The Clinton Scholarship Fund
Access funding to study in the USA
The Clinton Scholarship Fund is designed to inspire and increase outward student mobility for undergraduate students from a Widening Participation background.
The Clinton Scholarship
The Clinton Scholarship Fund has been created to remove financial barriers for local students so they can undertake study opportunities in the USA during their degree at Queen’s. You can support this programme here.
Launched in April 2023 in honour of President Clinton and our Chancellor, Secretary Hillary Clinton, this Fund will help to ensure that international mobility programmes are more accessible to young people who, due to circumstances and not ability, would not have access to these opportunities otherwise.
It will enable students to experience study programmes ranging from a week to a year, broadening their horizons and raising aspirations, and to bring those experiences and learnings with them to wherever their future leads.
Find out more about the FundInformation on The Clinton Scholarship Fund
There are 2 strands:
Strand 1: The Clinton Scholarships
5 Scholarships of up to £12,000 (per semester) for a US Study exchange. The awards will cover travel, accommodation and subsistence costs. Awards will go to students who have successfully secured a semester or year abroad place at a US partner university.
Apply for strand 1 by 13 December 2024.
Strand 2: The Clinton Career Insights Programme
15 undergraduate students undertaking a US Career Development programme. The programme will include on campus workshops and a 7-day trip to a US city (Boston in 2025) where the students will meet with alumni and professionals.
The opportunity includes flights, accommodation, city transport and some of the meals throughout the trip.
The deadline for applications for strand 2 is 12 noon on 27 January 2025.
Eligibility
To be eligible you must
- Be a full-time degree registered undergraduate Queen’s student (Including integrated Masters degrees e.g. MSci or MEng)
- Be a year 1, 2 or a penultimate year student (Current Final year students are not eligible to apply)
- be 'ordinarily' a resident of Northern Ireland and qualify for NI Fee status
In addition, applicants must meet at least one of the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a participant on the Queen's Pathways Programme.
- Be a participant on the Queen's Senior Academy Programme.
- Have an annual household income of £25,000 or less.
- Care Experienced: Queen’s University define care experienced as any student who has been or is currently in care or from a looked after background for period of three months or more at any age.