United Kingdom

The 2027-28 Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship Application will open in October 2026.

 Overview:

  1. Knox Fellowships are open to students from the United Kingdom who:
    1. are normally residing in the United Kingdom; AND
    2. have been wholly or mainly educated in the United Kingdom prior to university and (or will be) a graduate of a university in the United Kingdom; AND
    3. applicants must fulfill one of the following requirements:
      1. You are studying for a first or higher degree at a United Kingdom university and will graduate in the academic year 2026-27; OR
      2. You have completed a first or higher degree at a United Kingdom university and graduated most recently no earlier than 2022
    4. Students who graduated before 2022 will 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. Please visit https://www.harvard.edu/academics/schools/ for a list of all Harvard schools where you will find information about programs and the admissions process, including deadlines.

    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. Fellowship applicants seeking admission to the Harvard Law School LL.M Program must have a first law degree (J.D., LL.B, or the equivalent).
  5. Knox Fellowships are not awarded for non-degree programs, undergraduate study, or postdoctoral research. This includes special students, visiting fellows, medical researchers, or any other research appointment. These fellowships 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.)

Please note students from the United Kingdom who are currently studying in or graduated from a university in another Knox-eligible country are eligible to submit a Knox Fellowship application, with the understanding that they meet the other eligibility requirements. In this situation, you should apply through the country where you have the strongest affiliation (such as birthplace, residential status, or where you have spent the majority of your educational or professional training). Submitting more than one application to multiple country portals is not allowed. If you have further questions, please contact cgs@harvard.edu.

 How to Apply: 

  1. Applicants are required to submit an online application.
  2. 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. One reference should have supervised some aspect of the applicant’s academic work at university. The second may be non-academic but should be familiar with the applicant’s performance at university and afterwards.

Candidate Selection Process:

  1. Candidates will be selected on the basis of academic excellence, strength of character, and potential for leadership in the applicant’s field.
  2. Mrs. Knox expressed the hope that recipients of Knox Fellowships, after gaining knowledge and experience from study in the United States, would return to their native countries to become leaders in their chosen fields.