Details of the
costs you will incur are
available from the University Graduate
Studies Prospectus.
Please refer also to the University
Graduate Studies Prospectus and
the information published by the
various
funding bodies for details of financial help available.
Applicants
might also find the Cambridge
University Graduate Funding Directory helpful.
Economic &
Social Research Council Studentships (ESRC)
Applicants who wish to be
considered for an ESRC award do not
need to
complete
an ESRC application form unless the Faculty of Economics contacts
them. Please
indicate on the Graduate Application form (GRADSAF) if you
wish to be considered for Research Council funding.
The Faculty is allocated
a number of ESRC quota
studentships
each year. UK and EU students are eligible to receive ESRC
quota
studentships (see ESRC
Guidance Notes for Applicants
for eligibility
details).
These studentships can be
awarded either to students admitted
to the MPhil Economic Research or to students admitted directly to the
PhD after having
completed a suitable Master’s course. In the former
case,
the studentships
cover both the MPhil year and three further years working on the PhD (a
so-called 1+3 award). In the latter case, the studentships
cover
three years of work on the PhD (a +3 award).
The Faculty of Economics
will consider all eligible applicants
and will
allocate its quota studentships to the strongest candidates.
Successful candidates will be contacted
by the Faculty of Economics and asked to complete a quota nomination
form.
The Faculty of Economics
is also allowed to enter one
candidate for
the ESRC open studentship competition.
Candidates for the quota studentships who are unsuccessful will
automatically
be considered for the open competition. The candidate who is
entered
by the Faculty of Economics for the open competition will also be
contacted
by the Faculty of Economics and asked to complete a application form.
For further information about ESRC studentships, see the University
Graduate studies Prospectus and
the
ESRC Society Today pages.
Gates Cambridge Trust
Gates Cambridge
Scholarships are designed to support students
of outstanding
academic merit and leadership potential from every country of the world
except the UK. Preference will be given to those judged particularly
committed
to serving their communities, and students from the USA will be
considered
first.
The Faculty of Economics
expects to be asked to help rank and
recommend
students for interview. Students from the USA who wish to be
considered
for a Gates Scholarship must submit their application form (GRADSAF) to
the Faculty of Economics by 15 October. For applicants from
other
countries the interviews and deadlines are later. Please check the Gates Cambridge Trust web page.
Cambridge Overseas Trust
& Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
Full details
of Cambridge
Overseas Trust (COT) and Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
(CCT) awards and application deadlines can be found in the University
Graduate Prospectus or on their website.
Cambridge International
Scholarships Scheme (CISS)
Candidates applying for
the PhD from non-EU countries are eligible for
this award. Full details and application deadlines can be
found
in the University
Graduate Studies Prospectus.
Cambridge Home and
EU Scholarship Scheme (CHESS)
Full details on the
CHESS awards and application
deadlines can be found in the University
Graduate Studies Prospectus.
Colleges
Students may be eligible
for College Studentships. See University
Graduate Studies Prospectus. For
example Trinity College offers External
Research Studentships for
applicants who have not previously been
undergraduate or graduate students at Cambridge and St John's College
offers the
Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
for outstanding Indian applicants.
University Reporter
Further
information on scholarships can be found in the University
Reporter.
