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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD OPTIVER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL

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Application Deadline: November, December, or January 

LOCATION: England

Oxford is committed to nurturing the global researchers, academics and scientific leaders of the future. However, financial barriers are known to prevent some talented students from pursuing postgraduate study at the University, particularly those from more disadvantaged backgrounds. This situation is further compounded in STEM disciplines (excluding biomedical and life sciences), where, despite progress in recent years, additional barriers have resulted in lower participation of women in postgraduate courses—both internationally and at Oxford. This scholarship programme will increase the number of women from low and middle-income countries taking up offers for postgraduate science courses at Oxford. The programme has been made possible by a generous donation from the Optiver Foundation.

ELIGIBILITY:

Up to six scholarships are available to females who are ordinarily resident in an eligible country and who are applying to start an eligible master’s course at Oxford in October 2026. 

For selection purposes we will include all candidates on relevant courses who have indicated on the postgraduate application form that their sex is female. The sex on the application form must match that shown in identity documents, e.g. passport or visa, but does not have to be the applicant’s legal sex. Transgender people may be able to obtain a passport or visa in a binary sex other than their legal sex.  

This scholarship is not open to applications from candidates who hold deferred offers to start in 2026-27.

To be considered for this scholarship, submit your application for graduate study by the relevant November, December, or January deadline for your course, and tick the relevant box on the graduate application form.

If you meet the advertised eligibility criteria, we will ask you to complete an additional scholarship application form to ask about your socio-economic situation and to assess for potential disadvantage and under-representation.

BENEFIT:

The programme, which will provide support for up to 30 taught master’s students over a period of five years, has been made possible by a generous donation from the Optiver Foundation. The next Optiver Foundation Scholars will begin their studies at Oxford in October 2026, and will be the fourth cohort of the scholarship scheme. Scholars will join the Departments of Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering Science, or the Mathematical Institute, and will receive full financial support to cover their course fees, as well as a grant for living costs. 

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ST ANTONY’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

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LOCATION: England

Thanks to the support of the worldwide community of Antonians, other generous funders, and partners, St. Anthony’s College can support students from around the world to come to St. Antony’s. The total value of the scholarships on offer for 2026/27 is around £1 million.

ELIGIBILITY:

Academic Futures Scholarships at St Antony’s: St Antony’s has partnered with the Academic Futures scholarship programme to offer a fully funded Academic Futures Scholarship from any of the Academic Futures scholarship programmes. Academic Futures is a series of scholarship programmes that aim to address under-representation and help improve equality, diversity and inclusion in our graduate student body. Applications are made as part of the University application process. Please see the University’s Academic Futures website for further details of how to apply.

St Antony’s DAC AfOx Scholarships: St Antony’s has partnered with the AfOx scholarship programme to offer two fully funded AfOx Scholarships. The scholarship is open to an incoming graduate student applying for any one-year Masters course that St Antony’s accepts who is from an African country that receives official development assistance from the OECD (a full list of countries eligible for the DAC AfOx Scholarships can be found here) and has completed their undergraduate degree at an African university. Eligible students will be automatically considered for this scholarship. More details about the AfOx selection process are on the AfOx website here.

St Antony’s Angelines DAC ODID Scholarship: St Antony’s College offers a full scholarship for an incoming graduate student from Latin America wishing to study for a degree offered by the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) in the academic year 2027/28.

The Angelines DAC ODID Scholarship is a joint initiative by St. Antony’s and ODID and came from Professor Valpy FitzGerald, who has been a central figure in academic life at both the College and Department since 1992. The scholarship is named after his wife, Angelines, who has been struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease. A committee at ODID will review the applications and award the St. Antony’s Angelines DAC ODID Scholarship on academic merit.

St Antony’s ODID DAC Scholarship: St Antony’s College offers a full scholarship for an incoming graduate student from a country that receives official development assistance from the OECD (a full list of countries eligible for the ODID DAC Scholarship can be found here) and has completed their undergraduate degree in their home country to study for a degree offered by the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) in the academic year 2027/28.

The St Antony’s DAC ODID Scholarship is a joint initiative by St Antony’s and ODID. A committee at ODID will review the applications and award the St Antony’s DAC ODID Scholarship on academic merit.

St Antony’s DAC African Economics Scholarship: The scholarship is open to an incoming graduate student applying for MPhil Economics who is from an African country that receives official development assistance from the OECD (a full list of countries eligible for the DAC African Economics Scholarship can be found here) and has completed their undergraduate degree at an African university. Eligible students will be automatically considered for this scholarship. This scholarship will next be awarded in the academic year 2026/27.

St. Antony’s Warden’s Clarendon Scholarship: St Antony’s Warden’s Fund has partnered with the Clarendon Fund to offer a fully funded Clarendon scholarship in any course that is accepted by the college. Candidates for this scholarship are selected through the Clarendon Scholarship selection process, which does not require a separate application to College.

St Antony’s DAC Clarendon Scholarship: St Antony’s DAC Fund has partnered with the Clarendon Fund to offer a fully funded Clarendon scholarship in any course that is accepted by the college. Candidates for this scholarship are selected through the Clarendon Scholarship selection process, which does not require a separate application to College. The scholarship is open to an incoming graduate student applying from a country that receives official development assistance from the OECD (a full list of countries eligible for the DAC Clarendon Scholarship can be found here) and has completed their undergraduate degree at an African university. Eligible students will be automatically considered for this scholarship.

St Antony’s Warden’s UKRI Scholarship: St Antony’s Warden’s Fund has provided funding to partner with the UKRI to offer a fully funded UKRI scholarship in any Social Science course that is accepted by the college. Candidates for this scholarship are selected through the UKRI Scholarship selection process, which does not require a separate application to College.

BENEFIT:

All scholarship programs listed above are Fully funded

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