Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarships are offered for citizens of developing Commonwealth countries. These scholarships are funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), with the aim of contributing to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas interests, supporting excellence in UK higher education, and sustaining the principles of the Commonwealth. For information on other scholarships offered by the CSC, visit our Apply page.
You can apply for a Commonwealth Split-site (PhD) Scholarship to support up to 12 months’ study at an eligible UK university as part of a PhD being undertaken in your home country, under the joint supervision of home country and UK academics.
WORTH
- Approved airfare from your home country to UK and return at the end of your award (the CSC will not reimburse the cost of fares for dependant, nor usually the cost of journey made before your award is finally confirmed
- Approved tuition and examination fees
- Stipend at the rate of £1, 034 per month or £1, 268 per month for those at universities in the London metropolitan area.
- Warm clothing allowance
- If you are endowed, divorced, or a single parent, child allowance of £ 444 per month for the first child, and £ 109 per month for the second and third child under the ages of 16.
ELIGIBILITY
- Be a Commonwealth citizen, refugee, or British protected person
- Be permanently resident in a developing Commonwealth country
- Be registered for a PhD at a university in your home country
- Be available to start your academic studies in the UK by the start of the UK academic year in September/October 2016
- By October 2016, hold a first degree of at least upper second class (2:1) honours standard, or a second class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification (usually a Master’s degree)
Deadline: November 19, 2015
To apply and for more information visit here
