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APPLY NOW: Commonwealth Professional Fellowships 2024/2025 For Developing Countries – UK
The Commonwealth Professional Fellowships offer an opportunity for mid-career professionals from low- and middle-income countries to engage in a period of professional development at a UK Host organization within their respective sector. The main purpose is to enable these professionals to enhance their knowledge and skills while also having a positive impact on their workplaces. The intended beneficiaries are mid-career professionals with at least five years of relevant work experience, employed in organizations located in low and middle-income Commonwealth countries.
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Additional Information
Program Type
Fully Funded
Program Benefits
Each Fellowship provides:
Approved return airfare from the Fellow’s home country to the UK
Reimbursement of the standard visa application fee
Stipend (living allowance) payable monthly (or pro rata) for the duration of the award at the rate of £1,944 per month, or £2,397 per month for those at organisations in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at 2022/23 levels
If a Fellow declares a disability, a full assessment of needs and eligibility for additional financial support will be offered by the CSC. See the CSC disability support statement for more information
Arrival allowance of up to £1,061.10 (rates quoted at 2021/22 levels), including an element for warm clothing
A maximum of £3,000 per fellow can be agreed by host organisations for short courses/conferences as well as travel to visit other UK organisations where this forms an integral part of the programme. Host organisations should bear in mind the restrictions set out in our guidance on claimable costs.
Approved return airfare from the Fellow’s home country to the UK
Reimbursement of the standard visa application fee
Stipend (living allowance) payable monthly (or pro rata) for the duration of the award at the rate of £1,944 per month, or £2,397 per month for those at organisations in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at 2022/23 levels
If a Fellow declares a disability, a full assessment of needs and eligibility for additional financial support will be offered by the CSC. See the CSC disability support statement for more information
Arrival allowance of up to £1,061.10 (rates quoted at 2021/22 levels), including an element for warm clothing
A maximum of £3,000 per fellow can be agreed by host organisations for short courses/conferences as well as travel to visit other UK organisations where this forms an integral part of the programme. Host organisations should bear in mind the restrictions set out in our guidance on claimable costs.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for these Fellowships, prospective fellows must:
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
Have at least five years’ full-time, or equivalent part-time, relevant work experience, in a profession related to the subject of the fellowship programme, by the proposed start of the fellowship – voluntary work experience will not be counted towards this minimum
Be in employment at the time of application at an organisation that they will return to upon completion of the fellowship
Provide at least two references, one of which must be from their current employer. Any applications for which references are not received by the reference closing date will be considered ineligible.
Not have undertaken a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship within the last five years (at the time of taking up the award)
Not be seeking to undertake an academic programme of research or study. 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 their fellowship from the prescribed start date.
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
Have at least five years’ full-time, or equivalent part-time, relevant work experience, in a profession related to the subject of the fellowship programme, by the proposed start of the fellowship – voluntary work experience will not be counted towards this minimum
Be in employment at the time of application at an organisation that they will return to upon completion of the fellowship
Provide at least two references, one of which must be from their current employer. Any applications for which references are not received by the reference closing date will be considered ineligible.
Not have undertaken a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship within the last five years (at the time of taking up the award)
Not be seeking to undertake an academic programme of research or study. 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 their fellowship from the prescribed start date.
Eligible Countries
Developing countries
Application Procedure
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