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| Bursary Program | |
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| Run By: Directorate + Community Management (mining team) | |
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11 November 2026 |
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The Bursary Program is an initiative of EVE University that rewards members for taking their first real step into a role the University needs more pilots for: scouts, hunters, logistics, boosters and Orca pilots.
A bursary is not ISK for nothing. You train the relevant corporation skill plan, and for most bursaries you also fly the role in a University fleet. Once you've done that, you receive fitted ships and gear that get you flying in that role straight away.
The bursaries on offer are chosen based on what the University's fleets need most. They don't change often, and any new bursaries or changes are always announced on the EVE University Discord.
How it works
| 1. Pick | 2. Train | 3. Fly | 4. Claim |
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| Choose a bursary from the list below that fits where you want to go. | Fully train the skill plan listed for that bursary, on a character that is added to Character Audit. | Where required, fly the role in a University fleet and keep your proof (battle report, killmail or fleet link). | Submit your claim through the bursary form on Auth (see How to claim). The first pilots to complete a bursary each period receive the reward. |
Each bursary has a limited number of slots per period. Slots go to the first pilots to complete the requirements, not the first to sign up. The one exception is the Vitle Mini Orca Bursary: because the training takes so long, your slot is reserved when you sign up at the start of your training.
The period listed for each bursary is a repeating interval, not a deadline. At the end of every period, all slots for that bursary reset and open up again, so new pilots can claim it. For example, a bursary with a 2-month period and 10 slots pays out to up to 10 pilots every 2 months. If the slots are full, keep training: you can claim in the next period.
Overview
| Bursary | Area | Period | Slots | Reward |
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| Scouts | PvP | 2 months | 10 | 3 fitted interceptors + faction tackle care package |
| BLOPS hunters | PvP | 3 months | 5 | 5 fitted hunter stealth bombers |
| Logistics cruisers | PvP | 3 months | 5 | 1 fitted T2 logistics cruiser + 2 full low-grade anti-jam implant sets |
| Logistics frigates | PvP | 2 months | 10 | 4 fitted T2 logistics frigates |
| Booshers | PvP | 3 months | 5 | 2 fitted command destroyers + 2 mindlinks |
| Vitle Mini Orca Bursary | Mining | 3 months | 5 | 1 fitted Orca |
PvP bursaries
Scouts
Period: 2 months · Slots: 10
Good scouts make or break a fleet, and we never have enough of them.
- Train: the [PVP] Scouting and Tackle skill plan, with a racial interceptor of your choice.
- Fly: scout in an interceptor for at least one University PvP fleet.
- Reward: 3 fitted interceptors + a faction tackle care package (faction scrams and points).
BLOPS hunters
Period: 3 months · Slots: 5
Hunters find the targets and light the cyno for Black Ops fleets. Cynosural Field Theory V is a long train, which is exactly why we want to reward it.
- Train: the [PVP] BLOPS Hunter skill plan, for the Manticore or the Nemesis.
- Reward: 5 fitted hunter stealth bombers.
Logistics cruisers
Period: 3 months · Slots: 5
Logistics Cruisers V keeps cruiser fleets alive, and the skills carry over into many other activities.
- Train: the [PVP] T2 Armor Logi Cruiser V or the [PVP] T2 Shield Logi Cruiser V skill plan.
- Fly: a T2 logistics cruiser in a University cruiser fleet. Proof: battle report, fleet link or lossmail.
- Reward: 1 fitted T2 logistics cruiser + 2 full low-grade anti-jam implant sets of your choice.
Logistics frigates
Period: 2 months · Slots: 10
A shorter train into logistics, and a great way to keep frigate and destroyer gangs alive.
- Train: the [PVP/PVE] Armor Logistics Frigate IV or the [PVP/PVE] Shield Logistics Frigate IV skill plan.
- Fly: a T2 logistics frigate in a University frigate or destroyer fleet. Proof: battle report or killmail.
- Reward: 4 fitted T2 logistics frigates.
Booshers
Period: 3 months · Slots: 5
Fleet boosts and a micro jump field generator on a destroyer hull. Booshers make every fleet stronger.
- Train: the [PVP] Command Destroyers skill plan, with a racial command destroyer of your choice and the bonused T2 command burst of your choice (Shield, Armor, Information or Skirmish). One T2 link at Specialisation V is enough.
- Reward: 2 fitted booshers + 2 mindlinks of your choice.
Mining bursaries
Vitle Mini Orca Bursary
Period: 3 months · Slots: 5
Named in honour of Vitle Mini, who supports EVE University.
The Orca is the heart of a mining fleet, but the hull and skillbooks are a big investment. This bursary covers the hull for you.
- Train: the [MINING] Basic Orca skill plan in full.
- Sign up: because this is a long train for an expensive ship, sign up through the Vitle Mini Orca Bursary form when you start training. Signing up reserves your slot, and the mining team will check in with you once a month via Discord DMs. If you go AFK or don't respond to the check-ins, you risk forfeiting your slot to another pilot.
- Reward: 1 fitted Orca.
How to claim
Bursaries are claimed through forms on EVE University Auth, under Forms. There is one form for the PvP bursaries and one for the Vitle Mini Orca Bursary.
Claiming a PvP bursary
Form: Bursary Program: PvP Roles
- Complete the requirements. Fully train the skill plan. For Scouts, Logistics cruisers and Logistics frigates, also fly the role in a University fleet and keep your battle report, killmail or fleet link.
- Fill out the form. You'll be asked which bursary you're claiming, which character trained the skill plan, which skill plan you trained, and your reward choices: which interceptor, which logistics cruiser and anti-jam implant sets, or which command destroyer, link type and mindlinks. Add your fleet proof and the FC's name where required.
- Verification. A director or manager checks your character's skills against the bursary's skill plan in Character Audit. No screenshots needed, as long as your character is added there with a valid token.
- Receive your reward. Once verified, your reward is contracted to the character you selected, in Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant.
Claiming the Vitle Mini Orca Bursary
Form: Bursary Program: Vitle Mini Orca
You use this form twice: once when you start training, and once when you've finished.
- Sign up when you start training. Fill out the form and choose I've started training and would like check-ins from the mining team. This reserves your slot. Add your Discord username: the mining team will check in with you once a month via Discord DMs, our main platform of communication Uni-wide. Keep responding to the check-ins: if you go AFK or stop responding, you risk forfeiting your slot to another pilot.
- Claim when you've finished. Once the [MINING] Basic Orca skill plan is fully trained, submit the form again and choose I've finished training and want to claim my Orca.
- Verification. A director or manager checks your character's skills against the [MINING] Basic Orca skill plan in Character Audit. No screenshots needed, as long as your character is added there with a valid token.
- Receive your Orca. Once verified, your fitted Orca is contracted to the character you selected, in Jita IV - Moon 4 - Caldari Navy Assembly Plant.
Rules
- Slots are limited per period and go to the first pilots to complete the requirements and claim. The Vitle Mini Orca Bursary is the exception: its slots go to the first pilots to sign up at the start of their training. Each period is a repeating interval: when it ends, the slots reset and new pilots can claim the bursary.
- For the Vitle Mini Orca Bursary, your slot is reserved from the moment you sign up. If you go AFK or don't respond to the monthly Discord check-ins, you risk forfeiting your slot, which then opens up for someone else.
- Skills are verified through Character Audit, so the character you claim with must be added there with a valid token.
- The bursaries on offer, their slots and their rewards may change over time. Changes are always announced on Discord.
- Bursaries are meant for pilots who are new to the role. Pilots who already fly it regularly, and alumni with main characters outside EVE Uni, are outside the scope of this program.
- Bursaries are there to help you get started in a role. Please fly the ships you receive in University fleets, not elsewhere: that's the whole point.
- Please do not game or abuse the Bursary Program. EVE University reserves the right to deny any bursary claim.
See also
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