These are the instructions for the revised Scholarship Application of the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States. The new application, the instructions, and the new letter of recommendation form are effective June 1, 2006, and supersede any other versions.
Applications for the Churchill Scholarships must be submitted to and endorsed by the appropriate representative at a college or university participating in the program. Although the Churchill Application Form is now online, each applicant should fill out the form, print it, and submit it to the appropriate individual or committee, who will review the application and then nominate no more than two students for consideration.
A completed application consists of the following materials, all of which — except for the GRE scores — must be submitted through the Churchill Foundation Representative at your institution: ● The original and six copies of the University of Cambridge Application Form with a passport-size photograph attached to each copy.
The Application Form is available on the Cambridge Web site at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/admissions/forms/
● One signed copy of the Churchill Foundation Application Form
● Four letters of reference —two more than required for the Cambridge Application Form. The Scholarship Recommendation Reports are available
in pdf format on the Foundation’s Web site. Those whom you have selected for your recommendation should send their letters directly to your campus Churchill Foundation Representative.
● One official transcript from each institution you have attended. The transcript(s) should be also sent directly to your campus Churchill
Foundation Representative.
● Graduate Record Examination Scores on the General Test and one Subject Test; after 2006, the Subject test will no longer will be required.”
The Institution Code List number for the Winston Churchill Foundation is 3922. Scores on the GRE taken in the past two years are acceptable. MCAT scores may be substituted for the GRE.
● The local campus representative for the Winston Churchill Foundation should send all the completed application materials are to:
The Churchill Scholarship Program
U.S. Student Programs
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
Special Instruction for the University of Cambridge Application Form
Before completing the University of Cambridge Application Form, consult the University’s Graduate Studies Prospectus and the University Reporter
Lecture List (Click on “search the online Reporter,” and select “Lecture List”). Please note the following additional instructions:
● Section 7: Include your Social Security Number in the Nationality Box.
● Section 11: Check only Churchill College.The Churchill Foundation Scholarship Application Form (Acrobat pdf format)
Scholarship Recommendation Form (Microsoft Word format)
Scholarship Recommendation Form (Acrobat pdf format)
The Process of Review
The Foundation annually appoints an ad hoc Screening Committee comprised of former Churchill Scholars who are expert in representative disciplines. That Committee reviews all applicants with great care, endorses those considered most qualified for a Scholarship, and ranks them. While there are no formal restrictions on the number of Churchill Scholarships awarded in a single field of study, there are practical limitations based upon openings in programs and laboratories at the University of Cambridge.
Early in January applicants are notified whether they have been endorsed by the Screening Committee and will be scheduled, usually in the second week of January, for a brief interview by telephone with the Executive Director of the Foundation.
The Board of Graduate Studies and the appropriate departments at the University of Cambridge review the applications that have been endorsed by the Screening Committee, consider the availability of appropriate supervision and laboratory space, and decide who is eligible for admission to the University.
The Foundation makes final decisions on Churchill Scholarship winners and announces them no later than April 15th.
Additional Information
The following items are on file with the Churchill Foundation campus representative and on the World Wide Web:
● Lecture List of the University of Cambridge (listing all lecture courses of the past academic year), http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/ University of Cambridge
● Graduate Studies Prospectus (describing all university departments and programs) is available on the Word Wide Web via http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/