Use this guide with the official instructions.

Programme prompts, limits and document rules always take priority over general advice.

Use a four-part structure

A reliable structure is: current direction, evidence of preparation, fit with the programme and intended impact. Give each paragraph one job.

  • Opening direction
  • Academic or professional evidence
  • Programme-specific fit
  • Future contribution

Replace adjectives with proof

Instead of calling yourself passionate, resilient or a leader, describe the choice you made, the difficulty you handled and the result. Let the reader reach the conclusion.

Keep the scholarship central

Show that you understand what the funder values. Connect your examples to that purpose without repeating slogans from the website.

Edit for clarity

Remove biography that does not support the application, generic praise and sentences that could be sent to another programme unchanged. Check the exact word or character limit before formatting.