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ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES GLOBAL GRANTS

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Application Deadline: 25 August 2026, 15:00 UTC

LOCATION:  United Kingdom 

The ACU Global Grants provide undergraduate students at ACU member universities with funding to attend short-term academic programmes (‘summer’ or ‘winter’ schools), hosted by an ACU member institution in a different Commonwealth country.

The grants aim to support academic development, international experience, and knowledge exchange for students across the Commonwealth. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must: 

Be registered as an undergraduate student at an ACU member institution. 

Be a citizen of (or hold refugee status in) a Commonwealth country. 

Identify a programme that is related to their studies, which must: 

Be a short-term academic programme (‘summer’ or ‘winter’ school) 

Be in a Commonwealth country at an ACU member institution. 

Have an official start date between 1 December 2026 and 31 August 2027.

Provide a letter of institutional support from either a departmental head or academic/course supervisor at their university and a letter of support from the proposed programme host. 

To apply:

Review the FAQs and Application Guidance.

Submit an application through the online application form. 

If you already have a MyACU account, you can access the grant application form by logging into the platform and accessing the form here. 

If you do not already have a MyACU account, please ensure that you first register for an account, then follow the instructions in the registration email to log into the system before accessing the application form. 

BENEFIT:

10 awards of up to GBP 5,000 are available. 

Five awards are allocated for citizens of the United Kingdom, under the funding of the HW Paxton Trust. 

Five awards are allocated for citizens of (or those holding refugee status in) Commonwealth countries (excluding the United Kingdom)

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COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION OPEN CALL GRANTS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

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Application Deadline:  23 October 2025 at 1pm BTS

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Commonwealth Foundation open call grants seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil society participation in policy development and implementation. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications must address one or more of our three priority themes. All applications are required to demonstrate how they will integrate gender considerations into their project design and implementation. 

Before you apply, please check if you are eligible.

Only applications meeting the eligibility criteria will be considered.

The applicant must be a not-for-profit civil society organisation (CSO) registered in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation Member State.

The applicant organisation must have a minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience working on participatory governance and advocacy within the area/theme(s) of the proposed project. Organisations that have been registered and operating for less than three years are not eligible.

Applicant organisations that are currently implementing, or that have recently completed, a Commonwealth Foundation Grant but have not received their final payment, are not eligible to apply to this grant call.

The project must seek to facilitate change through constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil society participation in policy development and decision-making, within one or more of the Foundation’s priority themes (see above).

Proposals must relate to projects that are expected to begin after the 1 August 2026 and before the end of September 2026.

To check your eligibility, please refer to the eligible countries map and complete the eligibility quiz.

BENEFIT:

 They offer grants of up to £60,000 to civil society organisations in the Commonwealth.

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