Commonwealth Academic Fellowships 2017

Commonwealth Academic Fellowships are offered for early career academics from developing Commonwealth countries. These fellowships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas interests, supporting excellence in UK higher education, and sustaining the principles of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION WINDOW

CLOSED

DEADLINE

15 Nov 2016

PRIZES

Each scholarship provides:
Approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award (the CSC will not
reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor usually the cost of journeys made before your award is finally
Confirmed)

Research support grant, at a fixed rate according to your subject, payable to your host university

Stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,594 per month, or £1,977 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at 2016-2017 levels)

Grant towards the cost of preparing reports and other written work

Arrival allowance

Study travel grant towards the costs of approved travel within the UK or overseas

If you are widowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of £448 per month for the first child, and £110
per month for the second and third child under the age of 16, if you are accompanied by your children and solely legally responsible for them. The level of financial support provided through family allowances is under review and subject to change in both eligibility and rate

OTHER KEY DATES

You must provide the following supporting documentation to be received by the CSC by 6 January 2017 in order for your application to be eligible for consideration:

References from at least two individuals

Transcripts

For PhD candidates only, supporting statement from a proposed supervisor in the UK from at least one of the institutions named on your application form

HOST COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Note that while some organisers may accept applications from all around the world, you may still be required to travel to the host country in order to take part in the later stages of a competition for instance, or you may be required to live there for a period of time to take part in a funded programme (e.g. scholarship, incubator, accelerator).

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Credit: Commonwealth Academic Fellowships 2017

Date Added: 8 Oct 2016