Marshall Scholarship 2025 for US Citizens at any British University

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty 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.

Programme Objectives

• 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.

We hope and expect that our Scholars will represent the breadth of talent in today's United States of America.

The Marshall Scholarship is available to study at any British University in any subject at graduate level.

• Table of Content
• About Marshall Scholarship
• Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University
• Aim and Benefits of Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University
• Requirements for Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Marshall Scholarship

Founded by a 1953 Act of Parliament, and named in honour of US Secretary of State George C Marshall, the Scholarships commemorate the humane ideals of the Marshall Plan and they express the continuing gratitude of the British people to their American counterparts. Marshall Scholarships are mainly funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and are overseen by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. The Secretariat is provided by the British Council. In the US the selection process is managed by the regional Consulates General in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angel... continue reading

Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University

Aim and Benefits of Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University

Benefits: 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 50 Scholarships awarded annually.

Requirements for Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University Qualification

 We are looking for candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, as leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US understanding. In doing so, we recognise the value of diversity among applicants and promote equality of opportunity.

Before completing the application candidates are advised to consider the objectives of the Marshall Scholarship Programme (see opening paragraph of the Rules for Candidates) and to be aware that the selection committees are seeking candidates who have the potential to excel as scholars, leaders and as contributors to improved UK-US understanding.

To be eligible for a 2025 Marshall Scholarship, candidates must:

• Be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship);
• (By the time they take up their scholarship i.e. September 2025) hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States;
• Have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 on their undergraduate degree at the time of application. We do not accept rounded GPA's.
• Have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April 2022.
• Not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British University or GCSE or A Levels taken at school in the UK.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Marshall Scholarship for US Citizens at any British University

The selection criteria are divided into three equally weighted categories:

• Academic Merit
• Leadership Potential
• Ambassadorial Potential

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Applications for the 2025 Marshall Scholarship are now open. 

Candidates are responsible for completing the online application form and submitting it through the system to their undergraduate institution. The institution will then ensure that the application is complete and make a decision whether they wish to endorse the application or not. If the Institution elects to endorse the application, they will add a letter of endorsement on behalf of the candidate and will then submit it through the system to the appropriate regional committee. Candidates are advised to contact their undergraduate institution as soon as possible if they are considering applying for a Marshall Scholarship.

The deadlines for the 2025 Marshall Competition are: 24 September 2024 for applicants and recommenders at 5:00pm in the time zone your university is located and 26 September 2024 for endorsement and submission by US Institution at 5:00pm in the time zone your university is located.

For more details visit: Marshall Scholarship website.