Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars Welcome Event 2025
“Welcome to Cambridge! We are thrilled to have you here, thanks to the extraordinary generosity of David and Claudia Harding. We know that you will contribute significantly to the Cambridge ecosystem, and we hope you will enjoy yourselves in the process.
As a Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar, you now have the freedom to pursue your research passions as part of a growing community of impressive individuals at the cutting edge of their fields. As you add to this important work, we encourage you to interact with your fellow scholars across disciplines and cohorts.
As you will learn from today’s presentations, this active and thriving Harding Scholars community will enrich both your research outcomes and your Cambridge experience. We are excited to see where your journeys of discovery will take you."
Programme
- 11:30am Welcome reception
- 11:45am Presentations
- 12:15pm Panel discussion and Q&A
- 12:45pm Buffet lunch
- 1:15pm Event closes
Scholar speakers
Meet the Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars
About the programme
The Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholars
Programme (HDPSP) was established in February 2019 thanks to a landmark benefaction from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation, the biggest single gift made to a university in the UK by a British philanthropist.
The programme aims to support academically outstanding students, from any part of the world and in any discipline, to contribute to society by producing intellectually rigorous research which makes a positive difference to the academic community and the wider world.