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How to Apply

The application process for the 2012-13 academic year is now open. The deadline for applications is 06 January 2012 for Medical Sciences and Philosophy students, and 20 January 2012 for all other students.

Eligibility; Scholarships will be awarded to students from the following regions: Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, the Caucuses, Middle East and North Africa (Please click here for a comprehensive list of countries),  to support any postgraduate course of study at the University of Oxford that is in line with the career objectives of the applicant and that supports their ambitions of contributing, in a leadership position, to the public life of their country or region of origin.

In addition a small number of places will be available to students from the United States.

Application Process; Weidenfeld Scholars are selected for their intellectual distinction and exceptional leadership potential, having undergone a rigorous application process, which culminates in interviews before an international selection committee in Oxford late April. As with other Oxford Scholarships, Weidenfeld Scholarship candidates must first be accepted by their academic department at Oxford before being considered for the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme.

In addition, our FAQs will answer the most common queries concerning the application process to the Scholarship. Please read thoroughly before contacting Oxford University or the Institute.

For more information about applying please consult the University of Oxford website;

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Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011
Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in War Studies

University of Cambridge, 29 February to 15 March 2012

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Interfaith Studies

University of Oxford, 13 to 16 February 2012

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Women's Rights

University of Cambridge, 6 to 14 February 2012

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature

University of Oxford, 31 January to 21 February 2012

Policy Session: Oslo and Utøya, Six Months On

London, 23 January 2012

Weidenfeld Scholars Leadership and Public Policy Seminar

Hartwell House, 10 to 14 January 2012

Prison and Probation Officers Practitioner Exchange

Birmingham, 5 to 6 December 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Architecture

University of Oxford, 28 to 29 November 2011

Weidenfeld Scholars' ISD Briefing

London, 22 November 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media

Cambridge University, 16 to 23 November 2011

10th Meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network (PPN)

London, 15 to 16 November 2011

Social Innovation and Social Action Conference

Lambeth Palace, 13 to 15 November 2011


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