Harkness Fellowship History
The Commonwealth Fund is a philanthropic foundation established in the United States by Anna Harkness in 1918. Her son, Edward Stephen Harkness , initiated the Commonwealth Fund Fellowships in 1925. These were intended to reciprocate the Rhodes Scholarships by enabling British graduates to study in the United States. In 1927, the scheme was widened by the creation of Dominion Fellowships available to graduates from universities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa. In 1929, a further category of Dominion Civil Service Fellowships was established. The awards were tenable from nine to fifteen months and candidates were to be under the age of 40.
In 1961, the Fellowships were renamed the Harkness Fellowships. In addition to the Civil Service Fellowships, a new category of General Fellowships was set up, open to people in the fields of business, banking, politics, creative arts and journalism. The maximum tenure period was extended to 21 months.
Since June 1997, the activities of the Harkness Fellowships have been limited to the field of health care. The Fellowships are now considered one of the most prestigious award programs in health policy, and accept Fellows from Australia , Canada (known as Harkness Associates ), France, Germany , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway (as of 2009), Switzerland (as of 2009) and the United Kingdom . They are tenable for twelve months.
Current fellowship program
Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy & Practice spend a year conducting research at American institutions such as Harvard University , Brigham and Women's Hospital , Columbia University , Stanford University , Johns Hopkins University , Kaiser Permanente , or the Veterans Health Administration . They gain an in-depth understanding of the U.S. health care system and policy challenges, enhance their research skills, and develop contacts and opportunities for ongoing international collaboration.
In addition, Fellows attend a program of seminars during the year:
September: Orientation and Qualitative Research Methodology Workshop
November: International Symposium on Healthcare Policy, bringing together Health Ministers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States
February: Washington Policy Briefing held on Capitol Hill with members of the United States Congress and senior government officials
May: Canadian Policy Briefing on Federal and provincial health
June: Final Reporting Seminar and the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Administration and funding
The program is funded and administered by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City , with additional support for some Fellows coming from external bodies, namely:
Notable alumni
Professor David Armitage , transnational historian
Professor Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby , British botanist and educator
Professor Peter Atkins , professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford
Professor Sir Jonathan Bate , Shakespeare scholar and biographer
Professor Patrick Bateson , emeritus professor of ethology at Cambridge University
Professor Tim Beaglehole , chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington
J.G. Farrell , novelistSir Harrison Birtwistle , composer
Professor Colin Blakemore , neurobiologist and former chief executive of the Medical Research Council
Sir Ronald Bottrall , Cornish poet
Professor Hugh Brogan , historian and biographer
Sir George Malcolm Brown , geologist
Professor Sir Roy Calne British surgeon who performed the world's first liver, heart, and lung transplant
Sir Graeme Catto , president of the General Medical Council
The Reverend Professor Sarah Coakley , Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School
Justin Connolly , composerBarry Conyngham , composer, Vice Chancellor of Southern Cross UniversityAlistair Cooke , journalist and broadcaster of Letter from America Professor Sir Steven Cowley , theoretical physicist and Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr Nigel H Croft , Quality Expert, and key architect of the ISO quality management standards (ISO 9001 )
Professor Nicholas J. Cull , historian
Professor Marcus Cunliffe , former visiting professor of American studies at Harvard University
Mark Damazer , controller of BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7 Sir Howard Davies , director of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , composer, conductor and Master of the Queen's Music
Evan Davis , economist, journalist and television presenterProfessor Glyn Davis , vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne
Stuart Devlin , goldsmith and jeweller to Her Majesty the Queen Dr Jennifer Dixon , Chief Executive of the Health Foundation
Professor John Montfort Dunn , emeritus professor of political theory at King's College, Cambridge
Professor John Dupré , philosopher
Freeman Dyson , scientistSir Harold Evans , former editor of the Sunday Times
Sir Terry Farrell , architect of the MI6 Building
Professor Pamela Gillies , principal and vice-chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University
Fiona Godlee , editor of the BMJ Lawrence Goldman , historian and editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Anthony Green , painterKarl W. Gruenberg , British mathematicianNigel Hall , sculptor and draughtsmanProfessor Jonathan Harvey
Tom Hayhoe , chairman of the Legal Services Consumer Panel and the Taxation Disciplinary BoardAlastair Hetherington , editor of The Guardian , 1956–1975Tony Hey , academic and corporate vice-president of technical computing at Microsoft Dame Rosalyn Higgins , president of the International Court of Justice
Ronald Hilton , British-American academic who helped uncover the CIA 's clandestine preparations for the Bay of Pigs invasion Professor Masud Husain , neurologist
Peter Jenkins , journalistThe Hon. Shane Jones , New Zealand politician
Professor Ralph Kekwick , biochemist
Bridget Kendall , diplomatic correspondent for the BBC Graeme Koehne , Australian composer and chair of the Australia Council 's music boardRem Koolhaas , architect and principal of OMA Sally Laird , writer, editor and translatorProfessor Nicola LeFanu , composer
Professor Koen Lenaerts , professor of European Law and judge at the European Court of Justice
Sue Lenier , English poet and playwrightAnthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill , politicianMichael L'Estrange , Australian public servant and former Australian High Commissioner to the United KingdomGwyneth Lewis , Welsh poet, the first National Poet for Wales Professor David Lodge , British author
Piers Mackesy , military historianProfessor Roger Marsh , composer
Dr Martin Marshall , Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Sir Deryck Maughan , former chairman and CEO of Salomon Brothers Keith Milow , artistJulian Mitchell , playwright, screenwriter, novelistJan Morris , historian and travel writerProfessor Geoff Mulgan , former director of policy at 10 Downing Street and director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
Baron Murray of Newhaven , British academicSara Nathan , broadcast journalist and regulatorJulia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger , rabbi and social reformerPeter Nicholls , Australian literary scholar and criticJohm Nicolson Professor Claus Offe , political sociologist
Professor Derek Parfit , philosopher
Baron Penney , physicist responsible for the development of British nuclear technologyPeter Phillips , artist and pioneer of pop art Professor Randolph Quirk , British linguist, former Quain Professor at University College London .
Professor Dame Anne Marie Rafferty , British nurse, currently Professor of Nursing Policy Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery , King's College London and President of the Royal College of Nursing , UK.
Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford , British sociologistPeter Sands , Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered plcTim Severin , British explorerMalcolm Singer , composer, conductor and Director of Music, Yehudi Menuhin SchoolRichard Smith , painter and printmakerRandolph Stow , Australian writerAndrew Sullivan , writer, blogger and gay rights activistProfessor Barry Trimmer , biologist and creator of the world's first soft-bodied robot
Professor Rudolf G. Wagner , sinologist
Professor Sir David Wallace , director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge and master of Churchill College, Cambridge
Professor Denis Weaire , Irish physicist
Brett Whiteley , Australian artistProfessor Sir David Glyndwr Tudor Williams , former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Professor Jonathan Wolff , former chair of philosophy at University College London .
Adrian Wooldridge , Washington bureau chief and "Lexington" columnist for The Economist Professor Esmond Wright , historian
Hugo Young , British journalistProfessor Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman , mathematician
Ruth Louisa Cohen , economistProfessor Christina Pagel , Health services researcher and mathematician, Director of the UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit
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