Deadline: 03 August, 2020
Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Commonwealth Professional Fellowships provide talented and motivated professionals with the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in their given sector.
The fellowships, for mid-career professionals from low and middle income Commonwealth countries, provide an opportunity for the participants to spend between six weeks and three months at a UK host organisation working on a programme of professional development.
Benefits
- Approved return airfare from the fellow’s home country to the UK
- Stipend (living allowance) payable monthly (or pro rata) for the duration of the award at the rate of £1,696 per month, or £2,104 per month for those at organisations in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at 2019-2020 levels)
- If a fellow declares a disability, a full assessment of needs and eligibility for additional financial support will be offered by the CSC
- Arrival allowance of up to £953.45 at current rates, including an element for warm clothing
- Reimbursement of the standard visa application fee
Eligibility
- Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British protected person
- Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country
- Five years, minimum, of work experience (full-time or part-time) in a profession related to the subject of the fellowships programme
- Be in employment at the time of application that you will return to upon completion of the fellowship
- Not have undertaken a Commonwealth professional fellowship within the last five years (at the time of application)
- Not be seeking to undertake an academic programme of research or study in the UK
- Academics are eligible to apply for the scheme, but only to undertake programmes of academic management, not research or courses relevant to their research subject
- Be available to undertake the fellowship between 01 February, 2021, and 15 March, 2021
To apply and for more information, click here.
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