Graduate Prizes

All awards carry a value of £150 unless otherwise stated. At the end of the academic year, the Tutorial Committee identifies graduates meeting the criteria and awards them directly.

All Subjects

These prizes are awarded without restriction of subject.

NameCriteriaBenefaction
Houston Putnam Lowry Prize
  • Academic excellence in Law or any subject
  • Undergraduate students also eligible
See Law section, below

English

NameCriteriaBenefaction
K L Desai Prize Fund - Anuradha Bhagwati Prize
  • Found to be sufficiently meritorious
Established in 2002 by a gift from Padma Desai and her husband Jagdish Bhagwati, in honour of their daughter Anuradha Bhagwati (English, Yale University); and also in memory of her father Kalidas Lalloobhai Desai (English, 1925-27), who taught English at MTB College, Surat, India; an undergraduate prize bears his name.

Law

NameCriteriaBenefaction
David Pearl Prize Fund
  • Highest academic excellence in the LL.M
Established in 2003 by a gift from anonymous benefactors as a tribute to the work of His Honour Judge David Pearl, a Life Fellow of the College.
Houston Putnam Lowry Prize
  • Academic excellence in Law or any subject
  • Undergraduate students also eligible
Established in 2001 by a gift from H P Lowry, sometime Chair of the International Law and world Peace Section of the Connecticut Bar Association (LL.M in International Law, 1980-81).

Natural Sciences

NameCriteriaBenefaction
Swinburne Senior Prize for Biological Sciences
  • Highest academic excellence in Biological Sciences
  • Undergraduate students also eligible
Established in 2003 by a gift from Dr K A Swinburne (1950), who read Medical Sciences at Fitzwilliam.

Theology

NameCriteriaBenefaction
Biblical Theology Prize
  • Outstanding dissertation in Old or New Testament theology
  • If there are no suitable candidates, award for outstanding dissertation in any area related to Christian theology or ethics
  • Undergraduate students also eligible
Established in 2006 by a gift from Professor Markus Bockmuehl (Fellow, 1993-2006), sometime Director of Studies in Theology and Tutor, initially a University Lecturer in Theology, then Reader and subsequently holder of a personal Chair in the University of St Andrews.