Trevelyan provides funding in the form of bursaries, scholarships, and academic awards. You can also apply for University and department funding.
Please note college funding is subject to availability and the dates applications are due to open may change.
From 2020 - 2021 we will be launching our Trevelyan Bursary, a new bursary generously funded by an alumnus. The Trevelyan Bursary will cover the College fees - JCR levy and academic gown - of any home undergraduate student with a household income under £30,000. You do not need to apply for the Trevelyan Bursary - all eligible students who have provided details to Student Finance England will be contacted by the College.
For further information about Trevelyan Bursaries please email our Administration Coordinator trevelyan.collsec@durham.ac.uk
Please see Trevelyan Bursaries 2024 2025 terms and conditions
Trevelyan offers a number of awards for academic excellence. We award prizes of £100 each to the two best performing first-year students in each Faculty, and prizes of £100 each to the two best performing second-year students in each Faculty. In addition to this, we have several academic awards funded by alumni, including:
The information on the University web pages is for all students: undergraduate, postgraduate, home, overseas, students who are based in Durham and distance learning students.
The Student Support Fund is intended to help with the essential costs of being a student, additional information can be found here
The Explore Fund provides support to current undergraduate and postgraduate students at Trevelyan College, to participate in personal development and student enrichment activities beyond their academic studies.
Trevelyan has an extensive travel bursary scheme to fund travel for academic and personal development.
The Trevelyan Trust awards bursaries up to the value of £500 each for academic-related travel and fieldwork. Previous successful projects have included the opportunity to take part in the International Conference on Magnetism (ICM 2024) in Bologna, Italy.
The SCR awards travel bursaries up to the value of £1,500 for travel related to the non-academic voluntary, charitable, or personal development projects of undergraduates. Previous successful projects have included the opportunity to travel to the Austrian Alps for a month, to undertake volunteering work.
The Marion Zunz Travel Bursary awards £500 for fieldwork related to any project which benefits the environment. Previous successful projects have included a trip to the heart of the Mexican rainforest; the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve with Operation Wallacea, a biodiversity and climate research organisation.
The Greenwood Merit Scholarship awards up to £400 for travel related to China or the Chinese language. This scholarship promotes personal development and can broaden proficient language skills. Previous successful projects have included travelling to Peking University International Summer School, which provides high quality, short-term education to international students and the courses are related to various aspects of China.
The Southern Hemisphere Research Scholarship awards £250 for travel related to academic activity in a Southern hemisphere location. One student travelled to South Africa to develop skills as an anthropologist, this was the first formal fieldwork the student had carried out.
The Anita Milne Scholarship awards £200 for travel costs associated with the academic activities of a postgraduate research student of any discipline. One student attended the 'Appearance Matters' conference in Bristol, which included experts “for psychological and interdisciplinary, person-centred research in appearance, visible difference ("disfigurement"), body image and related studies”, while completing a PhD in psychology.
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