Imperial Global Development Fellowship 2025-2026 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: November 28, 2025

Applications are open for the Imperial Global Development Fellowship 2025-2026. The Global Development Fellowship intends to assist excessive impression, brief time period placements for PhD college students from Least Developed and Lower Middle-Income Countries, to spend time at Imperial College London.

With assist of their PhD supervisor, and a bunch supervisor at Imperial, college students from a Least Developed or Lower Middle Income Country (as specified by the OECD ODA Recipients record) could have the OPPORTUNITY to spend between 2 and 4 months at Imperial. Placements should be start in March 2026 and be accomplished by 31 July 2026.

Benefits

The Fund will present:

• A month-to-month stipend of £1,900
• A one-off £200 cost on arrival within the UK
• Return financial system class journey
• Payment for the usual visa application and Biometrics Residence Permit
• Financial assist for journey to the visa application centres

Note, solely people are eligible for the funding, dependents won’t be supported. Students are anticipated to rearrange their very own lodging in London in the course of their keep. Suggestions for potential lodging choices may be discovered within the scholar steering doc. 

Eligibility

Participants should:

• Be a present doctoral scholar.
• Be a passport holder and be a everlasting resident of a Least Developed (LDC) or Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC), as specified by the OECD ODA Recipients List. Note, this doesn’t embrace Upper Middle Income Countries.
• Be at present learning to your PhD at in establishment in an LDC or LMIC nation.
• Be over 12 months into their PhD on the time the position takes place.
• Have a Letter of Support from a tutorial host supervisor at Imperial. The supervisor ought to make sure that the Letter of Support is signed by the Head of Department.
• Have a Letter of Recommendation from their very own supervisor.

Application

To full the application, candidates might want to present:

• Details on background to point out how they meet the eligibility standards (included in application kind).
• A letter of advice from the home establishment, ideally from the PhD supervisor or advisor, addressing the candidates’ abilities and suitability for the position. This letter also needs to embrace affirmation that the applicant possesses a ample stage of English, to hold out the position.
• A letter of assist from the internet hosting supervisor at Imperial within the proposed host division/institute detailing coaching and assist that might be supplied. This should be signed by the Head of Department.
• Answer the next questions (within the application kind):
  • Provide a ‘layperson’ abstract of your PhD work (200 phrases)
  • What will you do throughout your analysis placement and the way will it add worth to your PhD? (500 phrases)
  • Explain how you’ll reap the benefits of this chance at Imperial to boost your private {and professional} abilities, competencies and networks (250 phrases)

The letter of advice and letter of assist should be emailed to [email protected] 

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Imperial Global Development Fellowship.