Applications are Now Open for the Commonwealth Professional Fellowships

Name of the Event: Commonwealth Professional Fellowships

Last Date of Application: 22 August 2025

Link to Apply:

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Commonwealth Professional Fellowships are for mid-career professionals from low and middle-income countries to spend a period of time at a UK host organisation working in their sector for a programme of professional development.

Purpose:

To provide professionals with the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in their given sector, and to have a catalytic effect on their workplaces.

Intended beneficiaries:

Mid-career professionals (with five years’ relevant work experience) working organisations in low and middle-income Commonwealth countries.

Fellow eligibility:

To be eligible for these Fellowships, prospective Fellows must-

• Be a citizen of or have been granted refugee status by an eligible Commonwealth country, or be a British Protected Person

• Be permanently resident in an eligible Commonwealth country

• Have at least five years’ full-time, or equivalent part-time, relevant work experience, in a profession related to the subject of the fellowship programme, by the proposed start of the fellowship

• Be in employment at the time of application at an organisation that they will return to upon completion of the fellowship

• Provide at least two references, one of which must be from their current employer.

• Not have undertaken a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship within the last five years (at the time of taking up the award)

• Not be seeking to undertake an academic programme of research or study.

• Be available to undertake their fellowship from the prescribed start date

Financial assistance:

Each Fellowship provides-

• Approved return airfare from the Fellow’s home country to the UK. 

• Reimbursement of the standard visa application fee. 

• Stipend (living allowance) payable monthly (or pro rata) for the duration of the award at the rate of £2,104 per month, or £2,612 per month for those at organisations in the London metropolitan area. 

• If a Fellow declares a disability, a full assessment of needs and eligibility for additional financial support will be offered by the CSC.

• Arrival allowance of up to £1,183.20, including an element for warm clothing. 

• A maximum of £2,000 per Fellow can be agreed by host organisations for short courses/conferences, as well as travel to visit other UK organisations where this forms an integral part of the programme.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers at- professional.fellowships@cscuk.org.uk