COMMONWEALTH SPLIT-SITE SCHOLARSHIPS

To apply for this scholarship, applicants must:

1. Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country.
2. Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country.
3. Be registered for a PhD at a university in an eligible Commonwealth country by the time the scholarship starts in September 2024.
4. Ensure that an institutional or departmental link exists between the home university and proposed UK university. This link must be greater than simply a collaboration between individuals – see section on ‘Tenure and placement’ below for further details. Both supervisors must provide a supporting statement with further details of the link to ensure the application is eligible.
5. Be available to start academic study in the UK in September 2024.
6. By September 2024, hold a first degree of at least upper second-class (2:1) honours standard, or a lower second-class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree).
7. Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship.
8. Have provided all supporting documentation in the required format. The CSC aims to identify talented individuals who have the potential to make change. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants. For further information on the support available to scholars who share that they have a disability, see the CSC disability support statement. There is no age limit for CSC applications. Applicants are advised to confirm with their employers any age restrictions on leave entitlement they may have in place. Eligible countries Please note that only applicants from the eligible countries listed below can apply for Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships in 2024/25. Bangladesh Belize Botswana Cameroon Dominica Eswatini Fiji Gabon Ghana Grenada Guyana India Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Tanzania The Gambia Togo Tonga Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia

Stated amount: 146,304 Approved airfare from your home country to the UK and return at the end of your award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor the cost of journeys made before your award is confirmed)

1. Stipend £1,110 per month, or £1,362 per month for those at Universities at the rate of London metropolitan area
2. Approved tuition fee.
3. Warm Clothing Allowance, where applicable. Check the details, here - http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk Number of Scholarship is the subject to availability, for more please visit official website.

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1. Applications to the CSC must be made using the CSC’s online application system.
2. The CSC is unable to accept any applications or documentation not submitted via the online application system.
3. Applicants are advised to complete and submit applications as early as possible, as the online application system will be very busy in the days leading up to the application deadline.
4. Applicants must apply to study at a UK university which has a part funding agreement with the CSC. Part funding agreements are at the discretion of individual universities. For a list of universities that have agreed to part fund Commonwealth Scholarships, visit the UK universities with part funding agreements page on the CSC website.
5. Applicants can expect to hear the outcome by July 2024. We will contact all applicants by email and they should ensure all folders of their email accounts are monitored, including junk mail and spam folders. A scholarship offer may be withdrawn if an applicant is emailed but does not respond within a specified time.

Applications will be considered according to the following selection criteria:

1. Academic merit of the candidate
2. Quality of the research proposal
3. Potential impact on the development of the applicant’s home country For further details, please see the Commonwealth Scholarships selection criteria. Applicants should note the criteria carefully and link their answers in the application form to each point listed. Other Info Completing the application form In the application form, applicants are asked to: List all undergraduate and postgraduate university qualifications obtained. List up to 10 publications and prizes. Provide details of employment history and explain how the experience gained supports and is relevant to the programme to be undertaken in the UK. List names and positions of three referees who are qualified to comment on both their capacity to benefit from the proposed scholarship in the UK and their ability to deliver development impact afterwards. One of the referees must be a current employer (if applicable) and at least two references must be included with the application. Provide a Development Impact statement in four parts. In the first part applicants should explain how the proposed scholarship relates to: Development issues at the global, national, and local level. Development issues connected to the chosen CSC development theme and the wider sector. The second part should explain how they intend to apply their new skills once the scholarship ends. The third part should outline what they expect will change in development terms following the Scholarship, including: The outcomes that they aim to achieve The timeframe for their implementation Who the beneficiaries will be In the fourth part applicants should write about how the impact of their work could be best measured and evidenced. Applicants are also asked to: Confirm what their award objectives are and how each of them will be met by the scholarship programme. Confirm what their career plans are for the 5 years following the scholarship. Confirm their long-term career plans. Provide a detailed plan of study. Provide a personal statement to summarise the ways in which their personal background has encouraged them to want to make an impact in their home country. Applicants may wish to highlight any areas where they have already made significant contributions, including overcoming personal or community barriers in accessing higher education or within their field. Summarise the ways in which they have engaged in voluntary activities and the opportunities they have had to demonstrate leadership. Financial assistance Each scholarship provides: Approved airfare from the Scholar’s home country to the UK and return at the end of the award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependants, nor the cost of journeys made before the award is confirmed). Approved tuition fees: full fees are covered by agreement between the CSC and the UK university, and Scholars are not liable to pay for any part of the tuition fee. Stipend (living allowance) at the rate of £1,347 per month, or £1,652 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area (rates quoted at current levels). Warm clothing allowance, where applicable. Study travel grant towards the cost of study-related travel within the UK or overseas. If a Scholar is widowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of £576.61 per month for the first child, and £143 per month for the second and third child under the age of 16, if their children are living with them at the same address in the UK. If a Scholar shares that they have a disability, a full assessment of their needs and eligibility for additional financial support will be offered by the CSC. The CSC’s family allowances are intended to be only a contribution towards the cost of maintaining a scholar’s family in the UK. The true costs are likely to be considerably higher, and Scholars must be able to supplement these allowances to support any family members who accompany them to the UK.