Rules for One Year Marshall Scholarship

https://www.marshallscholarship.org/apply/criteria-and- who-is-eligible 2022 The conditions of award, application and selection procedures are set out below. RULES FOR CANDIDATES WISHING TO UNDERTAKE A ONE YEAR MARSHALL GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP ONLY. 1. Up to fifty Marshall Scholarships will be awarded in Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high 2022. They are tenable at any British university and for ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom in a study in any discipline at graduate level, leading to the system of higher education recognised for its excellence. award of a British university degree. Conditions governing Two Year Scholarships are set out in a Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament, Marshall separate set of Rules. Scholarships are mainly funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and 2. Candidates are invited to indicate two preferred commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan universities, although the Marshall Commission reserves conceived by General George C Marshall. They express the right to decide on final placement. Expressions of the continuing gratitude of the British people to their interest in studying at universities other than Oxford, American counterparts. Cambridge and London institutions are particularly welcomed. Candidates are especially encouraged to The one-year Marshall Scholarship is aimed at consider the Marshall Partnership Universities. A course applicants who have strong reasons for wishing to study search facility is available here: in the UK, but have a clear post-scholarship plan. https://www.marshallscholarship.org/study-in-the- uk/course-search The objectives of the Marshall Scholarships are: NB: The selection of Scholars is based on our • To enable intellectually distinguished young published criteria: Americans, their country’s future leaders, to study in https://www.marshallscholarship.org/apply/criteria- the UK. and-who-is-eligible. This includes, under the academic criteria, a range of factors, including a • To help Scholars gain an understanding and candidate’s choice of course, choice of university, appreciation of contemporary Britain. and academic and personal aptitude. Selected candidates will be expected to attend their first choice university. Requests to change after • To contribute to the advancement of knowledge in selection will not be considered. science, technology, the humanities and social sciences and the creative arts at Britain’s centres of 3. Candidates do not need to have applied for or be academic excellence. accepted at a British university before they apply for a Marshall Scholarship. • To motivate Scholars to act as ambassadors from the USA to the UK and vice versa throughout their Once a Scholar has been selected the Commission lives thus strengthening British American endeavours to secure placement at the first choice understanding. university and course but in the end the decision to accept a Scholar is with the University and not with the • To promote the personal and academic fulfilment of Commission. The Marshall Commission cannot, each Scholar. therefore, guarantee that a Marshall Scholar will be admitted to the university of their choice. In the case of In appointing Scholars the Selectors will look for Scholars placed at Oxford or Cambridge the candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, Commission will identify the College at which a Scholar as leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US should seek a place. understanding. Assessment will be based on academic merit, leadership potential and ambassadorial potential. 4. Final selection of candidates is made by eight regional Details of the criteria used for selection can be found at selection panels in the US. Applicants who plan to attend graduate school in the US following their year in the UK should AWARDS demonstrate that they have already applied, or intend to apply in the next couple of months, for 5. The total value of a Marshall Scholarship varies these degrees and would be able to defer entry for according to the circumstances (place of residence, one year in order to take up the Marshall selected university, etc.) of each Scholar but the figure Scholarship. tends on average to be about £38,000 a year. This comprises: Candidates are only allowed to apply for either the one year or the two year Marshall Scholarship. Any • a personal allowance to cover residence and cost of candidate found applying for both will automatically be living expenses at the rate of £1,116 per month disqualified. (£1,369 for Scholars at Central London institutions); • payment of tuition fees; COURSE SELECTION • fares to and from the United States; • Claimable allowances totalling approximately 8. The following courses are NOT funded on the one £3,300: year Marshall Scholarship: . a grant for books; . a grant for approved travel in connection • MBA (any university) with studies; • MSc/MFE Financial Economics (any university) . payment of necessary daily expenses for • MSc Global Health Science and Epidemiology travel between place of residence and place (University of Oxford only) of study, provided the distance between the • MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine two is reasonable; (University of Oxford only) . a grant for the cost of preparation of any • MSc Law and Finance (University of Oxford thesis submitted for examination, if required; only) . shipping of property to and from the United • MPP (Public Policy) (University of Oxford only) States • PG Diplomas/Certificates in any subject (any university) 6. Marshall Scholarships are not subject to UK Income • Distance Learning Degrees Tax but may be considered taxable income by the US • Degrees that require extended periods away Internal Revenue Service. from the University or the UK, including joint degrees with Universities not in the UK ELIGIBILITY • Supervised research not leading to a degree qualification 7. To qualify for the 2022 one year Scholarships, • Degrees that start in January candidates should: One year candidates must be registered for degrees • be citizens of the United States of America (at the that are 12 months in duration. Courses that run for time they apply for a scholarship); 10 months or less, ie where the course ends before August will not be funded on the one year • (by the time they take up their scholarship ie Scholarship. Please check the university websites September 2022) hold their first undergraduate carefully for the duration of the degree in months. degree from an accredited four-year college or There are no exceptions to this regulation. university in the United States; The following should also be noted: • have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 on their undergraduate degree at the time • University of London: under the university’s of application (if the last grades the candidate regulations it is not possible to complete a received were Fall 2019 this GPA will be used). research MPhil degree in less than two years. • have graduated from their first undergraduate NB Candidates who list any of the qualifications not college or university after April 2019. funded by the Marshall Commission on their application will not be invited to an interview. • not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree- equivalent qualification from a British University or In addition if a candidate puts Oxford, Cambridge or GCSE or A level qualifications undertaken in the Imperial College, King’s College London, LSE or UCL as UK. their first choice institution none of these universities can be listed as second choice institutions. King’s College, Cambridge PARTNERSHIP MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS New College, Oxford Newnham College, Cambridge 9. The Marshall Commission has partnership Nuffield College, Oxford Scholarships with: Pembroke College, Cambridge Somerville College, Oxford University of Bath St John’s College, Cambridge University of Birmingham Trinity College, Cambridge University of Bradford Trinity College, Oxford University of Bristol University College, Oxford Cardiff University Durham University NB: Candidates for all of these Scholarships will University of East Anglia compete in the main Marshall Scholarship University of Edinburgh competition and if no-one of sufficient quality is University of Exeter found these Scholarships will not be offered. University of Glasgow Guildhall School of Music and Drama University of Hull Imperial College London Keele University University of Kent King’s College London University of Leeds University of Liverpool London School of Economics and Political Science London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University of Manchester Newcastle University University of Nottingham Queen Mary University of London Queen’s University Belfast University of Reading Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Northern College of Music School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) University of St Andrews University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of Surrey University of Sussex University College London University of Warwick University of York To be considered for the joint Marshall Scholarships you must include any of the above institutions on your application form as your first choice. For further information on these Scholarships please see http://www.marshallscholarship.org/applications/ partnerscholarships In addition the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission has partnerships with the following Oxford and Cambridge Colleges: Balliol College, Oxford Christ’s College, Cambridge Christ Church, Oxford Downing

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