Graduate Study: Graduate Scholarships for 2026-27 entry
- Merton already has a higher than average number of scholarships available to enable graduate students to study at Oxford and increasing the funds available from our own resources and the generous gifts of donors is a priority for the College. Our interim goal is to offer one per subject area per year.
- These scholarships are only available for applicants to programmes of study for which the College normally considers.
- Our scholarships are generally made in partnership with the University and NONE of them requires a separate college-specific application.
- The applications of all eligible candidates will automatically be considered on the basis of the University application form for graduate study, regardless of whether or not you state Merton College as your preferred college on your graduate application form, which should be submitted by the January deadline (unless otherwise stated).
- If you are offered a scholarship at Merton College you will also be offered a place at Merton College in order to take up the award; this will take the place of any earlier college offer you may have received.
- The schedule of scholarships offered changes each year. Details of 2027 Scholarships will be published in August/September 2026.
- The University website has a Fees, Funding and Scholarships search tool designed to assist graduates looking for funding sources.
- The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding is an external resource from GradFunding which provides a database of alternative funding opportunities (for example, from charities and trusts) and advice about how to apply for them. The University has subscribed to the guide: Current Oxford students can use their University email address to access the guide.
Ten Merton College scholarships in partnership with the Clarendon Fund
- Offered – One each for Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Politics, Medicine; and five further awards in Humanities.
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants for subjects for which the College normally considers.
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate.
- Duration – Period of fee liability.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline.
One Merton College Peter J Braam Global Wellbeing scholarship in partnership with the Clarendon Fund
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants reading for a course relating to global wellbeing/pressing humanitarian concerns for which the College normally considers.
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate.
- Duration – period of fee liability.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline.
One Merton College Tira Wanamethee Graduate scholarship in partnership with the Clarendon Fund
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants for courses in any division for which the College normally considers.
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate.
- Duration – Period of fee liability.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline.
One Merton College Christopher Duggan scholarship in Modern History in partnership with the University
- Eligibility – Home applicants for courses in Modern History for which the College normally considers
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate
- Duration period of fee liability
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline
One Merton College Roger Highfield scholarship in History
- Eligibility – Home applicants for courses in History for which the College normally considers.
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate.
- Duration – Period of fee liability.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline.
One Merton College-ODID scholarship in partnership with the Department of International Development
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants for courses in International Development for which the College normally considers
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate
- Duration – period of fee liability
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline
One Barton Scholarship for the BCL in partnership with the Faculty of Law
- Offered - annually.
- Eligibility – British.
- Value – £5,000 from Merton College and £5,000 from the Faculty of Law.
- Duration – one year.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline. Eligible candidates will be identified to the College by the department and the College will make its decision in late May based on the University application form.
Two Merton Lawyers' BCL Scholarships in partnership with the Faculty of Law
- Offered - annually.
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants for the BCL or MJur.
- Value – £5,000 from Merton College and £5,000 from the Faculty of Law.
- Duration – one year.
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline. Eligible candidates will be identified to the College by the department and the College will make its decision in late May based on the University application form.
One Merton College Kyner-Field Graduate scholarship in Structural Vaccinology (Biochemistry)
- Eligibility – Home/Overseas applicants for the DPhil in Structural Vaccinology
- Value - Course fee and a grant for living expenses at the UKRI minimum doctoral stipend rate
- Duration – period of fee liability
- Application – Via University application form for graduate study by the January application deadline