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Marshall Scholarships finance approximately 40 young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the UK each year. The Scholarships are tenable at any British university and cover two years of study in any discipline, at either undergraduate or graduate level, leading to the award of a British University degree.

The Scholarships were founded by an Act of Parliament in 1953 and commemorate the humane ideals of the European Recovery Programme (Marshall Plan). They are funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and administered by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission in the UK (for which the Association of Commonwealth Universities provides the Secretariat) and in the US by the British Embassy in Washington DC and seven regional Consulates-General. The Marshall Scholarship maintains an extensive website.

Eligibility

To qualify for 2009 awards, candidates should:

1. Be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship).
2. Hold a first degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States by the time they take up their scholarship.
3. Have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 on their undergraduate degree.
4. Have graduated from their undergraduate college or university after April 2006.
5. Receive the Marshall Scholarship nomination from UMass.

Application Overview

Each candidate must submit his/her application using the online forms provided on the Marshall Scholarship Website. UMass applicants must be nominated by nominating committee to be eligible for consideration by the Marshall Scholarship Commission. In order to become one of UMass nominees, please follow the application process outlined below.

Application Process

1. Personal Statement and list of principal activities due to ONSA by September 19, 2008.
2. Preliminary Application (All items due by September 19, 2008 by 12:00 p.m.)
1. Submit the online application available on the Marshall Website.
2. Ensure four letters of recommendation are submitted online by your references.
3. one original transcript from each college or University attended .
3. UMass interview(Mid September) : Based on your preliminary application, students will be invited to interview with the UMass Marshall Committee. 
4. Revise Applications: Those students nominated by the UMass committee will have two weeks to revise all parts of their application with assistance from ONSA.
5. Final Submissiondeadline is first week of October, 2008. The regional application will be submitted online with the assistance of the ONSA. Hard copy materials will be sent to the regional Marshall committee by ONSA. 
6. Regional Interviews: Students invited by the Marshall committee will interview in mid-November.

Nominees will be asked to supply a fourth letter of recommendation for their final application