How to Apply

In order to make an application to our programmes, please submit the relevant documents, for each scholarship listed below, in PDF format to scholarships@iis.ac.uk.

Doctoral Scholarship

  1. Application form
  2. A Cover letter
  3. Your updated CV
  4. Personal statement of commitment
  5. Copies of your graduate level academic transcripts, including a copy of your Master's Degree
  6. Copy of letter of acceptance to doctoral programme
  7. Three letters of recommendation (sent directly from your referees to IIS) 
  8. Writing sample
  9. Your doctoral research proposal

Deadline for applications: 31 March (each year).

 

Annemarie Schimmel Fellowship

  1. Covering letter
  2. CV
  3. Writing sample (preferably a publication)
  4. Research proposal – 2,000 words maximum

Deadline for applications: to be announced in 2021.

 

Dissertation Writing Scholarship

  1. Covering letter
  2. CV
  3. Writing sample (preferably a publication)
  4. Research proposal – 2,000 words maximum
  5. Three academic references
  6. Letter from supervisor

Deadline for applications: to be announced.

 

Mohammed Arkoun Doctoral Scholarship

  1. Covering letter
  2. CV
  3. Writing sample (preferably a publication)
  4. Research proposal – 2,000 words maximum
  5. Three academic reference letters
  6. Acceptance letter to a doctoral programme

Deadline for applications: to be announced in 2022.

 

Zahid Ali Fellowship

  1. Covering letter
  2. CV
  3. Writing sample (preferably a publication)
  4. Research proposal – 2,000 words maximum

Deadline for applications: 1 April 2025.