2023: Wellcome Trust Scholarship | University of Bristol Law School

The LLM in Health, Law, and Society is a distinctive, master’s level degree that goes beyond traditional courses on healthcare law to look at the relationships between law, governance and health across society and governmental sectors. 

The Wellcome Trust’s aims with the scholarship scheme are to: 

• Improve students’ understanding of health through the humanities or social sciences 
• Prepare students for a career in health-related humanities or social science research 
• Build an influential and diverse population of talented researchers 

The scholarship will provide: 

• Payment of tuition fees at UK level 
• An annual stipend of £18,500 
• A research budget 

Eligibility: The scheme is open to students who pay UK fees. International fee-paying applicants are not eligible to apply for this scholarship scheme (details regarding postgraduate taught funding options for Law applicants can be found here). 

To apply for the Wellcome scholarship: On submitting your application to the LLM programme in Health, Law, and Society applicants must email an additional personal statement as a Word document or PDF to [email protected]. 

This statement should explain in no more than 500 words: 

• How the LLM in Health, Law, and Society fits the applicant’s career plans and ambitions; and 
• How the degree will help the applicant contribute to Wellcome’s aims with the funding scheme (as listed above). 

Deadline: To be eligible for a scholarship, applications must be received by 5pm on Friday 7 June, 2024. 

One scholarship is available to be awarded for the 2024-25 academic year. Selection criteria will account for applicants’ academic excellence, the aims of the degree programme, and the aims of the Wellcome Trust with this scholarship scheme. 

Decisions will be made by Friday 21 June 2024. The successful applicant will be required to communicate their acceptance of the scholarship by Friday 5 July, 2024. 

Further information

The LLM in Health, Law, and Society: Marking a clear evolution in the field of Law and Health, this distinctive master’s level degree goes beyond traditional courses on healthcare law. Looking at the relationships between law, governance, and health across society and governmental sectors, it open up diverse career opportunities in and out of law.

The Centre for Health, Law, and Society (CHLS) promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-sector perspectives on the impacts of law and governance on physical, mental and social wellbeing. Based within the University of Bristol Law School, the CHLS comprises leading scholars whose work focuses on wide-ranging practical areas from within and far beyond health care systems, including clinical medicine, reproductive care, mental health, social care, and public and global health.