Cambridge Trust

Rowan Williams Cambridge Studentship

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Fees (Home) , Fees (International) , Maintenance , Student visa cost , Student immigration health surcharge , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
PhD, Masters
Full Time, Part Time
Same as funding deadline for the course
2027/28

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 excluding premium courses, 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.

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 Student visa cost Student immigration health surcharge Other (see below)

PhD only: Various additional benefits.

10 (approximately)
2027/28
Yes

PhD only: The Trust will, on application, provide up to a further 6 months of maintenance funding to support writing up the PhD.

Financial need (including Hardship) Academic merit

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
PhD Masters
Full Time Part Time
290 courses, See full list
Course

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

Yes

Key dates

Same as funding deadline for the course

The Trust’s awarding period runs from the middle of February to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. Most of our awards are made early during the months of February and March, but some of our partner funded awards involve additional processes such as interviews, which means funding decisions tend to be later from April to June. Although we cannot provide funding updates for individual applicants, the Trust will confirm on our website once we have finished issuing offers for our main scholarship programmes. Throughout the awarding period the Trust will be reallocating awards that have not been taken up. Therefore, all applicants will remain under consideration for any reallocated award for which they are eligible until the end of July. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of July, you should assume that your funding application has not been successful.

Last updated: 09 Sep 2026 11:35:13