Fund Details
Rutherford Visiting Studentship at Darwin College, Cambridge
Award Amount
Admission fees and academic fees for a Visiting Studentship at the University of Cambridge, plus specified privileges at Darwin College. Additional funding may be available: see below.

Brief Description:





The scholarship is to enable PhD students of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury to conduct research at the University of Cambridge, and to thereby foster links between the academics of the two universities.

Value/Benefits:
a. Admission fees and academic fees for a Visiting Studentship at the University of Cambridge
b. Specified privileges at Darwin College, Cambridge

Level of Study during Tenure: Postgraduate; Doctoral

Closing Date: Open whenever funds are available

Tenure: The duration of the Visiting Studentship: from two to twelve months

Number Available Annually: Usually One

Applicable Enrolment During Tenure: A programme for a PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury

Citizenship/Residency Requirements: Preference is given to citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand and holders of Aotearoa New Zealand residence class visas.

Special Requirements: Applications must be made directly to the Scholarships Office via email (scholarships@canterbury.ac.nz) upon being accepted as a Visiting Student by a department or affiliated institute of the University of Cambridge.
Applications are accepted from previous recipients of the scholarship, and they are given equal consideration with applications from those who have not held the scholarship before.


For more information, please click on the award name above. To read the regulations for this award, click here.

Description:





The scholarship is to enable PhD students of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury to conduct research at the University of Cambridge, and to thereby foster links between the academics of the two universities.

Value/Benefits:
a. Admission fees and academic fees for a Visiting Studentship at the University of Cambridge
b. Specified privileges at Darwin College, Cambridge

Level of Study during Tenure: Postgraduate; Doctoral

Closing Date: Open whenever funds are available

Tenure: The duration of the Visiting Studentship: from two to twelve months

Number Available Annually: Usually One

Applicable Enrolment During Tenure: A programme for a PhD at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury

Citizenship/Residency Requirements: Preference is given to citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand and holders of Aotearoa New Zealand residence class visas.

Special Requirements: Applications must be made directly to the Scholarships Office via email (scholarships@canterbury.ac.nz) upon being accepted as a Visiting Student by a department or affiliated institute of the University of Cambridge.
Applications are accepted from previous recipients of the scholarship, and they are given equal consideration with applications from those who have not held the scholarship before.


For more information, please click on the award name above. To read the regulations for this award, click here.

Additional Information:

Professor Mary Fowler, Master of Darwin College from 2012 to 2020, and great-granddaughter of Lord Rutherford, established the scholarship in 2022 in conjunction with Darwin College of the University of Cambridge. The scholarship is in memory of E rnest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, FRS, HonFRSE, Nobel Laureate (1871–1937). Lord Rutherford, who was a student at Canterbury College (BA, MA, BSc), the forerunner of Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Darwin College, Cambridge, is a postgraduate-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It has around 700 students, who are studying in PhD and master's courses, and around 70 fellows. It is informal in nature; its community provides an atmosphere in which interdisciplinary work can flourish, and its community of scholars come from all over the world.


Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact Scholarships Office at scholarships@canterbury.ac.nz

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