Winning Students 100 Scholarships Awarded to Talented Edinburgh Athletes

33 talented athletes from The University of Edinburgh have been awarded scholarships following the launch of the  Winning Students 100 scholarship programme this week.

The programme which is funded by Sport Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council aims to support student athletes along their performance pathways, enhancing international levels of success and helping student athletes balance their studies with high performance training and competition.

106 scholarships have been awarded for 2023/24 across 28 different sports and 21 universities and colleges. Amongst the 33 athletes from The University of Edinburgh (the largest cohort from any university) who have been awarded grants are Commonwealth gold medallist, Grace Reid (Diving) and U23 European 10,000m record holder, Megan Keith (athletics). Keith, who won the U23 European Cross Country by a record margin before her record-breaking efforts at the Valencia 10K in January, is one of Scottish athletics’ leading prospects and a prime example of a world-class student athlete pursuing excellence in and out of the classroom.

Commenting on the impact of the Winning Students 100 on her sporting and academic endeavours, the University of Edinburgh, Applied Sport Science student, said:

“I really appreciate the generous support from Winning Students 100 for the upcoming year. In what is looking like an exciting year of competitions, the scholarship will help fund the travel required to train and compete to the best of my ability”

List of Edinburgh University Winning Students 100 supported athletes 2023/24:

List of Edinburgh University Winning Students awardees continuing from 2022/23:

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