(2) An alphabetical list of the scholarships is given below, followed by a classified list.
Ilchester Fund Travel Grants (Russia)
Nubar Pasha Fund Grants (Armenia)
Storry Memorial Travelling Bursary (Japan)
Beit Fund Grants and Scholarship
Nan Williams and Lena Grant Memorial Fund
Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarships
John Betts Travelling Scholarships
Halstead and Osgood Travelling Scholarships
Christopher Welch Scholarships
Denyer and Johnson Studentships
Charterhouse European Bursaries
Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship
Graduate Studies Committee Grants
Theodor Heuss Research Fellowship
ORISHA Studentships
Note: the text given is that published in the Hilary Term
supplement (20 January 1997).
Southern Trust Fund for students with disabilities
Tokyo University Graduate Student Exchanges
Wolfson Childcare Scholarship To Gazette Home Page
For full regulations governing awards candidates should consult the current edition of the Statutes, Decrees, and Regulations of the University of Oxford.
All communications about Scholarships, Prizes, etc., should be clearly marked on the envelope with the name of the Scholarship, Prize, etc., concerned.
Provided that the provisions of this decree shall not apply to the following: Boden Scholarship, Dean Ireland's Scholarships, Matthew Arnold Memorial Prize, Newdigate Prize. (Ch. IX, Sect. ii, Statutes, 1995, p. 683.)
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(a) children (including orphan children) of the clergy of the Church of England;
(b) reading for (i) a first degree, or (ii) the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine or an equivalent degree, or (iii) a second Honour School, of the University; and
(c) standing in need of financial assistance to enable them to obtain the full benefit of a university education.
Eligible members of the University may wish to note that in 1995-6 bursaries of up to £500 were awarded.
The board is prepared to consider recommendations also on behalf of present or future members of the University who intend to embark in the next academic year on one of the courses designated at (b) above, provided the criteria at (a) and (c) are satisfied.
Eligible candidates are advised to notify their Senior Tutors of their interest in being considered for an Abbott's bursary.
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Grants are assessed on the basis of expected income and expenditure in the academic year 1996–7. Intending applicants who are eligible to receive loan support from the SLC should note that, to be considered for an Access Fund grant, they must apply to the SLC for their full loan entitlement.
Application forms are available from colleges, and must be completed and returned with additional documentation as specified on the form by Friday, 15 November 1996.
It is not yet known what the size of grants awarded in 1996–7 will be. As a guide, however, about 500 grants ranging in value from £100 to about £2,350 were awarded in 1995–6.
For more information about Access Funds please refer to the notes attached to the application forms, or, if clarification of the notes is required contact the Secretary to the Access Funds Committee (telephone: (2)70193).
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The Lady Allen Scholarship is open to students who are working for a higher degree of the University of Oxford in the field of Spanish history, literature, languages, music, and other cultural aspects of Spain. Because of Lady Allen's interest in promoting cultural understanding between Spain and the United Kingdom, preference may be given to candidates who are citizens of the United Kingdom.
The Trustees will offer an award towards the cost of either research study in Spain or a taught course at a Spanish university in the field described above. The award will be tenable for either one academic year or one twelve-month period, as appropriate, and will be set at a level between £6,000 and £8,000, at the discretion of the Trustees, depending on the estimated subsistence costs. In the case of applicants wishing to register for a taught course at a Spanish university, a supplementary award may be made (the total award will not, however, exceed £10,000).
A committee comprising representatives from the Modern History Board, the Modern Languages Board, and other boards as appropriate, will draw up a short-list of candidates on the basis of their academic merit for the consideration of the Trustees. The Trustees will award the scholarship primarily on the basis of academic merit, but if all other things are equal, they may give preference to a candidate from Exeter College.
Application is by a form available from the Administrator, Faculty of Modern History, Broad Street (telephone: (2)77253), together with a proposal, not exceeding four sides of A4 paper, setting out the academic context of the work which the applicant wishes to undertake in Spain and outlining what he or she would hope to achieve during the tenure of the Allen Scholarship. The deadline for applications, which should be addressed to the Administrator of the Modern History Faculty, is Friday, 13 June 1997. Applicants are asked to arrange for two references, one of which must be from their supervisor, to be received by the Administrator by the same date.
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Grants may be made to assist in meeting travel, publication, and other expenses incidental to the pursuit of a definite piece of historical investigation, to members of the University who are pursuing a course of full-time study. This does not apply to Ancient History, for which support may be obtained from the Craven Committee.
Applications will be considered together at the end of Trinity Term. Application forms may be obtained from
the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Arnold, Bryce, and Read Funds, History Faculty Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BD, and should be returned to the Secretary to the Board of Management by Friday of the fourth week of Trinity Term. The applicants are responsible for requesting their referees to supply letters of recommendation, which the referees should send directly to the Secretary of the Board of Management by 17 May 1997.
Applications from those reading BA courses will be considered only in the most exceptional circumstances, and in the allocation of the monies available priority will always be given to applications from those engaged in graduate research.
(Please note that no further grants will be made for expenses falling due in 1996–7.)
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The board of management is also prepared to consider applications for grants of up to a similar value to those awarded to those visiting the United States to enable members of the University's academic staff to invite distinguished scholars and scientists from the United States to visit the University in order to lecture and to carry out research. It is normally expected that such visitors should contribute to established research programmes. Application forms are available from the Secretary, and should be returned by the dates set out above. Applicants are asked to note that grants for such visits are normally intended to assist with travel and subsistence expenses incurred within the United Kingdom rather than transatlantic travel costs; and it would normally be expected that they should arrange for visitors to be accommodated by the University at academic rates.
The board of management also invites heads of non-clinical university departments to make recommendations for appointments to Astor Visiting Lecturerships in 1997. The board will provide grants to support the one-week residential appointments for distinguished visitors from the United States. Recommendations should reach the Secretary, from whom further details should be sought, by Friday, 1 November 1996.
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The Board of Management of the Beit Fund is empowered to make grants for any purpose which will promote the study of the History of the British Empire and Commonwealth in the University of Oxford. In exercise of this power, the Board will consider applications from students working for an advanced degree and senior members in this field for small grants. In the case of junior members the grants are normally intended to enable them
(a) to examine archives in this country or abroad; or
(b) to complete a course of research which would otherwise have to be curtailed through financial difficulty; or
(c) to publish a thesis approved by the examiners and considered by them to be of exceptional merit, provided that the work for this is normally carried out in Oxford.
Applications from junior members of the University who are pursuing a course of full-time study may only be made on the standard form, available, with notes of guidance, from the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Beit Fund, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (telephone: (2)70761), to whom six copies must be returned not later than Friday, 21 March 1997. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that three references reach the Secretary to the Board of Management by the closing date. A selection of applicants for grants will be required to attend for interview in May or June.
Grants to senior members are intended principally for travel connected with their research projects. Letters of application should indicate the purpose and dates of travel as well as details of other funding secured or pending. Applications should normally be made on the same timetable as that for junior members.
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The Scholarship is tenable for one year from Michaelmas Term 1997, at a value of some £6,900, plus approved university and college fees, but the Board of Management may reduce the value if in its opinion the financial resources of the successful candidate make it desirable to do so. The Board of Management may extend the scholarship, at the end of the year, for a period not exceeding one further year.
The Scholarship is open to all members of the University who have not exceeded twenty-one terms from their matriculation, and who have been admitted to a course of study leading to a graduate degree of the University.
Application may only be made on the standard form, available, with notes of guidance, from the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Beit Fund, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (telephone: (2)70761), to whom six copies should be returned not later than Friday, 21 March 1997, together with six copies of an example of written work not more than 5,000 words in length. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that three references reach the Secretary to the Board of Management by the closing date. Short-listed applicants will be required to attend for nterview in May or June.
The scholar elected will be expected to pursue his or her studies under such supervision as the Board of Management may determine, and to make a satisfactory report upon the work he or she has accomplished before receiving the final portion of the emoluments of the scholarship. He or she will also be expected to attend the Commonwealth History Seminar.
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Applications, which should be submitted on a form obtainable from the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, should be returned to him by Friday, 9 May 1997.
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The scholarship is open to undergraduate organists who will proceed to one of the University's Final Honour Schools in Trinity Term 1997 and who intend to undertake further study related to the organ in the following academic year.
Short-listed applicants will be invited to give a recital, lasting between twenty-five and thirty minutes, from a programme of their own choice.
The scholarship, tenable for one year only, is valued at £1,000. Applications should be submitted not later than Friday, 31 January 1997 and should include:
(i) the applicant's date of birth;
(ii) a brief statement of the applicant's academic career;
(iii) the name(s) of recent organ teacher(s);
(iv) details of the applicant's plans for further study;
(v) programme for proposed recital.
Applications should be addressed to the Secretary, Board of the Faculty of Music, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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The John Betts Fund has been established to commemorate the activities of the late Mr John Betts as a builder and restorer of organs. John Betts Travelling Scholarships are open to graduate and undergraduate members of the University, without limitation of academic subject, for visits to particular places to see organs or libraries, or to obtain source materials related to the study of the organ, such as microfilms.
Proposals as to the purposes for which a scholarship is sought, including estimated costs and details of other funds available or applied for, together with a note of recommendation from a tutor or supervisor, may be sent to the Secretary, Board of the Faculty of Music, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, at any time.
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The studentship is tenable for one year, either at Oxford, or, with the consent of the Board of Management, elsewhere. The emoluments will as far as possible reflect the level of a British Academy maintenance grant, and any other emoluments accruing to the student during the tenure of the studentship will be taken into account.
Candidates must be members of the University who are pursuing research in either Ancient or Modern History for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. By the date on which they would take up the studentship, they must have been admitted to, and not subsequently lost, the status of student for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, but must not have exceeded the twelfth term since the commencement of their research studies at the University.
Applications must include: (a) the age of the applicant; (b) a brief statement of the academic career, including attainments and qualifications; (c) a brief programme of work in History (Ancient or Modern) which the candidate proposes to undertake; (d) the names of two referees (please see below); (e) a statement of any other emoluments held or being applied for by the candidate.
While all applications will be considered on their merits, sympathetic consideration will be given to applicants in the later stages of their research who are no longer receiving support from other sources.
Applications should be received by the Secretary of the Modern History Board, Modern History Faculty, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BD, no later than 2 May 1997. Applicants should ask their referees to supply confidential references by the same date.
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Among the purposes for which grants may be given are: travel essential to thesis research, the acquisition of materials essential to thesis research, and the preparation of artwork or other material for inclusion in the completed thesis. Grants for subsistence or for the editing of theses will not be made; nor is funding available to present papers at conferences, except when a very strong case can be made for the relevance of such a presentation to the applicant's thesis research. Candidates are expected to apply for grants before incurring expenses.
Applications for grants are considered twice a year, early in Michaelmas Term (for grants needed at any time up to the end of the following April) and early in Hilary Term (for grants needed at any time up to the end of the following September and/or during all or part of the following academic year). Applications should be made on a form available from the Secretary of the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, Oxford OX2 6JF, and should be submitted by the end of the fifth week of the relevant term. No awards are made during Trinity Term.
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Six Hobson Memorial Scholarships of £225 per annum each are offered for award to students of United Kingdom universities who hold an honours degree in science or in arts and have commenced the first year of the Oxford clinical course. Awards are made on academic and clinical ability and after interview. They are tenable for the final two years of the clinical course.
Students to whom scholarships are awarded will be from those entering the Clinical School in September 1996. Scholarships will not be awarded to enable students to undertake research.
Candidates are advised that awards will only be made following interviews, and these will be held at the end of the first year of the clinical course in May 1997.
Details of awards in 1997 and application forms will be sent to all first year clinical students in February 1997. Completed forms should be returned not later than Friday, 31 March 1997 to the Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU.
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Applications, should include a statement of the size of the grant required, the date(s) and period of time (or the purpose) for which it is needed, information about the candidate's source(s) of financial support and the name of a referee. They should be received in time for consideration on either 13 January or 1 June 1997 although the managers are willing to consider applications in special circumstances at any time. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Management of the Cooper Fund, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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The Board of Management invites applications for grants, or other assistance from the fund, from members of the University who
(i) either (a) are currently students for the Degree of B.Phil., M.Phil., M.Litt., M.Sc., or D.Phil.
or (b) having recently proceeded to a degree in the University can satisfy the board that they have an appropriate plan of work; and
(ii) are engaged in any study covered by the terms of the bequest.
Six copies of applications should be submitted to the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Vaughan Cornish Bequest, Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, by Friday, 7 March 1997. They should give:
(a) the applicant's full name, age, college, and date of matriculation;
(b) a short statement of his or her university career;
(c) a brief description of the course of study being pursued;
(d) details of the research involved in this course and the way in which this relates to the purpose of the Bequest, viz. `the advancement of knowledge relating to the beauty of scenery as determined by nature or the arts in town or country at home or abroad.';
(e) the particular purpose and amount of the grant being requested (grants normally will be made for specific and largely self-contained projects);
(f) details of other sources of assistance which are available (or for which application has been or will be made),
(g) the names of two referees.
In exceptional circumstances the board may be prepared to consider applications in Michaelmas Term and Trinity Term (if submitted by the fifth week of term).
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These awards are open to members of the University on postgraduate courses who have not exceeded the twenty-first term from their matriculation. None of the awards may be held twice by the same person. Tenure normally commences on 1 August in the year of election. The annual value of each is £400 to be devoted to the expenses of residence abroad in cases where such residence is a requirement of the terms of the award. The Craven Committee may also agree to refund expenses incurred in the reasonable discharge of the obligations of the award in so far as they are not obtainable from another source. In the event of a candidate elected to one of these awards failing to obtain or not being eligible for a State Studentship, the Craven Committee will have competence, at its discretion, to pay to such a candidate an additional sum for each year that the award is held.
Applications, on a form to be obtained from the Secretary to the Craven Committee, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, should be sent to the Secretary on or before Friday, 2 May 1997. Candidates are responsible for requesting three referees to supply letters of recommendation, which should be sent to the Secretary of the Craven Committee at the University Offices, by the date given above. They should also indicate the study which, in the event of their being elected, they would propose to undertake. They will not thereby bind themselves, if elected, to pursue the particular subjects suggested at the time of application, nor will the Craven Committee necessarily accept without modification the subjects proposed by the successful candidates. Candidates should include a paper (c.5,000 words) written by them on any subject connected with Greek or Latin Literature, History, or Archaeology.
All holders of these awards are required to produce evidence from time to time of diligent prosecution of their studies, and emoluments will be paid at the Committee's discretion and in such instalments as it thinks fit.
The specific requirements of each award are set out below:
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This award is for the study of any branch of classical learning. It is tenable for two years. The Fellow is required to spend at least eight months out of the twenty-six months immediately following entry upon the Fellowship residing abroad for the purpose of study at a place or places approved by the Craven Committee. The Committee has, however, power to allow postponement of up to six months of such residence abroad. More than one fellowship may sometimes be awarded.
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Applications, which should be submitted on a form obtainable from the Secretary to the Craven Committee, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, should be returned two weeks in advance of any of the Committee's four meetings which take place in Michaelmas Term (week 2) in Hilary Term (week 2), and in Trinity Term (weeks 2 and 8). However, applications for grants should in principle be made to the Hilary Term meeting; only exceptionally will applications be considered in Michaelmas Term.
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A studentship is tenable for one year, but the board does have discretion to renew the studentship if a holder applies. The value in 1997–8 will be such sum as the board may determine in the light of any other emoluments accruing to the student during his tenure, but is not likely to exceed £l,500.
Candidates should apply in writing to the Secretary to the Board of the Faculty of Theology, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than 1 February 1997, and should (i) give a summary of their academic record; (ii) state what course of study they would pursue while holding a studentship; (iii) submit the names of not more than two referees; and (iv) give brief details of their financial resources.
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The studentship is open to members of the University of Oxford who may be of either graduate or undergraduate standing.
Candidates must send their applications to the Vice-Chancellor, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 8 November 1996, and must include a recommendation from their tutor or supervisor.
The student must undertake to study in connection with the Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan in Madrid in any subject for which facilities are provided, for not less than six weeks (usually in the Easter Vacation). The studentship is tenable until 31 October 1997, and may be renewed for a second and third year. The value of the studentship is at present about £2,400.
The Instituto is especially a centre for Spanish Art studies. It has a fine collection of Spanish and Hispano-Mauresque ceramics and of Spanish medieval sculptures and objets d'art, and an outstanding library of the history of art; the library also contains a considerable number of medieval and early-modern documents and a collection of historical periodicals, mostly relating to the earlier periods of Spanish history. It is a tranquil place in which students may pursue their work.
Candidates should be concerned with Spanish studies, such as Spanish art history, Spanish language and literature, Spanish history, geography, or archaeology; they must, when presenting their applications, provide evidence that they have sufficient knowledge of both written and spoken Spanish to enable them to make proper use of the facilities of the Instituto.
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(i) name, college, degree for which student is reading, and term of admission;
(ii) the faculty board under which he or she is studying and the subject of the thesis;
(iii) the amount of the grant requested and (briefly) an account of the expenses involved;
(iv) whether the student holds a State award and if so, what steps have been taken to claim additional expenses and with what result;
(v) if the applicant does not hold a State award, how he or she is at present supported.
It is hoped to make known the results of applications early in Trinity Term.
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Applications, which should be submitted on a form obtainable from the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, should be returned to him by Friday of the third week of Hilary Term.
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The Board of Management is prepared to consider applications for grants from the fund for the assistance of members of the University engaged on research in Engineering Science in Oxford. Applications may be sent at any time to the head of the Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, and should include particulars of the candidate's academic career, proposed research, and details of other financial resources.
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(a) have passed the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts or for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law or for the Degree of Magister Juris; and
(b) have been placed in the First Class in one or other of these examinations or in Honour Moderations or have gained one of the Chancellor's Prizes; and
(c) intend to follow the profession of the Law; and
(d) have applied for one of the scholarships either before, or within two years next following, the date of their call to the Bar.
Candidates will be required to sign a declaration that they intend to practise at the Bar in the United Kingdom. Until they have been called to the Bar, scholars must produce proof that they have regularly kept their terms, unless prevented by illness, at one of the Inns of Court.
In general the policy of the awarding committee is to give preference to a candidate who has completed his or her Oxford education and is completing the vocational stage of training prior to entry into pupillage.
Applications, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, must be sent to the Head Clerk (on a form obtainable from him), University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 31 October 1997, in a sealed envelope marked `Eldon Scholarship
Application'. The represent-atives of the board will summon to interview at Oxford on Saturday, 24 January 1998, those candidates they wish to see.
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The Cyril Foster Fund: this is intended `for the promotion of international peace and the prevention of future wars'.
The Alistair Buchan Fund: this fund, which is strictly limited, is available `for the promotion of research in international relations'.
Applications for grants under these funds are not normally entertained from visiting scholars, from students with probationary status, from students for the M.St. or M.Phil. degree, or from undergraduates. Requests should be made before the expenses are incurred. Attendance at an international conference will not in itself normally be accepted as a sufficient reason for a grant.
2. Graduate students (including M.St. and M.Phil.) can also apply for the annual Maurice Latey Award `to assist travel for research by postgraduate students in the fields of politics of international relations working on aspects of democracy, freedom and religion'. Suitable applications for grants under 1 above will automatically be considered for this award. Additional applications for small research grants are also invited from postgraduate students at British or overseas universities wishing to use the Latey Archive in the Bodleian Library.
3. Applications for grants under 1 and/or 2 above should be made on a form available from the Secretary to the Managers (address below), and should be submitted by the end of the fifth week of each Oxford term. Consideration of applications submitted after that date will normally be deferred until the latter part of the following term. Candidates are asked to state the name of the fund/s to which they are applying, and to clarify the relevance of their project to the purpose of the particular fund. Graduate students applying for research grants are also asked to name one referee, normally their supervisor, who should be requested to send a reference directly to the Secretary to the Managers.
4. Applications are also invited for the annual Royal Bank of Canada Scholarship. This award, of a value of £1,000, is available to any graduate student of the University (including the M.St. and M.Phil.) to cover costs of research outside the UK on `international relations with special reference to Canada'. Letters of application should be submitted by the end of the fifth week of Trinity Term. There is no application form, but candidates should state college, course, and supervisor, and they should give a brief outline of their thesis topic and proposed research.
5. All requests for application forms, correspondence, and references should be addressed directly to Mrs Marga Lyall, Secretary to the Managers of the Cyril Foster and Related Funds, Centre for International Studies, Social Studies Faculty Centre, George Street, Oxford OX1 2RL.
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The successful candidate must undertake to carry out a specified piece of work, to be approved by the board, in the field of Indian Studies. The work must be carried out at Oxford during three terms, unless the board shall, in the interests of the work, give leave to the exhibitioner to reside elsewhere for one or more terms. The exhibition may be awarded a second, but not a third, time to the same person.
Candidates (men or women) must be members of the University who, on the day of election, have not exceeded their twenty-first term from matriculation.
The Exhibition is tenable for one year from 1 October 1997. The Board of Electors at its discretion may take into account the financial circumstances of the successful candidate; the value of the Exhibition may therefore vary from year to year.
The board, in addition to electing exhibitioners, has the power to award grants to encourage the study of matters relating to India. Only candidates for the exhibition will be considered for the award of such grants.
There are no application forms for the exhibition. Notes of Guidance for intending applicants should be obtained from the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Frere Exhibition, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, to whom applications (five copies) must be submitted not later than 1 May 1997.
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The scholar will receive a monthly maintenance grant and remission of university or institution fees and dues (but he or she will have to pay a compulsory Student's Union fee). A small grant will be paid at the beginning of the award period to cover incidental expenses and the scholar will be entitled to a small book grant each term. An additional grant will be paid to assist with travel expenses. A scholar who is married before taking up the award will receive an additional allowance, if accompanied by his or her partner. The scholarship is not tenable concurrently with any other travelling award. It should be noted that the scholarship does not include payment of any Oxford fees for which the scholar may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates who hold British Academy studentships may however apply for suspension of their awards and suspension of status to enable them to take up the scholarship if elected.
Candidates for the scholarship must be British subjects and members of the University who will not have attained the age of thirty-two years by 1 October 1997, and either (a) will have completed all the examinations required for the Oxford BA Degree, or (b) have embarked on a course of postgraduate study at the University. Candidates will normally be expected to show a reasonable proficiency in the use of German language, but if a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German a further grant may be made available to enable him or her to attend a language course in Germany before university entrance there. Candidates' proposed programmes of research must be such that they can best be carried out at a German university or other institution of higher learning.
Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of Management, Michael Foster Memorial Scholarship, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 17 January 1997. They must include:
(i) the applicant's age;
(ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career;
(iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen institution;
(iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the application is made with the approval of the society and that the applicant is a British subject;
(v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date.
Note: If applying for the Theodor Heuss Fellowship as well as the Foster Scholarship, one application will suffice.
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Candidates must be British subjects, unmarried, and graduate or undergraduate (final year) members of Oxford University. They should not have passed their twenty-eighth birthday by 1 October 1997, the date by which the scholars elected in 1997 will be expected to take up their scholarships. These are tenable preferably for two years for study at Hamburg University; exceptionally, the second year may be spent at another academic institition in Germany. The successful candidate must undertake research at doctoral or postdoctoral level or give evidence of a workable project not connected to a research degree. There is the opportunity to obtain a German degree.
The value of the scholarships is currently DM 24,000 per annum and is subject to regular review. Sufficient knowledge of the German language is desirable, but when a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German, he or she is expected to attend a language course in Germany prior to university entry.
Applications should be sent to the Secretary, Hanseatic Scholarships, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (from whom further particulars may be obtained) by Friday, 17 January 1997. The applications should include (i) the applicant's full name and age; (ii) a photograph of the applicant; (iii) a curriculum vitae; (iv) a programme of the work which the candidate proposes to undertake; (v) the names of two referees; (vi) a certificate from the head of the candidate's society that the application is made with the approval of the college and that the applicant is a British citizen; (vii) a health certificate. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date. Interviews will take place in Oxford during February 1997 and the decision of the selectors will be announced shortly thereafter.
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The Fellowship is especially intended for research in the following subjects: Ancient History and Literature, Modern History, Modern Languages and Literature, English Literature, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Applications from other academic fields will, however, be welcomed.
The holder of the Fellowship will receive a monthly maintenance grant (currently DM 3,200). In addition payments are provided to cover travel expenses, and all university or institute fees will be paid on the Fellow's behalf (but he or she will have to pay a compulsory Students' Union fee). Upon application a monthly marriage allowance may also be paid. It should be noted that the fellowship does not include the payment of any Oxford fees for which the Fellow may be liable while he or she is in Germany. Candidates who hold British Academy Studentships may however apply for suspension of their awards and suspension of status to enable them to take the Fellowship if elected.
Candidates for the Fellowship must be British subjects and members of the University who will not have attained the age of thirty-two years by 1 October 1997, and either (a) have embarked on a course of postgraduate study at the University or (b) have already obtained a postgraduate qualification of the University. Candidates will normally be expected to show a reasonable proficiency in the use of German language, but if a candidate does not have a good knowledge of German a further grant may be made available to enable him or her to attend a language course in Germany before university entrance there. Candidates' proposed programmes of research must be such that they can best be carried out at a German university or other institution of higher learning.
Applications must be received by the Secretary to the Board of Management, Theodor Heuss Fellowship, International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 17 January 1997.
They must include:
(i) the applicant's age;
(ii) a brief statement of his or her academic career;
(iii) a brief programme of the work he or she proposes to undertake, the institution at which he or she would wish to study in Germany, the reasons for the choice of institution, and some evidence that he or she has made contact with the head of the chosen institution or with any other member of the academic staff;
(iv) a certificate from the head of his or her society that the application is made with the approval of the society and that the applicant is a British subject;
(v) the names of two academic referees. It is the candidate's responsibility to ensure that references reach the Secretary by the closing date.
Note: If applying for the Michael Foster Scholarship as well as the Heuss Fellowship, one application will suffice.
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Goodger Scholarships are awarded to assist research into the causes and prevention of disease, with special reference to the study of disease in its early stages. They are open to all members of the University of Oxford. The scholarships are tenable for two years, but this period may be extended for a further year by the Board of Management. The upper limit of the award shall be the bottom point of the university lecturer scale and will be fixed at the discretion of the Board of Management, which may also contribute towards any special expenses incurred by a scholar in connection with his research, including university and college fees and dues incurred by a scholar reading for a research degree. The board has made a regulation that holders of the scholarships shall be required to work primarily in Oxford. Scholarships shall be tenable with other posts subject to the approval of the board.
Candidates must submit to the board a statement of their qualifications and of the course of research which they propose to pursue, together with such testimonials and references as they desire. Applications should be sent to the Secretary of the Clinical Medicine Board, Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, not later than Friday, 16 May 1997.
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(a) expenses incurred in travelling in the course of furthering their research, but not for attendance at schools or courses;
(b) any special expenses incurred during research which would not have been expected when the course commenced (for example, the cost of unusual photographic work but not the cost of having a thesis typed, photocopied, and bound, unless some abnormal expenditure is involved, and not for equipment, including computers and software).
Students who hold State awards should apply in the first instance for the additional sums which are available to them under State award schemes.
Applicants are expected to make application to their college and department or the boards of management of trust funds under the aegis of the faculties concerned. The Committee is likely to look with more favour on applications which have received support from these sources.
The Committee will not entertain applications connected with extended and very expensive programmes of fieldwork unless it can be shown that the bulk of the funding required has already been raised, or is about to be raised, from other sources. It will expect to see evidence that the predictable costs of such fieldwork were taken into account when the research was undertaken.
Grants will not normally be made to candidates for the M.St., M.Phil./B.Phil. degrees or for the M.Sc. degree by coursework or to candidates for postgraduate diplomas.
The committee will not make grants for attendance at conferences unless such attendance is directly connected to the applicant's research degree and the applicant has been invited to present work at the conference.
Application forms are available from either the Applications Secretary, Committee for Graduate Studies, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, or college offices. The form should be completed in typescript or black ink, and the original must be returned to the Graduate Studies Office (colleges may require copies).
The committee meets to consider applications in the ninth week of each term and completed applications should be submitted by the end of the seventh week. Grants will not normally be made in respect of applications submitted after the expenses have been incurred. Applications for grants towards expenses which will be incurred during a vacation should be made in the preceding term.
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The scholarships are open to graduates of any university who intend to proceed to one of the University's advanced degrees in Music, i.e. the M.Litt., M.Phil., or D.Phil., or are intending to supplicate for the B.Mus. or D.Mus.
The scholarships, normally of the value of £300 per annum, are tenable in the first instance for one year.
Applications should be submitted not later than 1 March 1997, and should include:
(i) the applicant's date of birth;
(ii) a brief statement of the applicant's academic career;
(iii) examples of original work (compositions, theses, essays, articles, etc., whether published or not);
(iv) a brief statement of proposed research;
(v) the names of two referees.
If applicants submit pieces of research whose purpose and relationship to their main plan of research is not immediately clear, a short introduction should be included, if necessary, to set the work in the context of their larger aims.
The scholarships may be renewable for a maximum of two further years, subject to reports of satisfactory progress.
Applications for renewals should also be submitted by 1 March 1997.
Those elected as Halstead Scholars may qualify for awards supplementary to the normal £300, depending on their financial circumstances and the state of the fund. Applications, which should include full details of the scholar's financial circumstances, may be made at any time.
All applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of the Faculty of Music, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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Halstead Scholarships are open to graduates who intend to proceed to an advanced degree in music.
The Osgood Fund has the object of encouraging the composition of chamber music and research in the history and aesthetics of music. The travelling scholarships are open to graduate and undergraduate members of the University who at the time of taking up their scholarships will have completed three terms but not exceeded twenty-seven terms from the date of their matriculation.
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Applications are considered from both undergraduates and graduates, and awards (grants and loans) are made principally on the grounds of unforeseeable hardship. The committee aims to help where unpredictable misfortunes have occurred, rather than to top-up inadequate funding. The size of awards in recent years has varied widely, ranging from £100 to several thousands of pounds. The committee will consider applications for assistance at termly meetings. Application forms are available from colleges, and must be completed and returned to the Secretary of the Committee, as specified on the forms, by Friday of fifth week of Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, or by Friday of second week in Trinity Term (i.e. in 1996-7, 15 November 1996, 21 February 1997, 9 May 1997).
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One of the following languages may be offered: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Modern Greek.
Intending candidates, who must be members of the University, should obtain further particulars of eligibility and forms of application from the Head Clerk, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, to whom entry forms must be returned not later than Monday, 2 December 1996..
Past examination papers are available from the Examination Schools.
The award of the Scholarships is subject to candidates of sufficient merit presenting themselves.
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Candidates must be members of the University who, if graduates of this University, have not exceeded three years from the date on which they passed all the examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, or, if graduates of other universities, have not exceeded three years from the date of their matriculation.
Applications will be accepted from candidates who are sitting for a Final Honour School in 1997, but the award will be conditional on the obtaining of a first or upper second class.
The examination will consist of four papers, viz. (1) English Essay, (2) Translation from and into the chosen language, (3) Essay in the chosen language, (4) General questions dealing mainly with the literature of the chosen language, and (5) an Oral Examination.
Scholars will normally be required to pursue their studies in the country in which the language of their choice is vernacular. Candidates must attach to their application a statement of their proposed programme of study, specifying the place and country in which they intend to work.
Throughout the tenure of the scholarship the scholar shall report from time to time to the Board of Management on the progress of his or her work, and before receiving the second and third instalments of the scholarship must furnish the board with evidence that his or her studies are being pursued in a profitable and satisfactory manner.
The scholarship shall be tenable for one year only, but under special and exceptional circumstances the board may renew it for a period not exceeding one year. No candidate shall be awarded a Senior Scholarship twice in the same language.
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Candidates must be reading for a Final Honour School, must not have been admitted to a degree in the University, and not have exceeded on 31 January 1997 two years (or one year in the case of students with Senior Status) from the date of their matriculation, except that:
This period will be extended to three years (or two years in the case of students with Senior Status) in the case of candidates who have obtained a Heath Harrison Scholarship in another language at a previous examination or who have been placed in the Class List by the Honour Moderators.A year spent abroad in approved study after matriculation will be excluded from the computation of standing.
No candidate shall be awarded a Junior Scholarship twice in the same language.
The examination will consist of three papers, viz. (1) Translation from and into the language selected by the candidate, (2) Essay in that language, (3) English Essay, and (4) an Oral Examination.
The tenure of the scholarships should preferably be completed by the end of the academic year (30 September) in which the award is made and must be completed no later than the academic year of residence (i.e. excluding any year spent abroad) following that in which the award was won. The scholarships in all languages (including Russian) are of the value of £1,200. On satisfying the board that they have made satisfactory arrangements for their stay abroad, scholars will receive £1,100. The value of the scholarships will be reviewed from time to time and in exceptional circumstances a small supplement may be approved by the supervisors appointed by the Board of Management. Before the expiration of the tenure of the scholarship they will be required to furnish the Board of Management with written evidence that they have pursued their studies abroad in a satisfactory manner. No scholar will receive the balance of the scholarship until this condition has been fulfilled.
During the tenure of the scholarship every scholar is required to spend at least six weeks in studying the language in which the scholarship was awarded in the country of the origin of that language (not necessarily at a university), unless the board shall allow the whole or part of that period to be spent in some other country in which the language is vernacular.
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Monday, 3 February 1997
9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.: English Essay
2.30 to 5.30 p.m.: Paper I, all languages
Tuesday, 4 February 1997
9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.: Paper II, all languages
2.30 to 5.30 p.m.: Paper III, all languages (candidates for
Senior Scholarships only)
Oral examination
Monday, 17 February 1997, and, possibly, Tuesday, 18 February 1997.
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The scholarship is of the value of about £2,800, and may be held with another award.
Candidates are required to submit with their applications a statement of their academic record together with testimonials, and an undertaking that if elected they will travel abroad for a period of at least one month for the purpose of clinical study or research in medicine.
In making the award preference is given to such candidates as express the intention of engaging in the practice of their profession either as surgeons or as general practitioners.
The scholar is required to complete his or her period of travel within twelve months from the date of election, and within a reasonable period thereafter to submit to the Senior Assistant Registrar of the Medical School for the approval of the electors a detailed report of his or her tenure of the scholarship.
Payment of nine-tenths of a scholarship is made to scholars on their signifying their readiness to proceed abroad, and the remaining one-tenth on the approval of their reports by the electors.
The next election will be made on 6 April 1997.
Candidates must send their applications to the Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, on or before 28 February 1998.
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It should also be noted that grants will not be made towards the costs of attendance at language courses, and that the fact that an application is for study in one of the countries concerned will not in itself qualify it for support from the fund.
Those eligible to apply under the terms of this notice are members of the university academic and library staff (in respect of travel for work for which they are employed by the University) and students for Oxford postgraduate degrees and diplomas (other than graduate students under the Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages).
Account may be taken of any other possible sources of financial support available to applicants.
Applications, which should be submitted on a form obtainable from the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, should be returned to him by Friday of the third week of Hilary Term.
Graduate students under the Modern Languages Board are referred to the arrangements for travel grants administered by the Graduate Studies Committee of the faculty board.
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Dean Ireland's Scholarship, the value of which will be £400, is open to members of the University who have not exceeded the twelfth term from their matriculation. The person elected to be Dean Ireland's scholar, if not already elected to a Craven Scholarship, shall be elected at the same time to be first Craven scholar.
The Craven Scholarships (three in number), the value of which will be £200 each, are open to members of the University who have not exceeded the twelfth term from their matriculation. No person may be elected twice to a Craven Scholarship.
Candidates must send their names on an entry form to be obtained from the University Offices, to the Head Clerk, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, on or before 1 September 1997.
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The fund has been established in order to promote the advancement within the University of learning, scholarship, and research in the field of Spanish Studies, including the history of Anglo-Spanish relations, Spanish history and the literature, language, and other cultural aspects of spain. Although priority is, where possible, given to these areas, similar areas relating to Hispanic America are not excluded.
Each applicant is asked to complete an application form, available from the address given below, and to provide a brief account (not exceeding one page) of the proposed research. The applicant is responsible for asking his or her supervisor to send the committee's secretary, by the date given below, a confidential letter of recommendation.
Applications and references should be received by the Secretary of the Committee for the Sir George Labouchere Fund, History Faculty Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BD, by Friday of the sixth week of Trinity Term.
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Applications, giving details of the work proposed and the amount of money sought, and, in the case of postgraduate students, accompanied by a recommendation from the supervisor, should be sent to the Secretary, Inter-Faculty Committee for Latin American Studies, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, from whom application forms for the use of postgraduate students may be obtained. Applications should be submitted at least a week before the start of each term.
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Applications must reach the Secretary, Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, not later than 1 February 1997, stating name, college, date of matriculation, course of study, an outline of the proposed visit and the name of one referee.
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In addition to the Lockey Bequest, the Committee administers the travel funds of the Faculties of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Psychological Studies, and Physiological Sciences. Applicants from these faculties should send their applications, on the standard form, to the Secretary of the Lockey Committee, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, by the end of the sixth week of each term. Applicants from other faculties may apply in the same way for grants from the Lockey Bequest alone, but will be expected when appropriate to apply first to their own faculty board. Forms are obtainable from science department offices, and from the University Offices ((2)70213).
The committee requests that applications be made in good time. It does not consider late applications (i.e. those not received in time for consideration at the end of the term preceding the travel) but may in exceptional circumstances consider applications retrospectively. Where several people from Oxford propose to attend the same conference, they should submit applications so that the committee can consider them all at the same meeting (normally the meeting at the end of Hilary Term for conferences to be held during the following summer).
In general the committee meets only a proportion of expenses and applicants are expected to apply for other financial support. In 1995–6 the maximum values of grants awarded were as follows: to Europe £250, to North America £500, to elsewhere £700. In addition, no applicant is granted more than £700 during any period of four years; this will be calculated inclusive of grants made by faculty boards for purposes within the scope of the Lockey Bequest. The above figures are currently under review and are liable to alteration depending on the state of the funds at the committee's disposal and on the number of applicants. There should be no expectation that awards will be made at these maximum rates. Grants are not made for travel within the United Kingdom.
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Applications are invited for one or more scholarships funded by bequests from the late Mr and Mrs Hedley Lucas. Applicants should be undergraduates of either sex reading for the Honour School of Theology or for the Honour School of Philosophy and Theology who, during the year of tenure, either will be in the second or third year of their course or will be reading for the honour school as students having Senior Status. Preference will be given to candidates preparing to enter the Christian Ministry or proposing to do so.
The value of the awards, which will be made on the basis of financial need subject to reasonable academic performance, will be set at the discretion of the committee of management, but will not exceed £1,300. The scholarships will be tenable for one year and will be renewable for one further year at the discretion of the committee of management.
Applications, giving details of the candidate's financial situation, should be submitted through college tutors, who should provide a supporting letter with details of the candidate's academic performance. Applications should be sent to the Revd C.M. Jones, St Peter's College, Oxford OX1 2DL, during March 1997.
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The fund, which is administered by a board of management, is used to promote interest in, and the general study and practice of, contemporary theatre, including musical theatre, by members of the University.
The board of management meets during sixth week each term to consider applications for support, which is currently in the form of underwriting productions. Applications should be submitted to the board only after consulting Ms Holly Kendrick, University Drama Officer, Burton-Taylor Studio Theatre, Gloucester Street, Oxford OX1 2BN (telephone: 791577).
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Candidates must be members of the University. Application forms may be obtained from the Administrator, Institute of Archaeology, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG. Eight copies of applications (which should include a letter of support from the candidate's supervisor) should be returned to the Administrator at the Institute on or before 31 December 1996, stating:
(i) the applicant's name, status, and college;
(ii) the intended course of research;
(iii) the specific purpose for which the award is required;
(iv) the amount required;
(v) details of other financial resources, obtained or applied for.
Applications from undergraduates will be considered only for work to be undertaken after graduation. Assistance towards excavation is not excluded, but the committee will require a report upon results achieved. Awards are not made towards the payment of fees or subsistence in Oxford.
Meyerstein Awards will be announced in January 1997. Applications for emergency awards may, however, be considered at other times.
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(a) applications should be made on the appropriate application form (available from the Secretary to the Meyerstein Special Research Fund for English, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD) and will be considered during the eighth week of each term. They should be received by Monday of sixth week;
(b) a letter of recommendation from the supervisor must be sent with the application;
(c) the specific purpose and a detailed estimate of expenditure must be included in each application;
(d) material such as photocopies or microfilms purchased with the help of grants must be offered to the English Faculty Library when the work for which they were required has been completed;
(e) applicants holding studentships (e.g. from the British Academy) which provide for special assistance towards such expenses must first apply to the awarding body and must state the result of the application;
(f) applicants who do not hold such studentships should indicate their source of funding;
(g) grants are not made for the word-processing or binding of theses or towards normal subsistence;
(h) grants are not made for attendance at conferences or to support other conference expenses;
( i) evidence in the form of receipted invoices or other vouchers will be required before grants are paid.
Please bear in mind that funds are limited. You should therefore apply to other sources for which you may be eligible. Retrospective applications will be considered only in exceptional circumstances.
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There is no closing date for applications, which may be made at any time by any member of the University (including the holder of the Nubar Pasha Scholarship).
Candidates should submit to the board a statement of their academic career and proposed course of research, together with details of their financial resources. Applications should be sent to the Secretary to the Board of Management of the Nubar Pasha Armenian Scholarship Fund, Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE.
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Applicants for the scholarship may be candidates for admission, or already registered as graduate students. The successful applicant, if not already a member of an Oxford college, may be offered a place at St Antony's College or St Cross College. Candidates without any existing college association should name St Antony's as their college of first choice on their graduate application form. St Cross should be named as the college of second choice.
The scholarship will cover college and university fees and a maintenance allowance for up to two years in the first instance with possible extension to a third, or, on occasion, a fourth year. Students may also apply for less than two years' support and D.Phil. students who have completed their fee liability but who have run out of support to cover their other costs will also be eligible. The scholarships will normally cover university fees at the home rate, although in exceptional circumstances supplemental grants may be made in order to meet (or to go some way towards meeting) the difference between the home and the overseas fee.
Application forms are available from the Secretary of the Inter-faculty Committee for African Studies, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. Applications should be sent to reach the Secretary by Friday, 28 February 1997.
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The programme is open to candidates from any academic discipline. The closing date for applications will be Friday, 14 February 1997. Application forms and further details are available from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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Preference will be given to candidates applying from other universities, i.e. not already matriculated at Oxford, and to those domiciled or educated in Scotland. Candidates not fulfilling these criteria are unlikely to be successful.
The scholarships, which are to be awarded to persons wishing to begin a course of study in Oxford who would otherwise be prevented by lack of funds, will cover University and college fees and provide a grant for maintenance, subject to assessment of other sources of income (maintenance grants for 1996–7 are £1,710 for undergraduates and £5,400 for postgraduates). It will be renewable from year to year, subject to satisfactory progress and continuance of approved full-time study.
Candidates for a Pirie-Reid Scholarship are expected to have applied for admission to the University in the usual way.
Application forms may be obtained from Mrs J. Brown, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. The closing date for application is 1 May 1997.
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Applications are invited for grants for the academic year 1997-8 from students either already on course or who will be commencing their studies at Oxford in October 1997. The grants are means-tested, and the amounts for the year 1997-8 are expected to be in the region of £500-£2,000.
Applicants who intend to follow a postgraduate course must have been accepted by both a college and the faculty board concerned before a grant can be awarded, while applications from candidates who wish to read for a second honour school should be endorsed by the college.
Further information and application forms are available from the Secretary to the Board of Management for the Prendergast Bequest, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. The closing date for applications is 31 July 1997.
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The successful applicant, if not already a member of the University of Oxford, would normally become a member of Jesus College and would be expected to reside in Oxford for the greater part of the academic year.
Applications should be sent to the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, by 1 March 1997 and should include:
(a) a curriculum vitae;
(b) a brief outline of the research proposed for 1997–8 (say one page);
(c) an indication of the size of grant required (i.e. any necessary expenses in addition to the normal living costs of a graduate student) and of other sources of financial support (if any);
(d) brief details of any other awards or appointments for which the candidate is applying;
(e) the candidate's address for the Easter period if different from the term-time address;
(f) the names and addresses of two academic referees, who should be requested to write direct to the Secretary of the Taylor Institution at the above address by 1 March 1997.
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The scholarships will cover the cost of any tuition or registration fees and provide a grant towards living costs, which is expected to be about £6,200 for a full year. The precise level of funding will be determined according to the proposed place of study and any funding which the student will continue to receive, such as Local Education Authority grant or funding from a Research Council. Students taking part in an exchange under the ERASMUS Scheme or the Oxford-Paris Programme will not normally be eligible for Scatcherd European Scholarships.
Applicants are advised to contact the institution to which they wish to be attached before submitting the scholarship application form. Successful candidates will be required to obtain the approval of their college to study away from Oxford, and, where applicable, graduate students must also obtain dispensation from residence from their faculty board.
The closing date for applications will be Friday, 14 February 1997. Further information and application materials may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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Grants will be made at the discretion of the panel. In the case of matriculated members of the University, grants can be made towards, for example, the cost of equipment for particular needs, the conversion of buildings, the installation of handrails or similar items, or the provision of non-medical support. In the case of candidates for admission to the University, grants can be made for such items as the provision of accommodation, transport, communications and other expenses.
Applications should be made initially to the secretary of the Committee for Disabled People, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (telephone: (2)70083). They may be made by telephone, in writing or in person. Informal advice can be provided upon request by any member of the panel. UK students applying need to show that where relevant they have applied to their local education authority or graduate funding body for the minimum mandatory allowance. Furthermore, in most cases applicants will have to demonstrate that there is a need for funds in addition to those otherwise available. Applicants will not have to prove that they have a disability except where the panel considers it necessary and requires it. However, grants ordinarily will not be made where the disability is only temporary (e.g. a broken arm).
Grants will be made in the form that the panel determines is the most appropriate: whether as a lump sum to cover the needs over a course lasting more than one year, or on an annual basis (subject to the availability of funds), or as a one-off grant for a specific purpose.
Applicants may apply more than once, but except where specifically indicated the making of a grant in one year does not guarantee its availability in future years. Grants may in some cases, however, be made on a recurrent basis in the reasonable expectation of funds being available from the Trust in subsequent years.
Grants will normally be paid directly to applicants who will in all cases have to satisfy the panel that the grant has been used for the purpose for which it was made. If a student prefers it, the University can make payments directly to the supplier of a service such as a weekly note-taker for lectures or a sign-language interpreter.
Where appropriate the panel will encourage an applicant's college to match grants from the Fund.
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The bursaries are of such annual value as the Board of the Faculty of Theology shall determine, and are tenable at any college or hall in the University.
Candidates will be required to provide the electors with evidence of their scholastic attainments and financial need together with testimonials to their character and ability. Selected candidates will be interviewed before the elections are made.
Prospective candidates should communicate by letter with The Revd C.M. Jones, St Peter's College, Oxford OX1 2DL, during March 1997 or the latter half of September 1997.
A successful candidate, if not already a member of the University, will be required to make his own arrangements for admission to a college or hall. Candidates are warned that it would be impossible to secure such admission for Michaelmas Term 1997 if action is deferred until the awards are announced. They are accordingly strongly advised to seek admission as soon as they have decided to become candidates. A prospectus, which describes the admission procedure, may be obtained from the Oxford Colleges Admissions Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD.
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The value of the C.E. Stevens Scholarship will be of the order of £350, and of each Charles Oldham Scholarship of the order of £250.
Candidates must be members of the University reading for Honour Moderations in Classics, or for the Honour Schools of Literae Humaniores or Classics and Modern Languages or Ancient and Modern History. Preference will normally be given to candidates who have completed their first but not yet entered the final year of their undergraduate course.
Each candidate should send to the Head Clerk, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 21 February 1997, an application (on A4-sized paper and preferably typewritten) setting out:
(i) the object of the travel to be undertaken with dates, itinerary, and estimate of cost; if the applicant is hoping to be accepted for a course at the British School at Athens or the British School at Rome, he or she should present also an alternative travel programme, with dates, itinerary and cost, to be undertaken in the event of a place not being offered;
(ii) whether the applicant has already visited the area;
(iii) a brief note on his or her previous career, present standing, and particular interest in classical studies;
(iv) the applicant's financial circumstances including the amount of any maintenance grant, or of any travel grant from another source;
(v) the name of one referee from his or her college.
No person may be elected twice to a scholarship.
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Applicants should note that they would have to find the balance required to undertake their journey from other sources.
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Candidates should belong either to the faculties of Oriental Studies, Modern History, English, Literae Humaniores, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Social Studies, or Anthropology and Geography, or to one of the following departments: Plant Sciences, Physics (Clarendon Laboratory, Nuclear Physics, Theoretical Physics), Clinical Medicine, Zoology, Physiology, Materials, Social Anthropology, Computing Laboratory, Earth Sciences, Human Anatomy, Inorganic Chemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, or Experimental Psychology.
The successful candidates will be nominated by the University of Tokyo for Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Scholarships, which would cover all travel, living, and educational expenses. The scholarship would not cover fees payable to the University of Oxford and candidates are strongly advised to check their continuing liability to pay Oxford University fees at an early stage. The University of Tokyo cannot guarantee that Monbusho Scholarships will be granted and successful candidates are advised to apply also to other sources, both British and Japanese, for financial support.
Applications must be received by the International Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, not later than Friday, 29 November 1996. There is no application form: letters of application should include (1) a curriculum vitae and a statement of your knowledge (if any) of the Japanese language; (2) a description of the work you propose to undertake at the University of Tokyo; (3) details of any contact you have already had with Tokyo about your proposed attachment; (4) a letter from the head or senior tutor of your college authorising the application; (5) the name of your supervisor. The required level of proficiency in Japanese may vary according to the applicant's proposed field of research. Those interested in participating in the scheme but in doubt of their eligibility, should telephone the International Office ((2)70241).
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The scholarships are of particular interest to students who wish to study law, economics, or political science with an emphasis on the European Union. The EU institutions are situated near the Institute of European Studies of the ULB, and students are able to use their research facilities and to meet prominent people within the Commission. The Institute also organises expeditions to the European Parliament and to the Court of Justice.
Application forms and further information may be obtained from the International Office, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD (telephone: (2)70241). Applications must be submitted by Friday, 6 December 1996.
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An S.E. Wilson Scholarship will be awarded at the end of Hilary Term to a graduate taking the course of study leading to the Degree of M.Sc. in Forestry and its Relation to Land Use, but who is not in receipt of a full award from a Research Council or other organisation. Candidates must inform the Secretary to the Biological Sciences Board, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, by Friday of the first week of Hilary Term that they wish to be considered for this scholarship and must at the same time submit a statement of their financial resources.
The value of the scholarship this year will be of the order of £500. The successful candidate will be chosen by a committee under the chairmanship of the Director of the Forestry Institute. The committee may require the candidates to submit written work.
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Matriculated undergraduates and graduates of the University wholly or mainly pursuing their studies, and employees of the University and colleges, will be eligible to apply for the scholarship. The value of the award is likely to vary from year to year, according to the financial circumstances of the successful applicant, but may cover up to half the cost of nursery fees (but not extra charges for meals, etc.). The award will be made for one child, and for one year in the first instance. The scholarship is only tenble at a university nursery and can only be awarded to an applicant whose child already has a place, or for whose child an application form has been submitted by Friday, 28 February 1997.
Application forms for the Wolfson Childcare Scholarship can be obtained from the Childcare Officer, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD. All scholarship forms must be returned to the Childcare Officer by Friday, 28 February 1997.
Nursery application forms are available from the Nursery Managers, the Mansion House Nursery, Summertown House, Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7QZ, or Bradmore Road Nursery, 4C Bradmore Road, Oxford OX2 6QW. (Please enclose a stamped, addressed envelope.) New applicants for places must submit their applications to the Nursery Manager by Friday, 28 February 1997 if they wish to be considered for the scholarship in 1997–8.
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Applications, which should be submitted on a form obtainable from the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, should be returned to him by Friday of the third week of Hilary Term.
Graduate students under the Modern Languages Board are referred to the arrangements for travel grants administered by the Graduate Studies Committee of the faculty board.
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The examination will consist of three papers: (a) French Essay, (b) translation from and into the French language, (c) a paper on general questions concerned, e.g. with French literature, linguistics, or socio-cultural topics.
The following extracts from the regulations for the Zaharoff Travelling Scholarships are here printed for the information of intending candidates:
1. The Zaharoff Travelling Scholarships shall be open to members of the University, of either sex, who shall have kept their names continuously on the books of their college or society for a period of not less than two years nor more than five years from the date of their matriculation.
2. Zaharoff Travelling Scholars shall be required to pursue their studies at or in connection with a French university or place of higher education in France approved by the Curators of the Taylor Institution.
4. The annual value of each scholarship shall not normally be less than £2,500 a year payable in three instalments. The Curators will fix the value of each scholarship taking account of any other award available to the scholar and so that the scholar will be able in their opinion to pursue his studies in France without hardship.
7. All candidates for the scholarship shall send to the Secretary of the Taylor Institution on or before Friday in the sixth week of Hilary Full Term their names, a certificate of their academical standing, and the written permission of the Head of their college or other society, together with a statement of the subject or subjects they propose to study and the university or place of higher education at which they intend to pursue their studies.
9. The election of scholars shall be conditional upon their having passed all the examinations required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.
10. Throughout their period of tenure scholars shall report from time to time to the Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature on the progress of their work, and before receiving the second and third instalments of the scholarship they must furnish evidence to satisfy him that they are pursuing their studies in a profitable and satisfactory manner.
11. A scholarship shall be tenable for one year only, but under special and exceptional circumstances the curators may renew it for a period of not exceeding one year.
Candidates must send their names, accompanied by the particulars required by the regulations and an indication of their particular area or areas of interest for the paper at (c) above, to the Secretary, Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, on or before Friday, 28 February 1997 . Envelopes should be marked `Zaharoff Travelling Scholarships'.
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