The Hilda Marindale Educational Trust
The Hilda Marindale Educational Trust offers grants to female identifying British Nationals who are studying a course with the purposes of following a profession or career where women are underrepresented. Grants of up to £3,000 are offered. Please note, students who received an award from the trust the previous academic year are unable to apply for a second consecutive year.
Miss Hilda Martindale CBE (1875 - 1952), first established The Hilda Martindale Educational Trust in order to help ‘Women of the British Isles whose intention it is to fit themselves for some profession or career likely to be of use or value to the community’.
Today, the Trust is ran and administered by the Council of Royal Holloway, as part of the University of London. The Council is responsible for appointing Exhibition Trustees who make awards on behalf of the Trust.
The Trust offer awards of up to £3,000 for the period of one academic year. The Trust prefers courses that begin in September/October, at the beginning of the UK academic year, although exceptions can be made.
Applications for the Trust should be returned by 8th February, alongside:
- References from the first named referee on your application form
- First reference must be academic
- Second reference can be academic or character based and will be contacted if you are shortlisted
- A personal statement including:
- Your reasoning for choosing your career in which women are under represented
- Clear explanation using statistics and relevant data to show that women are under represented in your field of work and study
- Projected income and expenditure for the proposed academic year
- Should illustrate funding from the Trust will cover a deficit
Unfortunately, the Trust is unable to accept retrospective awards. Therefore, you must be a registered student in the year the funding is paid to you.
The Trust can only offer a limited number of awards each year. Consequently, please make sure that you and your course of study fit the eligibility criteria carefully before submitting an application.
