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Downing College

STUDENTSHIPS AND BURSARIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Further details about the following studentships, scholarships and bursaries together with application forms where appropriate can be obtained by writing to the Senior Tutor, Downing College, Cambridge, CB2 1DQ. Completed application forms must be received not later than 4 July 1999. All candidates for studentships or bursaries must be or intend to become members of Downing College.

GRADUATE BURSARIES

Graduate students admitted to the College and intending to read for the Ph.D. Degree will normally be awarded a Bursary of £250 a year for up to three years. Downing graduates who stay in residence to undertake Ph.D. research are similarly eligible for Bursaries.

There is no application form and all graduates admitted to the College will be automatically considered for an award.

DOWNING-MÜLLER CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS

All eligible candidates applying to Downing and for financial assistance to the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the Cambridge Overseas Trust will be automatically considered for a Downing-Müller Cambridge Scholarship. Successful applicants must undertake to return to their country of origin to apply their knowledge to the benefit of their home country or to work for a suitable international organization after completing the course at Cambridge. Further details about the Scholarships are published in the University Graduate Prospectus.

TREHERNE BURSARY IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Applicants must be in their second or third year of their Ph.D., in the coming academic year, in the University of Cambridge and must have demonstrated a high aptitude for research. The maximum tenure of a Bursary is two years, subject to a satisfactory annual report by the recipient. The value of the Studentship will be £1,500 a year.

OON KHYE BENG CH'HIA TSIO BURSARY IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

A Bursary of £1,500 a year is offered tenable for up to three years, for research in preventive medicine, broadly defined. Candidates must be seeking registration as Graduate Students with a view to reading for the Ph.D. Degree in the University of Cambridge.

PARKE DAVIS BURSARY FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Parke Davis Bursary is available for American students wishing to undertake research in Biological Sciences in the University of Cambridge. The sum of £5,000 per annum for up to three years is available to contribute towards the cost of University and College Fees. Candidates must be seeking registration as Graduate Students with a view to reading for the Ph.D. Degree in the University of Cambridge.


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Cambridge University Reporter Special 5, 2 November 1998
Copyright © 1998 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.