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The Beit Trust offers annually a small number of Scholarships for postgraduate studies or research to graduates who are domiciled in Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe (the beneficial area). The duration of the Scholarships is normally for a maximum of three years at the discretion of Trustees. Scholarships are taken up at a University in the United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual’s choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area. In addition, a small number of one-year taught Masters degrees are offered at the University of Leeds, known as the Beit Chevening Leeds Scholarship. Similar awards, known as the Beit Chevening Reading Scholarship, are also offered at the University of Reading; and a new Beit-Rhodes Scholarship commences in 2009 at Rhodes University in South Africa. All applicants except medical doctors must be under 30 years of age on 31 December of the year of application. Medical doctors must be under 35 years of age on that date and should have completed 18 months of internship and preferably a one-year rural posting in the relevant country. The Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research (BMFMR) are highly prestigious three year research fellowships on offer to one applicant per year. These are handled by a separate secretariat. These fellowships are not handled by The Beit Trust, but, for further information e-mail: beit.fellowships@hammer.imm.ox.ac.uk. Please note that The Beit Trust is constrained by Act of Parliament to sponsoring only students who are domiciled within the beneficial area (Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe). The extent of a Scholarship Grant is: A personal allowance, which is adjusted annually to the cost of living, is paid covering maintenance support; Other allowances are paid for arrival, IT support and printing of a thesis, and return to Africa; The University fees and cost of tuition are paid by the Trust; Economy Class air passages are met by the Trust for the initial journey to the place of study in the UK, and for the return passage at the end of the course. Prospective applicants, who must hold a degree of class 2.1, i.e. Merit or Distinction should obtain details of the awards and application requirements from; Zimbabwe and Malawi: The Beit Trust Representative, P.O. Box CH 76, Chisipite, Harare, ZIMBABWE. Fax: 263 (0)4 494046. E-Mail: beitrust@africaonline.co.zw Zambia: The Secretary, The Beit Trust, Beit House, Grove Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5JB, ENGLAND. Fax: 044 (0)1483 725833. E-Mail: scholarships@beittrust.org.uk Zambian applicants may also download an Initial Application Form (see bottom of page). Only those applicants who state that they intend to return to work in the relevant country upon completion of the fellowships, and who can, if short-listed, present themselves for interview before a Beit Scholarship Selection Board in Harare, Blantyre or Lusaka towards the middle of December will be considered. Selection is highly competitive, and only postgraduates with at least a Merit (equivalent to a good 2.1 from a UK university) in their first degree are likely to succeed. The selectors favour practical and useful disciplines that are likely to offer a clear benefit to the beneficial area. Because of their high cost, MBAs and PhDs are seldom, awarded in the UK. The one-year taught MBA at the University of Cape Town is acceptable. If you are of Zambian domicile, please first read the online copy of the Zambian advertisement, as is currently appearing in the Zambian national press, and, if you think that you would qualify, then access the online Initial Application Form. The Harare office currently handles applicants who are domiciled in Zimbabwe or Malawi. |
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