Armed Forces Bereavement Scholarship Scheme

The Armed Forces Bereavement Scholarship Scheme aims to give the children of those who died in service and whose death was attributable to service, a scholarship to help cover some of the costs incurred in obtaining further education qualifications, university degree or higher level technical education. The Scheme will provide a contribution towards the cost of a first undergraduate programme at a publicly-funded UK higher education institution for bereaved children of Servicemen/Women from the UK Armed Forces. Applicants must be 16 or over and in full-time education, with one parent who died as a result of their service in the armed forces on or after 1 January 1990. The applicant or surviving parent must receive bereavement benefits from the Armed Forces Compensation scheme, War Pension scheme or Armed Forces Attributable Benefits scheme.