Our scholarships do not require a separate application, unless otherwise stated in the scholarship details, as all eligible candidates are considered with their initial application. It is however recommended that you familiarise yourself with the eligibility criteria, so that you are aware of the available opportunities.
All students wishing to be considered for our scholarships should apply to their course by the January deadline.
“ Fifteen years ago, I was suffering sleepless nights worrying about money for my DPhil research. That all ended the moment I was awarded a Scholarship - although over a decade ago, the memory is absolutely not forgotten. ”
AfOx-Linacre Scholarship
About the scholarship: The AfOx Linacre Scholarship has been enabled by Dr Keith Lloyd, the Rt Rev’d Carolyn Tanner Irish and the University of Oxford. It has been matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The Scholarship will be awarded to a gifted student from Africa.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Students from an African country who are studying for a Masters in any subject.
Application Process: Via AfOx: https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-university-oxford
AfOx-Linacre Humanities Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Mastercard Foundation AfOx Scholarship programme supports passionate, locally rooted and globally minded African people to undertake graduate studies at the University of Oxford. This scholarship is open to students from any African country studying a Masters course in any of the humanities subjects. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Students from an African country studying for any humanities subject at Masters level.
Application Process: Via AfOx: https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-university-oxford
AfOx-Linacre Norman and Ivy Lloyd Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Norman and Ivy Lloyd Scholarship – set up by alumnus Dr Keith Lloyd (1967) in memory of his parents – is matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The scholarship is part of the broader AfOx Graduate Scholars Program, which aims to support African students to access opportunities at Oxford and to thrive both during and after their time at the University. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Students from an African country studying for any Masters course in the School of Geography and the Environment.
AfOx-Linacre Resonac Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Resonac Scholarship is matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The Scholarship is part of the broader AfOx Graduate Scholars Program, which aims to support African students to access opportunities at Oxford and to thrive both during and after their time at the University. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Students from an African country studying for an MSc in Environmental Change and Management.
Application Process: Via AfOx: https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-university-oxford
AfOx-Linacre Ronald and Jane Olson Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Ronald and Jane Olson Scholarship is matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The Scholarship is part of the broader AfOx Graduate Scholars Program, which aims to support African students to access. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Scholarship available for students studying for an MSc in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration from any African country.
Application Process: Apply via AfOx: https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-university-oxford
AfOx-Linacre Trapnell Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Trapnell Scholarship is matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The Scholarship is part of the broader AfOx Graduate Scholars Program, which aims to support African students to access opportunities at Oxford and to thrive both during and after their time at the University. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: For students studying for an MSc in either Biodiversity, Conservations and Management; Environmental Change and Management; or Water Science, Policy and Management, from any African country.
Application Process: Apply via AfOx: https://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-university-oxford
AfOx-Linacre Wanakaset
About the scholarship: The Wanakaset scholarship is matched with the Mastercard Foundation Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) for the academic year 2025-2026. The Scholarship is part of the broader AfOx Graduate Scholars Program, which aims to support African students to access Oxford. This scholarship also supports a placement after studies, with travel and visa logistics taken care of by AfOx.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Student studying any Masters course from any African country.
AJ Hosier Scholarship
About the scholarship: Endowed by the A. J. Hosier Educational Fund, these two scholarships, set up in 1978, were designated for courses of advanced study and research in all aspects of agriculture. The Fund was set up in memory of Arthur Julius Hosier, a local farmer who made his fortune in developing new methods of milk production on poor downland soil. Following the closure of the Agriculture department at Oxford, the remit of the scholarships has been expanded to include other scientific areas, mainly biological sciences.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Any level of study in Agricultural Sciences. Not available for the 2025/26 academic year.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Braam Studentship
About the scholarship: The Braam Studentship will focus on addressing the physics of very large-scale carbon dioxide disposal, and the studentship holder will be a member of the Oxford Net Zero group.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: The Studentship will be open to a candidate reading for a DPhil degree associated with the NERC Environmental Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership at the University of Oxford. Not available for the 2025/26 academic year.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Brewer Street Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Brewer Street Scholarship was set up by former residents of Linacre accommodation in Brewer Street. Although the buildings are no longer in use by Linacre, this scholarship ensures that the Brewer Street name lives on in perpetuity. It is awarded on a competitive basis to an outstanding student who has gained a place at Oxford University. The scholarship is tenable for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: For students on any taught or research courses within the department of Engineering. Not available for the 2025/26 academic year.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Canadian Alumni Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Canadian Alumni Scholarship is generously donated by Canadian Alumni of Linacre. This continual support gives Canadian students an opportunity to flourish in their academic journeys at Linacre.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying any taught or research course in any subject whose ordinary residence is Canada.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Carolyn and Franco Gianturco Scholarship in Theoretical Chemistry
About the scholarship: This scholarship was set up by alumna Carolyn Gianturco (1967) and alumnus Franco Gianturco (1965) to support talented students at Linacre. Carolyn was a prominent musicologist and an authority on the life and music of Alessandro Stradella. Franco is Professor of Quantum Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. They have long been active members of the Linacre Italian Society. The scholarship is tenable for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: £3,500
Eligibility: For students studying at any level Theoretical Chemistry. This is not available for the 2025/26 academic year.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Carolyn and Franco Gianturco Music
About the scholarship: This scholarship was set up by alumna Carolyn Gianturco (1967) and alumnus Franco Gianturco (1965) to support talented students at Linacre. Carolyn was a prominent musicologist and an authority on the life and music of Alessandro Stradella. Franco is Professor of Quantum Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. They have long been active members of the Linacre Italian Society.
Value: Full fess and stipend.
Eligibility: For students studying at any level in musicology. This is not available for the 2025/26 academic year.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Dapo Olagunju Scholarship
About the scholarship: The scholarship has been funded by Mr Dapo Olagunju (2005) who himself studied for an MBA when he was at Linacre, and is currently Managing Director for J P Morgan, West Africa. The scholarship is the sixth available for African students at Linacre, and is the first scholarship to be funded from Africa itself.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying for an MBA from any African country.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Edmund J Crampin Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Edmund J Crampin Scholarship is for students studying for a DPhil in subjects of computational, mathematical, or systems biology.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: For students studying for a DPhil in subjects of computational, mathematical, or systems biology. This scholarship is not available in 2025/26.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Giacomo Vaciago Scholarship
About the scholarship: This schoalrship was established in memory of alumnus Giacomo Vaciago (1965).
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying for any level of study in any subject that addresses environmental concerns. This scholarship is not available in 2025/26.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Linacre Anthropology Scholarship
About the scholarship: We thank the twenty-two alumni, mainly Anthropologists, who have enabled this endowed Scholarship. The Linacre Anthropology Scholarship was jointly created by a group of supportive Linacre alumni and friends of College. The scholarship is tenable for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying for a DPhil in Anthropology. This scholarship is not available in 2025/26.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Linacre EPA Cephalosporin Scholarship
About the scholarship: Thank you to the EPA Cephalosporin fund who have awarded this scholarship in partnership with the Doctoral Training Centre. It is tenable for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: For students studying for a DPhil within the MPLS Doctoral Training Centre.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Linacre Nosce Clarendon Scholarship
About the scholarship: This scholarship was set up in 2022 and is generously funded by alumnus Hua Guo (2005) who completed an MSc in Education before going on to establish Nosce Education.
Value: £9,750
Eligibility: For students studying for an MSc in any subject within the Social Sciences division.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Linacre Pioneer Scholarships
About the scholarships: The Pioneer Scholarships are primarily available to applicants ordinarily resident in Vietnam. Applications for all graduate subjects and courses are eligible, a full list of courses can be found here https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/courses-a-z-listing.
Applicants from one of the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, may also be considered.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: All MSc or DPhil courses
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Madge Adam Scholarship
About the scholarship: This scholarship was created by Linacre alumni in honour of pioneering women like Madge Adam. Dr Adam was the first in a long line of postgraduate research students in Solar Physics at Oxford, and later she became internationally known for her work on the nature of sunspots and their magnetic fields.
Continuing Linacre’s founding commitment to equality, this scholarship will be awarded on a competitive basis to an outstanding female student who has gained a place at the University of Oxford to study a post-graduate degree in science.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For female identifying students studying for a DPhil in Chemistry or Physics.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Mary Blaschko Wolfson Scholarship
About the scholarship: This scholarship is endowed by the estate of Mary Blaschko who was an Honorary Fellow of Linacre and a keen supporter of education.
Value: Full fees and stipend
Eligibility: For a student studying a DPhil in a humanities subject.
Application Process: No additional application is required. This is not available for 2025/26.
Oxford Christopher and Sharon Brooks
About the scholarship: This scholarship was created in memory of alumnus Christopher Brooks (1971) who was a leading historian of early modern England, with an international reputation for world-class research on English society, constitutional history, and the common law of England.
Value: Full fees and stipend
Eligibility: For a student studying for a DPhil in Law.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Oxford-EPA Cephalosporin Scholarship
About the scholarship: This scholarship is made possible thanks to the University of Oxford’s Matched Funding scheme and supported by the EPA Cephalosporin Fund.
Value: Full fess and stipend
Eligibility: For a student studying at any level in biological, medical and chemical sciences.
Application Process: No additional application is required. This is not available for 2025/26.
Oxford Linacre Pioneer Scholarships
About the scholarships: The Pioneer Scholarships are primarily available to applicants ordinarily resident in Vietnam. Applications for all graduate subjects and courses are eligible, a full list of courses can be found here https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/courses-a-z-listing
Applicants from one of the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, may also be considered.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: All MSc or DPhil courses
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Oxford Professor Louis J. Curran
About the scholarship: The Oxford Professor Louis J. Curran scholarship has been made possible by a generous donation from the estate of late Professor Emeritus of Music, Louis J. Curran, matched with the central University.
Value: Full fees and stipend.
Eligibility: Any student studying for a DPhil in Music. This is not available for 2025/26.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Rausing Anthropology Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Rausing Scholarships were kindly made possible following a donation from Gad Rausing and his wife, Birgit. Gad was an Honorary Fellow at Linacre before his death in 2000. The scholarship is tenable for one year with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying for a DPhil in Anthropology. This is not available for 2025/26.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Rausing English Scholarship
About the scholarship: The Rausing Scholarships were kindly made possible following a donation from Gad Rausing and his wife Birgit. Gad was an Honorary Fellow at Linacre before his death in 2000.
The scholarship is tenable for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a further two years, subject to fee liability and satisfactory academic progress.
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students studying for a DPhil in English.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
Triggs Scholarship
About the scholarship: This scholarship is kindly supported by alumnus Peter Triggs (1970).
Value: £3,800
Eligibility: For students from Canada.
Application Process: No additional application is required.
