The Commission supports mid-career academics from developing countries to spend periods of up to six months in a UK academic institution. These awards are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) (see www.dfid.gov.uk).
In most cases, nominations are made through specific developing country universities, who are responsible for advertising the awards amongst their staff. In the case of Bangladesh and India, they are made by the University Grants Commission. Sri Lanka nominates through the Ministry of Education and Pakistan through the Higher Education Commission. Each year, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission writes to each nominating institution asking for a specific number of nominations to be sent to it. Each institution is responsible for its own selection process, and in most cases will set a deadline date in the months preceding this. All enquiries should be made to the appropriate institution in a candidate's home country and candidates must check with them before submitting an application for specific advice on how to make an application and for their own closing dates for applications to reach them.
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Approximately 60-70 Fellowships are awarded each year.
Terms and Conditions and Eligibility in 2011
Full details of the terms and conditions of Commonwealth Fellowships are included in the Prospectus (please note in particular the eligibility criteria):
Please note that there are additional requirements for awards involving Clinical training in Medicine and Dentistry.
Applications are considered according to the following selection criteria:
• Academic merit of the candidate
• The quality of the proposal
• The likely impact of the work on the development of the candidate’s home country
For more details please see: Selection Criteria 2011 (PDF 109 KB)
Making an Application
All applications should be made through a candidate's nominating institution in their home country and candidates must check with them in the first instance for specific advice on how to make an application to them and for their own closing dates. A list of institutions in the developing Commonwealth invited to nominate candiates for Academic Fellowships can be found above.
The Commission cannot accept any applications direct from candidates.
The Commission expects all candidates who are nominated for an Academic Staff Fellowship to have completed an application form using our Electronic Application System (EAS). Full help on how to do this is given in our guides which should be read in full before any attempt to complete the EAS is made. The guides and the EAS can be accessed through the following link:
Make an application using the EAS here
Please note that the closing date for candidates to submit applications using the EAS is 00.01 GMT on 8 December 2010.
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