Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships

The Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships are a big help for university staff who want to work with others in different countries. For 2024-25, these fellowships will give up to £5,000 to people who want to make new partnerships and learn from each other.

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This is a chance for academic and professional staff at member universities to travel, share their knowledge, and bring back new ideas. It’s about working together, even if you’re from different parts of the world. 

A Background

These fellowships started to help people collaborate no matter where they are. They’ve been around for a while, helping to create new partnerships across the Commonwealth.

The idea is to let staff visit another university in a different country for up to six months. This way, they can work on projects together and learn new ways of doing things. It’s all about sharing skills and making the most of what everyone knows.

What the Scholarship Offers

The Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships offers a funded opportunity for prospective applicants as follows:

• Successful applicants get £5,000 per fellowship.

Eligibility Criteria

Please note that eligibility varies across each of the available fellowships and as such, eligibility for every fellowship would be stated. To be eligible for the opportunity, applicants have to meet certain requirements as listed below:

• Accounting Fellowship: Must be a chartered accountant.
• Agriculture Fellowship: Sponsored by George Weston Limited, applicants must have interests in agriculture, forestry, and food science.
• Canada Fellowship: applicants must be employees of a Canadian institution that is a member of ACU in order to collaborate with an ACU member university outside of Canada.
  • Applicants must be staff members of an ACU member institution outside of Canada so they can collaborate with an ACU member university in Canada.
• Wighton Engineering: Only candidates from low- and middle-income nations are accepted.
• Hong Kong Jockey Club Outgoing Award: must be a staff member of an ACU member institution in Hong Kong who arranges a partnership with an ACU member institution outside of Hong Kong.
  • Must be a staff member at an ACU member institution outside of Hong Kong and receive one Hong Kong Jockey Club award, which is given to an ACU member institution in Hong Kong as a partner.   
• The Jacky McAleer Memorial Fellowship: must be a student of information technology and computer science. 

Application Procedure

Follow the process below on how to apply for the Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships for the 2024-25 academic session: 

• Be employed by an ACU member institution as a professional services or academic staff member. 
• Candidates must first have a collaborator at an ACU member university in a nation other than their place of employment, or they must find and contact one.
• Go through the application guidelines.
• Use the online application form to submit your application:
• Please click this link to access the grant application form if you already have a MyACU account.
• Please make sure that, if you do not already have one, you register for one here. After that, log in to the system by following the directions in the registration email to access the application form.

NOTE: The deadline for this offer is July 09, 2024.

For detailed information about the Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships and application guidelines, please visit the official scholarship link.

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