The Anglo-California Foundation Scholarships

Guidelines

Pembroke and King’s Colleges are pleased to announce a graduate student exchange with the University of California, Berkeley, through the Center for British Studies at Berkeley. In support of this exchange the Anglo-California Foundation of San Francisco has generously provided $30,000 for scholarships. These scholarships are intended to support graduate student exchanges between Berkeley and Pembroke or King’s; they will cover the extra costs of accommodation, travel and research involved as well as a modest stipend. Berkeley students will be offered accommodation at either Pembroke or King’s College; Cambridge students will be offered accommodation and board at International House at Berkeley.

For the academic year 2007/08. There will be a minimum of two 12-month scholarships of $15,000, or a maximum of four 6-month scholarships of $7,500. These scholarships will be evenly split between students from the two institutions. Scholarships will begin on 1st August for 12 or 6 months, or from 1st January for 6 months.

Requirements

• Applicants must be registered graduate students at University of California, Berkeley, and either Pembroke or King’s College, Cambridge.
• Applicants from Berkeley must need to conduct doctoral research in the UK during their fourth or fifth year of study. Applicants from Cambridge must be in the first or second year of doctoral study when taking up the scholarship: current M.Phil. students intending to continue to a Ph.D. in 2007/2008 are eligible to apply, as are Ph.D. students in their first year of research.
• Applicants will be expected to demonstrate how their studies would benefit from working in the archival collections and intellectual environments of the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley. Applicants should identify and contact a faculty member at the host institution who can oversee their studies. Preference may be given to those working in the broad area of British Studies, but Pembroke and King’s students working in any discipline may apply.

Application Procedure

Application forms are available from the Tutorial Office, and may also be downloaded from the websites of the Center for British Studies at Berkeley and Pembroke or King’s Colleges.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 14th March 2007. Applications must include:

• A completed application form
• 1 page curriculum vitae
• 500 word description of their research project or proposed course of study which justifies their choice of either a 12 month or 6 month award and identifies a supporting faculty member at the host institution.
• A signed and sealed letter of recommendation from their supervisor. Potential applicants at Pembroke and King’s should also ask their supervisor to write in advance with any questions to the Senior Tutor.

Successful candidates at both institutions will be notified by the beginning of April.

Responsibilities

• Scholarship holders will be mentored by the Senior Tutor at Pembroke or King’s College and by the Director of the Center for British Studies, as well as an appropriate member of the faculty at the host institution who will help direct their studies. They must immediately notify the above of any change of address or deviation from their proposed course of study on the exchange.
• Students will be expected to submit a 500-word report, together with a brief progress report from their adviser, to the Anglo-California Foundation every six months for the duration of the scholarship. If possible, successful applicants will also be expected to attend the annual Center for British Studies reception at Berkeley in mid-September.
• Students will be expected to make their own travel and living arrangements. Students from Cambridge studying in Berkeley will use the scholarship to meet their administrative, visa and insurance costs (currently around GBP 600 or $900), their accommodation expenses (eg. bed and board at International House is currently $10,000 pa), as well as research and travel expenses. They should not regard the award of the scholarship as reason to apply for a suspension of their usual funding.