Scholarships, travel awards and prizes

Looking for funding? These pages offer information of internal and external opportunities.

Who are these pages for?

The Collegiate University has many funding opportunities whether you are an applicant, undergraduate or postgraduate current student. Please read eligibility criteria carefully before applying.

Undergraduate students

To find out more about funding opportunities, please see the links below.

Postgraduate students

There are many funding opportunities at Cambridge for prospective postgraduate students, from a wide variety of sources including Colleges, Departments, Research Councils and central University funds. Information can be found at:

The main funding for postgraduate students within Cambridge is:

Before applying for scholarships, read the eligibility criteria thoroughly and make sure you submit your application by the correct deadline. It is important to note that most fully funded opportunities at Cambridge are only available to students about to start a new course. However, small part-cost bursaries may be available to current postgraduate students from colleges and departments for fieldwork, hardship, conferences, etc. Most scholarships are linked with application deadlines for either courses in December or January, unless students are asked to apply separately. Students must tick that they wish to be considered for funding on their course application form.

Please note that postgraduate students are expected to have their finances in place before they start their course, and will have provided a financial undertaking to confirm this. 

External funding

Many charities make awards to current and prospective students. We have compiled a list of the most notable funds and useful links, tailored to your region.

Additionally, a useful source of information for exploring funding opportunities from charities and voluntary organisations is the Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding. This is an external resource published independently by Gradfunding. This award-winning guide is written by two UK based PhD students who, between them, won over £50,000 from 50 different charity awards. It provides a database of alternative funding opportunities from charities and trusts and gives advice about how to apply to them, including, model personal and financial statements. The University has subscribed to the Guide, which can be accessed free of charge.

Current Cambridge staff and students can use their University email address to register online. Applicants who do not yet have a University email account can email alt-guide.pgfunding@admin.cam.ac.uk to receive a pin that will enable access to the Guide.

ELCAS (Enhanced Learning Credits Administration Services) is the MOD's Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme that promotes lifelong learning among members of the Armed Forces. Funding is available to both current members and those that have left the Armed Forces.

Please review the ELCAS website for accredited courses.

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