3-Scholarships Sunday - CSS, DGHGS, & TaiwanICDF
Opportunities you should apply for this week.
Hi All!
Welcome to today’s issue of Scholarship Sunday, where you get three opportunities you should apply for this week.
Today, we’ll talk about CSS, DGHGS, and TaiwanICDF.
1: Commonwealth Shared Scholarships (CSS)
Country: United Kingdom
Program: Masters
Deadline: December 9, 2025, 4:00 pm GMT
Funding details:
Full tuition fees
Living stipend (£1,452/month or £1,781/month in London)
Return airfare
Arrival allowance
Application Link: https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/commonwealth-shared-scholarships-applications/
Tip: The deadline is in 2 days. I interviewed Henry Nwankwo yesterday. A 2025 Commonwealth Shared Scholarship winner. He shared so many tips to help anyone win the scholarship. You can watch the full replay here. (He also read out his essays)
2: Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship Program (DGHGS)
Country: Canada
University: York University
Program: Master’s, PhD
Deadline: Friday, January 16, 2026, noon ET
Funding details: $5,000-$30,000 CAD annually.
Official Link: https://www.yorku.ca/dighr/scholarship/
Application Link: https://dighr.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=103908
Tip: This is for graduate students interested in doing research related to one of these three themes (planetary health, global health and humanitarianism, and global health foresighting). So they fund students from a wide range of programs (if you’re a good fit for this, please apply):
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Education
Environmental and Urban Change
Health
Lassonde School of Engineering
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Osgoode Hall Law School
Science
3: TaiwanICDF International Higher Education Scholarship Program
Country: Taiwan
Program: Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD
Deadline: March 15, 2026
Funding details:
Tuition fees
Insurance and Book costs
Return flights
Accommodation
Living allowance (monthly stipend)
Bachelor’s Program: NT$15,000 per month
Master’s: NT$18,000 per month
PhD: NT$20,000 per month
Application Link: https://www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=12505&ctNode=31562&mp=2#aC
Tip: Watch the video below for a first-hand experience of the scholarship recipient. Then click the application link above. Go to the website and download the three attachments. Read through the available programs, and if any interest you, apply. This is a fully funded scholarship, and it can be a great bridge between where you are and your US/Canadian dream.
That’s it. See you next Sunday.
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