Prizes, Awards and Grants for Postgraduates
There is a wide range of financial support available for postgraduate students at St Edmund Hall. This page provides details of specific prizes, awards and grants. If you need further information, please use the contact details provided below, or get in touch with the College Office for general guidance.
In addition, every postgraduate student can apply for a College Grant of up to £250 per year (PGT), £1,000 across the duration of DPhil studies, and £500 across the duration of MSc(Res) or MPhil studies to use on academic-related expenses (e.g., travel to conferences, purchase of texts and resources not available in Oxford, and language tuition). For those who face unexpected financial difficulty, both the College and the University of Oxford also offer financial assistance.
Find out more about college grants, scholarships and financial assistance
The St Edmund Hall Association has established this annual prize of £600 for two students undertaking an exceptional enterprise or voluntary commitment in an activity which falls outside of established College or University pursuits. All current students, including Visiting Students, are eligible to apply for this award.
Students will be emailed when the prize is open for the year, with the deadline being the end of fifth week of Trinity term. If you have any questions please contact alumni@seh.ox.ac.uk.
Current students can find the guidelines and application form here
- Equipment Grant: to fund the purchase of a stethoscope (£175) by fourth-year Medics.
- Accommodation Bursary: to fund the cost of accommodation left vacant during the elective period (£1,000) for sixth-year Medics.
- Elective Grant: to fund transport costs during the elective period (£500) for sixth-year Medics.
These three funds are automatically disbursed to eligible students.
This Travel Award was set up by Aularian Zhenbo Gao (2014, DPhil Organic Chemistry) and his wife Huijie Ning. It provides an award of up to £800 for a St Edmund Hall Chemistry DPhil student who wishes to attend an overseas course-related chemistry conference, and it can be used to cover expenses such as travel, conference registration fees and accommodation. A preference may be given to students who have already exhausted college and/or departmental grants and to those who wish to attend a conference in order to present their own exciting results.
Three bursaries of £1,000 each are available to postgraduate students to provide financial support during the final write-up of their thesis. Applications are open to St Edmund Hall students who do not hold other scholarships or awards worth more than £15,000 per annum, and who are at the final stage of writing up.
The bursary is usually advertised in Michaelmas Term and awarded in Hilary Term.
This fund is to be used at the discretion of the Principal to provide direct support to current Hall students who wish to undertake special projects such as charitable work, choral and drama tours, travel for unusual academic opportunities and to assist others. Keith Gull initiated this fund during his tenure at the Hall, reflecting his commitment to both ‘Hall Spirit’ and supporting student ambition. All undergraduate, postgraduate and visiting students are eligible for this fund.
Students who would like to be considered for this fund, should complete this form in the first instance. The average award size is £300 and awards are unlikely to exceed £1,000. All applications will be treated as private and confidential. Recipients are asked to write a brief report on how the funds were used, which will be shared with donors to the fund. This can be anonymous if preferred and it may be agreed that particularly sensitive cases can be excluded from writing a report.
Applications are considered in the 6th week of every term. The deadline for each term’s submissions is 5pm on Friday of 5th week.
The Masterclass Fund is open to all Teddy Hall students and supports individuals who have already reached a high level of achievement in an extra-curricular activity and are now seeking funding for additional coaching to develop and hone their skills. This may include, but is not exclusive to, the areas of writing, drama, music, art and sport. Individual students are eligible for up to £1,000 support in any one academic year.
Frank di Rienzo Masterclass Award in Drama and Theatre
Thanks to a generous bequest to honour the memory of Frank di Rienzo (1959, English), a dedicated member of the College’s John Oldham Drama Society and passionate supporter of drama and the arts, an additional Masterclass Award of £1,000 is available for students applying for coaching in drama and theatre.
Stuart Ford Masterclass Award in Film & Television
Thanks to the support of Stuart Ford (1988, Jurisprudence), an additional Masterclass Award of £1,000 is available for students applying for coaching in film or television.
Current students can find the guidelines and application form here
This bursary was set up in memory of Mrs Brown, who was the Middle Common Room (MCR, the postgraduate common room) Butler for over 25 years. Three awards of £500 are available for MCR members who face financial difficulties which will make it hard to complete their course of study.
Postgraduate students who apply for College Financial Assistance will be automatically considered for this award.
This annual prize of £500 is open to both undergraduates and postgraduates. The prize is awarded to an individual who has shown significant leadership qualities during their time at the Hall in any area, e.g. sport, charity work, journalism, theatre/drama, music, potential future academic leadership, or other outside interests.
To make a nomination, please complete the nomination form including a report (around 500 words) supporting the nomination by the end of Monday of 5th week of Trinity Term. In your report, you may wish to cover these areas – how their influence has inspired others and what has happened as a consequence of their leadership. The Principal will decide who receives the award. Note that presidency of the JCR or MCR is not in itself sufficient cause for application. You are also encouraged to nominate a mentor; they will not receive cash but will be listed on the prize board by the entrance to the Senior Common Room. Students may not nominate themselves.
As a member of St Edmund Hall, if you secure a place on the Teach First Training Programme, the College will award you a bursary worth up to £1,000. Please contact Alena (college.office@seh.ox.ac.uk) if you have any questions.
This prize was established by alumnus Tony Doyle (1959, Chemistry). It provides an award of up to £1,000 for a research student (DPhil or MSc by research) in the sciences to engage in an academic-related activity additional to those funded by external or departmental funding. Activities may include travel to conferences, collaborative work at other universities, fieldwork and study projects, etc.
The prize is usually advertised in Michaelmas Term and awarded in Hilary Term.
Our travel awards are usually advertised in Michaelmas Term and awarded in Hilary term.
Michael Pike Travel Fund
The fund provides up to £500 to a student who proposes to engage in some outdoor activity for which a spirit of enterprise and physical endeavour are required. The award is contributed by Old Members in memory of Michael Pike (1948).
Graham Hamilton Travel Award
Three awards of up to £1,000 each for students who need financial assistance to undertake a holiday in the UK or abroad abroad which calls for some measure of initiative, enterprise or endurance.
Matt Greenwood Travel Scholarships
These scholarships were established in 2017 by the students, staff, alumni and friends of the Hall in memory of Matt Greenwood (2013, Engineering), who loved to travel and sadly passed away while a student at Teddy Hall. A prize of up to £1,000 per year will be awarded for travel in the UK or anywhere in the world for good purposes, with a particular emphasis on projects which embody Matt’s gifts of courage, adventure and concern for others.
