Marshall
Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the
United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at
graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the
United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at
graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.
As
future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall
Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American
peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are
talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as
future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall
Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American
peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are
talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as
Scholars enhances
their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain
through its best academic programmes contributes to their ultimate personal
success.
The
objectives of the programme are as follows:
objectives of the programme are as follows:
- To
enable intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s
future leaders, to study in the UK. - To
help Scholars gain an understanding and appreciation of contemporary
Britain. - To
contribute to the advancement of knowledge in science, technology, the
humanities and social sciences and the creative arts at Britain’s centres
of academic excellence. - To
motivate Scholars to act as ambassadors from the USA to the UK and vice
versa throughout their lives thus strengthening British American
understanding. - To
promote the personal and academic fulfilment of each Scholar.
Subject:
Unrestricted.
Unrestricted.
Eligibility:
Open
only to United States citizens who (at the time they take up their Scholarship)
hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the
United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7. To qualify for awards tenable from
October 2016, candidates must have graduated from their undergraduate college
or university after April 2013.
Open
only to United States citizens who (at the time they take up their Scholarship)
hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the
United States with a minimum GPA of 3.7. To qualify for awards tenable from
October 2016, candidates must have graduated from their undergraduate college
or university after April 2013.
NB: Persons already studying for or holding a British degree or
degree-equivalent qualification are not eligible to apply for a Marshall
Scholarship.
Value: University
fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and
daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable,
a contribution towards the support of a dependent spouse.
Number of Awards: Up
to 40 Scholarships awarded annually.
Tenure: The
Two Year Marshall Scholarship is tenable for two academic years (ie 22 months),
but may be extended by the Commission, though not beyond the end of a third
academic year. Third-year extensions are granted by the Commission on a limited
basis, for strong academic reasons, subject to the availability of funds. In
addition, thanks to the generous support of the following Universities:
- Up
to three third-year extensions may be granted by the University of Oxford
to those pursuing a doctorate at Oxford. - Up
to two third-year extensions may be granted by the University of St
Andrews to those pursuing a doctorate at St Andrews.
The
One Year Marshall Scholarship is tenable for one academic year (ie 12 months)
and cannot be extended.
One Year Marshall Scholarship is tenable for one academic year (ie 12 months)
and cannot be extended.
Applications:
Applications
are made in one of eight regions in the United
States. Candidates may apply in one region only – either that in which they
have their permanent home address or ordinary place of residence/employment, or
that in which they are studying.
Applications
are made in one of eight regions in the United
States. Candidates may apply in one region only – either that in which they
have their permanent home address or ordinary place of residence/employment, or
that in which they are studying.
Closing date: (For
receipt of applications in appropriate regional centre in US) early-October of
year preceding tenure.
Enquiries: Particulars
from Commission’s Secretariat at ACU or regional centre in the US.
