This high-profile appointment reinforces our confidence in the future of this prestigious international scholarship programme and its capacity to nurture future leaders who will improve the lives of others.
-Bill Gates
Professor Everitt, currently Master of Downing College, Cambridge and a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences, has been included on a list of the 100 most cited neuroscientists. He succeeds the current Provost, Professor Robert Lethbridge, on 1 October 2013.
The Gates Cambridge Scholarships were established in 2000 by a donation of US$210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to the University of Cambridge, which represents the largest ever single donation to a UK university.
The Scholarships fund outstanding international postgraduate students who are selected on the basis of their intellectual ability, capacity for leadership, and a commitment to improving the lives of other.
Competition is fierce and global - over 4,000 applicants for 90 Scholarships each year.
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Image: Professor Barry Everitt
Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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