Community Bursaries

Thanks to generous support from Career Essentials Inc. and David Scrymgeour, St Cross is delighted to be able to award up to ten bursaries, worth £5,000 each, to current St Cross College students. Previous Community Bursary recipients may not re-apply.
 
To be eligible to apply for a St Cross College Community Bursary, you must be a current student at St Cross for the 2026-2027 academic year.
 
Bursaries will be awarded to students based on their demonstrated achievements and commitment to supporting their own personal development, leadership skills and entrepreneurial spirit. Successful applicants will have a track record of excelling in areas such as sport, community engagement, the performing arts, and leadership of university societies or local/national/international organisations. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate current excellence and commitment in one or more of the above areas.

Applicants may only apply under one category below. Students whose application primarily focusses on being an exceptional student athlete should apply under that specific category although additional non-sporting achievements as cited in the guidelines above may also be included in the application. All non-sporting applications should be submitted under one of the other categories below and students who are not studying on any of the specific courses or in any of the subject areas below should apply under the category for a course in any discipline. Students who are normally resident in Africa should apply under that specific category except in the case of exceptional student athletes as above.
 
•    Two Bursaries will be awarded to two exceptional student athletes; 
•    Two Bursaries will be awarded to two students studying on a Master’s course at the Saïd Business School;
•    One Bursary will be awarded to a student studying in the area of the environment;
•    One Bursary will be awarded to a student studying in one of the areas of engineering, physical, mathematical, medical or life sciences;
•    One Bursary will be awarded to a student who is normally resident in Africa;
•    Three Bursaries will be awarded to three students studying on a course in any discipline not covered in one of the categories above.
 
These are one-off awards and are not renewable in subsequent years of study. Successful applicants will receive a one-off payment of £5,000 to help support them with the costs incurred by participating in and leading extra-curricular activity.
 
To apply for a St Cross College Community Bursary, please submit a copy of your CV and a letter of application (maximum one side of A4 including any weblinks to relevant personal achievements – newspaper articles and photos are also welcome in the form of a single collated file alongside your letter) outlining how you meet one or more of the criteria above with past achievements, current engagement and future plans, and indicating which one category you would like to be considered under to the Senior Tutor (Academic Affairs & Programmes) at joanna.ashbourn@stx.ox.ac.uk. Please also ask a named referee to send a reference supporting your application and commenting on your relevant achievements directly to the same email address by the application deadline.
All applications and references must be received by 5 pm on Friday 12 February 2027.