Research Studentships
There are seven classes of Research Studentships open to general competition. These are advertised and
awarded from time to time as they become vacant. Holders of these Studentships are required to
become members of
the College. The Studentships are:
Decani Scholarship
The Scholarship is offered to a postgraduate student in any field of Christian theology.
The successful candidate will have a vocation to Christian ministry - lay or ordained - as well as a
commitment to the academic study of theology in the service of the Church, and will be expected to assist the
Dean in the life and ministry of the College Chapel. The award, which is designed as a ‘top-up’ scholarship
to supplement a grant or other means of support, is valued at £5000. It is awarded for one year
in the first instance, and may be renewed for up to three years.
Denman Baynes Studentship
A Senior Research Studentship
in Mathematics, the Physical Sciences, Engineering or Computer Science,
is offered from time to time. Applicants must be Research Students
registered for the degree of PhD in the University of Cambridge
and currently in their second year of registration. When
the holder has both completed one year of the studentship and been
awarded their PhD degree, the Studentship is upgraded to a Fellowship
for the remainder of the tenure. The holder normally receives
no stipend until the end of the third year of research, or the expiry
of their present grant if that should take place earlier.
He or she will, however, be given High Table dining rights and may
receive grants for research expenses. The stipend for the
last three years of the studentship will be the same as for other
Research Fellows of the College.
G R Elton Memorial Scholarship
The Scholarship is open
to graduates of any university for research in the early modern
period of British or European history after 1450. It is tenable
for up to three years and will make a contribution towards University
and College fees and maintenance. Other sources of funding will
be needed to meet the full costs of a research course.
Harrison Watson Studentship
The Studentship, which is open to graduates of any university in any country, is for research or training
in research ‘into the causes and cure of tuberculosis, and/or other diseases of an allied character’.
The Governing Body intends to interpret these terms in the widest possible sense:
Each Studentship may be:
- Junior Studentship of value approximately equal to that of MRC Studentship normally tenable for three years, or
- a Senior Studentship of greater value, tenable for one, two, or three years.
A Junior Student would be expected to apply for registration with the Board of Graduate Studies for a research
degree. A Senior Student should consider such a possibility.
Leventis Scholarship in Hellenic Studies
Postgraduate scholarship in Hellenic studies, to support research leading to a PhD (an applicant doing the MPhil
in the first instance, with the expectation of going on to the Cambridge PhD, would be welcome to apply).
The successful applicant will be expected to conduct his or her research within the Faculty of Classics, and
to be a postgraduate member of Clare College, which has a strong tradition of teaching and research in Hellenic
Studies.
The Scholarship has been made available through the generosity of the Leventis Foundation, and is offered
for the support of research into any aspect of the classical Hellenic and post-classical eras, up to and including
the Early Byzantine, including their history, cultures, literature, philosophy, science, art and archaeology, language
and philology.
The Scholarship will be
awarded for up to a maximum of 3 years, and will cover university
and college fees, and maintenance at a level equivalent to that
of an AHRC postgraduate award. The Scholarship may include a small
additional allowance for fieldwork or other research expenses. Students
from outside the EU will, if successful, be expected to apply for
an ORS award or equivalent. Applicants for the Leventis Scholarship
will also be expected to have applied for other sources of funding,
such as the AHRC.
Mallinson Research Studentship in Modern and Medieval Languages
The Studentship is established
to provide funding for a student registered for the PhD degree in
the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. It is open to graduates
of any university and is tenable for up to 3 years. For a student
in receipt of no other grant, it will cover approved University
and College fees (at the non-overseas level) and subsistence at
the same level as the Arts and Humanities Research Council awards.
Postgraduate Award in History of Art
This scholarship is open to candidates in any field of art historical study, but is restricted to holders of a UK passport.
This award provides partial funding of £3000 per year, for a maximum of four years, as a contribution towards the cost of postgraduate work in the History of Art at the University of Cambridge
Applicants for the scholarship must name Clare College as their college of first choice on the Board of Graduate Studies Application Form for admission as a Graduate Student. (This only applies to applicants who have not yet submitted an application form to the Board.). A successful candidate who had applied for, and been accepted by another Cambridge college, would be asked to transfer to Clare to take up the scholarship. In order to enable other students to benefit from this scheme, holders of the award will be expected to relinquish it if they receive complete funding from another award-giving body such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
William Senior Studentship
The William Senior Studentships
for research in comparative Law or Legal History are offered from
time to time. The Studentships are open to Graduates in Law or History
and election is normally conditional upon the person being accepted
by the Board of Graduate Studies as a candidate for a research degree.
The Studentships are of sufficient value to cover approved University
and College fees and reasonable maintenance and are tenable for
either two or three years.
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