Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Cambridge
Funding
Details of funding for graduate courses is available in the funding section of the Board of Graduate Studies website; there are individual sections for UK, EU and overseas students. Please note that the deadlines for receipt of your application, in order to be eligible for many funding opportunities, is mid-December of each year, for admission the following October. The University also offers two partial studentships (scholarships) specifically for graduate study in Assyriology: the C.H.W. Johns and the M. Munn-Rankin Studentships.
C.H.W. Johns Memorial Fund and Studentship
This Studentship is worth approximately £4000 annually and may be awarded for a maximum of four years. Applicants must be registered, or have applied for admission, as a full-time graduate student in the University, for a higher degree course or research in Assyriology or a closely related field.
Graduates of any university are eligible and there is no citizenship requirement.
Margaret Munn-Rankin Fund for Assyriology
This Studentship is worth approximately £4000 annually and will be awarded for one year at a time, renewable if the Fund Managers are satisfied that the quality of the student's work is of sufficiently high standard to merit re-election and that the student is making excellent progress. A student may receive the award for a maximum of four years. The Studentship will be used to meet the university tuition fees of the successful student(s) in whole or in part; its value will be the income of the Fund for that year or the amount of tuition fees payable for that year, whichever is less. Applicants must be registered, or have applied for admission, as a full-time graduate student in the University, for a higher degree course or research in Assyriology or a closely related field.
Graduates of any university are eligible and there is no citizenship requirement.
Applications should consist of a c.v., a research proposal (PhD) or statement of research interests (MPhil) not exceeding 1000 words, and the application form downloadable here; materials should arrive by 14 January to the Archaeology Department Administrator, Dr. Lisa Marlow, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK.
Only a single copy is needed of all application materials; applicants will automatically be considered for an award from both funds. Assessment of applications will be made on the basis of the application materials supplied, plus the applicants' GRADSAF and references supplied for admission.
Please ensure that your GRADSAF admissions application is sent to the Board of Graduate Studies by 14 January at the latest.
The Johns Fund Managers will also consider smaller applications in aid of research in Assyriology and related fields twice each year. These awards are available to undergraduate and post-graduate students and to members of the university doing research in the relevant fields. Requests, which should take the form of a cover letter, c.v. and justified budget, should be sent to the Assyriology Course Coordinator, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 9DZ by the closing dates of 14 January and 14 June annually.