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The Wingate Foundation offers scholarship support to candidates from commonwealth countries seeking financial assistance towards their PhD projects. They are directed at applicants who are due to conduct pioneering, interdisciplinary research of scientific value. Projects must not fall into any conventional funding categories as the Foundation aims to promote research that is truly cross-disciplinary.
The scholarships are designed to help with the costs of a specific project that may last up to 3 years. The average total award is about £6,500 and the maximum in any one year is £10,000.
Applicants applying within the area of medical research must provide evidence that the proposed project is of a cross-disciplinary nature, not appropriate to the traditional major medical research funding bodies. In addition, the following entry criteria must be satisfied, as candidates must be:
* living in the British Isles during the period of application
* able to satisfy the Scholarship Committee that they need financial support to undertake the work projected
* able to show why the project (if it takes the form of academic research) is unlikely to attract Research Council, British Academy or major agency funding
* citizens of the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth country, Ireland or Israel; or citizens of another EU country (provided they have been resident in the United Kingdom at least 3 years)
* aged 24 or over on 1 September
Further information
For more details, see: Wingate Foundation website
http://www.wingatescholarships.org.uk/overview.php
The Commonwealth Scholarships Council offer PhD scholarships to candidates seeking places at Universities within the UK. Awards under the scheme are not made by any central body. There are a number of scholarships available with the general scholarships open to Commonwealth citizens and British-protected persons permanently resident in any Commonwealth country other than the UK.
The scholarships are not restricted to any particular subject area, but applicants from developing countries must provide evidence that their proposed PhD study will be of future economic and/or social development to their home country.
The scholarships provide full fees, travel, maintenance support and various personal allowances and are for three-years. Applications must be made in the first instance to the Commonwealth Scholarship agency in the country in which the applicant has his/her permanent home. A full list of agencies and application forms are provided on the Commonwealth Scholarships Council website.
Each agency will then assess applications before nominating a number of candidates for awards to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in London.
Further information
For more details, see: Commonwealth Scholarships Council website
