St John's College Oxford

Graduate Funding

College Graduate Scholarships, 450th Anniversary Fund Scholarships and Lamb and Flag Scholarships

These will be awarded as partnership graduate scholarships in 2012/13. For more information see here.

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 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 2012.

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. As there is to be only one holder of the Scholarship at any one time, there will be no election to the Scholarship for the academic year starting October 2012.

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, and given that the Scholarship has been awarded for October 2011, there will be no election to the Scholarship for the academic year starting October 2012.

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 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 Income (GNI) 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 here.

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 £13,290. For more information, please download the Daniel Slifkin Scholarship PDF.

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

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, computer software or memory/hard-disk up-grades. 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 10 of the Bursary during 8th week of Hilary Term. Grants are credited on Trinity Term battels. In 2011/12, graduates may claim a maximum grant of £325.

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.

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.