The Chatam House Fellowship awards selected candidates a with monthly stipend of £2,365 which will cover London living costs, including accommodation, utilities, food, transport and other basic expenses.
Global Platform for Action Climate and Sustainability Academy Fellowship is a joint initiative between Chatham House and the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA).
The fellowship is hosted at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the University of Oxford Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH).
The fellowship offers candidates the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on a personal project.
Type: Fellowship
Application Deadline: April 22, 2024
Value & Duration of Award: The fellow will receive a monthly stipend of £2,365 which will cover London living costs, including accommodation, utilities, food, transport and other basic expenses.
The Academy covers reasonable costs related to:
- Relocation e.g., flights, train, other transportation to and from the UK, three nights of accommodation, visas, extra cases or boxes, etc.;
- Payment of the UK’s Immigration Healthcare Surcharge which allows access to the UK National Health Service (Note: you may be required to pay for dental and optical treatments and medicines prescribed by a doctor); and
- Research, outreach and dissemination costs e.g., fieldwork, travel, conferences, publication, roundtables, events, etc.
Eligible Countries: All Countries
Eligibility: To be considered for this Scholarship, you must meet the following criteria;
- The fellowship is open to individuals who have lived experience of forced displacement such as identifying as a current or ‘former’ refugee, asylum seeker, internally displaced person, stateless person, or another category.
- The ideal candidate should be at the early-to-mid-stage of their career and come from one of the following fields or work: academia, NGO, business, government departments, civil society or the media.
- All applicants should possess knowledge of, and an interest in, international affairs, their chosen area of research, and Chatham House’s mission and research.
- Fellows are expected to work full-time towards their fellowship and therefore it is not possible to undertake a fellowship at the same time as pursuing work or studies
- Applicants must hold a completed BA degree or equivalent and have experience with conducting research.
How To Apply: Click on “Apply For This Scholarship” below
- complete the application and upload required documents
- shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview via Zoom.
- after this round, fellows will be selected and notified via email
Source: https://www.chathamhouse.org
