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The Churchill Foundation pays tuition, all University and College fees (averaging about $25,000), a travel allowance of up to $1,000 for visa fees and roundtrip airfare from the United States, as well as a living allowance of £10,000 for nine-month programs and £12,000 for twelve-month programs.

In addition, a Special Research Grant Program is available for program participants. Churchill Scholars will be eligible for up to $2,000 in research expenses approved in advance by the Foundation. The Special Research Grant may be used to pay for travel to a conference where a Churchill Scholar has been invited to present a paper, to buy specialized software related to his or her research interests, and other expenses that the Foundation will consider on a case-to-case basis.

To apply for a Churchill Scholarship one must be a citizen of the United States and a student enrolled in one of the institutions of higher learning participating in the scholarship competition. Smith College may nominate two students whose applications have been reviewed and approved by the college fellowships committee.

Please note that changes have been made to the application procedure. Applicants are no longer to submit the application to the University of Cambridge with the Churchill application. Instead, students apply directly to the University of Cambridge at the mid-October deadline (see Univerity website for exact date). Applicants must indicate on their application for admission to the University that they are applying to Churchill College.

The online application is currently undergoing minor revisions (as of 4/10/07) and should be ready early in the summer of 2007. These changes will allow for more space to describe achievements, space for a (hard copy) photograph and for the name(s) of parent(s) or guardian(s). The Foundation will ask that six additional photographs be sent with the one hard copy. In addition, the form for letters of recommendations has been eliminated. It has been replaced with a cover sheet with the student's signature regarding confidentiality and instructions for a letter on departmental or other letterhead.

In regards to the letters of recommendation, the Foundation has made it clear that they are not impressed by generic letters of recommendation that apply for any scholarship, and even less so by ones that are sent to the Foundation but are clearly meant for other scholarships. It behooves you to make clear for those writing letters of recommendation what the Churchill Scholarship is and how it differs from other major scholarships.

The Foundation will require the sponsoring institution to include a cover letter from a campus representitive for each nominated student. This is to ensure that all applications are in the same format and also so that campus representitives have the opportunity to provide any additional useful comments.

It is required that all applicants take the Graduate Record Examination General Test, but the Graduate Record Examination Subject Test is no longer part of the application process.

The deadline for submitting applications to the Institute of International Education is in the second week of November. Detailed instructions for applying can be found at www.winstonchurchillfoundation.org/
Applications.html

For more information please contact

Donald Andrew
Director of the Fellowships Program at Smith College
College Hall 101
+1 413 585 4913
dandrew@smith.edu