Postgraduate Funding

This studentship honours Richard Sorabji, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy in the Department. Each year the Department awards one or more studentships to graduate students in the Department, taking into account academic merit and financial need.

The total amount available is currently £2,000 each year.

NB Although a single award is possible, where there are a number of deserving candidates the award will be split.

To be eligible for these awards, a student must be due to spend the coming academic year on the MPhilStud or MPhil/PhD programme in the philosophy department at King's College London.

To apply, please send:

A copy of your (academic) CV; and a covering letter, addressed to 'The Department of Philosophy funding panel', detailing your current academic status, plans for the forthcoming academic year, and any other information you feel might support your application. You should also mention other sources of funding you have applied for and/or successfully obtained.

To be considered, please send the above documents in electronic form only (as doc or PDF attachments) to philosophy@kcl.ac.uk.

One application will result in your being considered for all awards for which you are eligible.

We hope that this added incentive will give you extra reason to apply!

This studentship honours Susan Stebbing, who was formerly Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bedford College London (which merged with KCL in 1984). Each year the Department awards one or more studentships to women graduate students in the Department, taking into account academic merit and financial need.

The total amount available is about £2,000 each year.

Eligibility and applying

To be eligible for these awards, a student must be due to spend the coming academic year on the MPhilStud or MPhil/PhD programme in the philosophy department at King's College London.

To apply, please send:

A copy of your (academic) CV; and a covering letter, addressed to 'The Department of Philosophy funding panel', detailing your current academic status, plans for the forthcoming academic year, and any other information you feel might support your application. You should also mention other sources of funding you have applied for and/or successfully obtained.

To be considered, please send the above documents in electronic form only (as doc or PDF attachments) to philosophy@kcl.ac.uk.

This studentship honours Peter Goldie, former Reader in Philosophy in the Department, who sadly passed away in 2011. This studentship commemorates Peter and his contribution to the Department, following a generous bequest from his estate.

Eligibility and applying

To be eligible for these awards, a student must be due to spend the coming academic year on the MPhilStud or MPhil/PhD programme in the philosophy department at King's College London.

Each year the Department awards one or more studentships to graduate students in the Department, taking into account academic merit and financial need.

The total amount available is currently £2,000 each year.

To apply, please send:

A copy of your (academic) CV; and a covering letter, addressed to 'The Department of Philosophy funding panel', detailing your current academic status, plans for the forthcoming academic year, and any other information you feel might support your application. You should also mention other sources of funding you have applied for and/or successfully obtained.

To be considered, please send the above documents in electronic form only (as doc or PDF attachments) to philosophy@kcl.ac.uk.

This fellowship honours Professor Norman Malcolm's close association with the Philosophy Departments at both Cornell University and King's. It pays for a King's research student to spend a semester at Cornell every second year, and for a Cornell student to come to King's in the intervening years.

Applications from eligible King's students will be invited in the early Spring for the next academic year when it is King's turn to send someone to Cornell.

Recent winners of the Norman Malcolm Fellowship are listed below:

2016-17 Jake Wojtowicz (King's)

2014-15 Marta Heckel (Cornell)

2014-15 Desiree Lim (King’s)

2013-14 John Wright (King’s)

2013-14 Philippe Lemoine (Cornell)

2012-13 Nathan Birch (Cornell)

2012-13 Peter Sutton (King's)

2010-11 Michael Withey (King's)

2009-10 Zach Abrahams (Cornell)

2008-09 Thomas Raleigh (King's)