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Fully-funded Scholarships for the most talented PhD students from the UK and around the world

The Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme was established in February 2019 thanks to an extraordinarily generous donation from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation, the biggest single gift made to a university in the UK by a British philanthropist. 

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarships provide outstanding PhD students with life-changing opportunities to research and study at the University of Cambridge. These fully funded Scholarships are available to the most talented students in any discipline, from all parts of the UK and the world.

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Each year Gates Cambridge offers c.80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Approximately two-thirds of these awards will be offered to PhD students, with approximately 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the International round.

The selection criteria are:

outstanding intellectual ability

reasons for choice of course

a commitment to improving the lives of others

leadership potential

There are approximately 250 Scholars from c. 50 countries studying in Cambridge at any one time who pursue the full range of subjects available at the University and are spread across its departments and Colleges, as well as forming their own distinctive community.

There is also a community of more than 1,700 Gates Cambridge Scholar Alumni spread across the world.

The Gates Cambridge mission is to build a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others. It aims to achieve this mission by selecting outstanding scholars, providing them with financial and non-financial support at one of the world’s leading universities and facilitating community building at and beyond Cambridge.

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship programme was established in October 2000 by an historic  donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge. The first class of scholars came into residence in October 2001. Since then, the Trust has awarded over 2,000 scholarships to scholars from more than 100 countries.

A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge. It also provides additional, discretionary funding.

Core components

the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate*

a maintenance allowance for a single student (£20,000 for 12 months at the 2023-24 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months) – for PhD scholars the award is for up to 4 years

one economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course

inbound visa costs & the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge

* The University Composition Fee varies for different types of students; applicants should see the Graduate Studies prospectus for full details about precise amounts. Where a student has been successful in gaining a fee award from public authorities (such as the UKRI ) they should accept this award and the Trust will not pay their fee or may share their fee and maintenance costs.

Discretionary components

The Trust also considers applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis:

Academic development funding – from up to £500 to up to £2,000, dependent on the length of your course, to attend conferences and courses.

Dependent Children Allowance – up to £11,604 for one child and up to £16,548 for two or more children (2023-24 rate). No funding is provided for a partner.

Fieldwork – you may apply to keep up to your normal maintenance allowance while on fieldwork as part of your PhD (the Trust does not fund other fieldwork costs as these should be funded by the University Composition Fee).

Maternity/Paternity funding – should you require it, you may apply to intermit your studies for up to 6 months and continue to receive your maintenance allowance during this time

Hardship funding – for unforeseen difficulties facing the scholar

Receiving a salary or substantial other scholarship?

If you are receiving a salary from an employer or have another substantial scholarship, the Trust reserves the right to reduce or not pay the standard maintenance allowance. You should let the Trust know ASAP if you are awarded any funding towards your degree at Cambridge.

What is not covered?

Most costs are covered by the Scholarship but Gates Cambridge does not cover bench fees or the costs of scientific equipment or similar academic resources. The Trust expects such core course costs to be covered by the academic department at Cambridge.

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Cambridge PhD Scholarships and Awards UK 2023

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Description for Cambridge PhD Award:

Cambridge Trust is offering two types of scholarships viz: 1. Cambridge International scholarship and 2. Vice CHancellor's Awards

• Cambridge International Scholarships – for applicants who are from countries other than the United Kingdom or Ireland
• Vice-Chancellor’s Awards – for UK and Irish nationals who are required to pay fees at the home rate

The Cambridge Trust is pleased to offer scholarships  to applicants who will be undertaking research leading to the degree of a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in the next academic year.

Degree level for cambridge phd award:.

Cambridge PhD Scholarships and Awards UK 2023 is available to undertake PhD level programs at University of Cambridge.

Available Subjects for Cambridge PhD Award:

Following subject are available to study under this scholarship program.

Benefits for Cambridge PhD Award:

The aim of the Cambridge International Scholarships and Vice-Chancellor’s Awards is to ensure that the highest-scored students, irrespective of nationality, receive full financial support to undertake Ph.D. studies.  The Scholarships pay the University Composition Fee and a maintenance allowance sufficient for a single person.

Eligible Nationalities for Cambridge PhD Award:

International students as well as domestic students from Ireland are eligible to apply against respective scholarships as per eligibility.

Eligibility Criteria for Cambridge PhD Award:

In order to maximize the number of scholarships awarded, the trust will, when appropriate, promote winners of cambridge international scholarships and vice-chancellor’s awards to other full-cost awards with partner organizations, uk research councils or departments, or colleges, who are willing to provide either the full amount or part of the cost of the scholarship.  where part of the cost of a scholarship is offered, the trust will meet the balance., if a student receives a full-cost scholarship from any source (excluding gates cambridge and harding), the offer of an award from the trust will lapse and you will be offered the status of ‘honorary trust scholar’.  this entitles you to attend the trust’s events but bears no monetary value.  if you have accepted a gates cambridge scholarship or a harding distinguished postgraduate scholarship, any offer of an award from the trust, including those offered with an honorary status, will immediately lapse., application procedure for cambridge phd award:, applicants who wish to start their phds in the next academic year must apply by either 1 december 2022 or 5 january 2023, whichever deadline is appropriate for your course.  please see the postgraduate admissions webpage  ‘application & funding deadlines’ . all applicants should complete the funding section of the online application form via the applicant portal ticking the box to express their ‘wish to be considered for funding and by completing the cambridge trust section.  a university committee will draw up one scored list of all ph.d. applicants across all disciplines.  the only factors taken into consideration in agreeing to this list are academic qualifications, references, and research potential.  the financial situation of applicants does not affect the selection of scholarship winners. the trust’s awards period runs from march to the end of july and is an ongoing process throughout that period. the majority of our full awards are made in march. some of our partner-funded awards can take time, and sometimes when offers are declined we may be able to offer them elsewhere.  you will be informed if you have been successful in winning one of these awards..

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FAQs for new and current Trust scholars

New scholars/awardees.

Please see below a selection of FAQs. 

Awardees should also refer to the Trust's  Guidelines for Scholars for full guidance.

I have received my scholarship offer letter. What do I need to do to formally accept?

Congratulations!  Your offer letter sets out all of the details and conditions so please read it carefully and keep a copy for your records.  You may need to provide this letter as evidence of your funding if you are applying for a student visa, as this information will not be provided in your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies), issued by the University to support your visa application.

Your offer letter should have been sent with an acceptance form.  If you did not receive this, please let us know.  Your Cambridge Trust scholarship is not final until we have received your signed form.

By signing this form you are accepting the terms and conditions of your Trust scholarship, as set out in your offer letter (and any additional terms and conditions which may be included in the acceptance form itself).  

If your award is offered in partnership with a funding partner (as stated in the Details of Award section of your offer letter), please be aware that this is an external funder which may impose different or additional conditions on your scholarship.

How do I meet my financial condition for admission?

We will upload a copy of your offer letter to your student self-service account, which will act as proof of your Trust funding for your financial condition.   

IMPORTANT: To meet your financial condition you may be required to complete a Financial Undertaking Form. Please consult A Guide to your Offer and its Conditions: Entry in 2023/24 (section 5 - Your financial condition and the Financial Undertaking Form) to check if this applies to you. Should it be required, you can find the Financial Undertaking Form here: Postgraduate Admissions: Financial Undertaking Form.

What do I need to do to complete my offer conditions for admission?

Your Cambridge Trust scholarship is dependent on your meeting all of the conditions of admission by the relevant deadline.  

Please make sure that you regularly check your student self-service area  in the University's admissions portal so that you can see any conditions that are associated with your offer of a place at Cambridge and whether you have any outstanding.  The University will alert you to any missing documents or if you need to provide supplementary materials.

Can the Trust help me with visa and immigration issues?

If you require entry clearance to study in the UK, you will need sponsorship from the University. Your Scholarship offer letter does not constitute sponsorship. You will require a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) . The University’s Postgraduate Admissions Office issues CAS for new postgraduate students and postgraduate students continuing to a new course. The International Student Office issues all other CAS. However, please be aware, you may need to provide your offer letter as evidence of your funding if you are applying for a student visa, as this information will not be provided in your CAS, issued by the University to support your application.

The University’s International Student Office provides a free visa advice service to all applicants with an offer to study at Cambridge, current students and family members. Contact the team at [email protected] for advice on student visas (formerly called a ‘Tier 4’ visa) and other related immigration matters including how, when and where to apply for a student visa; checking application forms and supporting documents before submission; what to do if an application is refused; what to do if a passport or visa is lost; and visas for dependants.

Further information including a guide to applying for or extending a current student visa can be found on the International Students’ website .

All international students are required by the UK Government to pay an Immigration Health Surcharge, which entitles you to use the NHS in the UK for the duration of the visa granted. Full details can be found on the International Students’ webpage .

You are encouraged to submit your visa application as soon as possible, but no earlier than six months before the start of your course, as processing times during the summer months can be longer.

As a Cambridge Trust scholar, am I entitled to a free visa?

The majority of Cambridge Trust scholars will need to pay for their visa and Immigration Health Surcharge.

There are a few exceptions; those who have won Marshall, Chevening or Commonwealth scholarships are government-funded scholarships that entitle the student to a free visa application. Please note, “Commonwealth” in this instance does not refer to “Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust”. There are specifically named Commonwealth Scholarships ( Commonwealth (Cambridge) Scholarship  and  Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Scholarship ).

For Marshall, Chevening or Commonwealth scholarships only:

When completing your Student Visa Application, you must ensure that you select YES to the question ‘Do you have a Marshall, Chevening or Commonwealth Scholarship?’, so that the Application Fee and Immigration Health Surcharge is waived. If you are charged for your visa application or asked to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge, you should contact the University’s International Office immediately.

For all other Cambridge Trust scholarships:

When completing your Student Visa Application, you must ensure that you select NO to the question ‘Do you have a Marshall, Chevening or Commonwealth Scholarship?’, so that the Application Fee and Immigration Health Surcharge is included in the costs.

I need to apply for ATAS clearance. Can the Trust help with this?

If you are applying for a PhD/Masters-level course in certain science or technology subject areas and you will be studying in the UK on a visa, you will need to apply for ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance. The following applicants are exempt:

• those who have been granted indefinite leave to remain;
• nationals of the European Economic Area and Switzerland;
• nationals of the following countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Singapore, Japan, South Korea.

For full details please see the Postgraduate Admissions’ webpage here .

Graduate students who are required to apply for ATAS will have it included as a condition of offer and will be able to view an ATAS summary of research and the course JACS code, required for the ATAS application, in their applicant self-service portal.

I no longer plan on coming to Cambridge. Do I need to inform the Trust?

Yes please.  The Trust is not automatically notified if you withdraw your application for admission, so if you have been made an offer of a Cambridge Trust scholarship and you are no longer coming to Cambridge, we would ask you to let us know by email that you wish to decline your scholarship.  For our records, it is useful for us to know the reason you are declining you award and/or where you will be studying instead, if you are happy to share this information.

I have been offered a scholarship by the Trust, but I would like to defer the start of my studies in Cambridge for a year. Can I keep my scholarship and start in the next academic year?

Your scholarship must be taken up in the academic year for which it was awarded.  Scholarships cannot usually be deferred to the next academic year.

If PhD scholars wish to begin their studies after 1 October of the academic year, they must seek the agreement of their supervisor, Faculty/Department and the Student Registry. The scholarship must be taken up in the academic year for which it was awarded (e.g. Michaelmas Term, Lent Term or Easter Term start within that academic year).

If you wish to reapply for admission in the next academic year, your application will be considered again by the Trust.

How and when is my scholarship paid?

University Composition Fee (UCF)

The fee element of any scholarship (this includes University and College Fees), where applicable, is paid directly by the Trust to the relevant College during the Lent term.  It does not include any expenses incurred by you at your College (such as accommodation, meals, kitchen fixed charge, etc.). If you have a query about fee payments due from the Trust to your College, please contact your College Tutor.

Maintenance

If your scholarship includes a maintenance allowance, or a contribution towards maintenance, it will be paid as follows (once the Trust receives your UK bank account details and confirmation that you have started your course):

Study course of 11 months or more

4 instalments, at equal intervals throughout the year

Study course of up to 10 months, and  Undergraduate or affiliated course

3 instalments, at equal intervals throughout the year

Maintenance will be paid quarterly (e.g. every 3 months) by bank transfer (BACS) into your UK bank account. Please complete the BACS form (which you should have received with your offer letter) as soon as you open a UK bank account and send this form with confirmation that the bank account is in your name (bank statement with transactions covered, or confirmation letter from your bank) to [email protected]

* If the proposed payment date falls on a weekend, payment will be made on the previous working day.

** New Scholars – your first maintenance payment cannot be made until you have opened a UK bank account and sent us your bank details, and we have had confirmation from your college that you have started your course (which we will request from the college). This payment will be made as soon as we have this information, but may be later than your start date.  We suggest that you arrive with some funds in place to cover this period.

Important information:

• It is your responsibility to budget accordingly, particularly if you have a private rental agreement, to ensure that you have enough money to cover your expenses between receiving your maintenance payment.
• Please be aware that the maintenance payment is sufficient for a single person and does not cover dependents.
• Please inform the Trust Finance Department if you have not received your maintenance payment by the due date.
• Please note the Trust cannot change the dates on which payments of allowances are made. Only in very exceptional circumstances may you request payment in advance of the scheduled date, you must seek advice and assistance from your College Tutor in the first instance.

I do not have a UK bank account. How do I get one?

Guidance and information on opening a UK bank account can be found here .  This can be done when you arrive in the UK.

The Trust is also able to make payments into the following online banks:

If you have any questions about opening a UK bank account, please contact our Finance Team .

I have an award from another source. What do I do?

You must inform the Trust if you are offered funding from other sources for your study at Cambridge at any time before or during the tenure of your scholarship from the Trust. Failure to provide full details may lead to the cancellation by the Trust of your scholarship.

If you receive another scholarship which meets the full costs of study at Cambridge i.e. University Composition Fee, approved College fees (where applicable) and maintenance sufficient for a single student, you will be given the opportunity to choose which award you will accept. In some cases, it may be possible to negotiate a share of costs with the other awarding body and to hold both awards alongside each other, but If you are successful in obtaining a scholarship from another source, the Trust reserves the right to adjust the value of your scholarship.

If you receive a full-cost scholarship from any source other than Gates Cambridge or the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship programme, the offer of an award from the Trust will lapse and you will be offered the status of Honorary Trust Scholar. This entitles you to become a member of the Trust's community of scholars and attend the Trust's events but bears no monetary value.

If you have accepted a Gates Cambridge Scholarship or a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship, any offer of an award from the Trust will immediately lapse and you will not be offered ‘Honorary’ status.

If you are awarded a minor scholarship (part-funding) from another source, the Trust reserves the right to adjust the value of your scholarship. If you receive a full maintenance allowance from the Trust, you will be allowed to retain the other scholarship at the Trust's discretion (i.e. as a contribution to other expenses such as conferences, fieldwork etc.). If you receive other awards of a higher monetary value, the Trust may reduce your scholarship in order to re-allocate funds to support other scholars.

I have been asked to attend an ADTIS language course before or during my studies at Cambridge. Will the Trust pay for this?

The resources of the Trust are limited, and our aim is to enable as many suitable applicants as possible to be able to study at Cambridge, so we are not able to make grants towards ADTIS language courses for scholars.

Can the Trust help me with my travel to the UK?

If your award covers the cost of travel to Cambridge this will be specified in your award letter.

If your award does not provide funding for travel, it is your responsibility to make and pay for all necessary arrangements for travel to the UK, and to return home on completion of your course of study at Cambridge. You should not, under any circumstances, make unbreakable arrangements to travel to Cambridge before your admission to the University has been confirmed.

You are responsible for obtaining the necessary travel documents for travel from your home country to the UK (e.g. visa to enter the UK, and exit permit from your own country), and you should ensure that you apply for these documents in good time.

You must ask your College and, in the case of postgraduate students, your Department or Faculty for advice about the date by which you should arrive in Cambridge in order to be ready for the start of the academic year. If you wish to come into residence in Cambridge at any time other than the date suggested you must obtain the permission of the College, and, in the case of postgraduate students who require a student visa, of Postgraduate Admissions.

Travel to Cambridge

When you have arrived in the UK, have received your luggage, have been through immigration and are ready to travel from the airport, you can either travel to Cambridge by train or by coach.

To travel to Cambridge by Train - this link will provide you the details of train times and prices: https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search

To travel from Heathrow Airport to Cambridge Parkside (City Centre of Cambridge) by National Express Coaches . Follow this link for times and prices: https://www.nationalexpress.com/en - select: Heathrow Airport LHR and your Terminal number to Cambridge Parkside (City Centre) to get coach times and prices.

If there is an agreement in place for the Trust to refund any travel expenses, please retain your receipts for reimbursement.  

When you arrive in Cambridge:

You might wish to travel from the train station or from the coach stop at Parkside to your College by taxi. You can call this number for – Panther Taxis 01223 715715 – If you do not have enough £ Sterling in cash, please say to the telephone operator of Panther Taxis that you wish to pay by debit card, this is so that they make sure that the driver who comes to meet you, has the facility in his car to enable you to pay by debit card.  This cost is not refundable.

I have just arrived in Cambridge. Is there any information for new students?

Information for new students is available on the Cambridge Students’ webpage here . Information for international students is also available on the International Students webpage here .

There are many sources of information and support available for students at Cambridge. For example, your College Tutor can help you with many matters to do with your life in Cambridge and your Director of Studies or Supervisor can support you with your academic work. Disabled students can also get in touch with the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre (ADRC) for advice.

Newcomers and Visiting Scholars is a volunteer run group for University members and their families. For details please see here .

I am bringing my spouse / dependants / family with me. Does the Trust offer an allowance for this?

The Trust’s awards generally do not cover allowances for a spouse, children or other dependents. You are responsible for obtaining the necessary permission from the University, College and immigration to allow them to join you in Cambridge.

For applicants – you will need to provide additional financial guarantees of the extra financial support required, and have the consent of your College. For full information please see here .

The University offers an Information Service to families of the University providing information on a variety of different areas relating to family life in Cambridge. For details please see here .

The University’s Childcare Office oversees the facilities and assistance offered to University staff and students with children. For details please see here .

Where can I find information about postgraduate or undergraduate study?

Useful information about your studies can be found here:

• Postgraduates -  https://www.cambridgestudents....
• Undergraduates -  https://www.cambridgestudents....

Current scholars in residence

What do i do if my student status changes.

For postgraduates, applications for changes such as intermission (a break from study), permission to work away from Cambridge, or an extension to your submission date are considered changes to your student status.  Information on this can be found here .

Please make sure that you keep the Trust informed of any changes, as we are not automatically informed, and a change in status may affect your scholarship.

I need a letter from the Trust for visa renewal / rental agreement / etc., how do I get this?

The Trust can provide letters for you when needed for visa renewals, rental agreements, etc.  Please contact the Scholarships Team  for information.

Please note, the Trust is not able to act as guarantor for rental agreements or similar.

Please check the University's webpages as you may be able to request a verification letter from the University using their online service.

I require financial assistance with extension / conference / hardship / etc. How do I apply for this?

For information on all financial assistance, please visit our section on Financial Assistance for Trust Scholars .

I am currently a scholar receiving funding from the Trust, and there is an issue which I would like to discuss with a member of staff at the Trust. How do I make an appointment?

Firstly, please check that your query is not answered on this website, either here in the FAQ section, or in the Guidelines for scholars . If you have not found an answer, please contact the Scholarships Team in the first instance.

When contacting the Scholarships Team, we ask that you do so initially via email. We will deal with your enquiry as quickly as possible, and respond via the most appropriate method, whether via email or by arranging a call via Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Please contact the Scholarships Team providing your University Student Number or application number, so that we can access all relevant information before being in contact with you.

Is there any other information that may be useful for Trust scholars?

Term dates and calendar -  https://www.cambridgestudents....

International Student Office -  https://www.iso.admin.cam.ac.u...

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Guidelines for scholars.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship Programme 2023/2024 for Study at the University of Cambridge, UK (Fully Funded)

Application Deadline: 5 January 2023

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship Programme was established in October 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge; this is the largest ever single donation to a UK university. The first class of scholars came into residence in October 2001.

Each year Gates Cambridge offers c.80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge. Approximately two-thirds of these awards will be offered to PhD students, with approximately 25 awards available in the US round and 55 available in the International round.

Eligibility Requirements:

You can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship if you are:

• a citizen of any country outside the United Kingdom
• PhD (full-time or part-time*)
• MLitt (full-time)
• One year postgraduate course (full-time), with some exceptions – see below

*  For October 2023 entry, Gates Cambridge is piloting a scheme which allows applicants to apply for funding for a part-time doctoral degree.

A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge. It also provides additional, discretionary funding.

Core components

• the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate*
• a maintenance allowance for a single student (£18,744 for 12 months at the 2022-23 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months) – for PhD scholars the award is for up to 4 years
• one economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course
• inbound visa costs & the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge

* The University Composition Fee varies for different types of students; applicants should see the Graduate Studies prospectus for full details about precise amounts. Where a student has been successful in gaining a fees award from public authorities (such as the  UKRI ) they must accept this and the Trust will not pay these fees.

Discretionary components

The Trust also considers applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis:

• Academic development funding – from up to £500 to up to £2,000, dependent on the length of your course, to attend conferences and courses.
• Family allowance – up to £10,944 for one child and up to £15,612 for two or more children (2022-23 rate). No funding is provided for a partner.
• Fieldwork – you may apply to keep up to your normal maintenance allowance while on fieldwork as part of your PhD (the Trust does not fund other fieldwork costs as these should be funded by the University Composition Fee).
• Maternity/Paternity funding – should you require it, you may apply to intermit your studies for up to 6 months and continue to receive your maintenance allowance during this time
• Hardship funding – for unforeseen difficulties facing the scholar

Selection Criteria

The selection criteria are:

• outstanding intellectual ability
• reasons for choice of course
• a commitment to improving the lives of others
• leadership potential

General funding at Cambridge

Whether or not you are eligible for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship you may be eligible for other funding offered by the University of Cambridge. See  www.student-funding.cam.ac.uk  for more details.

Courses which Gates Cambridge does NOT consider:

• Any Undergraduate degree, such as BA (undergraduate) or BA affiliated (a second BA)
• Business Doctorate (BusD)
• Master of Business (MBA)
• Master of Finance (MFin)
• MASt courses
• MBBChir Clinical Studies
• MD Doctor of Medicine degree (6 years, part-time, Home students only)
• Graduate Course in Medicine (A101)
• Part-time degrees other than the PhD
• Non-degree courses

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There are two different scholarship programs offered by the Cambridge Trust: the Cambridge International Scholarship and the Vice Chancellor’s Awards. International candidates from nations other than the United Kingdom or Ireland are eligible for the Cambridge Scholarships.

Vice-Awards Chancellor’s – for citizens of the UK and Ireland who must pay tuition at the domestic rate. The Cambridge Trust is happy to provide scholarships to candidates who will do research at the University of Cambridge that will result in a Ph.D. in the upcoming academic year. Please review the material below for further details about the UK 2023 Cambridge PhD Scholarships & Awards.

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• Cambridge PhD Scholarships and Awards UK 2023 is available to undertake PhD level programs at University of Cambridge.

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• The Cambridge International Scholarships and Vice-Awards Chancellor’s are designed to guarantee that the top candidates, regardless of nationality, have complete financial assistance in order to pursue doctoral studies.
• The scholarships cover the cost of the university composition fee as well as a living expense grant for one individual.

Nationalities That Qualify

Both domestic and international students in Ireland may submit applications for the appropriate scholarships, subject to eligibility.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Trust will, when appropriate, recommend recipients of Vice-Awards Chancellor’s and Cambridge International Scholarships to other full-cost awards with partner organizations, UK Research Councils or Departments, or Colleges, who are willing to contribute either the full amount or part of the scholarship’s cost.
• Where just a portion of a scholarship’s cost is provided, the Trust will cover the remaining amount.
• The offer of an award from the Trust will expire if a student wins a full-tuition scholarship from any source (with the exception of Gates Cambridge and Harding), and you will be given the title of “Honorary Trust Scholar.”
• This has no monetary value but gives you access to the Trust’s events.
• Any offer of an award from the Trust, including those granted with an Honorary status, shall immediately expire if you have accepted a Gates Cambridge Scholarship or a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship.

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• Applicants must submit their applications by either 1 December 2022 or 5 January 2023, depending on which deadline is appropriate for their degree, if they want to begin their PhDs the following academic year.
• Please refer to the “Application & Funding Deadlines” section of the Postgraduate Admissions homepage.
• Each candidate must fill out the financing component of the online application form through the Applicant Portal, checking the box next to “I desire to be considered for funding,” and filling out the Cambridge Trust section.
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• The entire awards are typically given out in March.
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Top row, from left, Paulina Pimentel-Mora, Tony Wang,Galia Newberger, Ellie Burke, and Giuliana Pavanelli Durón. Second row, Yosef Malka, Joshua Nguyen, Anjali Mangla, Sophie Kane, and Vijay Pathak.

Eight Yale seniors and two recent graduates have been awarded fellowships from various organizations for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

These are in addition to students, previously announced in Yale News , who have won Rhodes scholarships.

The fellowship winners and their awards follow:

Ellie Burke , who is studying history at Yale, was awarded a Paul Mellon fellowship to pursue an M.Phil. degree in World History at the University of Cambridge. For her thesis project, Burke, who is originally from Kansas City, examined the impacts of the South African musical “Sarafina!” on anti-apartheid protest in the United States with advisor Professor Daniel Magaziner. At Cambridge, she will expand this project to more broadly examine the role of anti-apartheid theater in the United Kingdom. During her time at Yale, Burke produced multiple independent theater shows, sang in a cappella groups, and served in arts leadership roles including Outreach Coordinator for the executive board of the Yale Dramatic Association. She also worked as a barista in the Silliman student-run coffee shop, served as a First-Year Outdoor Orientation (FOOT) Leader, and is currently finishing her year as a First-Year Counselor in Silliman.

Giuliana Pavanelli Durón , who will graduate from Yale with a degree in Urban Studies and Architecture, was awarded a Paul Mellon Fellowship for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, where she will pursue an M.Phil. degree in Architecture and Urban Studies. As an Edward A. Bouchet Research Fellow, she has explored the history of landscape architecture in Mexico City, focusing on how the Mexican Revolution affected the design of urban parks and citizens’ relationship to land. In her thesis, she has explored the political and cultural dimensions of water infrastructure in Mexico City. She addresses how Indigenous histories and colonial legacies have been memorialized in hydrologic monuments within the city’s parks, specifically El Bosque de Chapultepec. She has also interned at the Housing and Health Equity Lab, analyzing the effects of pandemic-era moratoriums on housing-insecure individuals. As an Urban Fellow, Giuliana also works on data analysis for New Haven's Fair Rent and Housing Commission, advocating for tenant rights and healthy living conditions. Her research at Cambridge will focus on urban gardens in Mexico City, with an emphasis on how these community spaces serve as a source for alternative planning strategies based on grassroots practices. 

Sophie Kane , a Senegalese-American who has grown up across seven countries, is an American Studies major aspiring to a career at the intersection of law and social policy. On the Yale campus, she served as the first president of the Yale Votes student organization and led the Intercultural and Social Justice program at the AFAM House. In her senior thesis, she compares restorative and reparatory justice commissions in the United States and South Africa. As an undergraduate, she has worked on a presidential campaign, in Congress, and at two nonprofit policy advocacy organizations: Solitary Watch and the Legal Action Center. She has been a Women in Government and Arthur Liman Fellow and is a former student of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. This summer, she will work at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia before pursuing a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in comparative social policy at Oxford in the fall. At Oxford, she will investigate targeted universalism as a strategic tool to reinvent American welfare.

Yosef Malka , a history major whose academic interests lie in the history of political thought, modern Jewish history, and legal theory, was awarded a Paul Mellon Fellowship to pursue an M.Phil. degree in political thought and intellectual history at Cambridge University. Malka, who is from Rockville, Maryland, will examine 20th-century debates over minority rights, the nation-state, and liberalism while at Cambridge. During his time at Yale, Malka served as co-editor-in-chief of Shibboleth, Yale’s undergraduate journal of Jewish studies, worked as an editorial assistant for the Yale Law Journal, interned for the Office of the New York State attorney general, co-led a Sephardic singing group, and founded a student forum for the study of political theory.

Anjali Mangla , who is completing a double major in Neuroscience and Global Affairs, received a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship that will allow her to pursue a master’s degree in Global Health Policy at London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine and London School of Economics. Mangla is interested in global health policymaking, particularly in investigating sustainable financing mechanisms for global health care policy and community-based initiatives. She is currently leading the HAVEN Free Clinic’s pilot “Food as Medicine” program, and, as the clinic’s community relations and advocacy director, has started a variety of initiatives such as reproductive health workshops with Planned Parenthood, and advocacy with the HUSKY4Immigrants Coalition to expand access to public health coverage for all eligible Connecticut residents regardless of immigration status. She has also engaged with the New Haven community through Community Health Educators and volunteering at the hospital and with IRIS' family literacy program. During spring break, she traveled to Liberia to learn more about global health initiative funding for her capstone project on the need for more indirect cost funding for low- and middle-income countries. She hopes to pioneer sustainable global health financing policies with a focus on mitigating noncommunicable diseases in the future.

Galia Newberger  was awarded the King’s-Yale Fellowship to pursue an M.Phil. degree in politics and international studies at the University of Cambridge. She will study the rise of illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. At Yale, she double majored in Humanities and Political Science, and her joint senior essay explored what Plato’s Republic can teach modern readers about preventing a backsliding of democracy. Newberger competes on Yale’s Model United Nations team, and previously served as communications director for the Yale College Democrats and as managing editor at the Yale Daily News Magazine. Outside of Yale, she has served as a legislative and communications intern for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, as a political advocacy intern at the ACLU, and as an intern at the Federal Defenders of New York.

Joshua Nguyen , who graduated from Yale in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology , was awarded the Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to pursue an M.Sc. degree in Digital Health at the University of Oxford. During his time at Yale, Nguyen worked as a research assistant at the Yale School of Medicine, investigating the underlying genetic mechanisms of lymphedema, and was recognized as a Dean’s Research Fellow and STARS II Scholar. His interest in health care equity will guide his studies at Oxford, where he plans to delve into leveraging digital health innovations to serve marginalized populations. While at Yale he spearheaded patient care initiatives for uninsured individuals at the HAVEN Free Clinic and Yale New Haven Hospital, and serving as an ESL tutor for refugees and immigrants in the New Haven area. He was also a peer liaison for Yale’s Asian American Cultural Center, the president of Yale Outdoors, and a clarinetist and recorderist in various music ensembles. He aspires to a career dedicated to improving health equity, with a focus on supporting uninsured and low-income communities.

Vijay Pathak , a senior from Luxembourg and France who will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, has been awarded the Rotary Global Grant to pursue studies in European Politics and international conflict prevention in the United Kingdom. His academic interests lie at the intersections of statecraft, international law, and the foreign and security policies of the EU and United States. He has pursued these interests at Yale as a scholar in the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and also as a Fellow of the Peace, Dialogue, and Leadership Initiative. Pathak has worked as a research assistant at Yale Law School on the United Nations Legal Committee’s efforts to introduce legal frameworks on crimes against humanity, and is also a European Studies Undergraduate Fellow at the Yale MacMillan Center. He has completed coursework in international relations at Bocconi University in Milan, international law at the University of Oxford, and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a recipient of the Yale SASC Light Fellowship.

Paulina Pimentel-Mora , who graduated from Yale in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, has been awarded the Sidney Hellman Ehrman Studentship pursue a M.Phil. degree in health, medicine, and society at King’s College, Cambridge. Her research will delve into the realm of reproductive autonomy within health care systems, employing a comparative approach to analyze reproductive policies and the diverse factors influencing women’s reproductive decisions. A first-generation community college transfer student at Yale, Pimental-Mora served as a transfer peer advisor, admissions officer blogger, and residential teaching assistant with Yale Pathways to Science and the Yale School of Art’s “The Way We See It” workshop. She was also a member of the Yale College Student Health Advisory Council and participated in the Political Science Undergraduate Advisory Committee, in addition to working at the Yale University Art Gallery. Outside of Yale, she was a 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Future Public Health Scholar at the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the 2022-2023 CDC Williams-Hutchins Health Equity Award for her work as a COVID-19 case investigator.

Tony Wang , a double major in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and History of Art at Yale, has been awarded the 2024 Henry Fellowship to pursue postgraduate studies in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University. His academic pursuits are deeply anchored in the ancient history and archaeology of the Silk Road, with a keen focus on the Buddhist and Persian material cultures that flourished within Central Asia's heartlands. An active member of the “Guardian of Bamiyan and Gandhara” initiative, Wang is committed to the preservation of cultural heritage and the advancement of local education in the historically rich regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also served as a curator and educator at the Yale Art Gallery, the UNESCO-recognized Dunhuang Academy, the Iran National Museum, and the Tsinghua University Art Gallery. He served as a research assistant with Professor Valerie Hanson, in Yale’s Department of History, and as a junior researcher at the Institution of Global Art History at Shanghai International University.

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Academic publishing has long been based on the premise of elite scarcity. With generative AI promising to lower barriers for producing exceptional articles, Professor Matthew Grimes asks how this will change the scholarly profession.

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The academic profession, including in business schools, is like an exclusive members club. Faculty members seek tenure, promotions and greater prestige among peers based on a well-understood set of elite rules. A scholar whose article is published in the most prestigious journal, with the highest standards for acceptance and rejection, will achieve rewards in a way publication in a less-lauded journal may not. 

But this long-established code of the academic professor is based on a pivotal understanding: scarcity. The underlying premise is that there is a very limited number of truly exceptional journal articles competing for the career-advancing spots in the very best journals.  

AI can speed up article creation and more

So what happens when generative artificial intelligence (AI) upends this understanding by allowing the creation – all within ethical academic bounds and peer-acknowledged excellence – of far more than a limited number of exceptional articles, perhaps even a virtually limitless supply of them? 

That’s the focus of an editorial, ‘From scarcity to abundance’, in the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) – one of the most elite journals in the field of business management, co-authored by Matthew Grimes, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Futures at Cambridge Judge Business School. 

Elite academic articles often take many years to reach publication stage, but the authors say “generative AI tools now increasingly offer capabilities aimed to increase those efficiencies and the pace at which those efficiencies are realised by scholars” – a very polite way of saying that AI may seriously disrupt the entire supply chain for academic articles, which currently assumes a molasses-like speed. 

Then there’s another key question: can AI surface interesting research questions as well as the minds of human scholars? “The extent to which generative AI will augment or replace academics in the creative tasks associated with scholarship is a matter of debate (indeed, the authors of this editorial have internally expressed such debate), yet the potential should be taken seriously,” the editorial says. 

What does it now mean to be a scholar or academic journal? 

“We pose 2 questions, given the potential promise of generative AI to increase both the quantity and quality of scholarship,” says the editorial:

• What does it mean to be a scholar when the know-what’and know-how barriers to becoming one are minimised (anyone who wants to can participate in scholarship)?
• practical importance
• theoretical intrigue
• methodological rigor?

The editorial makes clear that the journal’s editors don’t have all the answers at this still-young point in the evolution of generative AI, but makes equally clear that these difficult questions need urgently to be asked. 

Asking awkward questions and prompting deep thinking of academics 

“The future of academic publishing in the age of AI poses very awkward questions for academics to be asking about ourselves, our colleagues and our profession,” says editorial co-author Professor Grimes. “We are all academics trained and working in an era where the scarcity of truly first-class research was the guiding principle, but we are looking at a rapidly advancing new era of generative AI in which the scarcity of knowledge production can no longer be assumed. 

“The editorial doesn’t attempt to curb the use of generative AI in producing scholarship: there are clearly some hazards such as well-documented ‘AI hallucinations’ (relevant but false information) and ‘deep research fakes’ (data manipulation to deceive the academic community), but there is also truly great research potential in AI in areas ranging from the creation of academic articles, to bridging the gap between academic theory and practice, to the ability to improve the peer-review system of evaluating the merits of academic literature. 

“Our purpose in writing this editorial is to prompt some deep thinking and soul searching amongst ourselves and our peers about what we want our profession to look like given the rapid advances in AI,” says Matthew. 

The authors say they don’t seek to codify the academic profession’s response to AI, but rather to examine different uncertainties that will affect scholarship. “We are merely at the beginning of a conversation we expect to be having for many years to come,” they say. 

Our purpose in writing this editorial is to prompt some deep thinking and soul searching amongst ourselves and our peers about what we want our profession to look like given the rapid advances in AI.

AI in academic journals: good faith should not be assumed 

The editorial also looks at how journals currently deal with generative AI, noting that the Academy of Management will soon publish guidelines on AI use for its suite of journals and conference submissions. 

“At the moment, however, many existing journal policies surrounding generative AI appear to be operating on the assumption that authors, reviewers, and editors will act in good faith,” the authors say. Given the risks such as “hallucinations” coupled with rapid advances in AI, “we believe such an assumption is inadequate” and that governance rules are needed such as specialised review protocols for papers that employ generative AI. 

The editorial then returns to what generative AI means for the academic profession. 

At the moment, however, many existing journal policies surrounding generative AI appear to be operating on the assumption that authors, reviewers, and editors will act in good faith … we believe such an assumption is inadequate.

Generative AI challenges the distinctive value of management scholarship 

“Our investigation of the implications of generative AI for management scholarship and for our profession is not meant as a call to arms to defend the profession and its current boundaries,” the editorial concludes. 

“Instead, in the short-term, we view this as a call to prepare ourselves, as well as our current and future PhD students, with the appropriate knowledge not only to use but, more critically, to evaluate algorithmic knowledge production.” 

“In the long term, we view this editorial as a call to rethink the distinctive value of our profession in a world of abundant management scholarship. In other words, we suspect that a plausible generative AI-led shift from scarce academic knowledge production to abundant academic knowledge production will inevitably increase the urgency around answering a fundamental question: To what problems in society is management scholarship the (unique) solution?” 

The editorial is co-authored by Professor Matthew Grimes of Cambridge Judge Business School, an editor of the AMJ, along with four of the journal’s other editors: Georg von Krogh of ETH Zurich, Stefan Feuerriegel LMU Munich, Floor Rink of the University of Groningen, and Marc Gruber of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. 

In the long term, we view this editorial as a call to rethink the distinctive value of our profession in a world of abundant management scholarship.

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Grimes, M., von Krogh, G., Feuerriegel, S., Rink, F. and Gruber, M. (2023)  “From scarcity to abundance: scholars and scholarship in an age of generative artificial intelligence.”   Academy of Management Journal , 66(6): 1617-1624 (DOI: 10.5465/amj.2023.4006)

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