PRESS RELEASE : British Government announces winners of 2024 Marshall Scholarships [December 2023]
The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 11 December 2023.
The British Government announced today the 51 winners of 2024 Marshall Scholarships – the largest class in the history of the scholarship program.
Washington, DC (11 December 2023) – The British Government announced today the 51 winners of 2024 Marshall Scholarships, the largest class in the seven decades-running scholarship program. The recipients, considered among America’s most accomplished undergraduate university students and recent graduates, were chosen following an intense selection process and will begin graduate studies at top universities across the United Kingdom next year.
The Marshall Scholarship program was created by an Act of British Parliament in 1953 as a living memorial to former US Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and the USA for assistance under the Marshall Plan. The scholarship allows for up to three years of graduate study in any academic topic at any university in the UK, home to 17 of the top 100 universities in the world.
Dame Karen Pierce, British Ambassador to the USA, said:
Nearly 70 years after the first group of American students journeyed across the Atlantic, the Marshall Scholarship program remains an integral part of the UK-US relationship. The British Government is excited to welcome this diverse and incredibly talented group of students to our shores, who embody the spirit and values that have animated the bilateral relationship.
Twelve scholars were selected in the original 1954 class (eight men and four women) becoming one of the first co-educational national scholarships in UK history and 21 years before the British Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 banned the exclusion of women in education. Since that time, over 2,200 American men and women have received graduate degrees through the Marshall Scholarship before going on to play leading roles in American society.
Among this year’s class are aspiring diplomats, doctors, fighter pilots and scientists. Half of the 2024 class will pursue STEM-related degrees, including several who will study issues relating to the ethics and advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The focus on attracting America’s top young scientific minds reflects the UK Government’s effort to transform Britain into a ‘Science & Technology Superpower’ by 2030. Last month, the UK hosted the first-ever global AI Summit, which saw 28 nations reach a landmark agreement to collaborate on the challenges and opportunities of AI. Earlier this year, the UK and US also agreed to a new economic partnership known as the ‘Atlantic Declaration’, pledging joint collaboration and investment in developing advanced technologies like AI, quantum and 6G.
John Raine, Chair of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, said:
The Marshall Scholarship has a proud history of helping to drive scientific innovation. From Ray Dolby’s revolutionary advancements in audio engineering to Dr. Dan Barouch’s critical role in spearheading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, Marshall Scholars are continuing to push the scientific boundaries of what’s possible.
The program received 1006 applications this year, from candidates representing academic institutions across the United States. 34 US universities across 21 US States and the District of Columbia are represented, nearly a third of which are state or public universities and military service academies. Mississippi State University, Washington & Lee University (VA) and the University of Hawaii at Hilo will send Marshall Scholars to the UK for the first time ever. Awards were extended to scholars representing the University of Denver and the University of Mississippi for the first time in two decades.
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 2024 class will take up their studies at 18 different institutions across the UK starting next September, ranging from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to Loughborough University in Leicestershire.
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 2024 winners are:
| Recipient | US University |
|---|---|
| Adrian Ali-Caccamo | Georgetown University |
| Richard Allen | Harvard University |
| Robert Atkinson | Yale University |
| Arushi Avachat | UCLA |
| Simar Bajaj | Harvard University |
| Jamila Beesley | Brown University |
| Xavier Blackwell-Lipkind | Yale University |
| Alexis Bradstreet | US Military Academy |
| Madison Brode | Mississippi State University |
| Jilkiah Bryant | University of Mississippi |
| Kaitlin Bui | Brown University |
| Anushree Chaudhuri | MIT |
| Hari Choudhari | Georgetown University |
| Rosie Contino | University of Denver |
| Charlotte d’Halluin | US Naval Academy |
| Alexander Dyer | Harvard University |
| Ashley Fuchs | University of Pennsylvania |
| Logan Glasstetter | Duke University |
| Liza Goldberg | Stanford University |
| Owen Graham | US Air Force Academy |
| Naomi Greenberg | Georgetown University |
| Austin Hickle | Southern Methodist University |
| Robby Hill | Yale University |
| Maeve Janecka | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Haaris Jilani | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Ahalya Lettenberger | Rice University |
| Rupert Li | MIT |
| Andrew Lorenzen | Cornell University |
| Maryann Lorino | Tulane University |
| Michael Lundgren | Georgetown University |
| Kendra Lyimo | University of Notre Dame |
| Sarosh Nagar | Harvard University |
| Kit Neikirk | University of Hawaii – Hilo |
| Gina Ngo | Villanova University |
| Mary Olson | Columbia University |
| Ethan Ostrow | University of Chicago |
| Nils Peterson | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| Amarachukwu Precious Ifeji | Northeastern University |
| Eva Rothenberg | Emory University |
| Olivia Sally | Yale University |
| Ronald Sullivan III | Harvard University |
| Maxwell Teszler | Dartmouth University |
| Samuel Thorpe | Williams College |
| Cameron Tice | Auburn University |
| Kyle Tucker | Indiana University – Bloomington |
| Martayn Van de Wall | US Military Academy |
| Iona Volynets | Syracuse University |
| Anya Wahal | Georgetown University |
| Kathryn Yurechko | Washington & Lee University |
| Dorothy Zhao | Michigan State University |
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 three 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 (ret.) 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
- Dr. Dan Barouch, Leading COVID-19 vaccine researcher and William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
- Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific, White House National Security Council; Nominee for Deputy Secretary of State at US State Department
- Reid Hoffman, Philanthropist and founder of social networking platform LinkedIn
- Lisa Cook, Economist and currently the first African-American woman and first person of color to sit on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
- Congressmen Derek Kilmer (WA-6th CD) and Gabe Amo (RI-1st CD)
- Kris Kobach, Attorney General of the State of Kansas
- Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for the State of Michigan
- Anne McClain, NASA Astronaut who served aboard the International Space Station in 2018
- Roger Tsien, 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
- Ray Dolby, Founder of Dolby Laboratories and 1997 winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- Rebecca F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War book trilogy
