Graduate Funding
Partnership Graduate Scholarships
As from the academic year commencing October 2012, St John’s College has entered partnership arrangements with the University’s Clarendon Awards scheme and with relevant University Divisions for ‘Research Council UK’ awards (“RCUK awards”). Under these arrangements, the College has agreed 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. The various general college graduate scholarships (College Graduate Scholarships, Lamb and Flag Scholarships, and 450 Anniversary Fund Scholarships) are therefore awarded in partnership with these other awards.
The College intends to continue to offer up to 16 partnership graduate scholarships for the students on new graduate courses for entry in the academic year 2013/2014. The College restricts its partnership awards to students applying for a course leading to a doctorate. These arrangements apply to all applicants whether or not they are currently members of St John’s College. There is no separate College process of application. Instead, the following arrangements apply:
- Partnership Clarendon Awards: under the arrangements put in place by the University, 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 18 January 2013. Full information as to these awards is available on the Clarendon Fund website.
- 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.
Kendrew/Clarendon Scholarships
The Kendrew Funds were bequeathed to St John's College by Sir John Kendrew, a distinguished scientist and Nobel-prize winner, and former President of St John's College. In keeping with the spirit of Sir John Kendrew's international and humanitarian concerns, the funds are offered to a worldwide field of applicants from economically less developed countries, more specifically, to students who are from countries whose Gross National Product (GNP) falls outside the highest 25% of countries in the world. There is no restriction as to subject.
The Kendrew Scholarships are awarded in partnership with the Oxford Clarendon awards, as explained on the Scholarships and Financial Support page of this website.
North Senior and Beeston Scholarships
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 2013. 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.
Find out how to apply on the Scholarships and Financial Support page.
Elizabeth Fallaize Scholarship in French
This Scholarship was founded by the College 2010 through the generosity of the late fellow of the College, Professor Elizabeth Fallaize, and of one of her former graduate students, who together contributed to the establishment of an Endowment Fund of the College. The Scholarship is awarded for study towards a D. Phil in French. The Scholarship covers the University and College fees of its holder and provides maintenance. There is to be only one holder of the Scholarship at any one time; the College will be electing a new Elizabeth Fallaize Scholar for the academic year starting October 2013.
Andrew Fraser Scholarship
This graduate scholarship, which is open as to subject, was established by the College in 2008 from funds generously given to the College by Mr Andrew Fraser. The Andrew Fraser Scholarship was founded in the form of an additional College Scholarship. As there is to be only one holder of the Scholarship at any one time, the next election to the Scholarship will be for the academic year starting October 2014.
Dr. Yungtai Hsu Scholarship
This scholarship was founded in 2003 and is supported by the generous provision of funds by Dr Yungtai Hsu, an alumnus of the College. The Scholarship provides £15,000 towards fees and maintenance, either for one full award or more than one partial awards to students who have been accepted on the MSc in Environmental Change & Management who is committed to the environmental protection and development of China or Taiwan, who will work in this field upon completion of their course and who is willing to become a graduate student of the College. There is no separate application form for these awards.
Kendrew/Clarendon Scholarships
The Kendrew Funds were bequeathed to St John's College by Sir John Kendrew, a distinguished scientist and Nobel-prize winner, and former President of St John's College. In keeping with the spirit of Sir John Kendrew's international and humanitarian concerns, the funds are offered to a worldwide field of applicants from economically less developed countries, more specifically, to students who are from countries whose Gross National Product (GNP) falls outside the highest 25% of countries in the world. There is no restriction as to subject.
The Kendrew Scholarships are awarded in partnership with the Oxford Clarendon awards, as explained on the Scholarships and Financial Support page of this website.
The Daniel Slifkin Scholarship for Study for the BCL or the MJur
The scholarship is available to a student embarking on the BCL or MJur at St. John’s College and is open to a law graduate of any University. It will cover full University fees (at either the Home/EU or Overseas student rate as applicable), College fees and maintenance of the Scholar in the sum of £13,590. For more information, please download the Daniel Slifkin Scholarship PDF.
Smaller Grants:
Hardship Grants (University)
These grants are for students who experience financial hardship as a result of unforeseen circumstances. Download the University Hardship Fund Application and University Hardship Fund Factsheet (from the Undergraduate Funding page).
Hardship Grants (College)
These grants are for financial hardship as a result of unforeseen circumstances. Download a College Hardship Grant Form (from the Undergraduate Funding page) to be submitted to the Senior Dean at any time. Students who are concerned about financial hardship may wish to discuss their circumstances with the Senior Dean before submitting a form.
Special Grants
For help towards travel and subsistence for purposes of an academic nature, not necessarily of direct relevance to the student's course. Completed copies of the Graduate Special Grant Form must be submitted to the College Office by 5.00 pm on Friday of Week 5 in Michaelmas Term and Fridays of Weeks 0 and 5 in Hilary and Trinity Terms. Please note that retrospective applications are not accepted.
Academic Grants
Graduate students of the College are entitled to apply for help towards the purchase of approved books, materials, and other items of an academic nature. The grant may be used towards the purchase of portable or hand-held computing devices, monitors, desktop computers, computer software or memory/hard-disk up-grades, and peripherals. Other items will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The College will not reimburse the costs of phone or data services or maintenance contracts for items purchased.
It would be prudent, wherever possible, to consult your Supervisor or College Advisor in advance to determine whether a projected purchase is needed for your academic work. Completed copies of the Academic Grant Info Form must be received in room 23 of the Bursary during 8th week of Hilary Term. Grants are credited on Trinity Term battels. In 2012/13, graduates may claim a maximum grant of £337.
Blues Squad Grants
The College pays grants of up to £250 per year to cover the costs incurred by students through membership of university representative team squads. Claims are made on a Blues Squad form which after completion should be accompanied by receipts, countersigned by an official of the relevant university sports club, and submitted to the Sports Officer, Professor Zoltán Molnár.
Thesis Binding
The College will pay towards the costs of binding two copies of a D.Phil Thesis. One of the copies must be for submission to the Bodleian Library. Up to £30.00 maximum per copy may be claimed back from the College (£60 in total).
Download a Thesis Binding Claim Form which must be submitted, together with receipts, to the College's Accounts Office. All claims must be made within 3 months of being granted leave to supplicate for your D.Phil.
Mapleton-Bree Prize for work in the Creative Arts
The College will offer a prize of up to £300, which may be shared if deemed appropriate by the judges, for original work in any branch of creative art (drawing, painting, sculpture, poetry, music, photography, etc.). If there is no entry of adequate standard there will be no award.
All junior members, whether graduates or undergraduates, may compete and the entries will be judged by a Committee consisting of both junior members and senior members of the College. Competitors should send in one example of work done during the previous twelve months. Entries are considered in Trinity Term each year and should be sent to the President's Secretary not later than the end of the third week of Trinity Term.
Alister Sutherland Award
This award is for a journey in the high mountains. Applications are invited for this award which has been instituted as a result of a generous gift from Dr Gillian Sutherland in memory of Alister Sutherland, distinguished economist, who read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St John's. The award, up to £350, will be made annually to an undergraduate or graduate member of St John's who presents the most imaginative and best planned proposal for a journey in the high mountains, preferably (but not necessarily) in mountainous regions where the summits exceed 3000 metres in height. The purpose is to encourage the discovery and the enjoyment of the high mountains.
Applications are considered in Hilary Term each year and should be sent to the President's Secretary not later than the end of the third week of Hilary Term.
Hans Michael Caspari UN Travel Grant
This grant is for studies in the field of International Relations. It was established through the generous gift of the late Professor Sir Fritz Caspari and his wife, in memory of their eldest son Hans Michael, who like his father and brother, attended St John's. The award, of up to £700, will be made annually to an undergraduate or graduate member of St John's to assist them to travel to Bonn, New York, Geneva, Vienna or one of the other seats of the UN or more generally to the seats of other international organizations, in order to further their study of International Relations.
Applications should be made to the College Office by Friday of 1st Week of Hilary Term and will be awarded in time for travel during the Easter or Long Vacations.
Burke Knapp Travel Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is for students in pursuit of development issues in the Third World/Emerging Economies. Applications are invited for this travel fund, which has been established through the generous gift of the late Mr Joseph Burke Knapp, Honorary Fellow of St John's College. The award, of up to £700, will be made annually to an undergraduate or graduate member of St John's to cover travel and related expenses in pursuit of development issues in the Third World/Emerging Economies. Applications should be made to the College Office by Friday of 1st Week of Hilary Term and will be awarded in time for travel during the Easter or Long Vacations.
Sir Royston Goode Prize for BCL or MJur
The Sir Royston Goode Prize for the BCL or MJur is awarded owing to the generosity of C.B.E., Q.C., M.A., (L.L.B., L.L.D., Lond.), F.B.A., formerly Norton Rose Professor of English Law, and Emeritus Fellow of the College. A sum of £1,000 is awarded annually to the St. John’s graduate student who, in the opinion of the College Law Tutors, has achieved the best marks at the level of distinction for the BCL or MJur degrees.
