The Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowships are aimed at mid-career academics or professionals who are dedicated to the promotion of academic activities which encourage a more informed understanding of the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies.
Fellows will undertake a five-month period of self-directed research at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS), focusing on their own project on the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies in a global context.
To be eligible for a Chevening OCIS Fellowship, you must:
Demonstrate the potential to rise to a position of leadership and influence.
Demonstrate the personal, intellectual and interpersonal attributes reflecting this potential.
Be a citizen of one of the following countries and resident in one of these countries at the point of application: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan.
Return to country of your citizenship at the end of the period of the fellowship.
Hold a postgraduate level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application.
Have significant professional and/or academic research experience (at least five years).
Have a good working knowledge of English to be assessed in your application form and if you are invited to interview.
Not hold British or dual-British citizenship.
Not be an employee, a former employee, or relative* of an employee of His Majesty’s Government, or have been within the last two years from the opening of Chevening applications (including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, all British Embassies/High Commissions, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade and the UKVI), the British Council, or a sponsoring UK university.
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