Applications are invited for Commonwealth Professional Fellowships 2025. The last date of application is August 5.
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 catalytic effects on their workplaces.
Intended beneficiaries: Mid-career professionals (with five years’ relevant work experience) working organisations in low and middle income Commonwealth countries.
These fellowships are offered under six development themes:
To be eligible for these Fellowships, prospective Fellows must:
In addition to the above, prospective fellows must ensure they meet any eligibility criteria set out by each individual host organisation.
Applications for Commonwealth Professional Fellowships in 2025 are now open. Please refer to the ‘How to apply’ tab for the application link.
In the application form, prospective Fellows are asked to:
Provide a development impact statement in 4 parts.
Each Fellowship provides:
If you have any queries about Commonwealth Professional Fellowships, please email professional.fellowships@cscuk.org.uk.
General enquiries about applying for Commonwealth Scholarships sent to this email address will not be answered; please use the contact us form instead.
To see a list of our previous Fellowship hosts please visit our Professional Fellowship host organisations page.
