Cambridge Trust

Smuts Memorial Fund - Cambridge Trust International Scholarship

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Fees (International) , Maintenance , Student visa cost , Student immigration health surcharge , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
PhD
Full Time
All except for UK and Ireland, See full list
Nationality
Same as funding deadline for the course
2027/28

About

This scholarship is available to international PhD candidates whose research relates to a Commonwealth country or countries (excluding the UK), in the fields of Arts and Humanities or Humanities and Social Sciences, excluding premium rate courses. It is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge.

This fund is offered in partnership with the Smuts Memorial Fund, University of Cambridge.

Award details

Course length
Fees (International) Maintenance Student visa cost Student immigration health surcharge Other (see below)

Various additional benefits

2 (approximately)
2027/28
Yes

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
Full Time
All except for UK and Ireland, See full list
Nationality
Overseas
40 departments/schools, See full list
Department / School
38 courses, See full list
Course

This scholarship is available to PhD applicants whose research relates to a Commonwealth country or countries (excluding the UK)

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 11:35:14