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ASSOCIATION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES EARLY CAREER CONFERENCE GRANTS

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Application Opens: 18 August 2026; Deadline: 13 October 2026, 15:00 UTC

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Early Career Conference Grants help to ensure that emerging researchers—and the universities that employ them—can benefit from the valuable opportunity of attending and taking part in in-person conferences in Commonwealth countries outside of their country of work. 

For emerging academics, taking part in conferences can have a profound impact on their teaching and research. These events are a chance to share research, learn about the latest developments in an area of work, and build valuable professional networks.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must: 

Be an early-career researcher/academic at an ACU member university. 

Early career researchers/academics are those who are within 7 years of the start of their academic (research/teaching) career, with the exception of those who have had career breaks.  

A career break is a period of time out from employment for personal or professional reasons, including to care for children. 

Be within 7 years of the start of their academic (research/teaching) career, with the exception of those who have had career breaks. A career break is a period of time out from employment for personal or professional reasons, including to care for children. 

Identify a conference that they would like to attend in a Commonwealth country taking place between February 2027 and January 2028. 

Note: Applicants need to be either chairing a session, presenting a paper, or presenting a poster at the proposed conference.

Review the application guidance and FAQs.

Submit an application through the online application form.

If you already have a MyACU account, you can access the grant application form through this platform when applications open. 

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

Applicants cannot: 

Have previously traveled for work purposes (including conferences) outside of their region of employment since the start of their academic career.

Be a previous recipient of an ACU Early Career Conference Grant (previously known as Early Career Academic Grants).

BENEFIT:

Seven grants are available at a maximum of GBP 2,000, which can be used to cover: 

Conference registration fee 

Flights 

Accommodation 

Visa costs 

Travel and health insurance 

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bachelor's, master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

SWANSEA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP  ACADEMIC YEAR 26/27 

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Application Deadline: 12:00 BST on the 14th of August, 2026.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The International Excellence Scholarships are available to overseas students who have demonstrated academic excellence or show potential to do so during their time at Swansea University. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be classed as overseas fee payers.  If the fee status of the applicant changes after the scholarship application is made, then the University will need to remove the scholarship.

Applicants must have applied for and received an offer to study at Swansea University (Singleton Park Campus and Bay Campus) on a course starting in the academic year 2026/27 at Undergraduate or Master’s level.  

Students studying for a PhD, MPhil, Masters by Research, MRes, Graduate Diploma in Law, Go Global Visiting, Exchange or Erasmus Mundus programme are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Students studying Taught Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes of study with course fees of £16,000 or above per year are eligible to apply. 

Students who will undertake part-time study are not eligible to apply.

Students studying at or progressing from ‘The College Swansea University’ are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.  

Students whose course fees are lower than £16,000 per year are not eligible to apply.

Students progressing from Undergraduate to Postgraduate Taught programmes are eligible to apply. 

Applicants must have demonstrated excellence in their academic performance to date and be able to show what they will achieve at Swansea University in their application.  

Applicants must be self-funded, i.e. not in receipt of sponsorship funding from their home country / sponsor body, or external third party organisation. If funding is confirmed after the scholarship is awarded, then the University reserves the right to remove it according to this condition.

Scholarships will be used to offset tuition fees only and cannot be used for any other purpose.  

BENEFIT:

International Excellence Scholarship:

Up to £7,000 (Undergraduate)

Up to £5,000 (Postgraduate)

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