Apply to The Antonian Fund: Student Activities
The Antonian Fund was launched in December 2013 to provide support for a range of activities, enhancing student life, academically, socially, and culturally, at the College.
It is entirely funded by the generosity of St Antony’s alumni, and our donors can direct their support towards a number of different areas within the scheme.
Thanks to our supporters’ generosity, funds are available to support scholarships, travel and research grants, student-life funds, bursaries for DPhil students, and academic projects. To find out more about available grants in support of individual projects, please visit https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/study-here/funding/.
As part of the Programme, current St Antony’s students are invited to apply for grants in support of Student Activities projects that benefit the entire student community.
The Student Activities fund enhances the academic growth and life of our students at the College, and supports activities that enrich the student environment and experience. Donations to Student Activities will fund special lectures, workshops, and other academic activities as well as grants for societies, sports clubs, and other projects that will benefit the cultural life of the College.
To apply for funding via the Antonian Fund, please complete the downloadable Application Form and submit your application by email to the Development Office at: alumni.office@sant.ox.ac.uk by the relevant deadline*.
Please note:
Prior to applying, please consult the Selection Criteria specified below. Please note that only projects falling within the criteria will be considered.
*The deadline for submissions is Monday 19 May 2025. Grant winners will be announced shortly afterward. A condition for receiving the grant will be the willingness to provide a report that will be shared with the donors of the Antonian Fund and which may be used with the consent of the recipient for future fundraising purposes.
Application Process Guidelines
All applications will be judged on the following:
- The quality of the information provided, including a sufficiently detailed budget (if this is not provided, the application will be rejected);
- The impact the project will have and the way it will enhance social and academic life at St Antony’s;
- The number of members of the College participating in and likely to benefit from the project.
Selection Criteria – Guidance and Restrictions
Project Timescale
- Please note that funding can be provided for prospective projects only. Applications for retrospective projects will not be considered.
Other Sources of Funding
- The Committee is very keen to see that applicants have sought other sources of funding, including but not limited to from relevant Centres at the College and University Departments and Centres. Please make this clear in your application.
Society / College Journals related Support (College-registered Societies only)
- If an application is in support of a Society (to include College Journals), please consult the Guidance from the Academic Office prior to applying.
Applications involving equipment or storage space
- Applicants are advised to check with relevant members of the College, such as the Head of Operations and Estates, that suitable equipment does not already exist or that storage space is available, and to mention the outcome of those discussions (including any correspondence) in the application.
In general, the Antonian Fund does not fund the following:
- Refreshments (including alcohol) and food in general
- Advertising (e.g. Facebook adverts)
- Physical printing
- Air travel
- Presents or payments to speakers
- A project for an individual
- A student society that is not registered with the College
- Regular applicants to the Fund are encouraged to demonstrate how their project will become self-sustaining (i.e. not dependent on regular awards from the Fund).
- As the Antonian Fund is entirely supported by alumni, preference will be given to projects that are College-focused and demonstrate a benefit to a broad swathe of current St Antony’s students.
Grants will normally be between £100 and £2,000. There will be the facility to invoice the Antonian Fund directly to access awarded funds.
STAR Grants
Please note that the Travel and Research Grants, which are also financed by the Antonian Fund, are run through a separate application process. This is organised by the Academic Office at St Antony’s, and further information can be found here.
