The Martingale Foundation has announced a major expansion of its postgraduate scholarship programme for STEM students, with a commitment to support 800 Scholars across its partner universities including here in Oxford by the end of the decade. Applications for 2026 entry are now open.
The Martingale Scholarships provide fully funded support to exceptional postgraduate students from low socio-economic backgrounds, enabling them to pursue world-leading research at top UK universities, including the University of Oxford. The scholarships cover tuition fees, research costs, and a tax-free living stipend, and include access to a tailored development programme offering mentoring, leadership training, and academic network-building opportunities.
Since the Foundation launched in 2022, over 100 Scholars have been supported across ten UK universities. At Oxford, the Martingale programme has already supported students here in Oxford Mathematics, and new opportunities are emerging in high-demand areas such as Artificial Intelligence, nuclear research, and biomedical data science.
The expansion is underpinned by over £25 million in donor funding, including major contributions from XTX Markets, Google DeepMind, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Alzheimer’s Research UK and the University of Manchester’s SATURN doctoral programme. XTX Markets, the founding donor, has pledged an additional £10.5 million to support more than 100 Masters and PhD Scholarships, including a new focus on AI.
Applications for the 2026 round are now open. Full details