Chevening Fellowships

All applicants must meet the standard Chevening Fellowship eligibility criteria plus the requirements of their programme. Fellows usually hold prominent positions and have some higher education.

British Library Southeast Asian Fellowship

• Citizen of and resident in Cambodia, Laos or Thailand.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent professional training or experience, and at least five years of research experience.
• Currently employed, or a PhD candidate not at a UK, EU or USA university.
• Excellent Thai plus Lao or Khmer, or excellent knowledge of all three; good English.
• Interest in cataloguing and bibliographic description and willingness to use digital tools, including AI-assisted approaches.

British Library Coptic Collections Fellowship

• Citizen of Egypt, Sudan or Palestine, normally resident there; citizens living in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or Yemen may also apply.
• Clear intention to return to the country of citizenship and stay at least one year after the fellowship.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent, and at least five years of professional and/or academic research experience.
• Currently employed, or a PhD candidate not at a UK, EU or US university.
• Excellent knowledge of Coptic (Sahidic or Bohairic); Arabic and/or Greek desirable; good written and spoken English.
• Experience cataloguing and handling manuscript collections, provenance research experience or interest, and experience of heritage community engagement.

Europe Defence and Security Fellowship

• Citizen of and resident in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or Switzerland.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent, and at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Mid-career professional with national or international security responsibilities, in a role that can influence capability, policy, strategy or operations.

LSE Global Impact Fellowship

• Chinese citizen living in China who intends to return there after the fellowship.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent, and at least five years of work experience, or a current PhD candidate not at a UK, EU or USA university.

OCIS Fellowship

• Citizen of and resident in Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent, and at least five years of significant professional and/or academic research experience; mid-career professional or academic.