Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowships Awards 2009 United Kingdom – Since their inception in 1959, some 25,000 individuals have benefited from the award of Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships to pursue advanced academic study in other Commonwealth countries. About two thirds of awards have been tenable in the United Kingdom. The vast majority of award holders have returned to make a significant contrib – ution to their home countries, in many cases at the highest level, making the award scheme one of the largest and most prestigious in the world.

This prospectus describes the Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowships offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom for citizens of developing Commonwealth countries
in 2009-10. Separate programmes and prospectuses exist for the Commonwealth Scholarships, scholarships offered by distance learning and on a shared funding basis, and for short mid-career professional fellowships offered by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

Please visit the CSC website at www.cscuk.org.uk for details of these programmes. For information on Commonwealth Scholarships offered by other Commonwealth countries, please visit the Commonwealth
Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) website at www.csfp-online.org The secretariat of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom is provided by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), which is responsible for all matters concerning
selection and academic studies. The British Council is responsible for payments to fellows, and for arranging travel, reception and other support services for them.

Eligibility

To apply for a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship, candidates
should:

• Be Commonwealth citizens, refugees, or British protected persons
• Be permanently resident in a Commonwealth country other than the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
• Be available to commence their Fellowship in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2009. Any other start date will only be permitted in exceptional circumstances
• Have been employed for at least five years as an academic staff member of a university in a developing Commonwealth country
• Be in the employment of the nominating university
  AND
• Hold a doctorate
  OR
• In the fields of medicine and dentistry, have held a consultancy or equivalent post for at least five years

The Commission wishes to promote equal opportunity, gender equity and cultural exchange. Applications are welcome from the many different races and origins that comprise the Commonwealth’s rich variety of
cultures, traditions and institutions.