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Jan 19, 2013

Global Supplementary Grant : Open Society Foundations

The Open Society Foundations offers supplementary grants to students from select countries in Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East/North Africa, and South Asia. The program enables qualified students to pursue doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences at accredited universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

Eligibility Criteria
The Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) is available to nationals of the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Palestine, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Ineligibility Criteria
Students pursuing doctorates in the medical, physical, chemical, technical or natural sciences as well as fine or performing arts are not eligible for this grant.
Other ineligible fields of study include:
    Business Administration/Management Training
    Computer Science
    Finance/Banking/Marketing
    Engineering
    Hard & Natural Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
    Mathematics
    Medical Sciences
    Fine and performing arts

GSGP grants are for students pursuing doctorate degrees only. Students admitted to Master’s programs with the intent to continue, but who are not clearly admitted into a PhD program, are ineligible.

Please note that this is a supplementary program and not intended for full funding. Applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other sources.

Guidelines
Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply online.
Please note the different deadlines. The deadline for the GSGP North America award is April 1, 2013, and the deadline for GSGP Europe is May 21, 2013.

Source: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/global-supplementary-grant

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