Grants: Refugee Academics

Grants aim to enable refugee academics achieve employment in the UK at a level commensurate with their skills and experience in the long term. Grants can support refugee academics to re-qualify in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine.

CARA holds 2 grant rounds a year, with deadlines for applications every June and December. Decisions on applications are made two months after the deadlines. For details of the next grant application deadline please see 'Call for Applications'.

Eligibility criteria To be eligible for a CARA grant you must

Have UK refugee status
Have worked as a paid Lecturer or Researcher in a University or higher education institution in your home country

If you are not eligible for CARA funding, please check the 'Resources' section of our website for details of other useful organisations.

Types of funding We can fund qualifications or structured work placements that are clearly linked to employment. Types of funding include tuition fees, travel, registration fees, exam fees, bench fees, books, research costs, IT equipment and childcare. Please also see Frequently Asked Questions.

How to Apply If you think you may be eligible for support please contact CARA to request an enquiry form in the first instance to help us determine whether you are eligible.

Please note the enquiry form is not a grant application form and we will only invite you to complete a full application form if you are eligible and have an offer of a place on a suitable course/placement.

You can contact us for an enquiry form by telephone: 0207 021 0880; email: info.cara@lsbu.ac.uk or by post: CARA, London South Bank University Technopark, 90 London Road, London SE1 6LN.
For more information on how to apply, please see Frequently Asked Questions.