Merton College, University of Oxford


MERTON MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP

This Scholarship is for Graduate Study in any subject at either Masters or Doctoral level at Merton College, University of Oxford and will be for two years (with a possibility of a third year for doctoral studies). If awarded a Merton College Marshall Scholarship candidates would be expected to study at Merton College, Oxford only.

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Winners of the Merton Marshall Scholarships


Sarah Horn

US University: United States Naval Academy

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sarah Horn will graduate from the United States Naval Academy commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. A political science major and racer on the Academy's Varsity Offshore Sailing Team, she has served in numerous leadership positions within the Brigade of Midshipmen and completed internships with Defense Intelligence Agency and the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel. Selected as the Academy's VADM James B. Stockdale Fellow, Sarah published a paper in the Center for the Study of the Presidency's annual anthology; her work analyzed American AIDS relief policy toward Africa. At the University of Oxford, Sarah plans to focus upon the role played by the American military in African development efforts.

Max Kleiman-Weiner

US University: Stanford University

Max Kleiman-Weiner
Max Kleiman-Weiner, of Santa Monica, California, will graduate in June 2009 from Stanford University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. As a Goldwater Scholar, Max pursued his interest in neuroscience through research at Stanford, UCLA and the Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai. His senior thesis investigated the neural circuits that underlie synchronized oscillations of sleep and epilepsy. At Stanford, he taught a course on the neural basis of memory, edits an undergraduate philosophy journal and helped design a nutritional intervention for Chinese students with the Rural Education Action Project. Max will pursue a D.Phil. in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.