Sports Scholarships

Other eligibility requirements

A Coventry University Sport Scholarship could give you cash and support towards your sporting goals. This scheme offers you a support network enabling you to balance the demands of performance sport and academic study, helping you to achieve the highest level of success in both areas.

Our Sport Scholarships, worth up to £3000, provide both financial support (50% cash bursary) and a tailored range of support services including pre-season screening, physiotherapy, sports psychology, sports nutrition, strength and conditioning, performance analysis, mentoring, performance workshops and flexible study.

Level 1: this is for students at High County or National level, and consists of a total of £1500: £750 in cash and £750 towards support services.

Level 2 : for students at High National or International level we offer a total of £3000: £1500 in cash and £1500 towards support services.

Applicants must:

• be able to demonstrate excellence in their chosen sporting activity at national or international level;
• be willing and able to represent the University at a high level in that sport;
• be competing in a sport which is part of the BUCS Sport, Olympic Sports or Paralympic Students awarded the scholarship must sign a contract giving the University rights to use their image in perpetuity and request their presence at certain media events if required.