Applications are hereby welcomed for the King’s Commonwealth Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships for applicants who wish to have the opportunity to enhance knowledge and skills in climate resilience.
The King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships, inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, will provide professionals working on the frontline of climate adaptation from across the public sector, civil society, and private sector in Commonwealth SIDS with an accredited one-year professional development programme focused on climate adaptation practice.
SUMMARY:
- Fellowship Sponsor(s): King’s Commonwealth Fellowship
- Host Institution(s): UK Institutions
- Fellowship Worth: Fully-funded
- Number of Awards: Several
- Nationality: See eligible Countries (below)
Also Apply: The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Fellowships
DETAILS | King’s Commonwealth Fellowships 2026
This fellowship will support the long-term resilience of Commonwealth SIDS to climate change through:
- Strengthening the capacity of mid-career professionals in Commonwealth-based SIDS to practically address the current and future climate adaptation challenges in their home country
- Providing a collaborative platform for the testing and implementation of climate adaptation solutions for SIDS
- Developing a cross-sectoral and international network of climate adaptation professionals, working together to face challenges and embrace opportunities
- Enabling and ensuring ongoing efforts for inclusive climate adaptation through centring gender, equality, and inclusion and local and indigenous communities.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the King’s Commonwealth Fellowships 2026, applicants are expected to meet the following conditions:
- Mid-career professionals (across any sector) working in a climate adaptation practice-related role.
- Mid-career is defined as 5-15 years of direct or related experience to climate adaptation practice (or equivalent) – not job title.
- Applicants must have a planned commitment to 10-20 years of increasingly responsible roles within this field.
- Applicants must be employed at an organisation registered in an eligible country with a contract up to at least February 2027.
- Applicants must be citizens of or have refugee status in an eligible country.
- Applicants’ permanent home must be in an eligible country.
Eligible Countries
The following countries are eligible for the King’s Commonwealth Fellowships:
Mauritius, Seychelles, The Maldives, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamiaca, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guineav PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvuau and Vanuata.
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested applicants for the King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowship are to complete an online application form and provide all the required information by the application deadline.
Application Deadline: Not specified
