Additional bursaries for CBS students

If you're awarded a full Cambridge Bursary, you will automatically be put forward for the scheme's other donor-funded awards (Reuben, and Douglas Cashin), with no additional application needed. If you’re successful you’ll be told at the start of the academic year. You can decline the award if you do not want to accept it. 

Students starting their course in 2026-27 must continue to meet Cambridge Bursary Scheme eligibility criteria each academic year to retain their donor award. Students who no longer meet the eligibility criteria will no longer receive the donor-funded award. Students who began their course before 2026-27 and were already in receipt of a donor-funded award will continue to receive it in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in their original award letter, regardless of their ongoing Bursary eligibility.

The Between the Cracks Bursary is for clinical medics on a full or partial Cambridge Bursary.

Reuben Bursaries

• Care experienced students are prioritised.
• Selections are based on a range of indicators of disadvantage, including household income and Indices of Multiple Deprivation.
• Over 50 new undergraduate students receive £1,750 a year.
• Students are selected across all Colleges and subject areas.
• Reuben Scholars are invited to take part in networking and alumni events.

These are funded by a donation from the Reuben Foundation.

Douglas Cashin Bursaries

• For 2 students who receive a full Cambridge Bursary and study the 4-year Classics with Preliminary Year course.
• Recipients are awarded bursaries of £1,750 a year.

These are funded by a donation, to support students with no background in Classics to access the course.

To receive any of these awards you must agree to share your details with the donor, for monitoring and communications purposes. However, you can choose not to participate in events they invite you to and opportunities they offer.

Between the Cracks Bursaries

These bursaries are funded by a generous donation to the School of Clinical Medicine and will continue for as long as funds are available. These bursaries provide financial support to clinical medical students in Years 5 and 6 of the Medicine course, as well as students in Years 2, 3 and 4 of the Cambridge Graduate Course in Medicine (CGCM). Students receiving the maximum Cambridge Bursary (household income up to £25,000) will receive an additional £1,000 through the BTCB scheme, while those receiving a partial Cambridge Bursary (household income between £25,001 and £62,215) will receive £500.