UCLFAA IIPP MPA Scholarship
The UCL Friends and Alumni Association is offering a scholarships supports master’s students from the United States to study Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value MPA.
The UCL Friends and Alumni Association (UCLFAA) funds several scholarships across UCL for master's students from the United States, including a scholarship for the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Innovation, Public Policy at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). The scholarship will support the recipients' fees and/or maintenance costs, at their discretion.
The IIPP leads the world in rethinking the role of the public sector in co-creating value and driving change. IIPP’s work is informed by our research pillars, focusing on rethinking public value, shaping innovation, transforming institutions, and redirecting finance.
The IIPP’s one-year MPA programme teaches the competencies and critical skills needed for purpose-driven organisations in the public, private and civic sectors. As part of the programme, you will be equipped to help reshape organisations to be mission-led, experimental, and driven by public purpose; and understand the explorative and risk-taking processes that structural change, innovation, and socio-economic transformation require.
UCLFAA is a US-based non-profit dedicated to raising awareness of, and support for, the research, education, and innovation that takes place at UCL.
Scholarship applicants will be assessed across three areas:
- Academic and/or professional excellence and background
- Interest in one or more of IIPP's research themes i.e. public value, shaping innovation, transforming institutions, redirecting finance.
- Financial need
Key information
Award: The equivalent of $20,000, available as tuition fees and/or maintenance costs.
Duration: 1-year, full-time (starting September 2026)
Deadline to apply: 8 May 2026. Shortlisted applications will be shared with UCLFAA, but the award of the scholarship remains at IIPP's discretion.
Please note: This scholarship can only be awarded to successful MPA applicants.
More information
If you have any questions about the MPA or the scholarship, please email iipp-manager@ucl.ac.uk