Overview
- The 2026 class was chosen from 1,023 applicants, according to the official announcement from the UK government.
- Recipients represent 31 universities in 22 states, with nearly a third from public institutions and two from U.S. military academies.
- The University of San Diego and Oregon State University are represented for the first time in the program’s history.
- Harvard produced five scholars this year, the most of any institution, including Kashish Bastola, Hannah Duane, Tenzin Gund-Morrow, Ashwin Sivakumar, and Edith Siyanbade.
- The scholarship, created by the British Parliament in 1953 to honor George C. Marshall, counts alumni such as Supreme Court justices, a CIA director, Pulitzer winners, and Nobel laureates.