Fund Details
Keasbey Scholarship
Award Amount
fully supports two years of graduate study at select UK universities
Competition Type
Global/National - Yale Endorsement

Brief Description:

Please note: Yale is invited to nominate candidates for the Keasbey every three years. The Keasbey will be offered in 2025-2026.

Application for the Keasbey Fellowship is via the Marshall/Rhodes Common Application.

Marguerite Keasbey established the Henry Griffith Keasbey and Anna Griffith Keasbey memorial Foundation in 1953 to honor her parents. In the interest of promoting Anglo-American relations and providing Americans with an opportunity to experience the British educational system, the Keasbey Memorial Foundation awards scholarships annually to support one or two years of postgraduate study (depending on the duration of the degree course for which application is made) at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Edinburgh.

The Keasbey Scholarship award consists of a direct payment to the British institution involved to cover tuition and other fixed charges, a cost of living stipend paid to the Scholar to cover board, lodging, and general subsistence, and an allowance for travel between the United States and Great Britain. The stipend is approximately equal to that of the Rhodes Scholarship.




Description:

The Keasbey Scholarship will be offered in 2025-2026.

Marguerite Keasbey established the Henry Griffith Keasbey and Anna Griffith Keasbey Memorial Foundation in 1953 to honor her parents. In the interest of promoting Anglo-American relations and providing Americans with an opportunity to experience the British educational system, the Keasbey Memorial Foundation awards scholarships annually to support one or two years of postgraduate study (depending on the duration of the degree course for which application is made) at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Edinburgh.

Yale College is one of a select group of American institutions invited every three years to nominate candidates to the national competition. In the autumn of 2025, Yale is invited to nominate two members of the class of 2026 for the Keasbey, for study beginning in 2026-27 Nominees will be invited for interviews via Zoom by the Trustees of the Keasbey Foundation in December, and it is expected that two Scholars will be named for study in Britain beginning in 2026-27.

The Keasbey Scholarship award consists of a direct payment to the British institution involved to cover tuition and other fixed charges, a cost of living stipend paid to the Scholar to cover board, lodging, and general subsistence, and an allowance for travel between the United States and Great Britain. The stipend is approximately equal to that of the Rhodes Scholarship. 



Application Information:

Applications should be submitted via the Marshall/Rhodes Common Application accessible via the 'Apply' link. 

Please see the description of the Marshall/Rhodes Common Application for details.

•Following the campus application deadline, the Yale committee reads applications and interviews short-listed candidates.
•Students who receive Yale's endorsement for the Marshall/Rhodes scholarships, plus any shortlisted applicants who indicated they would like to apply for the Keasbey only, will constitute the shortlist for the Keasbey Scholarship.
•Once Marshall/Rhodes selections have been announced in the fall, the Keasbey committee will make their selection from those who remain on the shortlist.

Candidates must apply to the degree program of their choice at Cambridge or Oxford in parallel to submitting an application to the Yale College Keasbey Fellowship Committee. Since certain popular programs fill up quickly, the Cambridge/Oxford application should be initiated early and must be completed well before the application deadline for the degree course of choice.



Special Eligibility Requirements:

The qualities the Keasbey Foundation expects in applicants are academic excellence, active participation in extracurricular activities, leadership abilities, and personal promise.

Eligible to apply for nomination every three years are graduating seniors who are US citizens. After the Yale College class of 2026, the next class eligible for the Keasbey at Yale is expected to be the class of 2029.




Restrictions to Use of Award:

A Keasbey Scholar may not hold another scholarship, such as a Rhodes or Marshall, or a Yale fellowship.

The Keasbey Scholarship may not be deferred or interrupted.


Links to Additional Information:


  1. Yale Fellowships office guidance on UK fellowships
  2. Keasbey - official website
  3. University of Cambridge
  4. University of Edinburgh
  5. University of Oxford


Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact Alison Bumke at alison.bumke@yale.edu

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