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Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (High Income Countries) 2025

Has anyone applied for the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (High Income Countries)? I never received any confirmation of my application having being completed and have no way of tracking my status, and have had no response from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK ... Pretty shoddy experience overall tbh

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by bops45677442
Has anyone applied for the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (High Income Countries)? I never received any confirmation of my application having being completed and have no way of tracking my status, and have had no response from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK ... Pretty shoddy experience overall tbh

Hey there, I'm from Australia and also applied- I too am fairly disappointed by the lack of confirmation email or any meaningful way of tracking the application status. In the portal it did say that my application was successfully submitted, so I suppose it's just a waiting game. Do you know roughly when we might expect to hear back? Do they notify unsuccessful applicants?

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by VeryVirology
Hey there, I'm from Australia and also applied- I too am fairly disappointed by the lack of confirmation email or any meaningful way of tracking the application status. In the portal it did say that my application was successfully submitted, so I suppose it's just a waiting game. Do you know roughly when we might expect to hear back? Do they notify unsuccessful applicants?

Same here. My degree programme did not even make unconditional offers before the scholarship deadline (I only received an offer conditional on a certain grade for my masters), so I don't even know if I've met the eligibility criteria. The entire process and timeline is out of line for the Oxbridge offer timelines.

The website says decisions are to be made by July, which is quite late in the game. No clue if they notify unsuccessful applicants. I've tried to reach out to them via their online form, but no reply from a couple months ago.

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by bops45677442
Same here. My degree programme did not even make unconditional offers before the scholarship deadline (I only received an offer conditional on a certain grade for my masters), so I don't even know if I've met the eligibility criteria. The entire process and timeline is out of line for the Oxbridge offer timelines.
The website says decisions are to be made by July, which is quite late in the game. No clue if they notify unsuccessful applicants. I've tried to reach out to them via their online form, but no reply from a couple months ago.

I also applied and have not heard anything yet, have you?

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by bops45677442
Has anyone applied for the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (High Income Countries)? I never received any confirmation of my application having being completed and have no way of tracking my status, and have had no response from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK ... Pretty shoddy experience overall tbh

Have you heard anything yet?

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by SSS1717
Have you heard anything yet?

I have also applied to the scholarship and I have yet to hear anything back.

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Hi @bops45677442 @VeryVirology @SSS1717 @bgriwbgrowbgorw , I'm wondering if you've heard anything about your scholarships? I was hoping to hear something by yesterday, since they do say by July, but have yet to hear anything.

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Was notified yesterday that I’d received a scholarship!

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