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Genesys Life Sciences Scholarship

Applications are closed and will reopen in August 2025.

The University of Liverpool and Genesys Legacy Project Ltd are pleased to offer a competitive scholarship to support undergraduate Biosciences students from socio-economically underrepresented backgrounds. Applicants will need to be ordinarily resident in the UK and undertaking an undergraduate programme starting in the academic year 2025/26.

Genesys Legacy Project Ltd is a charity founded by Liverpool Alumni, working to achieve a range of goals including the advancement of scientific knowledge in the UK. The Genesys Life Sciences Scholarship supports them in this goal by providing an award to a future Life Scientist.

The award

This scholarship will provide a maintenance stipend of £4,500 for three years of your course. Two awards are available for 2025/26.

You can combine this scholarship with other applicable University of Liverpool widening participation bursaries.

Depending on your circumstances, you may receive one of the following:

  • The Liverpool Bursary
  • The Liverpool Scholars Award
  • The Realising Opportunities Award
  • The North Liverpool Academy Scholarship
  • The Liverpool Life Sciences UTC Scholarship
  • The Care Leavers Opportunity Bursary.

Additionally, if you are eligible then you can be assessed for one of the following awards:

  • The Young Adult Carers Bursary
  • The Estranged Student Bursary.

Eligibility criteria

You must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for a scholarship:

  1. Be studying in Year 0 or Year 1 of a full-time undergraduate degree programme at the University of Liverpool, commencing study in the 2025/26 academic year.
  2. Be studying a programme within the University of Liverpool School of Biosciences.
  3. Come from a home where neither parent attended university in the UK or abroad. If one or more parent is currently studying for their first degree or graduated from their first degree within the last five years, you will be considered eligible under this criteria.
  4. Have been assessed for fee status as a ‘home’ student, or expect to be assessed as a ‘home’ student.
  5. Have a household income of less than £25,000 per annum.
  6. Have made an application to Student Finance England. We will seek confirmation that you will be in receipt of full financial support for the 2025/26 academic year. Please ensure you have given consent to share your information with the University, as this will be used to determine eligibility.
  7. We will also look at where you live (postcode) and other measures of educational challenges, often referred to as socio-economic metrics. Further information on widening access and contextual admissions at the University of Liverpool and how we assess candidates.

You won't be eligible if you:

  • Transfer to Liverpool from another UK University. We can only accept applications from students beginning a new course at Liverpool
  • Already hold a degree or equivalent higher level qualification.

Please carefully check your eligibility before completing the application form. Awards may be withdrawn if we later become aware that successful applicants have not met the eligibility criteria or have provided false information.

How to apply

Applications are made via the online Widening Participation Scholarships Application Form, which will be available in August 2025.

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Please note, there is one application form covering the following scholarships: ROLABOTIC, Nolan, Genesys Life Sciences or Technetix Broadhurst Engineering Scholarships. You do not need to apply for each scholarship separately.

The scholarship is competitive and you should attempt to complete your application to the very highest standard if you wish to be seriously considered. 

Completing your application

To help us get to know you, we will ask you for two short personal statements of up to 4,000 characters. Statement one asks you:

  • Why the scholarship would be beneficial to your studies
  • What achievements, academically and personally, are you most proud of? This could include overcoming a challenging personal circumstance. There is no right or wrong answer, we are keen to hear your personal story

Statement two asks:

  • What areas of life sciences are you particularly interested in?
  • What extra-curriculars, or experiences outside your school/college study have you taken part in, related to life sciences?
  • How your education would be of future benefit to the life sciences community, or society as a whole?

You may wish to write your statements in Word or another software in advance of completing this form and copy it over.

We will also ask for your personal details, including your full name, University student ID number, home address, programme of study, name of the school or college you previously attended and your email address. We will ask you to confirm that:

  • You have applied, been assessed for and expect to be in receipt of the maximum level of support from the Government through Student Finance England, for tuition fees and maintenance loans, and you have provided consent to share your information with the University.
  • This is your first undergraduate degree programme and you have not started a degree programme previously

Closing date

Applications will close in October 2025. The exact date will be shared in August 2025 when applications reopen.

Decisions

A panel of representatives from the University of Liverpool will assess applications before making a final decision. 

  • If you applied in academic year 2024/25, you will be notified of the outcome of your application in December 2024.
  • If you applied in academic year 2025/26, you will be notified of the outcome of your application in December 2025.

Enquiries

If you have questions about the award or how to apply, please contact wpscholarships@liverpool.ac.uk.