Grants and Awards
There are a number of funds administered by the Department to which members of the University may apply for grants and studentships. The funds listed on this page are of particular relevence to ASNC students. Regulations governing the funds are listed in Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge, available in the University Library's reference collection (classmark Ref.51.C19) and widely elsewhere, or online at www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/
Note to applicants of all funds:
- Please ensure that you consider and report all alternative means of additional funding before applying for the listed funds listed below;
- Please ensure that you make travel arrangements using the most economic means of travel possible;
- Please ensure that application budgets include the specified per diem amounts for your destination country (to be added).
H. M. Chadwick Fund
- Details (pdf) | Application Form (pdf) | Reference Forms (pdf ) Deadline for applications 1 March 2012
Scandinavian Studies and Related Funds
Applications for the Scandinavian Studentship and for grants from the Scandinavian Studies Fund must be submitted through the candidate’s Tutor to the Secretary (SSF), Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, so as to reach her not later than 1 June 2012.
The Scandinavian Studentship for advanced study or research in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, or Iceland is open to members of the University who at the date of election have passed some final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, provided that at the same date not more than twenty-four terms have elapsed since the end of their first term of residence. The Studentship is tenable for one year; but a Student is eligible for re-election on not more than two occasions.
Applications for the Studentship should be accompanied by a statement of the course of advanced study or research which the candidate proposes to undertake if elected. The course proposed must involve residence in Scandinavia for not less than three months.
The Student will receive a stipend of £50, which will be paid not later than the thirtieth day following the election, and such additional stipend, subject to a maximum approved from time to time by the Council, as may be determined by the Managers after taking account of any other financial resources that may be available to the Student.
Any member of the University may apply for a grant from the Scandinavian Studies Fund for the furtherance of study connected with Scandinavian countries.
Brita Mortensen Fund | Dame Bertha Phillpotts Fund | Scandinavian Studies Fund | Tennant Fund
If you would like to apply for any of the funds listed above, please fill in the appropriate application form:Application form for Junior Members | Application form for Senior Members
N.B. Applications for grants to support joint projects should be made by the senior
member supervising the project on behalf of the individuals taking part.
Combined Reference Form for the above funds for Junior Members
Dorothea Coke Fund
The Managers of the Scandinavian Studies Fund give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for grants from the Dorothea Coke Fund, the purpose of which is to aid the publication of books, memoirs, or articles by British authors making original contributions to the knowledge of the history and culture of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, before ad 1500. Applications, along with one copy of the manuscript and evidence of acceptance for publication, should be sent to the Secretary (SSF), Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, so as to reach her not later than 1 June 2012.
Wallenberg Prize
The Wallenberg Prize will be offered in 2012 for an essay on some subject chosen by the candidate and approved by the Managers of the Scandinavian Studies Fund, and connected with the language, history, or civilization of one or more of the Scandinavian peoples. A substantial piece of work, of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, which makes some contribution to knowledge, will be expected. The standard of essay expected should be comparable to that of an undergraduate dissertation submitted as part of a Tripos which is awarded a first class or high upper second class mark. The value of the Prize is £500.
The competition is open to any member of the University, provided that
at the time essays are to be sent in he or she has kept seven terms
and that, if a graduate, not more than nine complete terms have passed
since he or she was admitted to a first degree at this or any other
university.
A winner of the Prize may not compete again.
The subject proposed by the candidate must be communicated to the
Secretary (Wallenberg), Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge,
CB3 9DP, with a view to its approval by the Managers, not
later than 24 April 2012. If approved two copies of the essay must
be sent to the Secretary (Wallenberg) not later than 1 June 2012.
Clemoes Reading Prize
The Clemoes Reading Prize is offered for competition each year and is open to all resident members of the University in statu pillari.
The examination for the Prize shall consist of reading aloud a passage chosen by the candidate from poetry in one of the languages studied in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, namely: Old English, Old Norse, Medieval Welsh, Medieval Irish, Medieval Cornish, Medieval Breton, and Insular Latin. A candidate should send his or her name to the Secretary (Clemoes), Faculty of English by 16 March 2012, together with details of the passage chosen.
All candidates must submit their chosen passages to the Event's Secretary on 26 April 2012 for publication in the event programme.
The examination for the Prize will take place on 2 May 2012 at 5 p.m. in the English Faculty Building, 9 West Road. The value of the First Prize will be £100.
General Information on Departmental Awards:
Receipts or other appropriate proofs of expenditure are required before you are awarded your cheque.
Graduate Students:
For details of funding available for activities undertaken by current graduate students, see Graduate Training and Related Funding.