This is to notify that the ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth 2025 Applications are ongoing. You will find all the necessary details below on how to apply, eligibility, requirements, deadline, award value, and more.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants for the 2025 ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth. Interested applicants ought to follow the details and procedures on this page to secure this opportunity.
Applications are open for the ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships 2025. Funded by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and the journal’s publisher, Routledge, in association with the ACU, these two new PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes.
Two studentships are available each year for study in the UK, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries to undertake a short study placement in the UK.
Proposed research must either:
- Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to any Commonwealth-wide institution or organisation, or
- Have a strong Commonwealth comparative aspect, or
- Be of relevance to a Commonwealth country other than the UK.
Award Value
£4,000 GB will be paid on the announcement of the awards. The remaining £1,500 GBP will be paid on completion of the post-studentship requirements.
Eligibility
- The first studentship is open to registered PhD students from UK universities, although not necessarily UK citizens.
- The second is open to registered PhD students from ACU member universities in Commonwealth counties other than the UK, and to Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship alumni who are PhD students at any Commonwealth university outside the UK.
Application for ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth
Applicants should download the Routledge/Round Table Studentship Awards application form, complete it, and return it to secretary@commonwealthroundtable.co.uk no later than 17.00 BST on Friday 28 July 2025, accompanied by a current CV.
Deadline – Last day to Apply
on Friday 28 July 2025.
Visit the Official Webpage of the ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth 2025