Cambridge Trust

Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship

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Fees (Home) , Fees (International) , Maintenance , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
PhD, Masters
Full Time, Part Time
2026/27

About

The Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship is a programme established by the Cambridge Trust to support students who face severe barriers in coming to study in Cambridge. It is available to applicants at all levels, in any subject, and is tenable at any College.

Applicants should be from an area of instability or zone of conflict and/or have been at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering, violence or other abuse of their human rights.

Please note, you must apply via an external application to the Trust as well as opting into this fund in the funding section of the Cambridge admissions application in order to be considered.

The studentship is available to overseas applicants and those already in the UK, including those who are seeking asylum or who have Refugee status

Award details

Course length
Fees (Home) Fees (International) Maintenance Other (see below)

Other allowances (i.e. travel, visa and Immigration Health Surcharge costs) considered on a need basis.

10 (approximately)
2026/27
Yes

PhD only: Trust scholarships do not automatically fund the optional PhD writing-up period. The Trust may, on application, provide up to a further 6 months of maintenance to support writing up. 

Academic merit Financial need (including Hardship)

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
PhD Masters
Full Time Part Time

Applicants should be from an area of instability or zone of conflict and, or have been, at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering, violence or other abuse of their human rights.

The studentship is available to overseas applicants and those already in the UK, including those who are seeking asylum or who have Refugee status

Application Process

No

The Rowan Williams Studentship requires a separate application. The form can be found at: https://www.cambridgetrust.org/our-scholarships/highlighted-scholarships/rowan-williams-cambridge-studentship

Key dates

To ensure that they are considered for this studentship, applicants must: 1) complete a separate Cambridge Trust application form by 31 January 2026; and 2) apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

The Trust’s awards period runs from the beginning of March to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. We aim to make our awards as early as possible, but some of our partner funded awards can take time, and sometimes when offers are declined we may be able to offer them elsewhere. Applicants will remain under consideration until the end of the awards period. We are not able to contact unsuccessful applicants. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of the awards period, you should assume that your application has not been successful.

Last updated: 10 Oct 2025 10:26:18