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Scholarships, grants and prizes
Scholarships and studentships
Travel grants
Other grants
Prizes
Details of a number of scholarships and prizes offered by the University are published annually in mid-October in a Scholarships and Prizes supplement to the University Gazette. In most cases these awards are restricted as to subject of study, are made to students already on course, and offer limited funding.
Details of faculty scholarships on offer in 2011-12 are still to be confirmed. Further information will be posted on this site as it becomes available.
Scholarships and studentships
Graduate Scholarships at St Hilda's College for 2010-11
DPhil Scholarships in Humanities and Social Sciences
For 2010-11 theSt Hilda's College will be offering at least two (2) scholarships of £8500 each per year, for graduates accepted to read for a DPhil in a Humanities or Social Science discipline. These awards will be renewable for a total of three years, contingent upon satisfactory academic progress, and successful transfer to full research status. The maximum College award for each person would therefore be £25,500 over a three year period. These DPhil scholarships are intended to cover the College fee plus half the recommended amount for maintenance.
Awards may be made in partnership with the student’s faculty or department where matching funding is available. Applicants should note that these scholarships are intended to support students who are not in receipt of any other major award from the University or an external funding body (e.g. AHRC awards; Heath Harrison awards). In the event that an applicant is granted such an award, s/he will cease to be eligible for a College Scholarship.
Award-holders will also be guaranteed College accommodation for which they will pay the normal College rate.
‘Stepping-stone’ postgraduate scholarships in Humanities and Social Sciences
For 2010-11 there will be six (6) scholarships of roughly £2000 each (covering the College fee), for students accepted for an MSt, MSc, BPhil or MPhil in Humanities and Social Science subjects, whose stated intention is to go on to doctoral work. For programmes of more than one year (BPhil, MPhil) the scholarship would be renewable for a second year, subject to satisfactory academic progress.
In 2010-11 four (4) of these scholarships will be for graduates in Humanities subjects and two (2) will be for graduates in Social Science subjects.
Applicants should note that these scholarships are intended to support students who are not in receipt of any other major award from the University or an external funding body (e.g. AHRC awards; Heath Harrison awards). In the event that an applicant is granted such an award s/he will cease to be eligible for a St Hilda’s College scholarship.
Award-holders will be guaranteed College accommodation for which they will pay the normal College rate.
More information on these scholarships can be found at:
http://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/index.php/graduates/scholarshipsandbursaries.html
Isaiah Berlin Fund Scholarship
** AWARDED EVERY 2 YEARS 2011-12, 2013-14 ........ **
The Board of Management of the Isaiah Berlin Fund now invites applications for the Isaiah Berlin Fund Scholarship which will be tenable during the academic year following the year in which the scholarship is awarded.
Those eligible to apply for the Scholarship, which will be of a value of up to £2,500 and which will be tenable for a period of not less than one term during the academic year, are students working for a research degree of the University in the fields of Italian literature and history, including the History of Art.
The Scholarship will be awarded to enable the holder to visit Italy for the purposes of study and research in connection with his or her thesis.
To apply for a scholarship, please complete an application form, which can be downloaded from the link below, and send by post or email to Prizes and Awards, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
The deadline is FRIDAY WEEK 7 of HILARY TERM in every second academic year
Application form (Word)
Zaharoff Graduate Scholarship (D.Phil.)
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages proposes to award a Graduate Scholarship in French to a graduate student accepted to read for a D.Phil. in October 2009.
The Scholarship will pay the College and University (Home/EU) fees and a maintenance grant equivalent to the value of a full AHRC award per annum, for a period of three years conditional on the student continuing to make satisfactory progress.
All eligible doctoral applicants submitting applications before the third application deadline (12 March 2010) will automatically be considered. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of an equivalent or higher value (e.g. AHRC) the scholarship will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. No special application is required. For queries please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Zaharoff Graduate Bursary (M.St.)
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages proposes to award a Graduate Bursary in French to a graduate student accepted to read for a M.St. in October 2010.
The Scholarship will pay the College and University (Home/EU) fees and a maintenance grant equivalent to the value of a full AHRC award per annum for a period of one year conditional on the student continuing to make satisfactory progress.
All eligible M.St. applicants submitting applications before the third application deadline (12 March 2010) will automatically be considered. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of an equivalent or higher value (e.g. AHRC) the bursary will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. No special application is required. For queries please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Heath Harrison Graduate Scholarship with St Hilda's College
St Hilda's College and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages propose to award a Graduate Scholarship in Medieval and Modern Languages to a graduate student accepted by the College to read for a D.Phil. in October 2010.
The Scholarship will pay the University (Home/EU) fees, and a maintenance allowance of £8,500 per annum, for a period of three years conditional on the student continuing to make satisfactory progress.
All eligible doctoral applicants submitting applications before the second application deadline (22 January 2010) will automatically be considered, irrespective of College choice. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of a higher value (e.g. AHRC), the scholarship will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. If accepted by another college, the successful candidate will be expected to move to St Hilda's. No special application is required. For queries please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Heath Harrison Graduate Scholarship with New College
New College and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages propose to award a Graduate Scholarship in Medieval and Modern Languages to a graduate student accepted by the College to read for a D.Phil. in October 2009.
The Scholarship will pay the University (Home/EU) fees, and a maintenance allowance of £5,000 per annum, for a period of three years conditional on the student continuing to make satisfactory progress.
All eligible doctoral applicants submitting applications before the second application round (22 January 2010) will automatically be considered, irrespective of College choice. The award will go to the best applicant. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of an equivalent or higher value (e.g. AHRC), the scholarship will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. If accepted by another college, the successful candidate will be expected to move to New. No special application is required. For further information please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Heath Harrison D.Phil. Award
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages proposes to grant a maintenance only award to a graduate student accepted to read for a D.Phil. in October 2010.
The award will pay a maintenance allowance equivalent to AHRC rates per annum, for a period of three years conditional on the student continuing to make satisfactory progress. All eligible D.Phil. applicants submitting applications before the third application deadline (13 March 2009) will automatically be considered. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of an equivalent or higher value, the award will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. No special application is required. For queries please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Heath Harrison Master's Award
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages proposes to award a fees only graduate award to a graduate student accepted to read for a Master's degree in October 2009.
The award will pay the University (Home/EU) fee for the duration of the Master's course. All eligible Master's applicants submitting applications before the third application deadline (13 March 2009) will automatically be considered. In the event that the successful applicant is subsequently awarded grant funding of an equivalent or higher value, the award will be withdrawn and awarded to the next best applicant. No special application is required. For queries please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
Hilla Ginwala Scholarships
The Hilla Ginwala Scholarships are available to people of Indian nationality who are normally resident in India and will be beginning a new course of study in 2009; and are:
- Studying/researching one or more modern European languages (and the literatures associated with it). There is a preference for students of French or Italian, but students of other languages can also be considered.
- Students taking a degree where a facility in a modern European language (other than English) is a requirement.
Past awards have ranged from £1000 through to a full scholarship, and are dependant on the number and quality of the applications received.
If you would like to apply for a Hilla Ginwala Scholarship, please contact john-paul.roche@admin.ox.ac.uk by 23 January 2009, and provide details of how you meet the criteria listed above.
Travel grants
Zaharoff Fund Travel Grants
Applications are invited from graduate students working for Oxford postgraduate degrees and diplomas to assist with the cost of travel in connection with French studies. Grants when awarded are not normally of a value of more than £250 each and support work in such fields as French art, archaeology, history, literature, and sociology. The fact that the study proposed is to be in France will not in itself qualify it as a branch of French studies. Account may be taken of any other possible sources of financial support available to applicants.
To apply for a travel grant please complete an application form which can be downloaded from the link below and send by post or email to Prizes and Awards, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford, prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is FRIDAY WEEK 3 of HILARY TERM.
The Graduate Studies Committee of the Faculty Board refers graduate students under the Modern Languages Board to the arrangements for graduate travel grants.
Application form (Word)
Fiedler Memorial Fund Travel Grant
The Modern Languages Board, on behalf of the Curators of the Taylor Institution, have set aside a non-recurrent allocation from the Fiedler Memorial Fund for the purpose of making small travel grants for research students (both for students who are not eligible for grants from other funds available to the Modern Languages Board, and for students who apply to such funds after these become exhausted for the year).
The Fiedler Memorial Fund exists for the promotion of the advanced study of Modern European Languages and Literatures among members of the University of Oxford, and the costs of publication of the results of their researches, special consideration being given to German. Any grants made from the sums now set aside would have to come within these terms.
The Modern Languages Board will not make grants towards the costs of attendance at languages courses, and the fact that an application has chosen to study in one of the countries concerned will not in itself qualify his or her work for support from the fund.
Those eligible to apply are students for Oxford postgraduate degrees and diplomas (in respect of travel for work for the Oxford degree or diploma concerned). The Modern Languages Board may take into account any other possible sources of financial support available to applicants.
To apply please complete an application form available from the link below.
Please return the form by post or email to Prizes & Awards (prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk), Modern Languages Faculty, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JF.
The closing date is FRIDAY WEEK 3 of HILARY TERM.
Application form (Word)
Ilchester Fund Travel Grants
Applications are invited for grants (not normally of a value of more than £250 each) to assist with the costs of travel for the purposes of study and research in subjects connected with the Slavonic Languages or Literature, or the History of the Slavonic Nations. The need for an historical element in projects which are not primarily in the fields of Slavonic Languages or Literature is emphasised. It should also be noted that grants will not be made towards the cost of attendance at language courses, and that the fact that an application is for study in one of the countries concerned will not in itself qualify it for support from the fund.
Those eligible to apply under the terms of this notice are students for Oxford postgraduate degrees and diplomas (other than graduate students under the Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages). Account may be taken of any other possible sources of financial support available to applicants.
To apply please complete an application form available from the link below. Please return the form by post or email to Prizes and Awards, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JF, prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk by FRIDAY WEEK 3 of HILARY TERM.
Graduate students under the Modern Languages Board are referred to the arrangements for travel grants administered by the Graduate Studies Committee of the faculty board.
Application form for graduates (Word)
Isaiah Berlin Fund Bursaries
Applications are invited for Isaiah Berlin Fund Bursaries for activities to be carried out either in the Long Vacation of the current academic year or during the following academic year. No indication of funding can be guaranteed in advance of the activity.
Those eligible to apply are students working for a research degree of the University in the fields of Italian literature and history, including the history of art.
The bursaries will be awarded to assist holders with the costs of short visits to Italy for purposes of study and research in relevant Italian subjects in furtherance of their theses. They will be of a value of not more than £600 each.
To apply for a bursary, please complete an application form, which can be downloaded from the link below, and send by post or email to Prizes and Awards, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk.
The deadline is FRIDAY WEEK 7 of HILARY TERM.
Application form (Word)
The Christina Drake Fund for Italian Studies
Applications are invited for grants from the Christina Drake Fund for Italian Studies. Those eligible to apply are students working for a research degree or diploma of the University in the field of Italian Studies (with a preference for students of language and literature). The grants which are made from the fund are to assist the students concerned 'in connection with visits to Italy for purposes of their study or research, in the hope that the cultural benefits they derive from such a visit may thereby be enhanced'.
Application forms can be obtained from the link below. The closing date is FRIDAY WEEK 3 of HILARY TERM.
Application form (Word)
Other grants
Heath Harrison Fund
The Heath Harrison Fund provides money to allow graduates in all languages to gain teaching experience. Each sub-faculty has an allocated number of hours of university teaching (not college teaching) per year for which graduates can apply via their supervisor.
David McLintock Graduate Grants
Applications are invited for grants from the McLintock fund for Germanic Philology. Those eligible to apply are students working for a taught postgraduate course of the university in the field of Germanic philology. The grants which are made from the fund are to assist the student concerned in the purchase of books, attendance at conferences, or other expenses in connection with their studies.
Application forms, which can be downloaded from the link below should be sent preferably by email to: prizesandawards@modlangs.ox.ac.uk or by post to: Prizes and Awards, Faculty of Medieval and Modern
Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford. Applications should be submitted no later than FRIDAY WEEK 3 OF HILARY TERM.
Application form (Word)
Abbey-Santander Academic Travel Awards
These awards are to enable postgraduate students at the University of Oxford - of any nationality - to travel to countries within the Santander Network (namely Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and Portugal) for academic-related activities, including short visits to Santander universities to carry out collaborative work, to conduct fieldwork, to attend a conference, or to engage in other study projects. The awards are open to current graduate students working in any subject. The maximum value of each award is £1,000. Awards will be made subject to the availability of funds. The application deadline for 2009 will be in Trinity Term. PLEASE NOTE ABBEY-SANTANDER IS ADMINISTERED BY THE STUDENT FUNDING OFFICE PLEASE SEE www.admin.ox.ac.uk/io/opps/scholarships.shtml FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Gerard Davis Prize
A prize of £500 will be awarded, if there is a candidate of sufficient merit, for the best dissertation on a topic in French literary studies (broadly interpreted) submitted for the M.St. The award will be made in Trinity Term. No special application is required.
Senior Paget Toynbee Prizes
Two Senior Paget Toynbee Prizes, each of £1,000 in value, will be awarded, provided that there are candidates of sufficient merit, in Trinity Term each year, for the best essays of not more than 10,000 words on approved subjects within any of the following fields:
- The works of Dante
- Old French Language and Literature
- Old Provençal Language and Literature
If the essay forms part of your thesis please state which part. As this is a Senior prize you are expected to include a Bibliography.
Candidates must be matriculated members of the University who, on the closing date for the receipt of the essays, will be of not more than twenty-eight terms' standing. A senior prize cannot be awarded more than once to the same person.
Essays must be submitted to Prizes and Awards, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, prizesandawards@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk by FRIDAY WEEK 7 of HILARY TERM and must be accompanied by a letter from the candidate's tutor giving approval of the essay title. Intending candidates are advised to discuss their proposed essay with their tutor in advance of submission.
Please note that essays may be written in English or Italian.
The Magellan Prize
The Magellan Prize, established in commemoration of the feats of the great 16th-century Portuguese navigator Fernando de Magalhães, will be awarded in each year to the best student beginning graduate studies in the University of Oxford in the language, literature, culture, or history of the Portuguese speaking world. The first Magellan Prize was awarded to a student beginning graduate study in October 2006.
The value of the Prize will be £3000. The prize will be associated with a non-stipendiary graduate scholarship at St Catherine’s College; the prizewinner will accordingly be required to be admitted as a member of the College. All applicants for graduate study in the relevant areas will be eligible for consideration, and no special application is required.
For further information please contact graduate.studies@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk