Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund — Master's Scholarship

The Laidlaw Women’s Leadership Fund is a London Business School scholarship programme funded by the Laidlaw Foundation. It distributes 20 awards across the Masters in Management, MBA and Executive MBA programmes.

Recipients study through LBS in London or, for the Dubai EMBA route, Dubai, and join the wider Laidlaw Scholars Network. The official pages reviewed still describe the 2024 and 2025 cycles and do not publish current 2026 dates, so this record is marked as reopening.

Benefits & funding

Four Masters in Management awards cover 100% of tuition fees.
Twelve MBA awards cover either 50% or 100% of tuition fees.
Four Executive MBA awards cover 50% of tuition fees.
Recipients join a cross-generational Laidlaw Scholars Network.

Eligibility

Applicants must be women who have applied to the LBS Masters in Management, MBA, or Executive MBA London or Dubai stream and have been invited to interview.
Admission to the chosen degree programme is a separate requirement, and LBS will not review a scholarship application without the corresponding programme application.
Successful candidates must demonstrate financial need; LBS also identifies academic merit, leadership potential, or significant past financial hardship as relevant.
The public scholarship pages state no nationality, residency, or age restriction; each degree programme’s separate admissions rules still apply.

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Education required
Bachelor
Gender requirement
Female

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Application process

1
Apply separately to the intended LBS degree programme.
2
If invited to interview, wait for the Recruitment and Admissions team to invite you to the scholarship application.
3
Complete the application for your programme route, including three 250-word essay responses and requested financial and family-background details.
4
Treat the automated submission pop-up as confirmation; LBS may call for clarification and communicates decisions by telephone or email, where possible alongside programme decisions.

Program timeline

Published deadline for the September 2024 Executive MBA London and Dubai routes.
Jul 4, 2024, 17:00 UK time
The campaign page described applications as open, with individual deadlines communicated after interview invitation.
2025 cycle
The official pages reviewed publish no current deadline or exact next opening date.
2026 cycle