The Trust offers the following Scholarships and other awards:
The Kurt Hahn Trust Award for Summer Study
The Trustees of the Kurt Hahn Trust offer annual awards of £1000 towards expenses on courses in Germany during the long vacation 2023, designed to improve a student's knowledge of the German language and German culture and institutions. Applicants for these grants must be members of the University of Cambridge: either as undergraduates or postgraduate students. Students of German in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages are not eligible. Preference will be given to graduate students who have British nationality. Applicants should ask their College Tutor and a Faculty member for references to certify that the award would be of benefit to their academic work.
Application forms are available online:
- Summer study in Germany 2023 (Word)
- Summer study in Germany 2023 (PDF)
- Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome of their award in mid-to late May.
Applications and references for all awards should be sent electronically to: kurthahntrust@admin.cam.ac.uk
The deadline for this award has been extended to 24th March 2023.
The German Cambridge Society
The German Cambridge Society is offering one scholarship to attend at the Hessen International Summer University at the University of Kassel. These awards are open to all current undergraduate and postgraduate students, including those from Modern and Medieval Languages. Native speakers of German are not eligible.
The scholarship will include the course fee and accommodation but does not include travel to Germany or the refundable deposit for accommodation in Germany.
For information on the summer school, please see: The International Summer University in Kassel
Application forms are available online:
- GCS summer school 2023 (Word)
- GCS summer school 2023 (PDF)
- Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome of the award in mid-May.
Applications and references for all awards should be sent electronically to:
kurthahntrust@admin.cam.ac.uk
The deadline for this award has been extended to 24th March 2023.