Please read all the information below in full before applying.

What a bursary covers

• A bursary is either a waiver of the delegate fee for a set number of your delegates, or a reduction in the fee across your whole delegation. It is applied directly to your school's conference invoice. No money is paid to schools or students.

• While the bursary application is being considered, your delegation will remain in the relevant payment round (irrespective of the Confirmation Deadlines). While we aim to respond to your application as soon as the round closes, this will be determined ultimately by the level of financial support we receive from our partners and the latest assessment of the Foundation’s financial situation.

Who can apply

Bursaries are awarded to delegations, not to individual students. A school may apply if it meets all of the following:

• It is a UK school bringing students in Years 9 to 13 to London YouthMUN 2027.

• It is state-funded (including academies, free schools, sixth-form colleges and further education colleges), or it is an independent school that can show exceptional financial circumstances.

• It has registered, or intends to register, for London YouthMUN 2027.

• The application is made by a member of staff, who will act as the school's faculty advisor.

• The school can arrange and pay for its own travel and any accommodation.

One application is accepted per school. Schools that received a bursary in a previous year may apply again and are assessed in the same way as everyone else. If a particular student faces financial hardship but your school does not meet these criteria, please contact us before the closing date and we will consider it case by case.

How awards work

We start from what your school tells us it can realistically contribute, and aim to meet the remaining gap where funds allow. To spread support across as many schools as possible, we reserve the right to cap the bursary awarded to a specified number of delegates within your delegation.

• Funded delegate places: The delegate fee is waived in full for a stated number of places. This type of application is suitable for schools where some students can pay but others could not attend without support

• Reduced delegation fees: A percentage reduction applied to every delegate's fee. This type of application is suitable for schools whose budget for the whole delegation is constrained.

Please note, because funds are limited, we may offer less than you ask for. Where we make an award, we aim to cover at least the minimum support you tell us you need to attend, rather than a smaller amount that would not make attendance possible. Your school can register additional delegates at the standard fee. Any award is a fee reduction only and has no cash value.

How awards are decided

The panel looks at each application as a whole rather than applying a fixed formula. In particular, we consider:

• Published information about disadvantages at your school and in its local area, such as the percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals.

• The gap between what your school can contribute and the cost of the delegate fees, and the minimum support you need to attend.

• The barriers your students face in taking part in activities like Model United Nations, including whether this would be their first time.

• How the bursary would help students who could not otherwise attend, and how you will choose them.

• Whether the support requested is proportionate, and whether your plans to attend are realistic.

We use published government data for school-level figures, so you do not need to send us internal records. If something in your application needs explaining, we will ask before making a decision.