The Charles Wallace Trust is accepting applications for Visiting Fellowship Programme 2011-12. The programme provides assistance to mid-career professionals who wish to undertake short visits to the United Kingdom to broaden their professional knowledge, skills and contacts.
The visiting fellowships may take the form of an attachment to a university department, professional institution, or arts organisation. The two principal purposes of the programme are, firstly, professional familiarization and interaction, and, secondly, study and research. A fellowship may last for between three weeks and three months.
Candidates should:
- be Pakistani nationals, residing in Pakistan, aged between 30 and 50
- have a firm invitation (for the period of time applied for) from a UK institution.
Successful applicants will receive a grant of £ 1,250 per month and an economy-class return air fare. They must make all their own arrangements in the UK in consultation with their host institution. There is no provision for course or bench fees.
Applications are invited from those working in the following disciplines: The Social Sciences; Social Development; The Humanities; Education; The Arts and Creative Industries; The Environmental Sciences; The Health Sciences.
The deadline to submit applications is 4 March 2011. For more information, visit this link.
