APPLY: 2022 Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Fellowship (OCIS) For Foreign Students

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 Chila Andrew Aondofa 1407 Views Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies min read

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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 6-month period of self-directed research focusing on their own project on the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies in a global context.

Fellows will benefit from meeting a multi-disciplinary group of scholars focusing on the Islamic world and have the opportunity to develop contacts with relevant individuals, discuss issues relating to the Islamic world, including Islamic history, classical Islamic sciences, economics, and Islamic finance, and the study of Muslims in the West.

Fellows will contribute to the Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies’s objective to encourage and promote sustained dialogue and collaboration within the global academic community of the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies.

Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Fellowship Summary

Host Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Study Abroad: Study in Europe
Category: Postgraduate Scholarships | Fellowships
Eligible Countries: 20 Countries
Reward: Full Scholarship | Accommodation
Deadline: November 2, 2021

Scholarship Details

OCIS is an institution for the advanced study of Islam and the Muslim world and provides a meeting point for the Western and Islamic worlds of learning.

This fellowship programme will commence in October 2022. Fellows will need to develop their own research project to focus on during their fellowship prior to arriving in the UK.

Fellows must reside in Oxford for the duration of their award. The Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies can provide information about accommodation options in Oxford upon selection.

Scholarship Requirements

In order to be eligible to apply for the scholarship, applicants 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 Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Sudan, Syria, 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)
Provide evidence of meeting at least the minimum English language abilities for Chevening Awards
Not hold British or dual-British citizenship
Not be an employee, a former employee, or relative* of an employee of Her Majesty’s Government within the last two years (including British embassies/high commissions, the Department for International Development, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Defence, and the Home Office), the British Council, or a staff member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities

NOTE: Immediate relatives are defined as parents or step-parents, siblings or step-siblings, children or step-children, spouse, civil partner or unmarried (where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at least two years).

Please note that applicants who have previously received financial benefit from a HMG-funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible to apply after a period of five years following the completion of their first HMG funded award. In these cases, applicants will be required to demonstrate their career progression from that point.

Scholarship Duration and Reward

Six-month period of research at OCIS.
Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship.
Return economy airfare from home country to the UK.
Allowance package for research-related activities.
Access to a programme of cultural events and activities organised by the FCDO and the Chevening Secretariat.

Method of Application

Applicants should be prepared to outline a short proposal on the area of academic research they would like to conduct at the time of application submission.

The proposal should include a main research question and how the applicant intends to conduct this research while in residence at the Centre.