The Department of Surgery & Cancer is delighted to offer funding towards any Department led MRes/MSc programmes for a student commencing their programme in the 2025/2026 academic year. There are 20 bursaries available and every programme will be awarding at least one bursary.

Programmes included:

Eligibility

The funding shall be available to any postgraduate student who is commencing their course of study in 2025-26. Students may be full-time or part-time study mode.

Funding

The funding is valued at £2,000 towards the tuition fee rate for 2025-26. For part time study, £1,000 will be awarded for each year of the two year degree.

Eligibility criteria

  • To be eligible to apply for the funding you must be in receipt of an offer for the Department led MRes/MSc programmes to commence in October 2025.
  • To receive the funding, you must have accepted the offer and have fulfilled all offer criteria.

Submission process

Once in receipt of an offer for Department led MRes/MSc programmes, please submit a statement of no more than 500 words outlining:

  • Why the funding will be beneficial to your studies and help you to achieve your academic goals.
  • How it will contribute to your future or continuing career plans.

Please submit your statement to Mr Alex Marsh (a.marsh@imperial.ac.uk) to include:

  • Your full name
  • Your College Identifier Number (CID)
  • ‘Surgery & Cancer funding opportunity’ in the email Subject Line

Deadline

Applications will close on Friday 30th May 2025 (11.59pm, UK time).

Evaluation process

  • All applications will be initially checked for eligibility
  • Applications will then be reviewed by the panel and evaluated