Harkness Fellowship

Harkness Fellowship
Awarded forstudy of healthcare practice and policy in the United States for students from abroad
Sponsored byThe Commonwealth Fund
Formerly calledThe Commonwealth Fellowship
Established1925
Websitewww.commonweathfund.org

The Harkness Fellowship (previously known as the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship) is a program run by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. This fellowship was established to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships and enable Fellows from several countries to spend time studying in the United States.[1]

Recipients of the scholarship include a president of the International Court of Justice; former chairman and CEO of Salomon Brothers; a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; the controller of BBC Radio 4; the editor of the Sunday Times; former directors of the Medical Research Council, the London School of Economics and the General Medical Council; and a vice president of Microsoft.

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