UG Scholarship 2019@ Rotary Foundation, USA
INTRODUCTION
The Rotary Foundation, USA, invites applications for post-graduate study in the academic year 2019/20.
No of scholarships: one scholarship
Scholarship award: This scholarship is for USD 30,000 to study in District 1090 either in the area of Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution or Economic and Community Development. Applicants must be from a low or middle-income country.
Duration: Scholarships can be for a single year, or for up to four years, of academic graduate full time study. The scholarship may not be used for unsupervised research, medical internship or residency, or for full time employment.
COURSE AND ELIGIBILITY
Eligibilities: This scholarship is for students from outside the UK, who are planning to take up a place on a graduate course within District 1090. To be eligible:
Applicants must be from (a citizen of) a low to middle income country, as defined by the UK Governments Department of International Development.
Applicants must have been offered a place, or expect to receive an offer of a place to study on a graduate course in the academic year 2019/20. Applicants must expect to be in receipt of an offer by April 2019
The planned university course must fit either under Rotarys first Areas of Focus "Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution" or the sixth Area of Focus "Economic and Community Development".
Applicants must be planning to study at a university within Rotary District 1090. This covers Brunel, Bucks New, Oxford, Oxford Brookes and Reading Universities.
Applicants must be planning to start on a new course in the academic year 2019/20, this scholarship will not be awarded to a student about to move into year two of a two-year graduate course.
Rotarians are not eligible to apply. Applicants may not be related to a Rotarian (partner, child or grandchild of a current Rotarian or someone who has been a Rotarian in the last three years). Scholarships are funded by Global Grants and this fits with the rule that Rotarians and their families may not be beneficiaries of a Global Grant.
CAREER PROSPECTS
How to apply: Applicants can apply online mode only
Last date: 31st March, 2019.