Bracken Data Science Scholarship 2025/26

The scholarship will be open to two students in the 2025/26 academic year and is worth £5,000. Students must be studying a postgraduate course at the University of Liverpool in Data Science. Those on data science or coding courses may be given priority.

We are looking for students who are aspiring to careers using data and digital skills within the public sector, or within public missions, including health, renewable energy, or climate change.

Applicants must ordinarily reside in the UK and be commencing postgraduate study for the first time, in the academic year 2025/26.

If you are awarded the scholarship, you’ll also have the opportunity to be mentored by Mike Bracken.

Summary:

1. Application Deadline: October 24, 2025
2. Value: £5,000
3. Study Level: Postgraduate
4. Sponsor: University of Liverpool
5. Course to Study: Data Science or related digital/coding programmes
6. Eligible Country: United Kingdom

Eligibility Criteria for Bracken Data Science Scholarship 2025/26

Please check your eligibility before making an application for this scholarship. Awards may be withdrawn if we later become aware that successful students have not met the eligibility criteria or have provided false information.

Applicants must satisfy all of the following to be considered for this scholarship:

1. Permanently reside in the Liverpool City Region. This is defined as a student who attended secondary school and college in the Liverpool City Region (defined as the boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral, St. Helens, Runcorn and Sefton) and have applied for your undergraduate student finance from a postcode in the Liverpool City Region
2. Have accepted an offer of a place at the University of Liverpool for an eligible postgraduate course, to commence study in the 2025/26 academic year
3. This must be your first postgraduate degree, and you must not already hold an equivalent qualification
4. You must have made an application to Student Finance England for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan
5. You must have been assessed for fee status as a 'Home' student, or expect to be assessed as a 'Home' student.

We will also look at where you live (postcode) and other measures of educational challenges, often referred to as socioeconomic metrics. Further information on widening access and contextual admissions at the University of Liverpool and how we assess candidates.

Personal statement

To help us to get to know you, we will ask you for a personal statement of 4000 characters answering the following questions:

1. Why would the scholarship be beneficial to your studies? How would you use the scholarship to enhance your studies?
2. What are your academic and career goals, and how would the scholarship help you to achieve these goals?
3. How will your education and career provide future benefit to the Liverpool City Region?
4. What achievements, academically or personally, are you most proud of?

Benefits of Bracken Data Science Scholarship 2025/26

1. £5,000 financial award
2. Mentorship from Mike Bracken
3. Priority for students in Data Science or coding programmes

How to Apply

Applications are open now via our online application form.

Decisions

A panel of representatives from the University of Liverpool will assess applications and compile a shortlist of the strongest applications which will be reviewed by Mike Bracken.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in November 2025.

For more details, visit University of Liverpool Scholarship webpage

Application Deadline

October 24, 2025

Application Link(s)

• Apply for Bracken Data Science Scholarship 2025/26