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Cambridge Marshall PhD Scholarship

This scholarship is available to PhD applicants from the USA who are recipients of a two-year Marshall Scholarship, and will fund the third year of a three-year PhD course in any subject.  It is tenable at any College.

Offered in partnership with The Marshall Commission.

See here for more information on Marshall Scholarships.

Value

The Cambridge Marshall PhD Scholarship will fund the University tuition fee and a maintenance stipend sufficient for a single person for the third year of a three-year PhD course

Conditions

Applicants should be US citizens who are recipients of a two-year Marshall Scholarship which they intend to apply to fund a PhD course at the University of Cambridge

How to apply

Candidates are selected by Marshall (not the Trust)

To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must follow both of the following steps:

  • be a recipient of a two-year Marshall Scholarship, for which a separate application is required; AND
  • apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory), and have a conditional offer of admission

For more information, please visit About our postgraduate scholarships

Funding Partner

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission

The Marshall Commission is responsible for the Marshall Scholarship Programme, named in honour of George C Marshall, US Secretary of State (1950-51). It was founded by an Act of Parliament in 1953 and is principally funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Marshall Scholarships provide two years’ funding to finance up to 50 US scholars each year to study for graduate degrees in the UK in any subject.

The Cambridge Marshall PhD Scholarship at the University of Cambridge is available to applicants for any PhD course to fund the third year of a three-year course. The scholarship is tenable at any College within the University, and in any subject, from academic year 2019-20, and up to two scholarships may be offered in each academic year.

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