Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust

We’re recruiting! 👀 We are excited to be looking for a Treasurer to join us as a trustee - for more info, head to our website: stapleytrust.org/become-a-trust…

📣 We are now open for applications! We will close in 24 hours at 10am tomorrow, so please ensure you submit your application before then. stapleytrust.org

📣 Read all about it 📣 Our 2025 newsletter has been published - why not have a read: stapleytrust.wixsite.com/so/22PhhFo1q/c…

It's Trustees Week! A time to celebrate the achievements of nearly one million trustees across the UK 🎉 We're incredibly grateful to our trustees, who generously volunteer their time and expertise to ensure our charity can continue to support postgraduate students. Thank you!

🔔 We’re happy to share a new funding opportunity from another charitable organisation. 🔔 The Leslie Fitch Scholarship is for those intending to study a post-grad course in a medical or healthcare discipline. Applicants must be living within the Rother PCN catchment area. ⬇️

📣 We're recruiting! 📣 An exciting vacancy has opened to join our board of trustees. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of postgraduate education in the UK. You may even be a past grant recipient! To apply, please visit our website stapleytrust.org

It’s 16 June which means it’s Sussex Day! Sir Richard Stapley was born in Twineham, Sussex in 1842 and was educated at day school in Lewes. Happy Sussex Day!

Our trustees are busy reading the eligible applications for this year’s funding round - as ever, we are hugely impressed by the quality of the applications #postgrad #university #college #funding #charity

📣 Our annual grant round for the academic year 2025/26 has now closed. This is because we have received the maximum number of applications that we can consider this year. For more info, please see our website

We are now OPEN for applications! We can only accept the first 300 eligible applications for assessment, so head over to our website stapleytrust.org/applications

Happy New Year! 🥳 A reminder that we will open for applications at 9am on Monday 6 January. You may wish to see a mock-up of the application form on our website to help prepare your application: stapleytrust.org/applications

Hot off the press, our 2024 newsletter has been published! 📰 stapleytrust.org/_files/ugd/71d…

📣 A reminder that we open our next grant round for the academic year 2025/26 on 6 January 2025. Our website includes a mock-up of the application form to give you an idea of the process: stapleytrust.org/applications

We enjoy celebrating the successes of our alumni, and we were pleased to hear that Trust alumnus Audrey Borowski has had her D.Phil research at the University of Oxford published in a monograph 'Leibniz in his World'. Congratulations, Audrey! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Congratulations to Trust alumnus Dr James Ransom, whose research on African higher education institutions has been published as an open access book 🎉 You can read James’ work here africanminds.co.za/flagship-unive…

Happy #SussexDay! Our founder Sir Richard Stapley was born in Twineham, Sussex in 1842 and was educated at day school in Lewes. Below is the Arms of Sussex

As a small charity with limited funds, we're unable to help every student who applies for a grant from us. However, we're proud of our guide which details some alternative organisations who support students. Take a look and share! 🎓🚀⭐ stapleytrust.org/_files/ugd/71d…

🚨 We're recruiting! Are you looking to help improve access to postgraduate education? 🎓 We're seeking a new Trustee/Treasurer to help guide the Trust through an exciting period. Please download the information pack from our website to find out more: stapleytrust.org/become-a-trust…

#onthisday in 1919, the deed to establish the Trust was signed

📣 Our annual grant round for the academic year 2024/25 has closed. This is because we have received the maximum number of applications that we can consider this year. For information about other grant makers, please see our guide: stapleytrust.org/_files/ugd/71d…