College scholarships and prizes

The College recognises academic excellence amongst its undergraduates with a wide-range of annual prizes and scholarships, which bring both prestige and monetary rewards. Junior members who have obtained first-class honours in any University or College examination are automatically awarded a prize and are elected into scholarships.

In the absence of any candidate of sufficient distinction in a given year, the prize will not be awarded. When possible, monetary awards are paid directly into students' bank accounts.

The funds available on this page are awarded by Governing Body. Student applications are not required.

College prizes

The following prizes are all awarded by the Governing Body at the end of Easter term. Applications are not required.

Name of prize and purpose	Eligibility	Amount awarded
Alcan Prize awarded to the most successful undergraduate student in their penultimate year	Undergraduate reading Natural Sciences (Physical), Engineering, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics	£300 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Alfred Monk F R Leavis Prize awarded to a student from any year who has performed exceptionally well in any one paper or in the Tripos as a whole	Undergraduate reading English	£300 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Association Prize awarded to a student who achieves the best, or a very high examination result in their final year	Undergraduate reading any subject	£300 [more than one prize may be awarded] Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Barry Moore Prize awarded to a student for the best Part IIB Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading Economics [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£300 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
B J Everitt Scholarship awarded for the best Part II Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading Neuroscience or Psychology	£200 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Chapel Prize awarded to a student in their final year who has made a valued contribution to the liturgical life of the Chapel	Undergraduate reading any subject	£100 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
CHIU Ho Kwan Yee Annie Prize awarded to best Part IIA project by an undergraduate student in Economics	Undergraduate reading Economics	£100 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Egginton Prize awarded to a student from any year who has made an outstanding contribution to Fine Arts and Dance	Undergraduate reading any subject	£100 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Gabriel Oon Chong Jin Prize awarded to a student in their final year, who achieve a First Class mark, and either a Blue or Half Blue in sports which may be in that year or earlier	Undergraduate in any subject [must have achieved a First Class mark] In the case of a Half Blue, it must be for a sport in which non-discretionary full Blues are not awarded	£250 [if more than one individual is selected, in any one year, the prize will be shared equally] Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Gelber Prize awarded for the greatest academic distinction in modern diplomatic or political history, or international relations (other than international legal studies), as determined by examination result	Undergraduate reading History or Postgraduate reading for the MPhil in International Relations	£200 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Grimmett Prize awarded for distinguished first-class performance in the Mathematics Tripos, normally in Part II Priority will be given for excellence in Part II, if there are performances of sufficient distinction	Undergraduate reading Mathematics [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£200 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Harold Hargreaves Prize awarded to a student for the best Part II Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading Natural Sciences (Chemistry) [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£200 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Joseph Tcheng Prize awarded to a student for the best Part II Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading Economics [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£250 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Nigel Allington Prize awarded to a student for the best dissertation	Undergraduate reading Economics [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£100 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Peter and Anne Robson Prize awarded to a student from any year with the best Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading a subject in any area of Electronics	£250 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Peter Mathias Prize awarded to a student for the best Part IIA Tripos performance	Undergraduate reading Economics [must have achieved a First Class mark]	£300 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
S M and H Haniff Prize awarded to a graduating Physicist who has achieved a First in the top 12% of any Part II or Part III Tripos examination	Undergraduate reading Natural Sciences (Physics) [must appear in the top 12%, when rounded to the nearest integer, of the class list]	£250 [if more than one qualifying student, prize amount will be shared equally] Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.
Whalley-Tooker Prize awarded to a student in their penultimate year who has performed best in a Tripos examination	Prize awarded to a student in their penultimate year who has performed best in a Tripos examination	£300 Awarded by Governing Body. Applications are not required.

Name of prize and purpose

Eligibility

Amount awarded

Alcan

Prize awarded to the most successful undergraduate student in their penultimate year

Undergraduate reading Natural Sciences (Physical), Engineering, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics

£300