Commonwealth Fellowship Programme 2026/2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: August 25, 2026

Applications are open for the Commonwealth Fellowship Programme 2026/2027. From 2026/27, the CSC has launched a brand new ‘Commonwealth Fellowship Programme’ that includes two strands: the present Professional Fellowships alongside a brand new strand of Academic Fellowships.

Commonwealth Academic and Professional Fellowships are for residents of Commonwealth international locations to spend a time period within the UK at an organisation working on a programme {of professional} or educational improvement which may have a developmental affect upon their return home. 

Benefits

Each fellowship offers: 

• Approved return airfare from the Fellow’s home nation to the UK.  
• Reimbursement of the usual visa application payment.  
• Stipend (residing allowance) payable month-to-month (or professional rata) at some stage in the award on the price of £2,218 per thirty days, or £2,753 per thirty days for these at organisations within the London metropolitan space (charges quoted at 2025/26 ranges).  
• If a Fellow declares a incapacity, a full evaluation of wants and eligibility for extra monetary assist might be provided by the CSC.  
• Arrival allowance of as much as £1,247.09 (charges quoted at 2025/26 ranges), together with a component for heat clothes.  
• Additional charges may be agreed for prices related to Fellows attending quick programs/conferences in addition to journey to go to different UK organisations the place this types an integral part of the programme. Programmes from six weeks to 2 months can declare as much as £1,000 and programmes of two months to three months can declare as much as £2,000.  These prices might be paid on to the host organisation. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for these Fellowships, potential Fellows should:

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee standing by an eligible Commonwealth nation, or be a British Protected Person.
• Be completely resident in an eligible Commonwealth nation. Prospective Fellows mustn’t have indefinite go away to stay within the UK.
• Professional Fellows: have at the least 5 years’ full-time, or equal part-time, related work expertise, in a career associated to the topic of the Fellowships programme, by the proposed begin of the fellowship – voluntary work expertise is not going to be counted in the direction of this minimal. 
• Academic Fellows: maintain a PhD and be employed by a college in a Commonwealth nation aside from the UK.  
• Be in employment on the time of application at an organisation that they may return to upon completion of the fellowship.
• Provide at the least two references, one in every of which should be from their present employer. Any purposes for which references aren’t obtained might be thought-about ineligible.
• Not have undertaken a Commonwealth Fellowship throughout the final 5 years (on the time of taking on the award).
• Be out there to undertake their fellowship from the prescribed begin date.

Application

Applications for Fellows open at 9:00 BST Tuesday 28 July and shut at 16:00 BST Tuesday 25 August.

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For extra data, go to Commonwealth Fellowship.