Chevening Western Balkans Cyber Security Fellowship 2025
If you are a mid-career professional from the Western Balkans eager to sharpen your expertise in cyber security and cyber policy, this is your moment. The prestigious Chevening Western Balkans Cyber Security Fellowship, hosted by Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (Shrivenham Campus), is officially open for applications.
This fully funded fellowship, supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), offers a rare chance to step into the heart of the UK’s policy and research ecosystem in cyber security.
Scholarship Cover
Selected fellows will receive a comprehensive financial package, ensuring that they can focus entirely on their studies and research. The award includes:
- Full programme fees for the ten-week fellowship.
- Living expenses to cover accommodation and daily needs throughout the programme.
- Return economy airfare from the Western Balkans to the United Kingdom.
Programme Overview
This ten-week intensive programme equips fellows with critical insights into the political, economic, legal, and technological dimensions of cyber security. The curriculum blends policy and practice, with focus areas such as:
- Cyber Threats: Assessing threat landscapes, national security implications, governance structures, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
- Cyber Economy: Exploring online business models, consumer protection, adoption of open-source technologies, and challenges in technology uptake.
- Cyber-Crime and Law: Understanding the global fight against cyber-crime, internet law, privacy issues, social media misuse, and accountability in cyberspace.
- Regional and UK Contexts: Addressing unique cyber security challenges relevant to the UK and the Western Balkans.
This combination ensures that participants not only enhance their theoretical understanding but also gain practical knowledge applicable to their home countries.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for this fellowship, candidates must:
- Be a citizen and current resident of one of the following: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, or Serbia.
- Commit to returning to their home country after the fellowship.
- Hold a postgraduate-level qualification or equivalent professional training/experience in a relevant field.
- Possess at least five years of relevant professional work experience in cyber security or cyber policy.
- Demonstrate significant expertise as a policy formulator, commentator, or academic.
- Have a strong working knowledge of English.
- Not hold British or dual British citizenship.
- Not be employed by or recently affiliated (within the last two years) with the UK Government, British Council, or a sponsoring university.
- Not have received a UK Government-funded scholarship (including Chevening) within the last five years.
Apply: https://www.chevening.org/fellowship/wbcs/
Application Timeline
The fellowship is currently open for applications. The last date to apply for the Chevening Western Balkans Cyber Security Fellowship is 7 October 2025 (12:00 UTC).
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