Alice and James Penney PhD Studentship in English or European Literature

The Alice and James Penney PhD Studentship in English or European Literature will fund a Home student who wishes to undertake a PhD Course at the University of Cambridge in English or European Languages with a focus on Literature.

For further information on PhD courses available in the Faculty of English, please visit: www.english.cam.ac.uk. For further information on PhD courses available in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, please visit: www.mmll.cam.ac.uk.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees (Home)
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)

Arthington Davy Studentship

Students born in Tonga and of Tongan parents, who already have a first University degree and who wish to engage in post-graduate study at any University in the world, are eligible to be considered for an award to cover the cost (or part of the cost) of such study, the award being conditional on the applicant’s acceptance for such a course by their chosen University.

Preference is given to those proposing to engage in the study or research in subjects likely to contribute significantly to the development of Tonga.

Awards are made from the Arthington-Davy Fund, generously set up by the late Humphrey Augustus Arthington-Davy, British High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga from 1973 to 1980, and left by him to be managed by his Cambridge College, Trinity.  The Fund’s resources permit only a few awards, these are usually for partial costs.

Please complete the online form by 30th November 2025 for courses starting in January-July 2026,or by 31st May 2026 for courses starting in September-October 2026. Please request that references are sent to [email protected] by the relevant deadline.

Barton-Hyam Studentship in the Arts and Humanities

The Barton-Hyam Studentship funds one Home MPhil student in the Arts and Humanities, where research preferably relates to the contemporary world.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees (Home)
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)

Eligible Departments:

1. Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
2. Architecture
3. Classics
4. Divinity
5. East Asian Studies
6. English
7. French
8. German and Dutch
9. Greek
10. History
11. History of Art
12. Italian
13. Middle Eastern Studies
14. Music
15. Philosophy
16. Slavonic Studies
17. Spanish and Portuguese
18. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics

Gould Studentship in English Literature

The Gould Studentship is a one-year studentship for students who wish to undertake a Masters Course at the University of Cambridge in English Literature. For further information on MPhil courses available in the Faculty of English, please visit: www.english.cam.ac.uk. Candidates for MPhils in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic whose proposed dissertation will fall within the area of English Literature are eligible to apply.

On completion of the MPhil course, the student will be eligible to apply for a Trinity Internal Graduate Studentship at Trinity College in order to study for the PhD degree.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

G-Research Trinity PhD Studentship

For the 2027/28 academic year, two studentship funded by a generous donation from G-Research, will be awarded to outstanding postgraduate students undertaking a PhD within the Departments of either Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, or Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, with a preference for those working on machine learning and AI modelling. Funding is available for one Home fee status student and one Overseas fee status student.

The successful candidates will join a cohort of postgraduate students supported by G-Research across the University.

Additional career development opportunities and relationship with G-Research are offered. These include a bi-annual career mentorship meeting with a G-Research Quantitative Researcher, a place on the company’s Spring into Quant Finance Program during second year, presentation and seminar invitations, annual dinner, and brand ambassador status.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Conference/travel grant (£1,500 per annum)
4. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Henry Arthur Hollond Studentship in Law

The Henry Arthur Hollond Studentship in Law is intended for students who wish to undertake the LLM at the University of Cambridge.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Partial awards covering a proportion of those costs may also be made. If two or more candidates of outstanding merit are presented, preference may be given to candidates specialising in non-commercial areas of law and/or to candidates who are intending to pursue an academic career rather than to practise law.

Hollond-Whittaker Research Studentship in Law

The Hollond-Whittaker Research Studentship in Law is designed to support outstanding candidates for a PhD in Law at the University of Cambridge.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Full or partial awards may be made. The Studentship may be held for a maximum of three and a half years, subject to satisfactory academic progress.

Knox Studentship for French Students

The Knox Studentship is intended for citizens of France who wish to undertake a one-year taught postgraduate course at the University of Cambridge leading to the MPhil degree, MAST, LLM degree, a Diploma or a Certificate.

A studentship may also be offered to students who are French citizens and are conducting research leading to a doctoral degree at a French University, but whose work would clearly benefit from access for up to a year to library or laboratory resources in Cambridge. These candidates must be admitted to a Faculty as a visiting student, but will not be registered for any qualification at the University of Cambridge. For visiting studentship applications, candidates should send the following documentation to [email protected]: proof of French citizenship; a complete curriculum vitae and academic record; a letter explaining their project, confirmation of admission in a Faculty as a visiting student and a letter from their PhD supervisor in support of their application. [N.B.  This information should be sent by the end of January for the next academic year.]

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees, if applicable
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom.

Leon Brittan Studentship in European Studies

The Leon Brittan Studentship in European Studies will be awarded to an outstanding candidate for a Master’s degree in the field of European Studies for one of the following one-year postgraduate courses:

• the LLM, with an intended focus on European law; or
• the MPhil with a significant focus related to Europe, offered by the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Economics, the Department of Politics and International Studies, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics (for European and Comparative Studies) or the Department of Land Economy.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom where applicable.

The Studentship is funded by a number of generous donations made in memory of Lord Brittan of Spennithorne (1939–2015), who was an undergraduate at Trinity, and who, among other distinctions, served as Vice-President of the European Commission.

Louis and Valerie Freedman Studentship in Medical Sciences

The Louis and Valerie Freedman Studentship is designed to support outstanding candidates for a PhD in Medical Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

One full or partial-cost Studentship will be awarded to a Home PhD student in the School of Clinical Medicine, or to a PhD student undertaking research that has a clear practical medical impact in a related academic discipline.

Eligible applicants must:

1. have applied for admission, or already received an offer of admission, for a PhD degree in the School of Clinical Medicine or a related discipline,
2. undertake research that has a clear practical medical impact.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees, if applicable
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)

Mark Pryor Studentship in Zoology

Established in the early 1970s to support natural history and whole animal biology, the Mark Pryor Studentship will fund one Home postgraduate award in Zoology, either for the MPhil or PhD course.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)

Peter Shaffer Postgraduate Award for Playwriting

Trinity College Cambridge invites applications for this award to support a playwright at the beginning of their career. Funded by a generous donation from the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation, it will enable the recipient to take up post for twelve months as ‘The Peter Shaffer Playwright in Residence’ at Trinity College in October 2027.

Applicants must be graduates of a university in the United Kingdom who have completed their undergraduate degree no more than five years prior to taking up the award. Students will be eligible to apply to take up the award in the academic year immediately following graduation.

Applicants should submit a CV, a covering letter which summarises their interest and experience in playwriting, and an outline of their proposed drama in less than 1000 words through the competition’s online application system in January 2027 (deadline to be announced).  Applicants must also supply details for referees who are theatre or appropriate academic professionals through the online application system.

Further Particulars

Longlisted applicants will be asked to send an example of their work, not more than 5000 words, by February 2027. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for interview in late April, and an offer of appointment made shortly thereafter.

For any enquiries please contact [email protected]

Ramanujan Research Studentship in Mathematics

To commemorate the connection between the renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and Trinity College, the College hopes to award a Ramanujan Research Studentship to a student from India who wishes to undertake a PhD in the broad fields of Pure or Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge but who is required by the Faculty of Mathematics to take, in the first instance, the course leading to the Master of Advanced Study (MASt) in Mathematics.

Graduates of any university or comparable institution in India who have not already begun residence in Cambridge and who hold a First Class Honours degree or its equivalent, or are likely to do so by the time of entry, are eligible.

The Ramanujan Studentship is normally awarded for nine months, while the student takes the course leading to the MASt in Mathematics. Subject to completion of the MASt with a Distinction and registration for the PhD degree, the Studentship will then be renewed for up to 3.5 further years, subject to satisfactory progress. Exceptionally, a Ramanujan Studentship may be awarded for three years of research leading to the PhD degree without the requirement to study for the MASt.

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from India to the United Kingdom.

If the Studentship is renewed for the PhD, another return ticket from India to the United Kingdom will be awarded. The applicant may also be considered for a discretionary maintenance allowance for the period between completion of the MASt and commencement of PhD.

Shortlisted candidates may be asked to submit further materials during the selection process. Where this is considered necessary candidates will be contacted by email.

Richard Elphick Studentship

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Rod Smallwood Studentship

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)

Schilt Studentship for United States Students

The Schilt Studentship is intended to support citizens of the United States in the following two categories –

• US Naval Academy graduates applying to any MPhil course OR
• US Citizens applying for the MPhil degrees in Economics, Economic Research or Economics and Finance or the Advanced Diploma in Economics

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom.

Sheepshanks Studentship in Astronomy

The Sheepshanks Studentship is a one-year studentship for students who wish to undertake research in Astronomy at the University of Cambridge but who are required by the Institute of Astronomy to take, in the first instance, the course leading to the Master of Advanced Study (MASt), either in Astrophysics, Mathematics or Physics.

For further information on the Institute of Astronomy, please visit: www.ast.cam.ac.uk.

On completion of the MASt, the student may be eligible to apply for a Trinity Internal Graduate Studentship at Trinity College in order to undertake the PhD degree.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Singhvi Trinity Scholarship

The Singhvi Fund was established in 2017 by Dr Abhishek Singhvi, in memory of his late father, Mr Laxmi Mall Singhvi. The Singhvi Trinity Scholarship provides financial assistance to a resident of India to undertake the LLM at the University of Cambridge. It is anticipated that the Trinity Singhvi Scholar will be given an option to work as a lawyer in the chambers of Dr Abhishek Singhvi in India for some time after successful completion of the LLM.

Eligible applicants must:

1. have been resident in India for at least the first of the two academic years preceding the LLM.

The Studentship covers:

1. Maintenance allowance (in part).

Please note that as the Scholarship will not cover full fees and maintenance allowance, applicants may hold the Scholarship alongside partial funding from other sources.

Sir John Bradfield Bursary

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees,
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the UK for overseas students.

Tarner Studentship in Philosophy of Science or the History of Scientific Ideas

Applicants must be admitted to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in Philosophy of Science or the History of Scientific Ideas either for the PhD degree or the MPhil Degree.

A successful candidate who is admitted for the Cambridge PhD degree may hold the studentship for up to three and a half years, subject to satisfactory progress. At the time of taking up the Studentship a successful candidate will normally be expected to have completed the one-year course of study for the MPhil Degree of the University of Cambridge or a similar course elsewhere. Applicants must be admitted to Cambridge University to undertake a PhD degree and become a member of Trinity College.

A successful candidate to a Cambridge MPhil degree related to the Philosophy of Science or the History of Scientific Ideas will hold the studentship for the duration of the MPhil course for which it is awarded.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees,
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the UK for overseas students.

Tom Howat PhD Studentship in Mathematics

The Tom Howat PhD Studentship in Mathematics will support an outstanding candidate undertaking PhD research in the field of Mathematics.  The studentship is funded by a generous donation made by Dr T J Howat (Trinity College Matric. 1999).

Eligible applicants must have applied for admission, or already received an offer of admission, to the University of Cambridge for the PhD in Mathematics.  Home or Overseas graduates of any university may apply.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees,
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom.

Eligible applicants who have indicated that they wish to be considered for this funding will be included in the competition on the basis of their University Application Form.

An award will be conditional on the applicant being accepted by the University’s Graduate Admissions Office. The successful applicant must become a member of Trinity College on taking up the Studentship.

Trinity External Research Studentships

The External Research Studentships are intended for students who wish to undertake a PhD (or MPhil with an intention to continue to PhD) at the University of Cambridge.

Eligible applicants must have received an offer of membership from Trinity College.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate, pro-rated for the MPhil)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom.

Up to six External Research Studentships may be awarded. Competition for these Studentships is intense so it is the College’s practice to elect reserve candidates who may be offered a Studentship if any awards are declined. Honorary Trinity External Research Studentships may be awarded to those who receive a Research Council Studentship or equivalent.

Trinity Internal Graduate Studentships (IGS)

This scheme supports a number of students who have undertaken undergraduate or MPhil studies at Trinity College, and who wish to continue to further postgraduate-level study. It is a condition that anyone considered for an IGS must apply for external funding, including from elsewhere in the University.

If you are currently studying at Trinity College, please see the information at Tutorial: Studentship and Scholarships. If you are an Alumnus returning to undertake a postgraduate course, please request information by email using [email protected].

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate, pro-rated for the MPhil)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom.

The IGS application process runs in Michaelmas and Lent Term: full details will be circulated to all eligible candidates.

Trinity Overseas Bursaries

Trinity Overseas Bursaries are intended for overseas postgraduate students who have been offered membership at Trinity College. The value of these Bursaries depends on need. They are not intended to provide a major source of finance, but to give a necessary and just sufficient addition for students whose resources fail to meet the financial requirement of the University by a modest amount.

Application forms are sent to all overseas postgraduate students at the point of an offer of admission to the College.

Trinity Pre-Research Studentship for Language Study

These Studentships are intended for the holders of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) or British Academy Postgraduate Studentships or similar awards who wish to study a rare language for a specific research project, during their first or second postgraduate year, in preparation for a subsequent period of research for the PhD degree.

The emoluments of this Studentship are either paid in the first year (if the doctoral studentship can be postponed) or alternatively held in abeyance until the final year of study for the PhD degree.

Applicants should be aware that the authorities administering the AHRC and other postgraduate studentships normally expect the holder to be registered for the PhD degree within the first two years of postgraduate study. At the University of Cambridge a candidate for registration is required by her/his Degree Committee to submit work for assessment. The first years of postgraduate study must therefore include a substantial effort in research as well as language study.

Trinity Studentship in Mathematics

The Trinity Studentship in Mathematics is a one-year studentship intended for students who wish to undertake research in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge but who are required by the Faculty of Mathematics to take, in the first instance, the course leading to the Master of Advanced Study (MASt).

On completion of the MASt, the student will be eligible to apply for a Trinity Internal Graduate Studentship at Trinity College in order to undertake the PhD degree.

The Studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees for the MASt
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the United Kingdom for overseas students.

Exceptionally promising students may be elected straight away to a Studentship which provides up to four and a half years of support, the first year to be devoted, under the conditions detailed above, to the MASt, the next three and a half years (subject to good performance in the MASt) to be spent on research for a PhD in Mathematics.

Trinity Studentship in Theology

The Trinity Studentship in Theology is intended for students who wish to undertake a PhD in Theology at the University of Cambridge,

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the UKRI rate)
3. Return ticket from the country of origin to the UK for overseas students.

Among equally strong candidates preference will be given first to lineal descendants of members of the Haberdashers’ Company and then to candidates from Staffordshire.

Victor Phillip Michael Dahdaleh PhD Studentship

For the academic year commencing 2027/28, a studentship funded by a generous donation from Dr Victor Phillip Michael Dahdaleh will be awarded to an outstanding postgraduate student undertaking research within the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute at the University of Cambridge.

The successful student will be known as a Victor Phillip Michael Dahdaleh Scholar and will join an outstanding cohort of students at both Trinity College and the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute.

The Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute is a cross-disciplinary research institute aiming to improve cardiovascular and lung health for everyone, no matter where they live. For further information on the areas of research undertaken at the institute, please visit www.hlri.cam.ac.uk

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance (at the SCM rate)
3. Research Consumables contribution

 William de Gelsey PhD Studentship

The William de Gelsey PhD Studentship Fund was established in 2022. The studentship supports PhD students in STEMM subjects from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

The studentship covers:

1. Postgraduate Course Fees
2. Maintenance allowance at the UKRI rate
3. Return flight to the UK from country of origin for overseas candidates