Regional Scholarships for Undergraduate and Masters at University of Essex in UK

Rhodes Global Scholarship 2026 in UK

The Global Scholarships allow eligible candidates from the rest of the world (i.e. not strongly connected to any other Rhodes Scholarships Constituency) to apply for a Scholarship, subject to nomination.

Your eligibility for the Global Scholarship must also be confirmed by a member of the Rhodes House team. This will be done through the application form but you will only be able to submit once you have received approval.

As the Rhodes Scholarships are place-based, the eligibility criteria, application requirements and selection process vary slightly depending on which constituency you are applying for. To ensure that you have all of the information you need to apply.

 GovAI Winter Fellowship 2026 in London, UK.

The GovAI Winter Fellowship will run from 19th January 2026 to 10 April 2026. Fellows will join the office for three Months. The Objective of this Fellowship is to invite candidates from around the world to join the GovAI Team in London, who are New to the Field of AI Governance. 

Objective of the GovAI Winter Fellowship

The Program aims to invite fellows to join a GovAI Team to conduct independent research on a topic of their own choice and get mentorship from leading experts.

Fellows receive mentorship from experts, develop a research proposal in the first two weeks, and produce an output like a report or article. The GovAI Fellowship alumni have secured positions at leading AI companies (DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic).

Ellison Undergraduate Scholars Program

The Scholarship also includes a 10-week Summer Internship for students to sharpen their skills. This Fully Funded Scholarship is Funded by the Ellison Institute of Technology. Approximately 20 scholarships are available to students from all around the world. 

Financial Benefits

Tuition fees covered

Generous living stipend

Paid innovation project internships

Travel/conference costs covered

Internships for undergraduate Ellison Scholars

For ten weeks of each "long vacation" (summer) between academic years, undergraduate Ellison Scholars will work with EIT teams on existing EIT programs that aim to solve big global problems through science and technology. Those internship projects will span one or more of the following Humane Endeavours, which provide focus areas for what EIT is trying to solve:

Health & Medical Science

Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
Clean Energy & Climate Change
Government Innovation in the Era of AI

Chevening Scholarship 2025 

Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organisations, Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with demonstrable leadership potential and strong academic backgrounds.

The scholarships offer full financial support to study for any eligible master’s degree at any UK university. Additionally, Chevening scholars gain access to a wide range of exclusive academic, professional, and cultural experiences.

As a fully funded scholarship, your tuition fees, living expenses, and return flights to the UK will all be covered. You will also gain access to exclusive networking events, workshops, talks, internships, and volunteering opportunities, giving you a diverse introduction to life in a global role.

The scholarship will cover course fees, a grant for living costs (of at least £19,237) and flights to and from the UK at the start and end of your course. Awards are made for the full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.

Eligibility

You must be applying to start a new full-time master's course at Oxford, and be of Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian or Syrian nationality and ordinarily resident in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine or Israel. You should be intending to return to one of these countries on completion of your course to apply your new skills and knowledge.

These scholarships have been made possible through the support of funding partners from across the University and Colleges, including Academic Divisions and Departments.

International Students Early Confirmation Scholarship

We are offering an Early Confirmation Scholarship to support international students who hold an offer and meet the deposit deadline.This scholarship is available to all new international students who meet the deposit deadline, and no additional application is required. The Scholarship is in the form of reduction in your tuition fees, payable upon registration and enrolment.

Terms & Conditions 

EU students are not eligible for this award, but EU students are eligible for the EU bursary.

This award is only available for the September 2025 intake. Students paying deposits for September 2025, then deferring to later intakes will need to reapply for other scholarship awards.

This award is for new full time, undergraduate or postgraduate taught students at the University of Greenwich. Students on partner courses are not eligible.

Recipients of this Early Confirmation Scholarship will not be eligible to apply for further support via the International Scholarship Award once that application procedure opens in early April.

Recipients of other scholarships or external funding awards need to check the terms and conditions of those awards to understand if they are eligible for support through this award.

If you have been awarded a scholarship in a previous intake, you will not be able to carry forward that scholarship, and must now meet the conditions for the Early Confirmation Scholarship by deferring your offer and ensuring you have paid your deposit before 15th April.

If you have paid a deposit for a previous intake but defer your offer after 15th April you will not be eligible for the Early Confirmation Scholarship and will need to reapply for any available scholarships at that time.