants can check if they attended a secondary school with a Free School Meal Entitlement of 50% or more