UIowa Campus Nomination Deadline: 9.7.23 by 12:00 NOON

Audience: Current Seniors or recent grads

Areas of Study: STEM

Award Criteria: academic achievement, research experience and vision

Award Benefit: Funding for one-year research master's degree in STEM fields at the University of Cambridge. The estimated value of the award is $50,000, which covers all university fees and can be applied to living and travel costs.

Open to international students: No

Institutional Endorsement required: Yes. Applicants must apply through the University of Iowa's Office of Scholar Development.

The Churchill Foundation’s Scholarship Program offers American citizens of exceptional ability and outstanding achievement the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in biological sciences, physical sciences, medical sciences and public health, engineering, computer science, psychology, biological anthropology, archeology, or musical studies: music and science at Cambridge. Students of exceptional talent who have significant research experience and who have already been honored through other awards or recognitions will make the strongest applicants. Applicants must demonstrate the capacity to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the sciences, social sciences, engineering, or mathematics by pursuing original, creative work at an advanced level as indicated by awards, prizes, research, and letters of recommendation. Applicants in the sciences and engineering must demonstrate extensive laboratory experience, internships, or related work, and applicants in mathematics must show substantial independent work. 

The University of Iowa has nurtured the talents of five Churchill Scholars, including James Ankrum (2007), Maria Drout (2009), Suzanne Carter (2012), Colorado Reed (2012), and Guowei Qi (2021).