Financial

Academic Excellence: Scholarships and Exhibitions

Undergraduates who have excelled academically may be nominated first to Exhibitions and afterwards, with continuing excellent performance, to Scholarships.
Student Maintenance Grants

A College-based scheme to assist any Balliol student experiencing unexpected financial hardship.
Georgina Horlick Childcare Bursaries

Childcare bursaries available to children at the Balliol Day Nursery whose parents are Balliol students.
Balliol-Bodley Scholarship

A graduate scholarship that enables a suitable graduate student to work as an intern at the Bodleian Library.
TeachFirst Awards

Bursaries to assist past or present Balliol students who have a place on the TeachFirst training programme.
Phizackerley Senior Scholarship in the Medical Sciences

A Scholarship open to all Balliol postgraduates reading for the DPhil in subject related to the Medical Sciences.
William Westerman Pathfinders Awards

A scheme that funds Balliol students to travel in North America or Asia, staying with Old Members of the College.
Graduate Project Grants

Awards to Balliol postgraduates for academic projects, research, conferences or travel.
Undergraduate Academic Project Grants

Grants to support projects such as travel for research, internships and academic-related projects.
Balliol Interdisciplinary Institute Grants

Grants for interdisciplinary research projects.
Maximilianeum Exchange Scheme

A scheme that offers a free place to a Balliol student who wishes to spend a year at the University of Munich.
University Hardship Fund

Funding provided by the University to help any student who experiences unforeseen financial hardship.
Balliol Short Term Loans

Loans designed for Balliol students with minor cashflow problems.
Oxford Bursaries

Non-repayable bursaries for Home (UK) and EU undergraduates with qualifying household incomes who are not eligible for, or do not take up, a Crankstart Scholarship.
Grants for Special Academic Purposes

Grants to Balliol students for special academic purposes, such as medical electives and modern languages year abroad.
Reading Parties

Financial support which assists students participating in reading parties such as those at the Chalet des Anglais in the French Alps.
Crankstart Scholarship

A University programme of financial support for new UK undergraduate students from low-income backgrounds. This award was previously known as the Mortiz-Heyman Scholarship.
Foreign Language Study Grant

Modest grants to assist Balliol students of any subject with foreign language courses taken at the University Language Centre.
Vacation Study Grants

Small grants to undergraduates who are undertaking academic study during the vacation, to help with living costs.
Academic Excellence: Subject Prizes

Prizes for outstanding academic achievement by Balliol undergraduates in particular areas.
Balliol Team Sports Funding

Funding available to Balliol team sports.
Oxford University Society Awards

A number of regional alumni groups in the UK and overseas make awards to students from their area currently studying at Oxford.
Thesis Binding Grants

Small grants towards the costs of binding copies of a DPhil thesis are available to Balliol DPhil students who have received Leave to Supplicate.
Floreat Grant

Small grants to Balliol students to support participation in extra-curricular activities.
Student Support and Hardship Grants

Grants to assist Balliol students who experience unexpected financial difficulties.
Prizes

Prizes for outstanding achievement in poetry, satire and other pieces of work outside normal academic work.
Record PLC Social Responsibility Grant

Grants for undergraduates taking part in projects that aim to have a positive impact on individuals, communities, or society in general.
Mexico Explorers

Funding towards travel in Mexico for up to two Balliol students at the end of their degree
Gender Expression Fund Grant

A College-based fund to provide financial assistance for students whose welfare would be benefited by the purchase of gender-affirming items.

Financial Support