Data protection law requires that we have your consent to process your data - in this case, this means to consider your application and make any award. We also need to account for the awards in our Annual Report, though this can be done anonymously. If you do not consent, we are unable to consider your application. Our usual practice is to retain bursary applications for five years after an award is made - this is because there are restrictions on the number of times people can apply for bursary awards and the overall total of awards they can receive in a period of five years. Our privacy policy are available on our website.