Boak Student Support Fund

Thanks to the kind bequest of the late Professor Denis Boak in 2016, Clare Hall has a special fund to support student research. The fund is mainly for conference travel, research travel to archives etc. Applicants can also apply for help with online conference expenses if the conference is important for their academic development and/or if they are giving a paper. The fund does not support fieldwork and research costs that were part of the original research proposal on application for the course but will consider exceptional opportunities that have arisen subsequently. The maximum award is £2,000 per student each year, although most individual awards will be smaller. There is no lower limit. Awards are competitive and accordingly offered on a selective case-by-case basis with regards to academic merit and research potential. Academic year 2025-26 has two deadlines in each Term. Approximately 20 awards are offered annually.