Cambridge funding for underrepresented groups

We have many funding opportunities for UK applicants that come from under-represented or non-traditional backgrounds to access postgraduate study at Cambridge. Some of the criteria has been included below, these will differ depending on the fund:

• Coming from an underrepresented ethnic background 
• Coming from a low-income background
• Having experienced educational disadvantage
• Being in the first generation of your family to attend university at undergraduate level
• Having been eligible for free school meals at secondary school
• Having had caring responsibilities during secondary education
• Having spent time in local authority care or as a Foyer resident

The article attached below provides a list of our main funding opportunities for UK applicants who meet the criteria.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive – individual departments or Colleges may manage similar additional smaller funds. We recommend contacting them directly for more information. The list will be updated annually.