Welcome
Following the assassination of President John F Kennedy in November 1963, an appeal was launched in the UK to enable British people to contribute to a fund in his memory.
The money was used to endow a fund to enable British post-graduate students to study at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to create a landscaped memorial at Runnymede.
The Runnymede Memorial was opened by the Queen in May 1965 and the first group of Kennedy Scholars went over to Harvard and MIT to begin their courses of study in September 1966.
Since then, 468 British students have been awarded Kennedy Scholarships. Many have gone on to distinguish themselves in academia, public service, the professions, politics, the media, business and other varied careers.
Every autumn a national competition takes place to select the next group of Scholars for the following academic year. The Trustees are keen to attract a strong and diverse field of candidates from throughout the UK.