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.

Applications for Commonwealth Professional Fellowships in the 2023/24 academic year are now closed. Please check this website for updates regarding future fellowship schemes.

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 organisations in low and middle income Commonwealth countries.

More information and details of how to contact us about the Professional Fellowships programme are available through the links below.

Gender and Sexuality Fellowships in 2024

In 2024/25, in additional to the general Professional Fellowship programme, the CSC is running a specific fellowship aimed at professionals whose work supports the rights, freedoms, dignity and inclusion of communities who are discriminated again because of gender identity or sexuality. The Gender and Sexuality Fellowships will run for three months starting in February 2024.

More information and details of how to contact us about the Gender and Sexuality Fellowship programme are available through the links below.