🎓 King’s Commonwealth PhD Fellowship 2025 | Paid Fellowship
📢 Applications are now open for the King’s Commonwealth PhD Fellowship 2025, a unique opportunity for talented individuals from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 🌍 to pursue a PhD while continuing their careers.
Supported by His Majesty King Charles III, this program aims to empower future leaders in climate change, education, engineering, and health. Scholars will conduct their PhD in their home country while collaborating with top universities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the UK.
📌 Program Overview
- Program Location: PhD studies in home country (SIDS) with research visits to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the UK
- Degree Level: PhD
- Fields of Study:
✔ Climate Change & Environment 🌿
✔ Education 📚
✔ Engineering 🏗️
✔ Health Sciences 🏥 - Fellowship Type: Paid
- Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
💰 Financial Benefits
✔ Total GBP 30,000 research funding (GBP 5,000 per year for six years)
✔ International tuition fee waivers for research visits
✔ Access to partner universities' research resources (libraries, databases)
✔ Additional GBP 12,000 research grant (GBP 2,000 per year)
✔ 20% salary contribution to employer (helps scholars remain employed)
✔ Dual supervision from home university & partner university
✔ Professional training in leadership, communication, & research grant writing
✅ Eligibility Criteria
✔ Master’s degree (or equivalent research experience)
✔ Enrolled or starting a PhD program in a recognized SIDS university (2025/2026 academic year)
✔ PhD research in one of the four eligible fields
✔ Citizen or refugee status in an eligible Commonwealth SIDS country
🌎 Eligible Countries
🔹 Africa: Mauritius, Seychelles
🔹 Asia: Maldives
🔹 Caribbean & Americas:
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago
🔹 Pacific: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
📑 How to Apply?
📌 Step 1: Visit the Official Application Portal 🔗 Apply Here
📌 Step 2: Review application guidelines & FAQs carefully
📌 Step 3: Complete the online application form
📌 Step 4: Upload required documents (CV, passport, academic records, research proposal, PhD supervisor details)
📌 Step 5: Submit before the deadline!
📅 Deadline: April 25, 2025
🚀 Start your PhD journey with global research exposure while contributing to your community! 🌍
