Melete was founded in 2019 by John & Kitty Chisholm. The Melete Scholarships Scheme’s mission is to seek out and support talented PhD students as they become the next generation of visionary entrepreneurial innovators driven to create significant societal impact.
Do you have ideas that you can put into practice to create self-sustaining social good, to nurture ideas that can turn into enterprises that have the potential to benefit those who are disadvantaged in any way? The Melete Scholarships Scheme will provide the opportunity for exceptional people to have the extra financial freedom that a scholarship provides to create space to realise their talents.
Up to two scholarships are available in 2024/25 to PhD students studying at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), or co-supervised by KMi staff, within the Open University. Successful students will be awarded a scholarship of £5,000 in support of the objectives outlined in their application.
To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, you’ll need to meet the following criteria:
The Melete Scholarships Scheme is now open for applications for the 2024/25 academic year. To apply you’ll need to download the scholarship application form and send it together with a letter of application of no more than 1,500 words.
Once completed, email your application and supporting evidence to our Student Fees team. You’ll find their contact details on the first page of the application form.
Applications close at midday on 20 May 2024.
Interviews held during w/c 3 June 2024
Outcomes being announced by the end of June 2024
We founded Melete in 2019 because our life experience told us that motivated and inspiring people are absolutely the basis of positive change in the world. Our vision is to seek out such people and help them create the credibility that will enable the realisation of their talents.
We are looking for people with ideas that they can put into practice to create self-sustaining social good, to nurture ideas that have the potential to benefit those who are disadvantaged in any way and give an opportunity for exceptional people to have the extra financial freedom that a scholarship provides to create a space to realise their talents.
Our aim is to seed innovative approaches which have the potential to take root and blossom into self-sustaining enterprises. We also want to encourage the networking of amongst an innovative community dedicated to social good such that each member gains insights from fellow collaborators ad together have the potential of being far more than the sum of their parts.
John and Kitty Chisholm
Shuang Ao and Joseph Kwarteng – PhD students at the Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) – were the first-ever recipients of Melete Scholarships.
You can read more about Shuang and Joseph and their work on their profiles, linked below.
AI transformation of pictures in children’s stories to haptic interaction
Shuang Ao is currently a Ph.D. student studying at KMi, The Open University. She received a master’s degree in linguistics from the National University of Singapore. Afterward, she worked as a linguistic specialist for three years in Singapore to design curricula based on...
The computational redefinition of intersectional hate speech in the context of misogynoir
Joseph Kwarteng began his career in 2017 as a teaching affiliate in the ICT Department at the University of Education Winneba after completing his Information Technology undergraduate degree. After a year as a teaching affiliate, he was offered a role as a...
