The Marshall Scholarships for Young Americans
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. 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.
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 Marshall Scholarships were established by the British Government in 1953 to express British gratitude for the European Recovery Program, instituted by General George C. Marshall in 1947 when he served as U.S. secretary of state. At least 40 scholarships are offered each year. The scholarships pay tuition and fees, personal travel and book allowances, and a living stipend. They are tenable for one or two years. In exceptional circumstances, a two year award can be renewed for a third year. They are available for study at any university in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Applications indicating interest in universities other than Oxford, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics are especially welcome.
The 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.
For more information on Marshall Scholarships, please visit the official website: www.marshallscholarship.org