Scholarships
Each year up to a dozen students are awarded one of the scholarships, which in recent times have amounted to £2,500 per year, for the first three years of study at university. Applicants may re-apply for one further year if they are continuing an undergraduate course. Currently there are 21 former Boston Grammar School students benefiting from these scholarships.
The Stanley Scholarship
The Stanley Scholarships are awarded to those students who make the most progress in two years of Sixth Form study. Applications for Stanley Scholarships are invited from all Year 13 students looking to progress to university to undertake undergraduate studies in traditional academic degree subjects, for example English, Law, Medicine, History, Engineering, Mathematics, Geography, Economics, Business Management and languages. These are just a few of the eligible courses. Such candidates are invited to apply in May of Year 13, having confirmed their university degree course choices, by completing an application form and providing supporting information. The Awards Panel will then meet in October to consider all applicants, once university places have been finalised. One student currently receiving the Stanley Scholarship stated that, "It has helped me fund the purchase of textbooks and journals essential to my course at university … and has helped towards the cost of arranging work and travel in America this summer." Other ex-students have used the funds for such things as accommodation and driving lessons.
The Medlock Scholarship
The Medlock Scholarships are open to students who obtain three or more grade As at A level (excluding General Studies) and are entering Higher Education. One ex-student commented, "The scholarship is a substantial prize and recognition of the hard work put in over two years at A-level. … The scholarship was of great use to me, going a long way towards paying for rent and living costs in each of the three years I have been at Cambridge. It allowed me to pay for extra items needed for my course." Another ex-student stated, "The Medlock Scholarship has been extremely helpful and I feel it has made a big difference to the way I have progressed through the year…. As I'm studying Medicine there has been equipment that I have been able to purchase to give me more opportunities for practising medical skills – a stethoscope and a manual blood pressure cuff and monitor…. The money also helped with membership of sports clubs and the use of sports facilities at the university."
The Cross Scholarship
The Cross Scholarship is open to students who successfully achieve a place at Durham University and become a member of one of the colleges there. The scholarship is currently worth a substantial annual amount and helps recipients to offset some of the costs associated with a university education. All students who choose to study at Durham University and who successfully achieve their place there are encouraged to make an application to receive the scholarship. Secondly, to the extent that the Awards Panel considers that it can be afforded in each year, after any awards to Durham University undergraduates, moneys may be made available to award scholarships to applicants intending to study any exclusively English-related subject, including Literature, Language, Linguistics, Creative Writing and Comparative Literary Studies. No other qualification is required. Such moneys as are available will be shared equally between all such applicants, subject to a maximum per student of the same annual amount as is available to Durham University undergraduates.