Scholarships & Financial Support
St. John’s has long provided financial support for graduate study at the College and in a number of ways. The College has offered scholarships which provide partial or full support (in terms of fees and/or in terms of maintenance) for graduate students (these being known as College Graduate Scholarships, Lamb and Flag Scholarships, 450 Anniversary Fund Scholarships and North Senior and Beeston Scholarships). It has also participated in partnership graduate funding schemes (as in the case of partnership AHRC and ESRC scholarships). In this way, for the academic year starting in October 2011, the College has funded (wholly or in part) 10 new doctoral students of the College.
Partnership graduate scholarships
For the academic year 2012/2013, St John’s College has decided to enter partnership arrangements with the University’s Clarendon Awards scheme and with relevant University Divisions for ‘Research Council UK’ awards (“RCUK awards”). Under these new arrangements, the College intends to award up to 16 partnership graduate scholarships to be held by students at the College embarking on new graduate courses at the University commencing in the academic year 2012/13. These arrangements will apply to all applicants whether or not they are currently members of St John’s College.
There will, therefore, be no separate internal College competitions for College Graduate Scholarships, Kendrew Scholarships, 450th Anniversary Fund Scholarships or Lamb and Flag Scholarships.
After changes in eligibility for the University’s Clarendon Scholarships, all applicants for graduate courses at the University will be considered for a Clarendon Award, including the Clarendon Partnership awards (although they can opt out of the latter), as long as they apply by Friday 20 January 2012. Full information as to these awards is available at http://www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk/.
Students applying to the University who apply for a RCUK graduate award may also be considered for a St. John’s/RCUK partnership award. A person considering applying for a RCUK award should contact the University Department or Faculty responsible for their new course for information as to eligibility and how and when to apply.
North Senior Scholarships and Beeston Scholarship
The College intends to invite applications for up to two North Senior and/or Beeston Scholarships from current graduate students of the College later in the academic year for election with effect from October 2012. The scholarships are open to such candidates studying for a research degree in any subject. A successful candidate in the field of Middle Eastern Studies would be awarded the title Beeston Scholar. The basis for the award will be excellence in research.
North Senior Scholars and Beeston Scholars will have the right to dine at High Table once a week in Full Term, and will receive an emolument of £500 per year.The Scholarships are tenable during the period of fee-paying study up to a maximum of two years.
Application form/further particulars are available here. The closing date for applications is Friday 3 February.
Other scholarships
The College has also founded scholarships as a result of particular benefactions to the College. These are:
- Elizabeth Fallaize Scholarship in French
- Andrew Fraser Scholarship
- Dr. Yungtai Hsu Scholarship
- Kendrew Scholarships
- Daniel Slifkin Scholarship for Study for the BCL or MJur.
Smaller Grants and Prizes Open to Graduate Students of the College
In addition, the College has a number of smaller grants and prizes open to graduate students of the College.
- Access to Learning Funds
- Hardship Grants
- Special Grants
- Academic Grants
- Blues Squad Grants
- Thesis Binding Grants
- Mapleton-Bree Prize
- Alistair Sutherland Award
- Hans Michael Caspari UN Travel Grant
- Burke Knapp Travel Scholarship Fund
- Sir Royston Goode Prize for BCL or MJur
