4. ASSOCIATION
OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS, ACADEMIC
STAFF SCHOLARSHIPS, SENIOR RESEARCH AWARDS
(Commonwealth .
Fellowships and THES Exchange Fellowships).
Web site: www.acu.ac.uk/awards/awpguk01.html
CSFP
General Scholarships are normally available
for study towards a Masters or Doctoral degree.
Subject: Unrestricted.
Eligibility: Commonwealth citizens
and British protected persons who have completed a first
degree or master's degree within last 10 years, and who are
permanently resident in Commonwealth countries other than UK.
Primarily for postgraduate study or research.
Candidates should hold a minimum
upper second class honours degree or equivalent.
Value: University fees,
Scholar's return travel, allowances for books, apparatus,
approved travel within country of tenure, personal
maintenance (plus allowances, where applicable, for spouse
and children). Tenable at approved institution of higher
learning for 1-2 years initially; maximum 3 years. Number. Up
to 200 annually.
Application
for Commonwealth Scholarships, by nomination
only through Commonwealth Scholarship Agency in country in
which candidate permanently resides.
Closing date: (For receipt of
nominations in London) 31 December of year preceding tenure.
CSFP
Academic Staff Scholarships
are normally available
for study towards a Masters or Doctoral degree, but may form
part of a higher degree programme in the scholar's home
university. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission normally
accepts nominations only from the Vice-Chancellor of the
university on whose permanent staff the nominee serves.
Academic Staff eligible for these awards may alternatively
apply for a CSFP General Scholarship.
Subject: Unrestricted.
Eligibility: Commonwealth citizens
and British protected persons who have completed a first
degree or master's degree within last 10 years, and who are
permanently resident in Commonwealth countries other than UK.
Primarily for postgraduate study or research.
Academic Staff
Scholarships
are open only to candidates not older than 42, holding or
returning to a teaching appointment in a university in the
developing Commonwealth.
Value:
University fees, Scholar's return
travel, allowances for books, apparatus, approved travel
within country of tenure, personal maintenance (plus
allowances, where applicable, for spouse and children).
Tenable at approved institution of higher learning for 1-2
years initially; maximum 3 years. Number. Up to 100 annually.
Application for Commonwealth
Academic Staff Scholarships, by nomination by executive head
of own university.
Closing date: (For receipt of nominations in London)
31 December of year preceding tenure. For all awards,
application must be made to the relevant country's
Scholarship Agency.
Senior
Research Awards, CSFP Commonwealth Fellowships.
Commonwealth
Fellowships are available each year to enable academic staff
in universities in the developing Commonwealth to receive
training and experience in Britain, so as to increase their
usefulness as teachers in their own universities. The
Fellowships are not open for study for a degree or diploma,
but there are in addition a number of Commonwealth Academic
Staff Scholarships, for work-related study by more junior
members or potential members of university staffs, which may
include study for a higher degree in any academic discipline.
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission normally accepts
nominations only from the Vice-Chancellor of the university
on whose permanent staff the nominee serves. Subject: Tenable
in any academic subject (including medicine and dentistry).
Eligibility: Commonwealth citizens
and British protected persons, normally university teaching
staff, who have completed their doctorate (or relevant
postgraduate qualifications) no less than 5 and no more than
10 years by the date of taking up an award, and who are
permanently resident in Commonwealth countries other than UK.
Fellowships will not be offered to candidates over the age of
50.
Value: Research support grant,
Fellow's return travel, allowances for books, apparatus,
approved travel within country of tenure, personal
maintenance (plus allowances for spouse and children).
Tenable at approved institution of higher learning for a 6
month period or a 12 month period, which may optionally be
split across 2 academic sessions. Up to 75 annually.
Nomination for Commonwealth Fellowships through executive
head of own university.
Closing date:
(For receipt of nominations in London)
31 December of year preceding tenure.
Senior
Research Awards, THES Exchange Fellowships.
The ACU administers the
Times Higher Education Supplement Exchange Fellowship,
financed by the (London) Times Higher Education Supplement,
for the support of
attachments of university staff, both
academic and administrative, to other universities in
Commonwealth developing countries to obtain greater
experience and training;
short study tours of university staff in
Commonwealth developing countries to enhance their
ability to contribute to national development.
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fellowships have been awarded to date. Subject: Unrestricted.
Eligibility:
Open only
to academic, administrative, professional and library staff
of ACU member universities in developing Commonwealth. Age
limit 55. Value: Up to 3,000. Funded by THES. Tenable only in
another developing Commonwealth country, for up to 3 months.
Number. 1 annually.
Application
through executive head of staff member's own
university. Closing date: (For receipt of nominations in
London) 31 May.
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