Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme

Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholarships provide the most talented PhD students with life-changing opportunities to research and study at the University of Cambridge. The Programme offers generous fully-funded Scholarships, which include fees at the Home or Overseas rate, maintenance funding, student visa costs, student immigration health surcharge, and other research-related expenses. These Scholarships support PhD students from any part of the world, and in any discipline. All applicants who are assessed as being academically excellent by their Department or Faculty are eligible to be considered for an award. The Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Programme (HDPSP) was established in February 2019 thanks to an extraordinarily generous donation from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation, the biggest single gift made to a university in the UK by a British philanthropist. Approximately 40 awards are available each year. A personal research allowance of up to £6,000 is available to Scholars over the duration of their course for personal research expenses, including textbooks, laptops, membership fees for Academic Associations, and conference attendance. The HDPSP also covers the cost of economy travel for bringing the Scholar from their usual place of residence to Cambridge and to return home at the end of the course.