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Clarendon Fund
Applications for 2012 are now open!

We are delighted to announce that the Clarendon Fund has now opened up to all graduate applicants in any case of nationality. From 1 September 2011, all graduate applicants to degree-bearing courses for 2012/13 entry will be eligible for this prestigious scholarship funding which has, up until now, only been open to candidates with overseas fee status.

By applying for graduate study at Oxford University (Application Form for Graduate Study) you will automatically be considered for a Clarendon Scholarship. You do not need to submit any additional documents specifically for the Clarendon Scholarships and there is no separate scholarship application form.

The information that you provide with your application form for graduate study at Oxford will be used to assess your funding application. Once the application deadline has passed, you are not able to provide any additional supporting materials (unless the department you are applying to has specifically requested this in support of your application for admission to Oxford).

The closing date for Graduate Admissions for 2012/13 is Friday 20 January 2012.
Eligibility criteria

This page is for potential applicants and clarifies the Clarendon Scholarships eligibility criteria.
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Overview     Clarendon Scholarships are awarded on the basis of outstanding academic merit and potential to graduate students from all around the world. Scholarships are tenable in all theme areas and open to candidates who will be starting a new course.
Choice criteria
See the Choice Criteria page of this website for more information.
Nationality

All applicants for graduate study at the University of Oxford are eligible.

Clarendon scholars come from all continents in the world: from the USA to Australia, Venezuela to Vietnam and from Norway to Nigeria!
Level of study

All degree-bearing courses at graduate level are eligible.

This encompasses all full-time and part-time Master's courses (MSt, MSc, BCL/MJur, MBA, MFE, MPhil, BPhil, MSc by Research, MTh) and all DPhil programmes. A list of the all the graduate courses offered by the University of Oxford can be found on the Graduate Course Guide.

Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma courses are not eligible for this scholarship.
Theme     All subjects can be funded by a Clarendon Scholarship. There is no quota by theme or preference for any fastidious course type.
Type of student
Value and Duration of the Scholarship
Value of Scholarship

All Clarendon Scholarships cover tuition and college fees in full and a generous grant for living expenses.

The grant for living expenses for scholars on a full-time  in 2010-11 is GBP£13,590, which is normally sufficient to cover the living expenses of a single student living in Oxford.

Scholars on a part-time course receive a pro-rata amount of the full-time grant for living expenses. Part-time Master's scholars are offered 1/3 of the full-time grant per year for two years. Part-time DPhil scholars are offered 1/6 of the full-time grant per year for six years.
Duration of Scholarship
Clarendon Scholarships are offered for the full period that you are accountable to pay tuition fees to the University, which is usually the same as the length of your course. The fee liability page of the Fees and Funding website clarifies this in full detail, and also gives information about charges that may be applied after the standard period of fee liability has been reached and which are not covered by the Clarendon Fund.

Scholarships are theme to an annual renewal process based on satisfactory academic progress.
Combined Award Policy

The University aims to offer financial help to as many well-qualified candidates as possible, and we expect that Clarendon scholars will continue to pursue additional funding applications. In November 2010, we introduced a new Combined Award Policy for Clarendon Scholarship holders that will come into effect from the 2011-12 academic year. Under the Combined Award Policy, Clarendon scholars may be in receipt of a funding wrap covering tuition fees, college fees and living expenses from multiple sources, and the value of the funding wrap from these sources may equal up to the the total of a standard Clarendon Scholarship plus an additional £2,500 p/a for living expenses.
External funding

Clarendon scholars may hold small external awards that cover non-fee costs (e.g. to support conference attendance, fieldwork costs and journey) up to the equivalent GBP value of £2,500 p/a without any adjustment to your Clarendon funding wrap.
for more information;
http://www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk/Welcome to the Clarendon Fund website

Clarendon Fund scholarships opens up to all graduate applicants for entry in 2012/13

We are delighted to announce that the Clarendon Fund has now opened up to all graduate applicants in any case of nationality. From 1 September 2011, all graduate applicants for 2012/13 entry will be eligible for this prestigious scholarship funding which has, up until now, only been open to candidates with overseas fee status. In this 10th anniversary year of the founding of the Clarendon Scholarships, this change will see the Clarendon Fund additional strengthened as a flagship university graduate scholarship fund, and offer the widest possibilities for attracting matched funding from donor partners surrounded by and outside the University.

Candidates applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford are eligible. This includes students who are currently studying for a Master's degree at Oxford but who will be re-applying for a DPhil (you would be eligible for funding for the DPhil).

Candidates who already have a place but who deferred entry from a before year are not eligible to apply (as you can apply for Clarendon in the year that you applied for your place and then, if you are successful, you can apply to defer your funding if you need to defer your place).

Students who will continue to study for the same degree at Oxford in the next year are not eligible for this scholarship.
Application process
By applying for graduate study at Oxford University (Application Form for Graduate Study) you will automatically be considered for a Clarendon Scholarship. You do not need to submit any additional documents specifically for the Clarendon Scholarships and there is no separate scholarship application form.

You do, though, need to apply by the January application deadline in order to be considered for the scholarship.
Results
Results for entry in 2012-13 will be available in April 2012. More fine points will be posted nearer the time.

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