Scholarships
Hughes Hall offers several full and partial scholarships to its students, as well top-up awards for current and former students.
Hughes Hall is delighted to award college prizes, kindly provided by many different benefactors. These general and subject-specific prizes are awarded to all students who achieve an overall First Class Honours or Distinction in their undergraduate or postgraduate course, or receive a departmental or national/international prize. Please note we only award one (highest value) prize per student, per year. We also offer travel and conference grants.
Travel and conference grants
Education Unlocked Travel Grants
Many kind donors responded to a 2019 campaign to support Hughes Hall Education students taking postgraduate degrees. The college is extremely grateful for this financial support, and is providing matching funding. As a result, we can offer to Faculty of Education PhD and MPhil students annual grants for travel to conferences or other course-related work (up to £250 p.a.), plus a once-only supplement for pilot study or fieldwork (£100).
For further details and to apply, see the Education Unlocked Travel Grant Application Form.
Hughes Hall Travel Grant
Hughes Hall is pleased to offer financial support to students in all other subject areas for conference attendance or course-related work (normally £250 p.a.). Details of which are given below:
- All PhD students, to travel to conferences or other course-related work (max. £250 p.a., though you may combine two years of grant retrospectively)
- Full-time masters students, to travel to conferences or other course-related work (max. £250)
- Medical students, to travel for conferences and/or electives (max. £500 in total)
- BA students, to fulfil compulsory requirements outside Cambridge (max. £250 in total). For further details and to apply, see the Hughes Hall Travel Grant Application Form.
College support
Language course support
- The college gives some financial support to students who study a language other than English alongside their course, normally through the Language Centre’s programme (CULP). Support is normally given at the end of the course, and only once per year. To apply, complete and submit the Language Learning Support Form together with your CULP receipt. Note that applications received after your course end-date or thesis submission, or for funding after then, will not normally be considered.
Varsity sport support
- The college gives some financial support to students who participate in university sports at first and second team level. To apply, complete and submit the Varsity Sport Application Form together with a letter on headed paper from the club secretary. Note that applications received after your course end-date or thesis submission will not normally be considered.
PhD thesis binding support
- Hughes Hall is happy to contribute towards the costs of binding one copy of your PhD thesis. To apply, complete and submit the PhD Thesis Binding Support Form along with your receipt.
General Prizes
Burnett Prizes for undergraduates
These prizes are provided by an anonymous donor in memory of Elizabeth Mabel Burnett, who overcame many difficulties to give her children the higher education and independence which were denied to her.
- £200 for First Class in final year BA
- £50 for First Class in non-final year BA
- £50 for receiving a departmental/national/international prize
Johnston Prizes for masters and doctoral students
These prizes are provided by college members in honour of Dr Philip Johnston, Senior Tutor at Hughes Hall, 2009-21.
- £50 for Distinction in any Masters course
- £50 for receiving a departmental/national/international prize
Subject Prizes
Jeffrey W. Cook Prizes in Law
These prizes are provided by Jeffrey Cook, alumnus and By-Fellow (Law, 1983).
- US$250 for the highest First Class Law BA finalist of the year*
- US$250 for the highest First Class Law BA (affiliate) finalist of the year*
- US$250 for the highest First Class LLM of the year*
*The US$250 prizes will be paid in GBP according to the exchange rate at the time of payment.
Grossman Prize in Economics
This prize is provided by friends of Hughes Hall, Neil and Mindy Grossman.
- £250 for the highest First Class Economics BA finalist of the year
Powell Prize in Religious Studies
This prize was provided by Helena Powell, Principal 1902-08, to encourage Religious Studies.
- £200 for First Class, Distinction or equivalent in any relevant examination
Lowman Prize in Education
This prize is awarded by Cambridge Assessment to the ‘highest among those training at Hughes Hall to be teachers of English Language and Literature’ (Syndicate minutes, 1995).
- £100 for the best PGCE student in English language and literature
Godwin–Raffan Prizes in Medicine and Education
These prizes are provided by Life Fellows Ray Godwin and John Raffan to reward able students in their own fields of expertise, Medicine and Education respectively.
- £200 for Distinction in the Bachelor of Medicine Part III or the MPhil in Education
- £50 for receiving a Clinical School Prize in Medicine or Faculty Prize in Education in any year
Hoskote Prizes in English
These prizes are provided by alumna and volunteer, Arunima Hoskote (Economics, 2000).
- £250 for the highest First Class English BA finalist of the year
- £100 for Distinction in MPhil English
Dineen Prize for PGCE Classics
This prize is provided for alumna Sarah Dineen (PGCE, 1985), in honour of her retirement from teaching.
- £100 for the outstanding PGCE Classics student of the year