The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarships

Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship 

• Charles Wallace Pakistan trust is a charity trust that mainly revolves its work around educational development by minimizing its administrative expenditure. The trust is supportive to the Pakistani students in acquiring higher studies of Doctoral and fellowship level.

• The duration of the grant of funds varies in case of the study path chosen. The student who wishes to study undergraduate and graduate programs are not provided assistance of any kind by this trust. It’s mainly reserved for doctoral and fellowship level.

• The whole scholarship procedures and grants are administered by the British Council. The duration for grants are as follows- doctoral is 1 year, for reserved fellowships and visiting artists are three weeks to three months.

Facts About Charles Wallace Scholarship 

No of scholarships: Not specified

Host country: UK

Host institute: Top study institutes in UK

Level of study: Scholarships are available for doctoral and fellowship programs

Courses: All available courses listed below

Benefits: For doctoral students £1,000 and for fellowships £1450 with return air fare and visa cost coverage

Deadlines: For doctoral programs: 1^st week of May and for fellowship programs students can apply at mid of March 

Study Programs Offered by The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship 

Courses-

• Humanities

• Arts

• Creative industry

• Social science

• Social development

• Life sciences

• Medicine

• Environmental sciences

• Journalism

• Business studies

Level-

• Open Visiting Fellowships

• Reserved Visiting Fellowships

• Doctoral Bursaries

• Visiting Artists

Host Country-

United Kingdom

Host institutes –

• South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London

• South Asian Studies Program, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford

• Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham

• Gasworks

• South Asia Centre, London School of Economics

• The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts

Benefits of The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship 

• Doctoral students will get an amount of - £1,000 annually for their PhD program 

• Reserved fellowship- monthly stipend of £1,450, return airfare and United Kingdom visa costs.

• Open fellowships- monthly stipend of £1,450 return airfare and United Kingdom visa costs.

• Visiting artists- monthly stipend of £1,450 return airfare and United Kingdom visa costs.

Eligibility Criteria of The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship 

Doctoral Pakistani students:

• Must be in the final year of their PhD also the student must be having excellent academic skills.

Reserved fellowship:

• The Pakistani students applying in the scholarship must be a mid-career scholars, and is required to have no prior experience in academics outside Pakistan.

Open fellowship:

• The applicants must be a Pakistani national who is required to be a junior or in their mid-careers especially aged between 30 to 50.

Visiting artist:

• The artists from Pakistan is required to be familiarized with art forms, visual arts and modern. They are required to stay in art residence for the purpose of training. They must be recent graduates of National College of arts Lahore or a VASL Pakistan member.

Nationality:

• The students must be a citizen of Pakistan.

How to Apply For The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship?

The following documentation is needed for each program and application procedures.

Documents Needed For Application

For Doctoral applicants:

• Download Application form.

• CV describing achievements till date, only two pages long.

• The letter by the supervisor from the university in which the Pakistani students is enrolled.

For Reserved Fellowships

• Application form at British council website.

• The letter describing their purpose of visit and research plan.

• A curriculum vitae.

• Details of their experience.

For open fellowships:

• The application form at British council website.

• A letter about their achievements till date.

For visiting Artists

• The proof of graduating in arts in National College of arts Lahore or VASL membership proof.

Application Procedure of The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship

For Doctoral Pakistani applicants:

• The Pakistani  students applying for Charles Wallace scholarship for doctoral are first required to fill in the application form

• Submit other documents to Tim Butchard Secretary timbutchard@wallace-trusts.org.uk  Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust 4, Dorville Crescent London W6 0HJ +44 (0)20 8741 0836 .

• The application opens twice a year for Pakistani students.

For fellowships:

• The  Pakistani applicants must submit the online application form along with the other documents on British council website

• Then they will be required to visit United Kingdom on occasional basis for the purpose of research.

For visiting artist:

• The Pakistani students in the final year of their graduation are selected for the Charles Wallace trust grants.

• VASL also shortlists amongst its members and submit the list to gasworks.

Number of scholarships by The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust

• Doctoral – not specified.

• Fellowship – 12

• Visiting artists- 1 for Prince’s School of Traditional Arts and 2 to 3 for gasworks.

Deadlines and dates of The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship

• For doctoral – first week of May and first week of November.

• For  fellowships –mid march

• For visiting artist- No deadline as the institution themselves sends lists of Pakistani candidates.

Nationality required

Applicant must be a Pakistani student. 

FAQs About Charles Wallace Pakistan trust scholarship 

Can student from Pakistan apply for The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust scholarship 2024?

Yes a student from Pakistan is the only eligible candidate for this grant.

Can a Pakistani student who is studying undergraduate or graduate program in United Kingdom get the Charles Wallace trust stipend?

No this scholarship is not for graduate or undergraduate courses.

Does The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust scholarship cover the tuition fee and living expenses?

No the scholarship covers only living expenses and not course fee.

Does The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust scholarship cover visa costs for all its Pakistani applicants?

The scholarship covers visa costs for only fellowships and visiting artists applicants. 

Are there any English language requirements for the scholarship The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trus?

No, but some universities require english language proficiency certificate that the applicant have to be submitted. 

Can a student who has applied for a doctoral program apply for The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust scholarship?

No the Pakistani student must be 15 months away from completion of their doctoral course when applying for the Charles Wallace grant.

Can a Pakistani student of technology research apply for the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust?

No the student cannot apply for this, they can apply for the above described study fields.

Is the doctoral grant provided annually by The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust Scholarship?

Yes it’s provided annually.