Commonwealth Foundation (CF) Scholarships

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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2024-2025 Open Grants call for Application for Developing Countries (Up to £30,000)

    • We offer grants of up to £30,000 for projects lasting up to two years to civil society organisations in the Commonwealth. We support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, including civil socie
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2025 Short Story Prize (Up to £5,000)

    • The search for some of the Commonwealth’s best short story writers has begun again. Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over can enter a short story of 2000-5000 words for a chance to win £5,000.
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  • • Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025

    • The search for some of the Commonwealth’s best short story writers has begun again. Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and over can enter a short story of 2000-5000 words for a chance to win £5,000.
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  • • Commonwealth Distance-Learning Scholarships for Developing Countries 2024

    • Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships are offered for citizens of certain developing Commonwealth countries. These scholarships are funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to contribute to the UK’s international development aims and wider overseas inte
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2023 Grants for Civil Society Activities

    • The Foundation offers grants of up to £200,000 over four years in support of innovative project ideas and approaches that seek to strengthen the ability of civic voices to engage with governments and that have the potential to improve governance and development outcomes through their active pa
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2023 Grants for Civil Society Activities

    • The Foundation offers grants of up to £200,000 over four years in support of innovative project ideas and approaches that seek to strengthen the ability of civic voices to engage with governments and that have the potential to improve governance and development outcomes through their active pa
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2024 Short Story Prize

    • The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words). Submissions should be made via the online entry form which will be available on this page from 1 September. The e
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2022-2023 Grants Programme for Civil Society Activities

    • The Foundation offers grants of up to £200,000 over four years in support of innovative project ideas and approaches that seek to strengthen the ability of civic voices to engage with governments and that have the potential to improve governance and development outcomes through their active pa
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2022 Grants Program

    • Applications are open for the Commonwealth Foundation Grants Program 2022. Under this call, the Foundation is looking to support projects that seek to facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and government, including civil society participation in policy development and decisio
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  • • Commonwealth Foundation 2021-2022 Grants Programme for Civil Society Organizations

    • Are you a Civil Society Organization (CSO) based in an eligible Commonwealth Foundation member country? Then apply for the Commonwealth Foundation Grants call 2021-2022. The Foundation’s vision is of a Commonwealth of equal, just, and inclusive societies. The Grants is t