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The Student Support Fund
Thanks to donations towards this fund, Trinity has led the way in enhancing support to students across the University. Today, every eligible home student admitted to the University of Cambridge gets a guaranteed bursary of up to £3,500.
For our own students, we are able to go even further. The Trinity Maintenance Grant is unique to Trinity and all eligible Trinity students receive an additional £3,000 per year in addition to their Cambridge Bursary.
Taken together, the Bursary and Grant is a uniformly generous scheme that substantially reduces the need for eligible students to incur high levels of maintenance loan debt.
The College and donor partners also provide overseas students who are not eligible for the bursaries above with generous Trinity International Bursaries to pay for tuition and maintenance.
Professor Catherine Barnard (Senior Tutor)
“With generous alumni donations, Trinity has led the way in innovative support for our students. The College was the leader in enhancing the Cambridge bursary scheme. Coming out of Covid, the Trinity Maintenance Grant provided further support to students in the greatest need. Our support for international students is second to none. Thank you, to those who have provided support in the past or will consider in the future. It’s one of the most important things we do for our students.”
Holly Higham (2023, Classics)
“Although there are wonderful material things that can show how important the bursary is, I think one of its most important roles is to show people that they belong here, no matter where they’ve come from.
It is financial support like this that is paving a crucial path for the future of Cambridge.”
The Graduate Support Fund
Graduate students are an integral part of the College and the University ecosystem and are the driver for some of the most important and impactful research that Cambridge produces.
The College supports numerous students on full or partial MPhil and PhD Studentships. These often cover fees and maintenance, with additional funding available to students for conference, research, and travel grants. This enables the brightest minds from across the world to conduct ground-breaking research, creating the next generation of pioneering treatments, technology and services.
Funding allows Trinity to compete to keep the brightest students and help Cambridge to remain a world-leading academic institution. Although the Student Support fund also supports a number of graduate students, we also welcome donations to our dedicated Graduate Support Fund.
Professor Joan Lasenby (1978, Fellow in Engineering)
“Over the years, I have seen how universities have less and less funding for postgraduate students. For most academics, postgraduate students are absolutely vital to our research and teaching. PhD students help with small group supervisions, lab demonstrating, and marking. The BA society at Trinity is absolutely thriving and the community they have developed really helps with research. Funding for graduate students is more important than ever.”
Bjorn Fraser Olaisen (2023, PhD in Epigenetic Technologies and Ageing)
“Alumni-funded scholarships have drawn incredibly talented and bright individuals to Trinity, including many aspiring entrepreneurs. The friendships formed in this community are deeply enriching and unique. Trinity students often have deep knowledge about the problems and opportunities in their field and are more than happy to share that overview and passion with others. Often, casual conversations about our PhD projects or company plans during Trinity events, formals, or brunches, spark ideas and solutions to lab problems that improve the quality and impact of our future work.”
Any gift, of any amount can have an huge impact on how we are able to support current and future Trinity students.
To make a gift towards Student Support and/or Graduate Support now, please click here.