Funding

Value: Each scholarship is worth £52,605 with the award being made in sterling.

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants:

• Should be residents of a low or middle-income country, as defined by the World Bank in the year of application;
• Be able to demonstrate a commitment, via their past record or future plans, to improving public service and administration for the populations of low or middle-income countries.
• Submit a successful full application for the MPA in Public Administration and Management and Data Science and Public Policy (Political Science) MSc by 10 May 2023.

How to apply: Applicants wishing to apply for one of the Pentland Scholarships 2023/24 for the MPA in Public Administration and Management and Data Science and Public Policy (Political Science) MSc should submit the application form along with a CV (no more than four A4 pages) to polsci.pg@ucl.ac.uk by the deadline of 12pm on 15 April 2023.

Please note the UCL School of Public Policy will first establish a long list of potentially eligible candidates, each of whom will be interviewed online in April 2023. Successful candidates from that round will then be interviewed by a final selection panel including representatives from the funders.