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NAFA conference July 2011. Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Professor Robert Lethbridge Provost (CEO), Gates Cambridge Trust & Master, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Mr Jim Smith Executive Officer, Gates Cambridge Trust. Gates Cambridge Trust www.gatesscholar.org. Value. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Professor Robert Lethbridge
Provost (CEO), Gates Cambridge Trust & Master, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Gates Cambridge Trust www.gatesscholar.org
Mr Jim Smith
Executive Officer, Gates Cambridge Trust
NAFA conference July 2011
Value
Core components (per year)
• Living allowance of £13,000 in 2011 (US$21,000)
• University fee – c.£4K to c. £35K (US$6K, to US$55K)
• College fee - c. £2.3K (US$3.7K)
• Return airfare
• Total p.a. between £20K and £50K (US$32K – US$80K)
Discretionary components
• Family allowance, conferences, fieldwork, some fourth year funding for PhD Scholars, hardship funding
Eligibility
• Non-UK citizen
• Must gain admission to one of the following full-time graduate programs at Cambridge:
- PhD (three year research-only degree)
- One year postgraduate course (e.g. MPhil, LLM, MASt, Diploma, MBA etc.)
- MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree)
• No age limit
Applying
One application pack for:
• Admission to a degree course
• Membership to a Cambridge College
• A Gates Cambridge Scholarship
• Other relevant Cambridge funding
What to submit
• University’s GRADSAF application form
• Three references (2 x academic for University, 1 x personal reference for funding)
• Academic transcripts
• If required, any additional documents
Full details available from website 1 September 2011
Selection criteria and interpretation
Scholarships are awarded on the following criteria:
• intellectual ability
• a good academic fit with Cambridge
• leadership capacity
• a desire to use knowledge to improve the lives of others
No one ‘template’ for a Gates Scholar
Personal statement
The question:
“If you wish to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, please describe below – in not more than 500 words – how your interests and achievements, both academic and extra-curricular, demonstrate a capacity for leadership and a commitment to improving the lives of others. Please also set out why you think there is a good fit between your professional aspirations and the graduate programme at Cambridge for which you are applying.”
• Vital part of application
• Must be targeted to Gates Cambridge
• Help us distinguish them from other applicants
Personal reference
• Joint reference for Gates and other scholarships trusts:
Gates: “Please give below your assessment of the applicant’s leadership potential and commitment to improving the lives of others. Please attach a separate letter if necessary”
• Vital part of application
• Targeted to Gates Cambridge
• Standard, template letters not helpful
Departmental comments: example
Academic excellence
“Joe Bloggs is an outstanding candidate. He is in his final year as an undergraduate at University of Somewhere and has a 3.99 GPA. He was on the Dean’s list for the last three years and has been awarded numerous other honors. He is clearly in the very top bracket academically. “
Contact
“Prof X and Dr Y at Cambridge interviewed him on the telephone and have also had extensive email contact with him. “
Distinguished from other applicants
“He has shown a real interest in gaining experience throughout his undergraduate career by working in various labs. This has allowed him to gain valuable experience in a range of techniques and approaches. What was additionally impressive was his passion for science. “
Understanding of what Cambridge offers
“He had a surprisingly good grasp of what is being done in the relevant laboratory here and his questions were probing and mature. “
Selection process and timetable
US round
15 October
Late November
Mid-December
Late December
Early February
Within a week
International round
2 December
Mid-February
Early March
Mid March
Late March
Within a week
Stage
Application
Departmental ranking
Trust shortlisting committee
Interviewees contacted
Interviews
Selection
Update for 2012 application round
Stage US round Internationalround
Total applications 400 – 500 c. 2000
Ranked by departments c. 200 c.400
Interview 100 120
Successful 35 55
Success rate 7 - 8% 2 - 3%
Interviews:
• US in San Francisco on 3 and 4 February 2012
• International interviews in Cambridge on 28 and 29 March 2012
News for 2012
• Updated on-line application process
• University’s application fees
• International deadline – midnight 2 December
Estimated numbers for 2012
THE GATES CAMBRIDGE EXPERIENCE
FURTHER INFORMATION
• Gates Cambridge website - www.gatesscholar.org
• University of Cambridge - www.cam.ac.uk
• Email Jim: [email protected]