The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and the British Library have partnered to give international professionals a fully financed, project-based one-year post through the Chevening British Library Fellowship 2026.
Project costs, living expenses, and return economy travel are all covered by the fellowship. Fellows benefit from the professional staff’s expertise and obtain practical experience working with the library’s vast collections, which include rare volumes.
Mid-career professionals, researchers, or academics who want to interact with a top cultural institution while sharing their knowledge would find this program appropriate. The fellowship offers a special chance to represent your nation internationally and hone your advanced professional abilities in cultural heritage and library administration.
Eligibility Criteria :
- Show that you have leadership and influence potential.
- Demonstrate interpersonal, intellectual, and personal traits that indicate leadership potential.
- Be a citizen of one of the nations specified on the fellowship theme pages.
- Make a commitment to return to your home nation following the fellowship.
- At the time of application, possess a postgraduate degree or comparable professional training and experience in a related field.
- Have a minimum of five years of substantial professional and/or academic research experience.
- be employed at the moment or a PhD candidate (the PhD must not be in a university in the UK, EU, or USA).
- Fulfill the Chevening Awards’ minimal English language requirements
- Do not possess dual or British citizenship.
- not have worked for, been employed by, or been related to UK government employees or affiliated organizations in the last two years
Host Country: United Kingdom (UK)
Study Abroad: Study in the UK
Category: Fellowships
Eligible Countries: Selected countries only
Benefits: Fully funded fellowship, airfare, and £1,000 stipend
Benefits :
- Show that you have leadership and influence potential.
- Demonstrate interpersonal, intellectual, and personal traits that indicate leadership potential.
- Be a citizen of one of the nations specified on the fellowship theme pages.
- Make a commitment to return to your home nation following the fellowship.
- At the time of application, possess a postgraduate degree or comparable professional training and experience in a related field.
- Have a minimum of five years of substantial professional and/or academic research experience.
- be employed at the moment or a PhD candidate (the PhD must not be in a university in the UK, EU, or USA).
- Fulfill the Chevening Awards’ minimal English language requirements
- Do not possess dual or British citizenship.
- not have worked for, been employed by, or been related to UK government employees or affiliated organizations in the last two years
Deadline: May 15, 2026
