Description

Harding Distinguished PhD Scholarship for Talented students from UK and around the World is open for International Students Students from UK and around the world. The scholarship allows PhD level program(s) in the field of All Subjects taught at University of Cambridge . The deadline of the scholarship is expired at 07 Jan 2020.

Degree Level

Harding Distinguished PhD Scholarship for Talented students from UK and around the World is available to undertake PhD level programs at University of Cambridge.

Available Subjects

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

• All Subjects

Benefits

The university will provide covers costs for PhD students:

• the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate for the duration of your course
• a maintenance allowance (living costs) of £18,000 per year for the three-year duration of your research, with the option to receive maintenance funding in the fourth year, should this be required
• a research allowance (for expenditure on research-related activities and consumables, for example, books, fieldwork and conference attendance) of up to £6,000 for the three-year duration of your research.

Eligible Nationalities

students from all nationalities are eligible to compete for the scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarships are available to candidates applying to pursue a full-time residential PhD course of study at the University of Cambridge. Scholarships are open to PhD students of any nationality and in any discipline. You will automatically be considered for a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship if:

• You complete the funding section of the Graduate Application form when making your application for PhD study via the Applicant Portal, and you apply by the funding deadline for your course.
• You go on to be highly scored in the Postgraduate Funding Competition by the Department or Faculty to which you have applied.
• You have applied to one of the eligible Colleges:

• Christ’s College
• Churchill College
• Clare College
• Clare Hall
• Darwin College
• Downing College
• Fitzwilliam College
• Girton College
• Homerton College
• Hughes Hall
• Jesus College
• Lucy Cavendish College
• Magdalene College
• Murray Edwards College
• Newnham College
• Queens’ College
• Robinson College
• Selwyn College
• Sidney Sussex College
• St Catharine’s College
• St Edmund’s College
• Trinity Hall
• Wolfson College.

If you apply to a College that is not listed above, this will not preclude you from being considered for a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship. However, please be aware that you might be asked to change Colleges in order to take up the Scholarship.

A significant proportion of the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarships (25-33% each year) will be at St Catharine’s College. The larger group at St Catharine’s College reflects David Harding’s previous association with the College. However, the remainder will be distributed so as to guarantee excellent postgraduate students across the whole Collegiate University.

Current students at the University of Cambridge

If you are currently studying for a Masters at Cambridge and you are applying to pursue a PhD here then you will be eligible for consideration for a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship, provided you fulfil the eligibility criteria provided above. If you have already started your PhD course at the University of Cambridge, you are not eligible to be considered for a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship.

Application Procedure

You can apply for admission to a PhD course, a College place and various sources of funding via the University’s Graduate Applicant Portal. Full details can be found on the Graduate Admissons website.

When making your online application, please ensure you indicate that you wish to be considered for funding and complete the funding section. Applicants who do not complete this section will not be considered for Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarships.

• Deadline is 07 january 2020