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The Harding Postgraduate Scholarship Program aims to support exceptional doctoral students in all disciplines. At least 25 doctoral students will receive a prestigious Harding Distinguished postgraduate scholarship each year, creating a cohort of the strongest doctoral students of a given year in a wide range of fields.

A significant proportion of Harding’s graduate scholarships (25 to 33% each year) will be at  St Catharine College  . The larger group at St Catharine College reflects David Harding’s previous association with the College. However, the rest will be distributed to ensure excellent postgraduate students across the entire Collegiate University.

What we offer

A Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarship covers the following costs for doctoral students:

• university composition fees   at the appropriate rate for the duration of your course
• a maintenance allowance (living expenses) of £ 18,000 per year for the duration of three years of your research, with the possibility of receiving maintenance funding in a fourth year, if necessary
• a research allowance (for expenses related to research activities and consumables, for example, books, field work and participation in conferences) of a maximum of £ 6,000 for the duration of three years of your research.

A calendar of academic activities and events will also be made available to distinguished Harding scholars during each academic year.

Applications for 2020 are now open

We are delighted that you are interested in applying for a distinguished Harding Graduate Scholarship. Please read this page carefully to find out if you are eligible and how to apply.

Eligibility

Harding Graduate Scholarships are available to applicants who wish to take a full-time residential doctoral program at the University of Cambridge. The scholarships are open to doctoral students of any nationality and any discipline. You will automatically be considered for a Distinguished Harding Fellowship if:

1. You complete the funding section of the graduate application form when you apply for a doctoral study via the  candidate portal  , and apply before the funding deadline for your course.
2. You then get a high score in the  postgraduate funding competition of  the department or faculty to which you applied.
3. You have applied to one of the following eligible colleges:

• Christ’s College
• Churchill College
• Clare College
• Clare Hall
• Darwin College
• Downing College
• Fitzwilliam College
• Girton College
• Homerton college
• Hughes hall
• Jesus college
• Lucy Cavendish College
• Magdalene College
• Murray Edwards College
• Newnham College
• Queens’ College
• Robinson College
• Selwyn College
• Sidney Sussex College
• St Catharine College
• St Edmund College
• Trinity Hall
• Wolfson College  .

If you are applying to a college that is not listed above, this will not prevent you from being considered for a Distinguished Harding Postgraduate Scholarship. However, be aware that you may be asked to change colleges to access the scholarship.

A significant proportion of Harding’s graduate scholarships (25 to 33% each year) will be at  St Catharine College  . The larger group at St Catharine College reflects David Harding’s previous association with the College. However, the rest will be distributed to ensure excellent postgraduate students across the entire Collegiate University.

Current students at the University of Cambridge

If you are currently studying for a master’s degree at Cambridge and are applying for a doctorate here, you will be eligible for a Distinguished Harding Postgraduate Scholarship, provided you meet  the eligibility criteria listed  above. If you have already started your doctoral course at Cambridge University, you cannot be considered for a Distinguished Harding Scholarship.

How to register

You can apply for admission to a doctoral course, to a place at the College and to various funding sources via the  portal for  university graduate candidates . All  details can be found on the  website  of  graduates.

When applying online,  be  sure to indicate that you wish to be considered for funding and complete the funding section  . Applicants who do not complete this section will not be considered for the Harding Graduate Scholarships.

time

The application deadline is determined by the funding deadline for the doctoral program you are applying for and will be December 3, 2019  or  January 7, 2020. You can find the funding deadline for your course by consulting the  course directory  .