Scholarship

Roberta Sykes Cambridge Scholarship

Cambridge Trust Original Source
Award

Not specified

Deadline

No deadline

Location

United Kingdom

Applicants

individual

About This Opportunity

The Roberta Sykes Cambridge Scholarship is available to Masters or PhD applicants from Australia who are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. It is tenable at any College of the University of Cambridge and in any subject. This fund is offered in partnership with The Aurora Education Foundation and Cambridge Australia Scholarships. The scholarship covers international student fees, maintenance costs, student immigration health surcharge, and travel costs to and from the UK at the commencement and conclusion of the scholarship. Approximately 2 awards are available per year. PhD recipients may apply for up to 6 additional months of maintenance funding to support the writing-up period. Applicants must be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and have been awarded, or be about to be awarded, an undergraduate degree from a recognised university. The scholarship is awarded based on both financial need and academic merit.

Duration 9 - 85 mo
2 awards
Decision March to July

Who Can Apply

Region
United Kingdom
Citizenship
Australia
Project in
United Kingdom
Applicants
individual
Priority for
indigenous

Application Details

Institutional approval

Stages

  1. 1 two_stage

Review process

Applicants must apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline and receive a conditional offer, then apply separately to the Aurora Foundation. Awards are made on a rolling basis from March to July.

Additional benefits

  • travel_support
  • health_insurance