Funding

To apply for hardship grants from the College, please complete the grants and funding application form, including a supporting statement from your tutor or supervisor. 

Please make sure you are eligible before applying by reading the qualifying conditions. Applications will be considered from any student, but you should be able to demonstrate that you are facing unexpected hardship or a change in circumstances.

Grants are typically limited to £500, but can be up to £1,000 in exceptional circumstances. If you are considering applying, please consider getting in touch with the Academic Administrator (academic.office@linacre.ox.ac.uk), as alternative avenues of support may be available.

A small number of Writing-Up Bursaries of up to £350 per term are available if you:

• Are a DPhil student.
• Have achieved confirmation of status.
• Are in the first or second year beyond fee liability (typically fourth and fifth years).
• Are within two terms of your expected submission date.
• Can demonstrate why you need financial support.

Grants are paid on a termly basis.

You can apply using the grants and funding application form.

To apply for the Academic Activities Fund, you should complete the grants and funding application form, including a supporting statement from your tutor or supervisor.

Grants from the Academic Activities Fund are available for:

• Academic events held in the College, including seminar series, conferences, and talks.
  • Applications for this funding are reviewed each term by the Academic Committee.
    • Assessment is made on the basis of the strength of the application, the relevance of the proposed theme, and the likely success and impact of its implementation.
    • Inter-disciplinary applications are particularly encouraged.
  • The proposed activities should:
    • Be held at Linacre unless there are very exceptional logistical reasons why this is not possible.
    • Take place within twelve months of the funding decision being made.
• Expenses related to attendance at academic events such as conferences at which you have been invited to present, including registration fees and travel costs.
  • Single awards can be up to £300 for overseas events or up to £120 for UK events.
  • You can receive a maximum of £300 over the course of a DPhil or £120 over the course of a taught degree.
• Any other activities where a small grant would help to achieve your academic aims.
  • Financial support is not available if you could have reasonably foreseen that the expenditure would be necessary before coming to Oxford, for example compulsory field trips or research.

To apply for financial support with course fees for Fast Track Courses in modern languages, please apply using the grants and funding application form.

The College can reimburse you for up to half of the course fees upon successful completion of the course, although the grant does not cover examination fees or the cost of course textbooks.

This language course must be relevant to your studies, and students can only apply for financial support with one Fast Track Course during their time at Linacre.

To apply for travel grants in subjects related to social deprivation, please complete the Mulder Fund application form.

In addition to more general conference travel grants, Linacre has the Frederick Mulder Fund available to support current Linacre students in specific areas. This fund was established in 2004 by Dr Frederick Mulder, a former Linacre student, and offers travel grants, normally for fieldwork, to students working on social deprivation, in fields such as Social Policy, Anthropology, and Refugee Studies.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to arrange adequate travel insurance for the duration of their trip.