Requirements for different subjects will always vary, and often extra expenses relating to a course are not addressed financially or reflected in the amount a student can borrow as a government loan for study.
Below you can click through to read about specific funding available for Veterinary and Medical students, for which we are actively seeking donations at this time.
Veterinary Students
Studying to be a vet is an expensive business, which is why the Jamie Netschert Fund was endowed fund to provide vet students with much needed grants to support different aspects of their studies. This might include help towards work experience or elective costs, or grants towards necessary equipment or specialist clothing for example.
The fund was established in the name of the late Dr Bruce ‘Jamie’ Netschert who died in November 2016 at his home in Virginia, USA. Jamie studied at Selwyn from 1975 and retained a close interest in the college throughout his career. He went on to run the Clifton-Centreville Animal Clinic in Centreville, Virginia.
The fund was established by Jamie’s wife, Donna, who would be delighted if other Veterinary alumni wanted to contribute to the fund so that more students might benefit in the years ahead.
Contributions to the fund can be made via the Selwyn website, or by phoning +44 (0)1223 763 937.
Alumni in the US can make tax efficient donations to the fund via Cambridge in America, which is a 501(c)(3) directing the donation to Selwyn and the Netschert fund.
If you wish to make a donation to the Jamie Netschert Fund for vets, please click here.
Medical Students
One of the highlights for medical and veterinary students during their clinical years is a medically orientated vacation project or official elective period.
This Fund was initially instigated in 2009 to supply financial help for clinical medical students planning these projects usually, but not exclusively, away from Cambridge. Multiple donations were received from medical alumni after an appeal. Thanks to generous donations, capital in the fund stands at approximately £75,000 and this generates income sufficient to allow the college to make small grants to clinical students. More recently donations have led to the creation of the Steinacher Fund, which has boosted the amounts we can disburse for medical students, and the Jamie Netschert Fund, which serves a similar purpose for the vets. Our aim remains to raise further funds to provide income for years to come and to match what some other colleges can provide their students. Donations would be gratefully received. The college has also recently invested significantly in medical and veterinary teaching resources as part of the refurbishment of the Old Library.
The fund is operated through the college’s travel grants process overseen by the Senior Tutor, in cooperation with the relevant Tutors and Directors of Studies. Successful applicants submit a report of their experiences to the college and are expected to address the Selwyn College Medical and Veterinary Society about what they have done.
We would like to take this opportunity to personally thank all those generous donors who have made possible such scientific projects and medical experiences as those that are recorded below. If these seem a little dated, it is because electives went into abeyance in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic and are only now being revived for those in their fifth year of medical studies.
If you wish to make a donation to the Medical Elective Fund, or the Jamie Netschert Fund for vets, please click here.
Other subject specific funds
More subject specific funds are available to Selwyn students, and are outlined here.
We are always open to new ideas and conversations about funding needs in all subjects, so please do get in touch with our Development Director, Mike Nicholson, if you would like to discuss anything further. He can be reached at: Tel- 01223 330403; Email- mgn24@cam.ac.uk.