Open Society Foundations Global Supplementary Grant Program

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.