The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships for Canada at Harvard University 2025

Summary

• Application DeadlineFebruary 10, 2025
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorHarvard university
• City to studyMassachusetts
• School to studyHarvard university
• Eligible CountryCanada

Table of Content

• Overview
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Programme Overview

The Knox Fellowship program promotes the Knox legacy through scholarly exchange between the U.S., Britain and the dominions of the British Commonwealth. Harvard University does not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry or any other protected classification.

Requirements

1. Knox Fellowships are open to men and women who:
   1. are citizens or permanent residents of Canada at the time of application and who are normally residing in Canada; AND
   2. have completed or will complete a first or higher degree at a Canadian university; AND
   3. are studying for a first or higher degree and will graduate in the academic year 2024-2025; OR have completed a first or higher degree and graduated no earlier than 2020.
   4. Please note that persons who graduated before 2020 are not be eligible to apply.
2. No application will be considered from any potential applicant already in the United States.
3. Each Knox Fellowship applicant must also submit an Application for Admission directly to the Harvard graduate or professional school of their choice. Knox Fellowships are awarded only to those candidates that gain admission to Harvard as full-time degree-program students. Applicants are urged to begin correspondence with that school’s Admissions Office at the earliest possible date. Applicants should submit Applications for Admission to the appropriate school as early as possible and need not wait for the deadline. 
4. Knox Fellowship applicants seeking admission to Harvard Law School should have completed their resident university education and hold a basic degree in Law before applying for an advanced degree program such as the Master of Laws (LLM).
5. Knox Fellowships are not awarded for undergraduate study or postdoctoral research, nor do they support medical research, post-doctoral research, or any other research appointment. They are not available for online or part-time programs or Executive Education programs. Normally Frank Knox Fellows must be in residence in the Boston/Cambridge area during the first two years of their degree program. (The fellowship will not support students whose programs require extensive field-work during this period.)

Citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are currently studying in or graduated from a university in another Knox-eligible country may be eligible to submit a Knox Fellowship application. This will be handled on a case-by-case basis and candidates are asked to contact the Committee on General Scholarships at Harvard University. 

Application Deadline

February 10, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Harvard university on webportalapp.com to apply

1. Applicants are required to submit an online application. Supplemental materials as part of the online application include:
   1. Curriculum Vitae
   2. Short essay of no more than 1,000 words, which provides an account of the applicant’s academic pursuits, intellectual interests, extra-curricular activities, and the reasons for his/her desire to study at Harvard University; the essay should also explain the applicant’s plan of study at Harvard and his/her future career plans.
   3. Certified copies of all academic transcripts. 
   4. Two confidential letters of recommendation. 

For more details visit: Harvard Universityscholarship webpage