Supplementary Grants Programs

Burma

Supplementary grants for Burmese students are intended primarily, but not exclusively, for refugee university students who actively participated in the pro-democracy movement of 1988 and whose education was subsequently disrupted. 

See also: Burma Project at OSI-New York
 
 

Soros Supplementary Grants Program

Soros Supplementary Grants Program 2004-2005

Program Description:

The Network Scholarship Programs of the Open Society Institute-Budapest is pleased to announce the Soros Supplementary Grants Program, academic year 2004-2005. 

The program was created to assist citizens of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia who are pursuing advanced study within this region but outside of their home countries. The goal is to support cross-cultural, intraregional student mobility as part of the Open Society Institute’s overall efforts to strengthen the academic network within and among these countries. 

 The Soros Supplementary Grants Program 2004-2005 offers grants to:

I.  standard eligibility students of the social sciences, humanities, and fine and performing arts who have already arranged for part of the costs of their study to be covered.

II.  special needs students:
· Roma 
· refugees
· people seeking political asylum
· displaced (forced migrants).

Awards are offered for one academic year only and will be granted in amounts ranging up to $5,000. Awards are available to undergraduates and post-graduates enrolled on full-time basis at recognized institutes of higher education outside of their home country or permanent residence and in one of the countries listed below. Participating countries are as follows (no exceptions):
 
 
Albania Hungary  Russia
Armenia Kazakstan Slovakia
Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan Slovenia
Belarus Latvia Tajikistan
Bosnia & Herzegovina Lithuania Turkmenistan
Bulgaria Macedonia Ukraine
Croatia Moldova Uzbekistan
Czech Republic Mongolia Yugoslavia
Estonia Poland
Georgia Romania

Application deadline—April 15, 2004. 

You can download the application form here.

Now you can also apply online!
www.soros.org/grants/oas

For more information on eligibility criteria and application details please contact the appropriate scholarship program coordinator at the national foundation in your home country.