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Departmental Nominations for Postgraduate Funding: 2025 / 26


Welcome to TOAST, the Trusts Online Application and Submission sysTem

Please note that for security and performance reasons, TOAST will expire after 2 hours of inactivity; any incomplete work will not be saved.

This system allows departments put forward their most outstanding applicants who have applied and are eligible for the following funding sources:

  • Graduate Funding Competition
  • Gates Cambridge
  • Cambridge Trust

It is then used by the various moderators to review and score the candidates for the various Cambridge Trusts. The functions are:

Departmental Scoring

Departmental staff will be able to view all applicants who have applied to their department and submit the required information about those they wish to nominate to the funding bodies above.
All departments must use this system to provide their input.

 

Need help? Please use this link to find guidance documents to help you.

Moderation

After students have been nominated by departments, moderation takes place. You should only be on this page if you have been requested to undertake moderation; simply follow the link for the organisation you have been asked to moderate for:

Post Moderation

For TOAST round 2, once moderation has completed you will be able to view the results of the moderation and any changes made.

Financial Tracker Data

Under the post moderation section, this page allows you to both see and export financial tracker data. Please note, this is a temporary feature due to move to the Funding Management Portal.

TOAST Status

TOAST is currently OPEN. Nominations will close on 21/11/2024 at 12 noon.
Moderation commences once nominiations are closed and full results are due to be published on 06/12/2024 at 14:00

Further Questions

If you have any questions or feedback about the on-line system please email Funding.Nominations@admin.cam.ac.uk

Please note on first use of the system you will be required to complete a short registration form.