Cambridge Commonwealth Trust/Link Foundation Fellowship
18 July 2009
In collaboration with NZ-UK Link Foundation and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust offers three scholarships annually to enable graduates of outstanding academic merit from New Zealand to pursue a one-year taught postgraduate course of study at the University of Cambridge in subjects relevant to their country’s needs.
Economist Cath Sleeman (pictured) is studying for an MPhil in Economics at Cambridge University during the 2008-09 academic year.
Previous Scholars at Cambridge University (2006) include: Peter Niven (2007), Auckland University law and geography graduate Michelle Smith who studied environmental law at Clare College; and international law student Juliet Philpott, who was a member of Wolfson College. Read more about them in The Link issue 7.
Applications are invited before April 30th each year for three Cambridge Commonwealth Trust/Link Foundation Fellowship. These are offered annually by the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, in collaboration with NZ-UK Link Foundation. It enables graduates of outstanding academic merit from New Zealand to pursue a one-year taught postgraduate course of study at the University of Cambridge in subjects relevant to their country’s needs.
This Scholarship is tenable for one academic year and consists of up to £10,000 towards the costs of study at Cambridge plus £1,000 towards a return economy airfare. You can apply if you are a citizen of New Zealand who has, or expects to have by the end of the academic year, a first class honours degree, or its equivalent, from a recognised university and have gained admission to Cambridge in the normal way.
Scholarship application forms are sent to applicants by the Board of Graduate Studies upon receipt of completed application forms for admission. They must be completed and returned to The Secretary, Board of Graduate Studies, 4 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RZ, England, no later than 30 April in the year of study.
By submitting one scholarship application form, you will automatically be considered for all the Trust’s awards for which you are eligible.
For more information, contact the Link's UK Executive Officer D.J.Francis King in London or check out Cambridge University’s site.
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