Washington, DC (13 December 2021) -The British Government announced today the 41 winners of the 2022 Marshall Scholarships. The winners, considered among the top undergraduate university students and recent graduates in the United States, were chosen following a rigorous, months-long selection process. They will begin graduate studies at top academic institutions across the United Kingdom beginning in September next year.
The latest class of the UK's 68-year-old Marshall Scholarship programme reflects a wide range of cultural, academic and geographic backgrounds. Among the cohort are nationally-recognized LGBT rights advocates, artists, award-winning documentary filmmakers and scientists conducting cutting-edge research on Artificial Intelligence and space travel. This year's class also features the largest number of Service Academy graduates in the scholarship's history, with seven Marshall Scholars hailing from the US Military Academy (three), US Naval Academy (two) and the US Air Force Academy (two).
"Marshall Scholars continue to represent the very best of American society, from their ingenuity and creativity to their commitment to public service," said Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the United States. "For decades, the scholarship has played an important role in supporting young future leaders such as these and I am excited for them to continue their development at some of the UK's top universities." The program received nearly 1,000 applications from top undergraduate students representing institutions across the United States. Of the 33 US universities represented, nearly a third are from state or public universities. The University of New Hampshire won its first ever scholarship and the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (1993) and Montana State University (2013) won for only the second time in their respective histories.
"We are delighted to host them in the UK and welcome them into the long and proud tradition of Marshall Scholars who have contributed so much to the US, UK and the world," said John Raine, Chair of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. "I am pleased in particular to welcome Scholars from Universities who have not sent Marshall Scholars before and hope even more US Universities will encourage candidates next year"
The program is principally funded by the British Government, but also benefits from generous support through partnership arrangements with world-leading British academic institutions, allowing winners to pursue graduate degrees in almost any academic subject at any university in the UK. The 2022 class will take up their studies at 21 different institutions across the UK starting next September, ranging from London institutions such as King's College London to the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
The scholarship program also continues to receive generous support from the Association of Marshall Scholars (AMS), the official alumni organisation of the Marshall Scholarship. The British Schools & Universities Foundation (BUSF) also provides generous support and funds for a scholarship.
The full list of 2022 winners are:
| Student | US University | UK University |
|---|---|---|
| Yasa Baig | Duke University | University of Cambridge |
| Samuel Brody | United States Air Force Academy | University of Oxford |
| Allyson Burba | United States Air Force Academy | London School of Economics |
| Julia Chaffers | Princeton University | University College London |
| Herman Chavez | University of California - Los Angeles | King's College London |
| Maggie Chen | Harvard University | Imperial College London |
| Kennedy Crowder | University of Pennsylvania | University of Bristol |
| Aissa Dearing-Benton | Howard University | University of Oxford |
| Jackson Foster | University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa | Durham University |
| Isabelle Galko | Southern Methodist University | University of Oxford |
| Matthew Gannon | Dartmouth College | University of Manchester |
| Rohit Goyal | Yale University | London School of Economics |
| Nicolas Graber-Mitchell | Amherst College | University of Oxford |
| Tommy Hall | United States Military Academy | University of Cambridge |
| Kade Heckel | United States Naval Academy | University of Sussex |
| Myya Helm | West Virginia University | Cardiff University |
| Callie Holley | New York University | Birmingham City University |
| Jonathan Kuo | University of California - Berkeley | University of Manchester |
| Abrita Kuthumi | University of New Hampshire | University of Sussex |
| Abdullah Kuziez | Washington University in St. Louis | University of Oxford |
| Annie Li | Emory University | University of Oxford |
| David Li | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | University of Cambridge |
| Maja Lynn | University of Pittsburgh | Queen's Universi ty Belfast |
| James Marek | Duke University | University of Edinburgh |
| Greta Markey | Carnegie Mellon University | University of East Anglia |
| Andrew McDonald | Michigan State University | University of Cambridge |
| Kennedy Miller | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Royal Academy of Music |
| Lydia Nyacheio | University of Wisconsin - Madison | University of Manchester |
| Ifeyinwa Ojukwu | Syracuse University | University College London |
| Chinaza Okonkwo | University of Pennsylvania | University of Oxford |
| Nina Potischman | Ponoma College | University of Exeter |
| Akhil Rajan | Yale University | University of Oxford |
| Evan Robertson | United States Naval Academy | University of Strathclyde |
| Emma San Martin | United States Military Academy | University of Glasgow |
| Joshua Slaughter | University of Maryland - Baltimore County | University of Edinburgh |
| RB Smith | Williams College | University of Edinburgh |
| Osimiri Sprowal | Temple University | University of Warwick |
| Berenice Sylverain | Columbia University | University of Oxford |
| Henry Thompson | United States Naval Academy | King's College London |
| Nathaniel Trost | University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Max Yates | Montana State University | University of Cambridge |
About the Marshall Scholarship
Named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, the Marshall Scholarship Program began in 1953 as a gesture of gratitude to the people of the United States for the assistance that the UK received after World War II under the Marshall Plan. Since that time, it has remained uniquely positioned among national scholarships for its prestige and scope: offering talented young Americans the chance to study any academic subject at UK universities of their choice for up to 3 years. This has given rise to an unprecedented breadth of expertise in almost every academic field, producing numerous university presidents, six Pulitzer Prize winners, one Nobel Laureate, fourteen MacArthur Fellows, two-academy-Award nominees, two US Supreme Court Justices and a NASA Astronaut.
With over 2,200 scholarships awarded to date, Marshall Scholars are leading the conversation and direction of some of the most critical issues of our time. Notable winners of the scholarship include:
- Supreme Court Associate Justices Stephen Breyer and Neil Gorsuch
- William Burns, Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Anne Applebaum, Tom Friedman, Jeffrey Gettleman and Dan Yergin
- Ray Dolby, Founder of Dolby Laboratories and 1997 winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- Dr. Dan Barouch, Leading COVID-19 vaccine researcher and William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
- Reid Hoffman, Philanthropist and founder of social networking platform LinkedIn
- Anne McClain, NASA Astronaut who served aboard the International Space Station in 2018
- Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for the State of Michigan
- Patrick Hovakimian, Associate Deputy Attorney General, US Department of Justice
- Joshua Oppenheimer, Academy Award-nominated documentary film director of The Act of Killing
- Nancy Gibbs, Former Managing Editor of TIME Magazine
- Roger Tsien, 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
- R.F. Kuang, Author of the Poppy War book series and 2020 winner of the Astounding Award for Best New Writer
