Open Society Foundations Global Supplementary Grant Program

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Open Society Foundations Global Supplementary Grant Program

BY FUNDSFORNGOS, ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2011

The Open Society Foundations Scholarship Programs is offering the Global

Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) for the year 2011-2012 for select countries

across North America, Asia, Australia, Middle/Near East.

The purpose of the program is to enable qualified students to pursue full-time

doctoral studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited

universities in Asia, Australia, the Middle/Near East, and North America. Each

award will provide partial funding for one year of full-time doctoral study.

Recipients of GSGP grants will have the option to re-apply for an additional two

awards after the original grant.

Only students who have been accepted into a full-time doctoral (Ph.D.) program

at an accredited university are eligible to apply.

Grants are provided to help cover costs in the following categories:

1. Tuition and fees – not to exceed 50% of tuition and fees per academic year;

2. Living expenses – students who have succeeded in funding their tuition,

either through scholarships or tuition waivers, are eligible for housing and

living funds;

3. Other – students who have secured all necessary funds but cannot afford

additional expenses, such as travel to/from their host country, books,

materials, health insurance, etc., are eligible for additional funds.

Candidates must be nationals of one of these countries: Afghanistan, Egypt,

Lebanon, Russia, Albania, Georgia, Macedonia, Serbia, Armenia, Iraq, Moldova,

Syria, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan,

Montenegro, Turkmenistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Nepal, Ukraine, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan,

Palestine, Uzbekistan

The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2011. For more information, visit this

link.

http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/global_supplementary/gu\

idelines/gsgp-application-north-america-20110124.pdf