Chevening LSE Fellowship 2026-2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 7, 2025

Applications are open for the Chevening LSE Fellowship 2026-2027. The British Embassy and British Consulates-General in China work carefully with various key Chinese establishments and high UK universities to help the skilled growth of mid-profession fellows in key thematic sectors all through distinct analysis fellowship programmes.

The Chevening LSE Fellowship is hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The fellowship is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Programme Structure

The Chevening LSE Fellowship permits profitable candidates to spend both three, six, or 9 months engaged on an outlined analysis challenge at LSE. Fellows will establish and safe an adviser, and will likely be hosted in a division, institute, or centre at LSE consistent with their analysis pursuits.

During their time at LSE, fellows are anticipated to work on their analysis and full a paper, which is then offered at LSE on the finish of the interval lined by the fellowship. Fellows can also audit related lectures (topic to teacher approval) and take part in seminars and dialogue teams all through their time at LSE.

The programme welcomes functions throughout all social science disciplines, with a specific emphasis on worldwide relations, public coverage and administration, public diplomacy, social, financial, and surroundings coverage, and growth research. All functions should embrace a analysis proposal.

Benefits

Each fellowship consists of:

• Full programme charges
• Living bills during the fellowship
• Return financial system airfare from China to the UK
• Allowance bundle for analysis-associated actions
• Access to a programme of cultural occasions and actions organised by the FCDO and the Chevening Secretariat

Eligibility

• Be a citizen of China, at present reside within the nation, and intend to return to China on the finish of the interval of study.
• Hold a postgraduate (PG) degree qualification (or equal skilled coaching or expertise in a related space) on the time of application.
• Obtained important and significant skilled expertise of 5 plus years of employment, or at present enrolled PhD candidate (PhD should not be with a UK/EU or USA college).
• Not maintain twin nationality the place one nationality is British (apart from for nationals exempt from this requirement listed within the Chevening Guidance for Applicants).
• Not be an worker, a former worker, or relative of an worker of His Majesty’s Government, or have been inside the final two years from the opening of Chevening functions (together with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, all British Embassies/High Commissions, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade and the UKVI), the British Council, or a sponsoring UK college.
• Agree to stick to all related pointers and expectations for the programme.

Additionally,

• Applicants who’ve beforehand obtained monetary profit from an HMG-funded scholarship or fellowship, are eligible to apply after a interval of 5 years following the completion of their first HMG-funded award and are required to exhibit their profession development from that time.
• Employees, former workers, or family of an worker of Chevening Partner organisations are eligible to apply, but when the employment befell inside the final two years, you can’t obtain a Chevening Partner Award from the organisation from which you’re employed, beforehand labored, or are affiliated with via family.

Application

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For extra data, go to Chevening LSE Fellowship.