The Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships

Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter and Clemens Gresser, January 2025. (Photographed by NH)

Overview of 2025 scholarships


All 7 scholarships for 2025 have been awarded!

These scholarships have been suspended for 2026.

The Professor Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter Scholarships offered free membership for the Heythrop Library for 12 months (otherwise £100). We are very grateful for Professor Hunter’s support in the last 3 years.

In 2025 there 7 scholarships were available and awarded.

Each scholarship was intended to fund the cost of Heythrop Library membership only, for each recipient (normally £100).

Please note that there are various free membership categories (e.g. for current students at any level at any UK FE or HE institution).

Eligibility

Recipients of the Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships:

  1. Must live in easy travelling distance to our reading room in Mount Street (Mayfair), i.e. within 3 hours by public transport.
  2. Must have completed at a PhD in either theology or philosophy.
  3. Must not qualify for free membership by a different route.

Both independent researchers and those affiliated with an academic institution are eligible.

What each scholarship entailed:

  • Membership of the Heythrop Library (Mayfair) for twelve (12) months only (£100 in 2025).
  • Scholarships can start on any date before 19 December 2025.
  • Depending on uptake, the bursary may be renewable after the first year of membership of the Heythrop Library.
  • Successful applicants must agree to give us with a photo of themselves, and a short profile; this will be shared with the funder of these scholarships and on our social media or other online provisions.

This scholarship does not entail any other benefits: we cannot support the recipient’s costs for travel, sustenance, or accommodation.

How to apply [application closed!]

To apply for for one of the Professor CSP Hunter Scholarships, please email us, with:

  1. your academic CV.
  2. up to 50 words about yourself.
  3. up to 50 words on how a Heythrop Library membership might benefit you and your research/work.
  4. your postal address.
  5. the date when you would like your membership to start (if you are successful).

Applications are closed.

The scholarship were awarded on a rolling basis, until all funds were exhausted.

Thanks to Professor Hunter we could support in the last 3 years:

  • 6 scholars in 2023,
  • 7 scholars in 2024
  • 7 scholars in 2025

We are very grateful for his support.

There is a list of all seven 2025 recipients, there is also a list of 2024 recipients.