Key information

  • Value: up to £4,500 per year
  • Study Level: Undergraduate and Postgraduate
  • Study Mode: Part-time, Full-time

About this opportunity

Applications for 2026/27 will open in late August 2026.

Our Individual Performance Sport Scholarships support Ulster's most talented student-athletes in excelling both academically and athletically.  These scholarships provide funding for competition travel, equipment, training resources, and other essential elements needed to achieve top rankings in their sport.

Additionally, recipients benefit from personalised mentoring, academic support, and access to state-of-the-art training facilities, ensuring a well-rounded development experience.

This scholarship opportunity is jointly funded by Ulster University Sport and the Development and Alumni Relations Office.

Applications for the Sports Scholarships will open in August 2026.

If you have any queries regarding this award, you can post your question to a.moffitt@ulster.ac.uk allowing two full working days for a response.

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Eligibility criteria

As part of our Performance Sport Programme, Ulster University Sport is delighted to be able to offer individual Ulster University-registered student athletes the opportunity to apply for a Performance Sport Scholarship or High-Performance Sport Scholarship.  The eligibility criteria to apply for each are as follows:

Performance Sport Scholarship

A student with senior representative honours at county, provincial, or national level in line with the competitive structure of their sport and / or who is part of their governing body performance development programme (or equivalent) where such a structure exists.

High-Performance Sport Scholarship

A student in receipt of a Sport Northern Ireland Athlete Award (or equivalent), who is a Carded Athlete under the Sport Ireland International Carding Scheme or in receipt of an Athlete Performance Award from UK Sport.

A student representing Northern Ireland, Ireland, or Great Britain at senior international level in a sport with a Sport Northern Ireland, Sport Ireland, or UK Sport-recognised governing body (NGB).  Or, as an international student, they represent their own country at senior international level (or equivalent) in a sport recognised by a body comparable to a NGB in that country.

N.B.

  • Applicants must compete in a sport that has a National Governing Body recognised by Student Sport Ireland (SSI), British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS), and / or Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU).
  • Applicants will be expected to be a member of the relevant Ulster University student sport club.
  • Student athletes from our Performance Team sports including Men’s Basketball, Men’s and Ladies Gaelic Football, Golf and Women’s Hockey, are not eligible to apply for an Individual Sport Scholarship as they have a sport specific system of Scholarship support in place.
  • All successful applicants will be required to attend the Sports Scholarship Awards Ceremony held in November on the Belfast campus.
  • This is a competitive process and meeting the eligibility criteria to apply does not guarantee the award of a Scholarship.
  • The maximum Sports Scholarship award value will be equivalent to the full-time home (NI / ROI) undergraduate tuition fee in the academic year of application.