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The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust

The Trust and its contact details

The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust (CWPT), established in 1981, is a registered United Kingdom Charity  (No. 283337).  The Trust was originally administered by the British Council, and is now run independently, though the British Council remains a trustee and provides support of various kinds in the United Kingdom and in Pakistan.   The Trust is managed day-to-day by a Secretary who reports to a Board of Trustees:

Mr David Waterhouse (Chairman)
Dr Avril Powell
Mr Peter Elborn
Dr Sarah Ansari
Dr David Taylor
Representative of the Pakistan High Commission
Representative of the British Council

Contact details:

Tim Butchard
Secretary
Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust
4, Dorville Crescent
London W6 0HJ
+44 (0)20 8741 0836
timbutchard@wallace-trusts.org.uk


Activities of the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust

CWPT helps Pakistani nationals to pursue postgraduate study and professional development in the United Kingdom.  The trustees have the authority to use the income from the Trust’s funds for Pakistanis who are normally resident in Pakistan to enable them to ‘follow courses of study, research or other educational pursuits which will advance the education of the said individual’.  Administrative costs are kept to a minimum, and over 90% of CWPT’s investment income is spent on the Trust’s educational work. This currently consists of four separate programmes:
There is no provision for Bachelors or Masters degree students.


Doctoral Bursaries

Twice a year, in June and December, awards are granted to individual students already in the UK who are normally in the final year, or anticipating the final year, of their PhDs, and who need additional funding to help them complete their studies.  The Trust is not primarily a hardship fund and all applicants are required to demonstrate academic excellence as well as financial need.   Our maximum grant is £1,500 , so applicants must have  funds from other sources to cater for most of their needs.  The disciplines eligible for support are restricted to the following:

How and when to apply

Applicants must complete CWPT’s Application Form and submit it, either in hard copy or as an e-mail attachment, to the Secretary of the Trust (see above for contact details).  The application should be accompanied by a supporting letter on headed paper from the applicant’s supervisor.  Other documents testifying to the applicant’s background and achievements to date should be kept to a minimum.  Applicants should not normally apply more than 15 months ahead of their expected completion date.  The two annual deadlines are mid-May and mid-November.  Applicants will be informed of their success or otherwise soon after the trustees’ meetings in early June and early December.


Reserved Visiting Fellowships


What are they?

Charles Wallace Reserved Visiting Fellowships are funded by the Trust but offered by the CWPT’s UK partners, such as SOAS and Oxford University (see below).  The fellowships enable Pakistani academics and professionals to undertake short working visits to these institutions with the aim of broadening their professional knowledge, skills and contacts.  The content of a fellowship normally takes the form of professional interaction, study and research.  The duration of a fellowship varies from three weeks to a maximum of three months.  An all-inclusive monthly stipend of £1,250 is offered by the Trust, together with return economy air fares, but there is no provision for course or bench fees.

Partner Institutions in the UK

One annual Charles Wallace Fellowship is currently reserved for each of the following British institutions:

Candidate specifications and how to apply

The selection criteria adopted by these partner institutions vary and each has its own application requirements.  Common to all is the need for a full curriculum vitae, and a clear statement of what the applicant proposes to achieve during the fellowship period.  In some cases (for example, SOAS) the focus is on offering research facilities for scholars who have had little or no prior academic experience outside Pakistan.  In others (for example, the Department of Politics, Oxford University) the Visiting Fellow is likely to be a mid-career professional who will be expected to participate in high-level interaction with his or her peer group.  In every case, the selection is made by the host institution but must be endorsed by the British Council in Pakistan and by the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust in the UK.

Open Visiting Fellowships


What are they, and who can qualify?

Charles Wallace Open Visiting Fellowships, offered under a partnership between the British Council in Pakistan and the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust in the United Kingdom, enable Pakistani men and women to undertake short visits to the UK in order to broaden their professional knowledge, skills, and contacts.  Eligible candidates are Pakistani nationals, residing in Pakistan.  They are normally junior or mid-career professionals or academics aged between 30 and 50, working in the following disciplines:

Up to 15 fellowships will be awarded annually.  Candidates who have never travelled abroad for study or professional purposes will have a modest advantage in the selection process.

Content, duration, finance and administration

The fellowships will normally take the form of two principal activities: professional familiarization and interaction; and study and research.  The duration of a fellowship varies from three weeks to a maximum of three months.  An all-inclusive monthly stipend of £1,250 is offered by the Trust, also a return economy air fare, but there is no provision for course or bench fees.  Please note that successful candidates must make all their own arrangements in the UK.  The Charles Wallace Trust in London and the British Council in Pakistan are only able to offer very limited administrative and pastoral support.  However, the British Council will facilitate visa applications, pay stipends in advance, and offer limited briefing.

How to apply

The key preliminary step is that candidates identify a UK-based partner or host institutions, and obtain an invitation letter from them.  Secondly, an application form, downloaded from the website of the British Council in Pakistan (www.britishcouncil.org.pk), must be completed and submitted as instructed in advance of the British Council’s annual deadline in mid-March.  Interviews of short-listed candidates will take place in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi in April of each year. Successful candidates must take up their fellowships within 16 months of being selected, that is to say before the end of August of the following year. For further information please contact the British Council’s information desk in Pakistan (info@britishcouncil.org.pk) or e-mail the Secretary of the Trust in London (timbutchard@wallace-trusts.org.uk).

Visiting Artists


Who are they and how do they qualify?

The Charles Wallace Visiting Artists Programme enables arts practitioners from Pakistan to spend time in the UK on arts residencies or for training and familiarization purposes. Currently, these are mainly drawn from the visual arts, but other art forms  also qualify for support.  The duration of stay in the UK can vary from 3 weeks to 3 months, and an all-inclusive monthly stipend of £1,250 will be paid by the Trust, also a return economy air fare.   There is no provision for course or bench fees.  Most UK arts institutions find it difficult to provide facilities for visiting artists so this is inevitably a small programme.


Current UK institutions offering facilities to CWPT

The Trust has a relationship with two UK institutions with an interest in Pakistani art:

Individual applications

Apart from the partnerships described above, it is also open to individual arts practitioners from Pakistan to make their own arrangements with a host institution in the UK and apply direct to the Trust’s Secretary for support under this programme.  Funds are very limited so ‘open’ applications must be outstanding in quality.  The Secretary’s contact details are shown above.

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