The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship application for the 2027-28 academic year will be posted in late October 2026. Please note that the deadline to apply will no longer be in December, but will be in early February 2027. This is a shift from previous years as the Committee on General Scholarships Harvard University is now managing the Knox Fellowship application process.
The President and Fellows of Harvard College have announced that Fellowships provided by Mrs Annie Reid Knox for the Frank Knox Memorial will be made available to enable students from the United Kingdom to study at Harvard University.
The value of each Fellowship is at least $35,000 plus tuition and health insurance fee per annum. This should be adequate for the expenses and support of a single student who, it is hoped, will secure housing in one of the university dormitories or halls. Recipients who are admitted to a Harvard degree program requiring multiple years of study are guaranteed two years of Knox funding, provided they remain in good academic standing. Degree candidates in their third year and beyond are eligible to apply for additional support. Recipients who are admitted to one-year degree programs will receive funding for one year.
Applicants should note that:
- Frank Knox Fellows must apply for and gain admission to one of the full-time degree programs offered by the graduate or professional schools at Harvard University.
- Frank Knox Fellowships do not support medical research or any other research appointment. Frank Knox Fellows must be in residence in the Cambridge/Boston area for the entire academic year(s) during the first two years of their degree program. (The fellowships will not support students whose programs require extensive fieldwork during this period.) Frank Knox Fellowships are not available for part-time programs, online programs, or Executive Education programs. It is not possible to combine study on a Knox-eligible course with other part-time programs and fellowships.
- Candidates seeking admission to the Law School should note that the School requires students to have completed their resident university education and have graduated from their basic degree in Law by the time they would begin their studies on an advanced (Master of Laws) degree program.
- Fellows must be enrolled in full-time, in-residence degree programs which run during the regular academic year. Students in part-time, summer, or online programs are not eligible for consideration.
- Knox Fellowships are not awarded for postdoctoral or undergraduate study at Harvard.
Submitting your admissions application to Harvard University
It is absolutely vital that, in the same application season as applying for a Knox Fellowship, each candidate file an admissions application directly with the Graduate School of his/her choice at Harvard University; and each candidate must meet the admission requirements and timetable of the School concerned. Candidates are urged to begin correspondence with the particular School at the earliest possible date. Admission to a School is a prior condition of the award of a Knox Fellowship.
Candidates should submit applications for admission to the appropriate School at the earliest possible time and need not wait for the deadline. This application is separate from your Frank Knox Fellowship application.
Frank Knox Fellowship eligibility criteria
To apply for the Fellowship, you must meet all of the following requirements:
• Open to students from the United Kingdom who are normally residing in the UK
• No application will be considered from any student already in the United States.
• One must be wholly or mainly educated in the UK prior to university and (or will be) a graduate of a UK university.
• 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.
Candidates will be selected on the basis of academic excellence, strength of character, and potential for leadership in the applicant’s field. Mrs Knox expressed the hope that holders of the Fellowships, after gaining knowledge and experience from study away from the United Kingdom, would return to their homes to become leaders in their chosen fields.
Fellowship Applications
Frank Knox Fellowship applications are to be submitted online at: https://frankknox.harvard.edu/united-kingdom. ;
The application portal will open in October 2026 and the deadline to submit a completed application will be by 23.59 EST Boston time on February 1, 2027.
For further questions please contact: cgs@harvard.edu