Funding
The following information is intended for prospective students.
Studentships
Cambridge Trust and Clare Hall Coales and Key Masters Studentships
In collaboration with the Cambridge Trust Masters Studentship programme, Clare Hall is pleased to offer two co-funded studentships for entry in 2025 to students from any discipline. The studentships aim to enable the top-scoring applicants for one-year postgraduate study to benefit from part-cost awards of a variable amount but typically of £12,000 each towards their studies.
Applications should be made in the usual way for Cambridge Trust Masters Studentships, as detailed on this page.
It is a condition of the award of the Cambridge Trust and Clare Hall Coales and Key Masters Studentships that successful candidates become a member of Clare Hall.
Cambridge Trust and Clare Hall Thouless Masters Studentships
In collaboration with the Cambridge Trust Masters Studentship programme, Clare Hall is pleased to one further co-funded studentship for entry in 2025 to a student in the arts and humanities. The studentships aim to enable the top-scoring applicants for one-year postgraduate study to benefit from part-cost awards of a variable amount but typically of £12,000 each towards their studies.
Applications should be made in the usual way for Cambridge Trust Masters Studentships, as detailed on this page.
It is a condition of the award of the Cambridge Trust and Clare Hall Thouless Masters Studentships that successful candidates become a member of Clare Hall.
Cambridge Opportunity Studentship with the Clare Hall Pippard Fund
In collaboration with the Cambridge Trust Opportunity Studentships programme, Clare Hall is pleased to offer a co-funded studentship for entry in 2025. Cambridge Opportunity Studentships are for Masters students from low-income households with experience of educational disadvantage who will be charged University fees at the Home or UK rate.
Applications should be made in the usual way. The criteria for selection for Cambridge Trust Opportunity Studentships are detailed on this page.
It is a condition of the award of the Cambridge Opportunity Studentship, co-funded by the Pippard Fund, that successful candidates become a member of Clare Hall.
Ivan D Jankovic PhD Studentship (for a Serbian national)
A studentship providing full support (fees and maintenance) to a citizen of the Republic of Serbia to undertake doctoral studies in any subject at the University of Cambridge, tenable for up to three years. Candidates applying for this studentship should make an application to the University of Cambridge for acceptance on a recognised PhD programme by the course deadline. It is a condition of the award that the successful candidate becomes a member of Clare Hall.
The Ivan D Jankovic PhD Studentship will next be offered for entry in Michaelmas Term 2025 and applicants should indicate they wish to be considered for the studentship in their University application.
Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP and Clare Hall PhD Studentship
In collaboration with the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP, Clare Hall is pleased to offer a Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP and Clare Hall Studentship for entry in 2025 co-funded by the Clare Hall Boak Fund.
Studentships are available in all AHRC-designated arts and humanities subject areas.
Applications should be made in the usual way for Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP Studentships, as detailed at https://www.student-funding.cam.ac.uk/fund/open-oxford-cambridge-ahrc-dtp-studentship-2024.
It is a condition of the award of the Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP and Clare Hall Studentship that successful candidate becomes a member of Clare Hall.
Herchel Smith and Clare Hall Research Studentship
In collaboration with the Herchel Smith Research Studentships Fund, Clare Hall is pleased to offer a Herchel Smith and Clare Hall Research Studentship for entry in 2025, co-funded by the Clare Hall Boak Fund.
The Herchel Smith Research Studentships are among the most prestigious studentships offered by the Universities of Harvard and Cambridge. Students are selected at both institutions within the broad area of Life Sciences.
Please see https://www.herchelsmith.cam.ac.uk/phd-studentships for further details.
It is a condition of the award of the Herchel Smith and Clare Hall Research Studentship that successful candidate becomes a member of Clare Hall.
Bursaries
Applicants to Clare Hall are eligible for the bursaries described below, which offer support towards fees and maintenance costs.
Applicants should indicate the Bursaries they wish to be considered for in the University’s Postgraduate Applicant Portal when applying for their course, prior to that course’s funding deadline. Successful applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application in June and must hold an offer of admission to Clare Hall at that time.
Mellon Bursaries
Awards of up to £2,000 for maintenance support, based on academic merit and financial need. Up to four bursaries are awarded annually.
Chibnall Bursary
This bursary was established by Professor Eric Carlson, Former Chair of the History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota in memory of Professor Marjorie Chibnall, a distinguished medieval historian and Fellow of Clare Hall, to be given to an outstanding student with financial needs. While all students are eligible, preference will be given to students of medieval history or any period of British history. The bursary is awarded annually, with a value of up to £1,000 in 2025.
Professor Peter Brown Memorial Bursary
An award of up is made annually to an outstanding student in Computer Science or Mathematics. A sum of £1,000 will be awarded in 2025.
Seung Jun Lee Bursary
The Seung Jun Lee Bursary, named in memory of a former Clare Hall student, is for an outstanding new student working towards a PhD in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The £3,000 award is normally tenable for three years. The Seung Jun Lee Bursary will next be awarded in 2026.
Further information
For any students applying for US Federal student loans, please see the links below for guidance from the University of Cambridge, and to check eligibility:
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