Commonwealth Gender and Sexuality Fellowships

Overview

Commonwealth Gender and Sexuality Fellowships are for mid-career professionals from low and middle income Commonwealth countries to spend a period of time at a UK host organization 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 catalytic effects on their workplaces.

Intended beneficiaries: Mid-career professionals (with five years’ relevant work experience) working in development-related organizations in low and middle income Commonwealth countries.

The Kent fellowship will provide a three-month programme of interdisciplinary investigation and professional development for three mid-career professionals working in equality, inclusivity, and diversity policy, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality.

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 – voluntary work experience will not be counted towards this minimum
• Be in employment at the time of application at an organization that they will return to upon completion of the fellowship
• Provide at least two references, one of which must be from their current employer. Any applications for which references are not received by the reference closing date will be considered ineligible.
• 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. Academics are eligible to apply for the scheme, but only to undertake programmes of academic management, not research or courses relevant to their research subject
•  Be available to undertake their fellowship within the full duration of the prescribed dates

For more information: https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/commonwealth-gender-and-sexuality-fellowships-information-for-prospective-fellows/