Canon Collins Trust offers scholarships is to support taught masters degree programmes at certain UK universities. Canon Collins Trust annually nominates 14 individuals for fully-funded Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s or PhD study at any UK university.

In 2019 scholarships are offered under six development themes and all candidates must apply under one of these themes:

• Science and technology for development
• Strengthening health systems and capacity
• Promoting global prosperity
• Strengthening global peace, security and governance
• Strengthening resilience and response to crises
• Access, inclusion and opportunity

Benefit

All these scholarships cover full tuition fees, a monthly stipend, a return economy flight, a settling-in allowance and other support whilst in the UK.

Eligibility

• Be a national of, or have refugee status, and  be permanently resident in one of the following countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia
• Be in possession of a good first degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application
• Be applying for a full-time masters or PhD at a UK university
• Be unable to afford to study in the UK without this scholarship
• Not have already started studying towards a PhD, or an MPhil leading to a PhD, at a UK university before September/October 2018