Winston Churchill Scholarships - Duke University

The University Scholars Program is available to incoming undergraduate, graduate and professional students. You must demonstrate financial need, the ability to explore new academic horizons, an excitement for original research, collaborative thinking and innovative scholarship to be eligible for this four-year award. U.S. citizenship is also required.

Additional Information
All applicants to Duke University are automatically considered for this award and no separate application is required

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Winston Churchill Scholarships

For a year of graduate study in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science at Churchill College, Cambridge University

DUKE UNIVERSITY
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences

INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS:
Eleven Churchill Scholarships, tenable for one year, are awarded annually for graduate study in engineering, mathematics, and that natural and physical sciences at Churchill College, Cambridge University.

ELIGIBILITY/SELECTION:
An applicant for nomination by the Duke Churchill Committee must be a U.S. citizen enrolled at Duke University or a recent graduate enrolled at one of the other participating colleges and universities. Eligibility to take up the scholarship requires that the candidate be between the ages of 19 and 26, hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent from a US college, and not have attained a doctorate.

The criteria for selection include:
(1) achievement in academic work as indicated by course grades,
(2) scores on the Graduate Record Examination "GRE",
(3) capacity for original, creative work as shown by special recognitions or letters of references,
(4) character, adaptability, a demonstrated concern for critical problems of society, and
(5) good health. Duke may nominate up to two students each year for consideration by the Churchill Foundation as scholars.

ADVISOR:
Information about the Churchill Scholarship program and application materials are available from the official Churchill Foundation web page. Materials describing Churchill College and Cambridge University may be reviewed in 103 West Duke Building or on the relevant web pages.

VALUE OF THE AWARD:
The scholarship covers all tuition and fees and includes a living allowance will be paid in pounds sterling, either 6,400 or 7,500 depending upon the length of the course of study. In addition there is a travel grant of $500. In all, the Churchill Scholarship, at current rates of exchange, is worth between $31,000 and $36,000, depending on the course of study.