Cambridge Trust

King's Cambridge Commonwealth Scholarship for Small Island Developing States

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Fees (Home) , Fees (International) , Maintenance , Student visa cost , Student immigration health surcharge , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
PhD
Full Time
Same as funding deadline for the course
2027/28

About

These scholarships are for PhD students who are citizens of, or ordinarily resident in, Small Island Developing States of the Commonwealth pursuing courses in any subject with a focus on strengthening capacity in key themes within those States.

Please look at the eligibility section for a list of eligible countries.

The scholarships are fully-funded and tenable at any College, and in any subject excluding premium rate courses.

Award details

Course length
Fees (Home) Fees (International) Maintenance Student visa cost Student immigration health surcharge Other (see below)

Various additional benefits, including a personal research grant

2 (approximately)
2027/28
Yes

The Trust will, on application, provide up to a further 6 months of maintenance funding to support writing up the PhD.

Financial need (including Hardship) Academic merit

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
PhD
Full Time
112 courses, See full list
Course

Any subject is eligible, but must have a focus on strengthening capacity in key themes within Small Island Developing States of the Commonwealth

Applicants must be either a citizen of and/or be ordinarily resident in one of the following countries:

  • Africa: Mauritius / Seychelles
  • Asia: Maldives
  • Caribbean and Americas: Antigua and Barbuda / Bahamas / Barbados / Belize / Dominica / Grenada / Guyana / Jamaica / St Kitts and Nevis / St Lucia / St Vincent and Grenadines / Trinidad and Tobago
  • Pacific: Fiji / Kiribati / Nauru / Papua New Guinea / Samoa / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu

Application Process

Yes

Key dates

Same as funding deadline for the course

The Trust’s awarding period runs from the middle of February to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. Most of our awards are made early during the months of February and March, but some of our partner funded awards involve additional processes such as interviews, which means funding decisions tend to be later from April to June. Although we cannot provide funding updates for individual applicants, the Trust will confirm on our website once we have finished issuing offers for our main scholarship programmes. Throughout the awarding period the Trust will be reallocating awards that have not been taken up. Therefore, all applicants will remain under consideration for any reallocated award for which they are eligible until the end of July. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of July, you should assume that your funding application has not been successful.

Last updated: 09 Sep 2026 11:35:14