The Oxford Center for Muslim Studies currently offers grants via the Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Fellowship (OCIS).
The grant has been provided through the British Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, collaborating with the OSCI.
The scholarship is offered to academic and professional professionals in the middle of their career, interested in promoting academic activities promoting further understanding of the cultural background of Islam.
Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowships
- Type: Fellowship
- Organisation: Chevening
- School to study: University of Oxford
- Gender: Men and Women
- Application Deadline: November 1, 2022
Chevening OCIS/Abdullah Gül Fellowship applications for 2022 are now open
The Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowships are designed for professionals or academics in the middle of their careers who are committed to advancing scholarly pursuits that foster a better knowledge of the culture and civilization of Islam and modern Muslim societies.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and OCIS are working together to offer the following fellowships:
- OCIS Chevening Fellowship
- Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowship
Structure of the Fellowship Program
In order to complete their own project on the culture and civilization of Islam and current Muslim countries in a global perspective, fellows will conduct independent research for six months.
The opportunity to network with experts from various fields who specialize in the Islamic world will be beneficial to fellows.
They will also have the chance to discuss topics related to the Islamic world, such as Islamic history, classical Islamic sciences, economics, Islamic finance, and the study of Muslims in the West.
Fellows will support the Center’s goal of fostering enduring conversation and collaboration among scholars studying Islamic culture, civilisation, and modern Muslim countries around the world.
OCIS is a center for advanced study of Islam and the Muslim world that serves as a bridge between Western and Islamic academic cultures.
Starting later this year, this fellowship program will be available. Prior to traveling to the UK, fellows must create their own research project that will be their primary focus during their fellowship.
For the term of their awards, fellows are required to live in Oxford. Upon request, OCIS will give details on Oxford’s lodging possibilities.
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Aim and Benefits of Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowships
- 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.
Requirements for Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowships Qualification
The Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowship is available to applicants from Turkey.
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 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 (since July 2016) of Her Majesty’s Government (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.
Interview date, Process and Venue for Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowships
- 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.
- This fellowship programme will commence in October 2021. Fellows will need to develop their own research project to focus on during their fellowship prior to arriving in the UK.
How to Apply For Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Fellowship
Interested and qualified? Go to Chevening on chevening.smartsimpleuk.com to apply
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.
