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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £10,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
Description
The Empowering Change Scholarship is offered by the Graduate Institute of International Development, Agriculture and Economics (GIIDAE) to a number of scholars who have demonstrated their suitability for the scholarship and have a track record of outstanding academic achievement.
Benefits
The scholarship is made of up a number of awards worth £10,000 each and is open to students from a World Bank member low or middle income country and subject to international fees who are studying on any of GIIDAE’s programmes taught full time at the University (see the list below). The funds are split between £5,000 towards living expenses and £5,000 applied as a tuition reduction.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be students liable to pay overseas tuition fees.
To be considered, applicants must have an offer of a place on one of the programmes listed below at the time of application:
- MSc Agricultural Economics
- MSc Agriculture and Development
- MSc Applied International Development
- MSc Environment, Climate Change and Development
- MSc Consumer Behaviour
- MSc Communication for Development
- MSc Development Finance
- MSc Food Economics and Marketing
- MSc Food Security and Development
- MRes Agricultural and Food Economics
- MSc by Research Agricultural Science and Sustainability
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
01 May 2026
A selection committee will consider applications and award funding at regular intervals leading up to the final eligibility deadline date of 1 May 2026. Successful applicants only will be notified by 1 June 2026. The decision of the Selection Committee is final and not subject to appeal.