[Acmsmajors] The Road to study in the United Kingdom and Ireland --Churchill, Gates Cambridge, Marshall, Mitchell, and Rhodes Scholarships (fwd)

[Brooke Miller]

We are writing to ask your assistance in distributing information to 
eligible students who might be interested in learning about and applying 
to five highly competitive and prestigious fellowship opportunities for 
study in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland - the Winston 
Churchill, the Gates Cambridge, the Marshall, the George Mitchell, and the 
American and Canadian Rhodes Scholarship Programs.



There are two deadlines for these scholarships: 1) the campus nomination 
deadline of April 9, 2007; and 2) the national application deadlines, 
which are the first or second week in October 2007 for Marshall, Mitchell, 
and American and Canadian Rhodes; October 15 for the Gates Cambridge; and 
mid-November for the Churchill.



The spring UW campus nomination application deadline is Monday, April 9, 
2007.  The following link --

https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/national/ukApp/

connects to dates of information session, explains the campus application 
process, the schedule for these scholarship programs, and the campus 
nomination application.  Successful candidates must be U.S. citizens, have 
a demonstrated record of intellectual distinction, a strong 
extracurricular profile, as well as personal characteristics that indicate 
a potential for future leadership.



Information sessions are scheduled for:

         Thursday, February 21, 2007
         3:00 - 3:50 p.m., Mary Gates Hall, 120 Conference Room

         Wednesday, February 27, 2007
         3:00 - 3:50 p.m., Mary Gates Hall, 120 Conference Room

         Wednesday, March 8, 2007
         3:00 - 3:50 p.m., Mary Gates Hall, 120 Conference Room



The Undergraduate Scholarship Office is available for conversations with 
students, facutly and staff to provide additional information.  There are 
also individuals connected with the process-including former Rhodes and 
Marshall Scholars-who are willing to talk with students about these 
programs and about the strengths of the universities in the United Kingdom 
and the Republic of Ireland.



· Winston Churchill Scholarship provides full support for one year of 
graduate study in engineering, mathematics, or the natural sciences at 
Churchill College, Cambridge University in England.

· Gates Cambridge Scholarship provides two years of study in any 
discipline at Cambridge University in England.  Note: Students interested 
in this scholarship must apply directly to and be accepted to Cambridge 
University before they are referred to the Foundation for consideration.

· Marshall Scholarship provides full support for two years of study in any 
discipline at any university in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern 
Ireland.

· George Mitchell Scholarship provides full support for one year of 
graduate study in any discipline at one of the seven universities in the 
Republic of Ireland or the two universities in Northern Ireland.

· American and Canadian Rhodes Scholarship provides two years of study in 
any discipline at Oxford University in England.

Note: The Gates Cambridge, Marshall and Rhodes scholarships provides 
enough funding to complete a graduate degree or a second undergraduate 
degree.



Candidates for the Rhodes Scholarship programs must be twenty-three or 
younger on October 1 of the application year.  Churchill candidates must 
be between 19 and 26 at the time they begin their graduate program. 
Mitchell candidates must be twenty-nine or younger on October 1 of the 
application year.  By the time they take up their scholarship, students 
must hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or 
university in the United States.



Please help us encourage talented and qualified candidates explore the 
opportunities these fellowships provide.  Women, men and students of 
diverse backgrounds should be strongly encouraged to apply.  Please do not 
hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, comments and/or 
concerns.



Mona

Mona Pitre-Collins
Director, Undergraduate Scholarship Office
University of Washington
120 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352803
Seattle  WA  98195-2803
206-221-6059   FAX:  206-616-4389