Scholarships at University College London (UCL)

The Gabo Trust Scholarship supports those wishing to become contemporary art conservators specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture.

Key Information

Value: Half tuition fees for two years.

Available to: Students who have been offered a place on the MSc in the Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media at UCL East.

Selection criteria: Proven commitment and demonstrable interest in the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture; financial need.

Eligible fee status: Two scholarships are offered yearly for two years, one to a Home (UK and Ireland domicile only) student and one to an Overseas student.  

Eligible programme: MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media  

Application deadline: 23:59 BST, Monday 12 May 2025

The Gabo Trust Scholarship presents a unique opportunity, covering half the fees for one UK student and one Overseas Student, who has been offered a place on the two-year MSc in the Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media with a proven commitment and demonstrable interest in the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture.

The awards are offered based on:

• a proven commitment to the conservation of modern and contemporary scultpure and a desire to specialise in the conservation of modern and contemporary sculpture

• financial need.

Recipients will be required to write a short article for the Gabo Trust’s website on completion of their studies, describing the projects completed and how the Gabo Trust Scholarships have contributed.

Eligibility and selection

Students must meet all of the below criteria with no exceptions, with which a dedicated panel awards the scholarship:

• An offer to study on the UCL MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media programme in 2024-26.

• Financial need - UCL recognises the following as impactors of financial need: dependent children, disabilities, experience of care, receiving state benefits, forced migration (refugee, asylum seeker, those who have been granted a temporary form of leave as the result of an asylum or human rights application).

Value, benefits, and duration

• Four scholarships are available in the 2025/26 academic year. Two awards will be reserved for two existing second-year students in the MSc in the Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media. 

• The value of the scholarship is half the fees for one Overseas and one UK student currently in their second year for one year, and one overseas and one UK student who will be starting the two-year programme in 2024/25 for two years.

The scholarship application deadline will be 23:59 BST, Monday 12 May 2025.