Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships for Study at Harvard University

The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships were established at Harvard University in 1945 by a gift from Annie Reid Knox, wife of the late Frank Knox, who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the 1940s. Frank Knox believed that strong ties between the United States and the British Commonwealth were essential to international peace. The Knox Memorial Fellowship program promotes this legacy through scholarly exchange, in part by providing fellowships to students from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom who wish to conduct graduate study at Harvard University. Fellows are selected on the basis of academic excellence, strength of character and potential for leadership in their field. A Knox Fellowship pays full Harvard tuition and mandatory health insurance fees and provides a stipend sufficient to cover the living expenses of a single Fellow for a 10-month academic year. Recipients who are admitted to a Harvard degree program that requires multiple years of study are guaranteed two years of Knox funding, provided they remain in good academic standing. The fellowships are open to Australian citizens who are normally residing in Australia and who have completed or will complete a first or higher degree at an Australian university. Applicants must be studying for a first or higher degree and will graduate in the relevant academic year, or have completed a first or higher degree and graduated no earlier than five years prior. Knox Fellowships do not support medical research, post-doctoral research or other research appointments at Harvard University. Normally, Frank Knox Fellows must be in residence in the Cambridge/Boston area for the first two academic years of their degree program. The fellowship will not support students whose programs require extensive fieldwork during this period. Candidates from all fields of study are eligible to apply, with preference given to degree seeking candidates.