Clarendon Fund

Financed primarily by the Oxford University Press, the Clarendon Fund was established by the Council of the University of Oxford in 2000 and launched in 2001. ==Selection==

Every applicant to a degree-bearing graduate course at the University of Oxford is automatically considered for a Clarendon Fund Scholarship. Unlike many scholarships that highlight the need for a track record of leadership among their applicants, the Clarendon Fund Scholarship focuses primarily on proven academic performance and potential for advancing their fields of study during and beyond their time in Oxford. The process of selection aims to award the scholarship to students from each of the university's four academic divisions and the Department of Continuing Education, allowing interdisciplinary interaction amongst the scholars. ==Symbols==

Name Edward Hyde, later Earl of Clarendon and also Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1660 to 1667, wrote a famous and highly profitable work, History of the Great Rebellion about the English Civil War of the 17th century. The profits of his book were used to construct the university-owned Clarendon Building on Broad Street in central Oxford. The Clarendon Building was designed to house Oxford University Press (OUP), and so the Clarendon Fund was named in honour of this famous building and its historic linkages to OUP, the main benefactor of the Clarendon Scholarships. Logo The Clarendon Fund logo was designed in 2009 in the run-up to the Fund's 10th anniversary, and simplified and updated in 2014. It celebrates both the long history and traditions of Oxford and of OUP, as well as welcoming the Clarendon scholars who will write the pages of the university's future. It shows the statues of the Muses at the top of the Clarendon building, which are perhaps the building's most recognisable feature and an iconic part of the Oxford skyline. The building was constructed in the classical style from 1711 to 1713 on the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor, a pupil of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren. The font used with the logo is called Trajan Pro and has its origins in the Roman lettering found on Trajan's Column, which was completed in 113 CE. It was chosen specifically to complement the architectural style of the Clarendon building. Trajan remains one of the most widely used fonts in book jacket cover design, a further link to the Clarendon Building's original use as the home of OUP. ==Notable alumni==

• Stephanie Simmons (Quantum computing researcher at Simon Fraser University) • Julian Brave Noisecat (Indigenous climate activist and writer) • Li Shengwu (Economist) ==References==