Sponsorship for 2021/22

We offer a range of scholarships for UK and International students.

Besides the scholarships listed below, you may be eligible for other undergraduate funding.

Open opportunities

Bryan and Lydia Gray Scholarship

Thanks to a generous donation to the University, the Bryan and Lydia Gray Scholarship provides support to talented students who have the academic potential to study at York, and who have overcome significant barriers to their educational goals.

Funding: £3,000 per year, over three years of study (£9,000 in total)
Academic year: 2021/22
Open to: UK (home) students

Roy Fenton Scholarship

Thanks to a generous donation to the University, the Roy Fenton Scholarship provides support to talented students who have the academic potential to study at York, and who have overcome significant barriers to their educational goals.

Funding: £2,000 per year, over three years of study (£6,000 in total)
Academic year: 2021/22
Open to: UK (home) students

Chemistry Excellence scholarships

The Department is delighted to offer up to ten 'Chemistry Excellence' scholarships of £1,000 for overseas students.

Funding: £1,000
Academic year: 2021/22
Open to: International (including EU) students
Number available: 10

Other funding

Teaching pack 2014

Teaching package

We provide a Teaching package free of charge to all students starting on one of our Chemistry courses. The pack contains:

A laboratory coat
Safety spectacles
A full set of laboratory equipment
A free electronic copy of Chemistry3 (our year 1 recommended text)
A molecular model set to learn about molecular shape and bonding in organic and inorganic molecules
A Chemistry data book, which contains a selection of information including physical and chemical properties, mathematical data, units and constants
Electronic copies of handouts for all lecture courses in years 1-3
A series of detailed laboratory scripts are provided in advance of each of the practical courses.

Undergraduate prizes

Several prizes are awarded annually for the performance of our Chemistry undergraduates.

Prizes based on performance specific to the degree course

Whinfield Medal (MChem) for best performance overall on an MChem course
Whinfield Medal (BSc) for best performance overall on a BSc course
Margaret Bishop prize for best performance in the third year of the Chemistry, Resources and the Environment course
AstraZeneca prize (Examination) for the best examination performance in Year 2
AstraZeneca Prize (Practical) for the best performance on practical work in the core course in Year 2

Prizes based on performance not specific to the degree course

John Twycross Prize for an MChem student at York, relating to their personal development record, academic progress and future plans

Vacation placements

To help our students further their practical skills, and to develop their research interests, the Department typically offers a minimum of 12 paid placements for our Chemistry undergraduates to spend around six weeks over the summer vacation undertaking a research project supervised by an academic member of staff. Students can apply for these bursaries in the Spring Term of their first or second year. Two of the Departmental placements are supported with the award of the Tony Semlyen Research Bursary in recognition of the considerable contribution made by Dr Tony Semlyen to teaching and research in the Department.