GLOBAL GRANT PROCESS
District 5300 has committed funding for awarding one Global Grant scholarship for 2024-2025. A second scholarship may be available if otherwise committed District Foundation funds are not spent.
The scholarship is to supplement a student costs to obtain a Masters’ (or Doctorate) at a foreign university of one’s choice (in a city where there is a Rotary Club). Direct relatives of Rotarians may not apply. A Rotary Club may submit only one scholar applicant per year for consideration.
A scholarship amount is a minimum of $30,000, funded by District 5300 and Rotary International. The sponsoring Rotary Club is encouraged to add another $1,000.
A potential scholar’s coursework in high school and college, extra-curricular activities, and career goals, must align with a RI Area of Focus. These Areas are: Promoting Peace; Fighting Disease; Providing Clean Water; Saving Mothers and Children; Supporting Education; Growing Local Economies; and Objectives for the Environment.
Scholarships | Rotary International
An interested student must complete the RI Global Grant Scholarship template. This application is to include: transcripts; a resume; and proof of acceptance (conditional or final) from the foreign university of one’s choice. If the latter is still pending, provide some communication that an application to the foreign university has been submitted and is under consideration. Applications are due to the sponsoring Rotary Club by February 28, 2025.
There will be two interviews: one at the Club level (where the Club Board of Directors must approve the candidate); and a second, by the District Global Grant scholar committee.
Candidates will be scheduled for a face to face (preferred) or an on-line interview, by mid-March 2025. This scholarship is subject to final approval of Rotary International.
McMullin Graduate Scholarship
District 5300 also offers post-graduate scholarships to a foreign university of one’s choosing, but specifically for a graduate of the United States Military Academy or Claremont McKenna College.
The J. Carolyn and Joseph B. McMullin Endowed scholarship was created by Joseph McMullin in 2011 with $150,000. Four scholarships have thus far been awarded with the interest generated. Approximately $27,300 is currently available.
McMullin was a member of the Altadena Rotary Club from the late 60s to June, 2000 where he served as President, and as a District Governor (1988-89). He died September 19, 2019, in North Myrtle Beach, SC, at 96 years of age. He was a World War II veteran, and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
For more information about these available scholarships, contact:
- District Global Grant Scholar: Chair William Payne, bill.[email protected] / 626.252.9505, or
- District Foundation: Chair Mark Mariscal, [email protected] / 323.816.6713
Updates from our Scholars
Mark Liang, Global Scholar, and His Initial Impressions of Cambridge
Greetings from Cambridge! After many jetlagged nights, frantic scrambling for laundry detergent, and the occasional Fresher’s Flu, I am finally settled into student life here in the university. I’m standing in front of my College housing, New Court, which dates back...
Introducing the First District 5300 Global Grant Scholar 2020-21
Rotary International announced that San Marino High School Class of 2015 graduate, Mark Liang, has received a Global Grant Scholarship for graduate study in the MPhil Health, Medicine and Society program at Cambridge University (UK) beginning this October. His...
Gaelen Stanford-Moore – Greetings from San Francisco
All is well in SF. I am still working, though they have cancelled all of our non-emergent surgeries. As part of the fellowship of Rotarian Doctors there have been bi-weekly phone calls with doctors from around the world to discuss the COVID pandemic. In San Francisco...
Jacqueline Chen – October 21, 2019
Hello from rainy Oxford! I hope everyone in San Marino is doing well; I just wanted to provide you with a little update on my studies and time across the pond so far! I am currently living at St. Catherine's College (which is one of Oxford's dormitories that I was...
Degree: Maters Global Scholars
2023-24
Ethan Wang
University College London
United Kingdom
2021-22
Mark Liang
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
2020-22
Anna Enger
Sciences Po, Paris
2019-20
Jacqueline Chen
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2018-19
Nicole Grajewski
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2017-18
Larissa Phillips
London School of Economics
London, United Kingdom
2016-17
Gaelen Stanford-Moore
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2016
Jennifer Binley
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Ambassadorial Scholars
2011-2012
Katarina Mayers
Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008-09
Christie Shu
Institute of Management,
Economics & Stategic Research
Almaty, Kahakhstan
2004-05
Carol Huang
American University at Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
2000-01
Brendan J. Murphy
London School of Economics
London, England
1996-97
Nicole R. Biles (Von Thaden)
SDA Bocconi
Milan, Italy
Semantha Johnston
University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
1995-96
Grace Wang
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
1994-95
Jeffrey Jonker
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland
1992-93
Jeffrey S. Holman
London School of Economics
London, England
1991-92
Julie Doyle (Roberts)
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
1989-90
Robina Luther Riccitiello
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Andrew Vollero
Oxford University
Oxford, England
1988-89
Jon Scott
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Rich Siefert
University of Liege
Liege, Belgium
1987-88
Andrew E. Crowell
London School of Economics
London, England
1986-87
Krista Baffa Coffin
University of Hong Kong
Honk Kong, China
Michael Reilly
University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
1984-85
Donnie Pinsky
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
1983-84
Diane Horwich (Falconer)
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
1979-80
Kristie Hubbard
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
Global Scholars
2021-22
Mark Liang
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
2020-22
Anna Enger
Sciences Po, Paris
2019-20
Jacqueline Chen
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2018-19
Nicole Grajewski
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2017-18
Larissa Phillips
London School of Economics
London, United Kingdom
2016-17
Gaelen Stanford-Moore
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2016
Jennifer Binley
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Ambassadorial Scholars
2011-2012
Katarina Mayers
Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008-09
Christie Shu
Institute of Management,
Economics & Stategic Research
Almaty, Kahakhstan
2004-05
Carol Huang
American University at Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
2000-01
Brendan J. Murphy
London School of Economics
London, England
1996-97
Nicole R. Biles (Von Thaden)
SDA Bocconi
Milan, Italy
Semantha Johnston
University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
1995-96
Grace Wang
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
1994-95
Jeffrey Jonker
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland
1992-93
Jeffrey S. Holman
London School of Economics
London, England
1991-92
Julie Doyle (Roberts)
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
1989-90
Robina Luther Riccitiello
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Andrew Vollero
Oxford University
Oxford, England
1988-89
Jon Scott
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Rich Siefert
University of Liege
Liege, Belgium
1987-88
Andrew E. Crowell
London School of Economics
London, England
1986-87
Krista Baffa Coffin
University of Hong Kong
Honk Kong, China
Michael Reilly
University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
1984-85
Donnie Pinsky
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
1983-84
Diane Horwich (Falconer)
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
1979-80
Kristie Hubbard
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
Global Scholars
2021-22
Mark Liang
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
2020-22
Anna Enger
Sciences Po, Paris
2019-20
Jacqueline Chen
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2018-19
Nicole Grajewski
Oxford University
Oxford, England
2017-18
Larissa Phillips
London School of Economics
London, United Kingdom
2016-17
Gaelen Stanford-Moore
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2016
Jennifer Binley
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Ambassadorial Scholars
2011-2012
Katarina Mayers
Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008-09
Christie Shu
Institute of Management,
Economics & Stategic Research
Almaty, Kahakhstan
2004-05
Carol Huang
American University at Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
2000-01
Brendan J. Murphy
London School of Economics
London, England
1996-97
Nicole R. Biles (Von Thaden)
SDA Bocconi
Milan, Italy
Semantha Johnston
University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
1995-96
Grace Wang
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
1994-95
Jeffrey Jonker
University of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland
1992-93
Jeffrey S. Holman
London School of Economics
London, England
1991-92
Julie Doyle (Roberts)
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
1989-90
Robina Luther Riccitiello
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Andrew Vollero
Oxford University
Oxford, England
1988-89
Jon Scott
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Rich Siefert
University of Liege
Liege, Belgium
1987-88
Andrew E. Crowell
London School of Economics
London, England
1986-87
Krista Baffa Coffin
University of Hong Kong
Honk Kong, China
Michael Reilly
University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
1984-85
Donnie Pinsky
University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
1983-84
Diane Horwich (Falconer)
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
1979-80
Kristie Hubbard
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
