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Student hardship at graduate level is an acute problem. There are now fewer grants available and less student loan availability, penalising students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. We need to be able to ensure that the lifeblood of Cambridge’s academic success, our world-class research students, are supported durnig their time here.

In the Gibbs’Building, the basement rooms will be renovated as additional teaching space, studio and storage space, and joined across all four staircases, with a new room under the floor of the great central arch. In addition, services urgently need to be completely renewed and the interior requires attention.

The Alan Turing Programme at King’s aims to bring together the most talented thinkers to create new ideas and technologies that will drive future change. You can support the Programme through a range of opportunities.

The King's College Library has been in continuous existence since the foundation of the College in 1441. As well as preserving many rare book and manuscript treasures, the Library and Archive Centre serves the current needs of undergraduate, graduate and senior members of the College.

King's College Chapel is the most famous and recognisable building in Cambridge, and is of national and international significance. It is the home of one of the world's most renowned and best-loved choirs, whose distinctive sound is shaped by the Chapel’s acoustic and organ.

The Choir of King’s College depends on the continued provision of education for the 16 choristers, 14 Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars and the employment of a full-time Director of Music, a post considered to be the most prestigious choral directorship in the world. In celebration of the Chapel’s 500th anniversary, we have identified a wide range of funding opportunities to support the work of the Choir.

Research Fellowships support gifted young researchers, usually for four year terms. They are generally appointed within two years of the award of a doctorate, and give the holders an opportunity to establish their career before moving on to become academics, teachers and independent researchers. At any given time there can be up to 16 RFs, and we usually make four new appointments each year – two in sciences and two in the arts and humanities.

Established in 2017, the Student Welfare and Mental Health Fund allows the College to create a programme of care and activities directed at the welfare and mental health of resident students. The fund is intended to provide paid-for specialist advice and therapy not readily available through normal NHS and University Counselling routes. It also provides funding for students and staff to increase awareness of mental health issues, and supports activities and workshops.

With a Masters degree being both an essential bridge to further study at PhD level, we believe that the economic barrier that currently impedes applicants without existing financial resources is one which needs addressing and dismantling as a matter of priority. In order to go about this, we are seeking donations which will create seven fully-funded (tuition fees and maintenance) MPhil studentships each year.

Established in 1886, the Supplementary Exhibition Fund, fondly known as the ‘SEF’, awards money to students with a financial need to improve their welfare in the broadest sense. Funds are dispersed as both grants and loans, depending on the individual circumstances.

With the encouragement of NRMs, and several spontaneous donations, in early 2017 the College established a fund to provide additional resources in support of the existing access and outreach efforts the College undertakes to encourage candidates to apply to King’s and the University of Cambridge. Donations to the fund allow the Admissions Tutor greater flexibility in directing the Access and Outreach programme, and in particular for efforts with our target schools in the North-East of England.

The Future Fund allows the College the flexibility to address any immediate need, but also the potential to invest these donations into the general endowment and boost the future income of the College in perpetuity. Where the Future Fund is applied to an area of immediate need, this generally means that something can be achieved that otherwise would not have been budgeted for. This could be the refurbishment of a room, additional resources for the Library, or a grant to a student in need.