Association of Commonwealth Universities call applications for ACU Fellowships. ACU Fellowships facilitate collaboration at a distance and the creation of valuable new partnerships between member universities in different countries. From climate action to engineering, we have a wide variety of fellowships available in 2021 across different fields for ACU member university staff. This funding is intended for virtual collaboration only and will not fund physical travel.​

Fellowships

• Accountancy Fellowship (Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).
• Agriculture, Forestry & Food Science Fellowship (George Weston Limited).
• Canada Fellowships – Two fellowships are available. The Canada Fellowship (Gordon and Jean Southam) is for application by a Canadian member to partner with an institution outside Canada. The second Canada fellowship will be awarded to a member outside Canada to partner with a Canadian institution.
• Engineering (Wighton) Fellowship – This fellowship is only open to applicants from low and middle-income countries.
• Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowships – Two fellowships are available. One will be awarded to a staff member from a Hong Kong member institution applying to work with a partner overseas, and the other to a staff member from an institution outside Hong Kong applying to work with a partner in Hong Kong.
• Information Technology and Computer Science Fellowship (Jacky McAleer Memorial)
• Swansea Fulton Climate Action Fellowships – Two fellowships are available. They are open to application by staff of ACU member universities outside the UK to partner with a researcher at Swansea University. The fellowships will be awarded for research that aims to improve understanding of the effects of climate change and develop solutions to mitigate its impact on our planet and society

Value

• The maximum value of each Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowships is GBP 5,000.

Eligibility

• The fellowships are primarily intended for the academic and professional staff of ACU member universities. In some circumstances they can be used for collaboration between universities and the private sector – for more details of this please email [email protected]

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