Eligibility

• A young person of school age, whose parents were living in Aberfan at the time of the disaster, or if there is no suitably qualified applicant, to a person of school age living in Merthyr Tydfil.
• In both of the above cases, the order of preference shall be:
  a) Applicants who propose to enter Cardiff University, as first year undergraduate students.
  b) Applicants who propose to enter any other Welsh university as first year undergraduate students.

Additional Information

• The value of the Scholarship shall be approximately £1,500 per annum, subject to available funds
• This amount may be divided between two or more suitably qualified applicants.
• The Scholarship will be tenable for up to three years, proportionate and subject to available funds.