Each year we hold a competition for photographers who are either attending a full-time photography course or are under the age of 24. Entrants must submit a portfolio of their work and a brief synopsis of a project they would undertake if they won the scholarship. The prize is £2,500 towards their assignment. Metro Imaging also offer £500 worth of vouchers to the winner and £250 to those awarded highly commended and commended. The scholarship will be a prize of £3000 towards the cost of an assignment for The Sunday Times Magazine and £500 for the runners up. The winning entry and selected finalist’s work will be exhibited at the Getty Gallery in Central London. The scholarship is open to anyone of any age attending a recognised photographic course and to any photographer up to the age of 24. Entry criteria A completed entry form A portfolio of not more than 12 low resolution digital photographs (please follow our instructions carefully) either a photo-essay or individual photos, black and white and / or colour. Please include a caption for each image and your name and contact details in the file info. A detailed proposal of your chosen assignment including specific information and articles relevant to it. It should be noted that the written section is considered extremely important. The judges will need to be impressed by your ability to produce a convincing assignment proposal as well as your skills as a photographer. There is no entry fee. The deadline is 20th June 2008.

Two Embroiderers' Guild Scholarships of £1000 each are awarded annually to embroiderers to develop the practice of embroidery. One Scholarship is for embroiderers in the age category of 18 to 30 inclusive, and one is for embroiderers over 30 years of age. The Guild defines embroidery as being all work stitched or derived from stitch. All applicants should have studied the practice of embroidery or stitched textiles through formal or informal learning. The Scholarships are to support embroiderers to undertake projects which further their own embroidery practice. Working with the Embroiderers' Guild during the Scholarship year provides each Scholar with opportunities to be introduced to the Guild's network of Members, Branches and practising professionals. The Guild holds additional funding to enable them to participate in Guild activities. This year there were 13 applicants in the 18 - 30 category and 7 applicants over 30. From these Emma Valentine and Clyde Olliver were selected by the Embroiderers Guild to be the Scholars for 2007. Both were invited to display their work with the Embroiderers' Guild on the Graduate Showcase Stand at the Knitting and Stitching Shows this autumn, and at the Guild's AGM next year. The entry deadline for next year is 8 February 2008. Please promote the scholarship to your students, friends and colleagues. Download information and application form (PDF) If you prefer us to send you an application form by post, please send an SAE to Annual Scholarships, Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom in a system of higher education recognised for its excellence. Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament, Marshall Scholarships are mainly funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan conceived by General George C Marshall. They express the continuing gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts. The objectives of the programme are as follows: To enable intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country's future leaders, to study in the UK. To help scholars gain an understanding and appreciation of contemporary Britain. To contribute to the advancement of knowledge in science, technology, the humanities and social sciences and the creative arts at Britain's centres of academic excellence. To motivate scholars to act as ambassadors from the USA to the UK and vice versa throughout their lives thus strengthening British American understanding. To promote the personal and academic fulfilment of each scholar.