Merit-based funding
Funding that may depend on academic results, achievements or other features of an applicant’s profile.
01 / FUNDINGScholarships
Scholarships
and funding
Funding begins
with strategy.
The cost of a degree is not just the published tuition fees. Depending on the country, the university and the applicant’s profile, scholarships, grants, university funding or other ways of reducing tuition fees may be available.
We check the available options while programmes are still being chosen. Funding then becomes part of the strategy rather than a question that arises after an offer.
What are you looking for?
What genuinely improves your chances
How closely the applicant meets the conditions of the funding programme.
Whether the application is ready before the deadline, without a last-minute rush and without mistakes.
A complete and accurate set of supporting documents.
How convincingly you present your academic profile, your goals and your motivation.
Whether the funding application is consistent with the rest of the application to university.
Whether the forms, the online portal, the deadlines and the technical requirements have been checked before submission.
We work on every one of these factors.Systematic preparation is what makes a successful outcome more likely. It is not a promise of an award.
Do not apply where you do not meet the conditions
A common mistake is to spend time on applications that look attractive for the amount on offer but do not match the applicant’s profile.
Before any work on an application begins, we separate formal eligibility from assumptions and check the conditions against the programme’s own published materials.
01Citizenship
02Level of study
03Fit with the programme
04Academic requirements
05Financial criteria
06Residence requirements
07Additional conditions
08Application deadlines
09Required documents
First we check eligibility.
Then we prepare the application.
How well a funding opportunity fits your profile
Strong fit
Most of the key criteria match the applicant’s profile.
Possible fit
The opportunity exists, but it needs further checking or work on part of the application.
Weak fit
The conditions differ significantly from the applicant’s profile.
This is not a prediction of the outcome and not a probability expressed as a percentage. It is a way of setting priorities.
We do not promise an outcome. We help direct your effort to the applications that genuinely make sense.A strong application starts with documents in order
Academic documents
Degree certificates, transcripts, academic results and other supporting evidence.
Financial documents
Proof of income, evidence of financial circumstances or other supporting evidence, where a particular programme requires it.
Motivation
Written statements that explain the applicant’s goals and the case for funding.
Supporting materials
References, evidence of achievements, certificates and other materials.
Forms
Application forms and submission through online portals.
Meeting the criteria is not enough. You also have to show why
Where a scholarship application includes a written statement, listing achievements is not enough.
A coherent statement connects the facts of the profile with the chosen funding opportunity. It keeps to the applicant’s real story and does not replace it with an invented one.
01Academic path
02Goals
03Motivation
04Why this programme matters
05How the funding supports your development
Not longer.
More precise.We plan the structure, edit the drafts, check the detail and support the submission.
One missed deadline can rule an opportunity out entirely
01CHOOSING PROGRAMMES→
02FINDING FUNDING→
03CHECKING CONDITIONS→
04DOCUMENTS→
05APPLICATION→
06FINAL CHECK→
07SUBMISSION→
08RESULT
The cost of a programme is more than the tuition fees
PUBLISHED FEES
The published tuition fees.
→FEE REDUCTIONS
Partial tuition fee waivers or fee reductions, where a programme offers them.
→SCHOLARSHIP
The funding opportunities available.
→TOTAL COST
The actual financial picture once the available support is taken into account.
A more expensive university can sometimes turn out to be the more realistic one financially, once the available funding is taken into account.Each scenario is worked out only from the published terms of the programmes you have chosen.
Every country has its own funding system
01
EUROPE
A range of national, regional and university schemes.
Europe 02UNITED KINGDOM
University scholarships and a number of external funding opportunities.
United Kingdom 03UNITED STATES
Merit-based aid, need-based aid and other options set by the individual university.
United States 04CHINA
The government scholarship programme and the universities’ own scholarships.
China 05CANADA
Major awards requiring a school nomination, on deadlines that fall before the admission ones.
CanadaHow we help
We find the opportunities that fit
We check scholarships, grants, reductions in tuition fees and other forms of funding available for the programmes chosen.
We keep the relevant ones
We check eligibility against the conditions and decide which options are genuinely worth including in the strategy.
We build them into the calendar
We align funding deadlines with university application deadlines.
We prepare the documents
We explain the requirements, build a checklist and check that nothing is missing.
We strengthen the application
We help structure the case for funding and present the applicant’s strengths accurately.
We support the submission
We work through the submission, the forms and the steps that follow.
Not simply finding a scholarship.
Preparing an application that genuinely meets its conditions.
What we can and cannot control
- The awarding body’s decision
- The number of other applicants
- The internal priorities of the foundation
- The programme’s final budget
- The choice of opportunities
- Checking eligibility against the conditions
- Documents and positioning
- The statement of motivation
- Timing and the quality of the submission
- Avoiding technical mistakes
The decision rests with the awarding body.We strengthen everything that affects the quality of your application.
Why admissions support can improve your chances
Applying to more programmes does not by itself make an award more likely. What counts is the quality of the choice and of the preparation.
- Not missing funding opportunities that fit
- Not spending time on options that clearly do not fit
- Preparing documents in advance
- Eliminating technical mistakes
- Presenting your profile more strongly
- Meeting deadlines
- Connecting the funding application to the wider admissions strategy
We do not guarantee funding. Systematic preparation makes an application stronger, and it makes a successful outcome more likely than an unprepared or random submission does.
Questions about scholarships and funding
Practical answers on requirements, deadlines, documents and what EDMONT is actually responsible for.
In some countries, at some universities and in some situations, tuition fees can be substantially reduced or covered by funding. It depends on the particular programme and on the applicant’s profile.
No. The decision rests with the university, the foundation or whichever body provides the funding. We work on the quality of the application: strategy, document preparation and managing the process. That makes a successful outcome more likely.
It depends on the country, the university, the programme, your academic profile, your financial circumstances and other criteria. We check the available options for each applicant separately.
Not always. In some systems the funding application is tied to the application for admission; in others there is a separate procedure or a separate deadline. We check this in advance for every option.
In some merit-based funding programmes academic results can count for a great deal. The criteria differ from programme to programme, so there is no universal requirement for a grade average.
Sometimes, where a particular opportunity takes other criteria into account. It depends on the programme. We assess the profile as a whole.
It depends on the scholarship. Where a written statement is required, we help structure it and present the applicant’s case accurately.
For some kinds of need-based funding, yes. Other programmes may not ask for them. We check the exact list of documents in advance.
Sometimes, but whether different sources of funding can be combined has to be checked separately. We take that into account when we build the strategy.
At the same time as you draw up your university list. Funding can then be taken into account while you are still choosing programmes, so that separate deadlines are not missed.
Yes. As part of admissions support, we help prepare and submit funding applications, where the chosen programme and service include it.
Some funding programmes may include support beyond tuition fees; others cover only part of the cost. The terms have to be checked separately.
Fully funded places exist in some systems and some programmes, but they are often highly competitive. We do not promise full funding, and we assess each opportunity on its own terms.
It depends on the time involved, on how well you meet the conditions and on the wider strategy. We help decide which applications genuinely earn their place on the list.
EDMONT / FUNDING
We build funding into your admissions strategy
Tell us about your education, the countries and programmes you are considering and your budget. We check the funding available and identify which options are worth building into your strategy.
SEARCH → ELIGIBILITY → APPLICATION → RESULT