Professorships and Prizes

Details of trust funds that support professorships and prizes can be found here. These funds do not accept unsolicited applications

Fund Applications

To apply, please fill out the application form and return it to trustfunds@ames.ox.ac.uk It is always advisable to contact trustfunds@ames.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries regarding your application to any of the Trust Funds listed on the Faculty Website.

Subject Group Trust Funds

Egyptology and the Ancient Near East

• A.H. Gardiner Settlement - Egyptology  
• GA Wainwright Near Eastern Arch Fund - Near Eastern Archaeology
• Griffith Egyptological Fund - Egyptology  
• Griffith Institute Main Fund - Egyptology  
• Sarah J Clackson Coptic Fund - Coptic  

Hebrew, Jewish and Eastern Christian Studies

• Dolabani Fund for Syriac Studies - Syriac Studies
• Kennicott Fund - Hebrew Studies
• Marjory Wardrop Fund - The Language, Literature and History of Georgia
• Nubar Pasha Armenian Scholarships - Armenian History and Literature
• Pusey and Ellerton Fund - Theology/Hebrew Language, Literature, History, or Archaeology  
• Segal Fund - Hebrew and Jewish Studies  

Inner and South Asia

• Boden Fund - Sanskrit  
• Glorisun Graduate Scholarship for Buddhist Studies
• Lingyin Graduate Scholarship for Buddhist Studies
• Max Muller Memorial Fund - Ancient India   
• Radhakrishnan Memorial Bequest - South and Inner Asian Studies

Japanese and Korean

• Clough Travel Fund - Japanese
• Sasakawa Fund - Japanese Studies
• Young Bin Min-KF University Lectureship in Korean Language - Korean Language and Linguistics

Chinese Studies

• Davis Scholarships in Chinese - Chinese
• W.N. Thomas Tam Fund for Chinese Studies - Chinese Language

Arabic, Persian and Turkish

• James Mew Scholarships in Arabic & Rabbinical Hebrew - Arabic, Rabbinical Hebrew
• Jill Hart Trust for Indo-Iranian Philology - Indo-Iranian Philology
• Mustafa Badawi Prize in Modern Arabic Literature - Modern Arabic Literature
• Sheikh Zayed Endowment Fund for Islamic Studies - Near and Middle Eastern Studies