Background
Commonwealth Scholarships for students from the developing Commonwealth to study in the United Kingdom are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) (www.dfid.gov.uk).
Approximately 200-230 scholarships are awarded each year and the Commission seeks about three times more nominations than it has places available; therefore, candidates who are nominated are not certain to get a scholarship. There are no quotas for selections for any individual country or nominator.
Each year, the Commission writes to a number of NGOs and other programme partnerships asking for a specific number of nominations to be sent to it. Each organisation is responsible for its own selection process.
NGOs and programmes funded by DFID that will beinvited to nominate candidates for Scholarships in 2011 (please note that these organisations will undertake their own recruitment for candidates and do not invite direct applications)
- Canon Collins Trust
- Carnegie Corporation
- Ford Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
- Windle Trust International
- Certain DFID Research Programme Consortia
- Certain DelPHE lead institutions in developing Commonwealth countries
Terms and Conditions and Eligibility
Full details of the terms and conditions of Commonwealth Scholarships 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 128 KB)
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