Monday, September 6, 2010

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan – United Kingdom Award 2011

Worth: Tuition and examination fees, return airfare to the United Kingdom, thesis grant, initial arrival allowance, grant for expenses for approved travel, fieldwork costs. For scholars on three (3) year awards, a paid mid-term fare to their home country.


Allowances at the following rates:

Personal maintenance allowance - £ 828 per month or £1024 per month for those studying in the London Metropolitan area

For married scholars, a marriage allowance of £220 per month provided they live with their spouse

Child allowance of £136 per month for the first and £106 per month for the second and third child under the age of 16, provided they live with parent/scholar.

Offering Organisation: Government of the United Kingdom

Requirements: Scholarships are available for one year taught master’s degrees, six months of clinical training in Medicine or Dentistry, three year doctoral degree or 12 months’ non-degree study on a split-site basis to aid the completion of a doctoral degree undertaken at a university in the candidate’s home country.

Applicants must be Commonwealth citizens, hold a first degree with at least upper second class honours or a second class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification, which would normally be a Master’s degree.

Contact: Your Ministry of Education.

More info: For application forms, check http://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/developingcommonwealthscholarships.asp

Deadline: October 8

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