Application for a 2026 Churchill Fellowship

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Applying for a Fellowship

You must apply by 12.00pm on Tuesday 4 November 2025. 

Eligibility criteria

You can only apply for a Fellowship if you are:

  • Living in the UK, including the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man
  • A UK citizen or an Irish citizen born in Northern Ireland*
  • Aged 18 or over or will be by 31 December 2025

If you do not meet all three of the criteria, you should not apply. 

*You will need a UK passport, or other proof that you are a UK citizen. 

Please note, we do not usually give Fellowships for:

  • A project that will be done by more than one person or by a team
  • A project that has other funders
  • A project that is a part of your academic studies (including medical electives)
  • Artists' residencies and exhibitions
  • Research for writing fiction
  • Volunteering


Who we are looking for


We want people with different jobs, experiences, and of different ages to apply.

You do not need to have any special qualifications or be a leader in what you want to learn about. But you must care a lot about a new idea that can make a difference to your community or the work you do in the UK.

Your idea must need information that can only be learned from other countries. This learning can happen by travelling to a different country, or online from the UK, or a mix of both.

How to apply

You can only apply once each year. If you do not get a Fellowship this year, you can apply again in future years.

Please read How to Apply for advice and support before you start.

This is the first stage of our application process. We will email to let you know if you have been longlisted by mid-December 2025. 

We will decide who has got through the second stage and is shortlisted by early February 2026. This is when we will ask for more detailed information and a budget.

How we use your information

We are committed to handling your personal data in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties. We may share anonymised versions of the application data with third parties, but we take steps to remove names and direct identifiers wherever possible. However, please be aware that if you include other information in your application that could indirectly identify you, this may still make the data identifiable to third parties. In such cases, it will be understood that this information is shared with your consent. If you are shortlisted for an interview or proceed to become a Fellow, we would share your data with our partners on the basis of legitimate interest.

We may contact you by post, email, or phone in relation to your application. For more information about how we use and protect your data, please see our full privacy notice on our website.

About You



Please use your legal name, as it appears on your passport.


Please use your legal name, as it appears on your passport.

The date must be on or before 31/12/2006. Use dd/mm/yyyy or calendar.

Please avoid using Hotmail if possible and let us know if you change your email address.

Please do not include spaces

Please do not include spaces

Please tell us if you change your address.

Please tick the most relevant option


Please tick all that apply to you

About Your Project

Please note that all characters counts include spaces.

Please use 100 characters or fewer

Please tell us which of our Fellowship programmes is the best fit for your project. Your choice will not affect your chances of success. If we think your idea fits better in a different programme we will get in touch to let you know.





Only enter a full number between 4 and 8.

Which countries and continents will you learn from?

Please note, if you travel, we prefer you to only visit two continents.

First select a continent and then select the country. You can select more than one by clicking on 'Add another continent / country'.




About Your Referees

Please tell us the details of two referees who can tell us more about you and your experience.


The referees must:

  • have known you well for at least a year
  • know about your interests and your work, either in your job or community 

Referees cannot be members of your family or just friends.

We will get in touch with your referees in February 2026 if you are shortlisted so please contact your referees before you send us this form and make sure their details are correct.

First referee




Second referee




More about you

The next questions are about you. They help us understand more about the people who apply for our Fellowships in line with our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. You do not have to answer any or all of the questions if you do not want to. Your answers will not be shared with the people making the decision about whether to give you a Fellowship. We are committed to handling your personal data in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.






















If yes, please select all the answers that apply to you:




Tell us what you think

We would love to know more about your experience of applying for a Fellowship. Telling us will not affect whether you get a Fellowship or not and you do not have to answer this question.




And Finally

Declaration


Please tick the boxes to say:

Final Checks

We recommend you now check all your answers using the ‘Review’ button below, then click ‘Confirm’ to send us your application.

We will send you an email to say we have received it, and we will attach a copy of what you have sent us.

The email might go into your Junk or Spam folder. If you can't see it, please contact us so we can check.

If you have any other problems submitting your form click here for more advice.  

 
If you have any questions

You can look at our website, call us on 020 4591 2419 or email applications@churchillfellowship.org


Thanks and best wishes


The Churchill Fellowship

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