If you are a mid-career academic applicant or professional willing to promote academic activities that include and encourage more understanding of Islamic culture and civilization, you can apply to OCIS fellowship. This fellowship is provided at the Chevening Oxford center for Islamic Studies to support individuals financially in doing independent research at the research center.

Location: United Kingdom

Institution: Oxford center for Islamic studies of the University of Oxford

Deadline to apply: November 3, 2020

Start of the program: October 2021

Duration: 6 month

Reference and University Transcript submission: February 22, 2021

Shortlist: early – mid-February 2021

Interview period: March 1- April 30, 2021

Second interview: June 2021

Result Announcement: June 30

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Benefits of fellowship:

• Meeting and connecting multi-disciplinary group of scholars concentrated on Islamic world.
• Opportunity to discuss and find a solution for Muslim world issues.
• Six-month research at OCIS
• Living expenses
• Return economy flight ticket from home country to the UK
• Research allowance

Who can apply?

• Have the potential of leadership and influence
• Demonstrate the personal, intellectual, and interpersonal characteristics reflecting this potential
• Have the citizenship of a country listed below
• Return to the home country after the program completion
• Obtained a postgraduate degree or professional training or experience at the time of application
• The applicant must have more than 5 years of professional and or academic research experience
• Providing minimum English language requirement ability
• Not hold dual citizenship
• Not be employed, or relatives of the employees of the UK government, the British Council, DFID, MOD, BEIS, UKTI, UKBA.

The previous recipient of HMG funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible after 5 years of first award completion.

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Applicants from the following countries can apply:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Philippines, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Application guideline:

Applicants can apply online before November 3, 2020. Applicants are required to prepare a short proposal outlining the academic research area.

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