George Weston Limited Fellowship

Association of Commonwealth Universities

Grant amount: Up to £5,000

Deadline: May 6, 2018 3:59pm PDT

Applicant type: Faculty Working Professional

Funding uses: Fellowship

Location of project: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados Expand all

Location of residency: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados Expand all

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Overview:

ACU Titular Fellowships, funded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities' Development Fellowships Fund, aim to enable the universities of the Commonwealth to develop the human resources of their institutions and countries through the interchange of people, knowledge, skills and technologies.

Titular Fellowships are open to the academic and professional staff, or the nominees, of ACU member universities

George Weston Limited Fellowship

Subject areas:

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Food science
  • Food technology

Tenure of Fellowship

The tenure of the fellowship must be for a period of less than six months, and travel must be completed by 1 August the year after application.


Value of Fellowship

Up to 5000 GBP and intended to cover:

  • international economy return airfare and other travel costs
  • medical insurance and visa fees
  • board and lodging fees
  • research costs

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.

Eligibility:

  • Applicants must be professional or academic staff of, or a nominee of, an ACU member university (external nominees should be working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country).
  • Tenable in any Commonwealth country other than that in which the applicant works.
  • Tenable either at an ACU member university or in industry, commerce or public service.
    • Those working in universities may hold a Fellowship in either another ACU member university abroad or in industry, commerce or public service abroad;
    • Those working in industry, commerce or public service can hold a Fellowship only at an ACU member university abroad.

Ineligibility:

  • Fellowships are not intended for degree courses, or for immediately postdoctoral programmes. 
  • Applicants should be aware that Titular Fellowships allow for small scale conference or course attendance within a wider programme but that applications will not be considered where the primary or sole purpose is the attendance of the applicant at a conference or course.

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