Ørsted Greener Futures Postgraduate Scholarship now open for applications
By: Communications
The Ørsted Greener Futures Postgraduate Scholarship is now open for applications for two students to be financially supported to study at the University of East Anglia (UEA)
The Ørsted Greener Futures Postgraduate Scholarship aims to support students studying any one-year full-time Masters in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), who otherwise wouldn’t have the means to pursue their studies at UEA.
Renewables company Ørsted, who are developing the Hornsea 3 Community Fund Offshore Wind Farm off the Norfolk coast is supporting the initiative.
The recipient must live in the Norfolk region and have studied at secondary and sixth-form level in Norfolk. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, participation in ‘extra-curricular’ activities, and an interest in sustainability and a greener future.
Deadline for applications for the 2025 cohort is Friday 30 May 2025. You can apply for consideration for the scholarship here.
The scholarship is already benefitting two students and will be open to more applicants for the 2025-26 academic year.
Perfect Bakashaba, 34, is pursuing a postgraduate masters in Global Development at UEA thanks to Ørsted’s Greener Futures Scholarship.
Originally from Uganda, Perfect is one of nine children – eight boys and one girl – and lost his parents to the HIV/AIDS pandemic by the time he was five years old.
His childhood taught him not only the power of resilience, but inspired a passion to “give back” to his community.
Perfect, who has lived in the UK since 2014 and in his adopted hometown of Norwich for the last five years, said: “I’ve always wanted to give back and to make communities better.”
The scholarship for his post-graduate studies is allowing him to pursue his dream and contribute with a worldwide perspective by studying international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) focused on humanitarian aid and how they develop impactful policies.
Perfect said: “My favourite thing that I’ve been learning about is understanding the difference between the theory and the practice.
“What I’ve been doing as part of my master’s is trying to understand how politics, the environment, people, all those aspects have to come together for anything sustainable to happen.”
Naomi Wilson Fediuk, 19, is studying for a three-year undergraduate degree in environmental science at UEA thanks to the Ørsted Greener Futures Undergraduate Scholarship.
Having grown up in the small seaside town of Sheringham, Naomi is thrilled to be at university and has completely immersed herself in the experience and studying her favourite subjects: conservation and environmental policy.
Naomi said: “I really love conservation and ecology, and I’ll hopefully do something in that field.”
Orla Condra, Corporate Giving Development Manager for UEA, said: “It’s been so inspiring to see the impact of the Hornsea 3 Community Fund scholarships on people like Naomi and Perfect, who have got these ambitions, but might not otherwise have been able to really pursue them and realise their potential without that financial support.”
Imran Nawaz, Ørsted’s senior advisor and community benefit fund manager, said: “We’re very pleased to see the scholarship fund as part of our Hornsea 3 Community Fund supporting education in STEM subjects.
We hope the scholarship fund can continue supporting students for years to come.”
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