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

Bournemouth MBA Scholarships

The Business School launches new MBA Scholarships for students looking to start the Bournemouth MBA in September 2013.

The Business School is delighted to offer six fully–funded places for UK/EU and International students offered a place to start the Bournemouth MBA in September 2013. These scholarships are worth £15,000 each, covering the full course fee.

In addition, we are offering six part–funded places for International (non-EU) students looking to commence the Bournemouth MBA in September 2013. These scholarships are worth £7,500 each, covering half of the course fee.

The scholarships are for full–time students only. They are not available for students wishing to study part-time.

Scholarship selection criteria
Your eligibility for the fully–funded scholarship of £15,000 will be based on academic merit, work experience and an outstanding personal profile as evidenced in your personal statement. The fully–funded scholarships are open to UK/EU and International (non–EU) students who have been offered a place on the Bournemouth MBA to start in September 2013.

Applications for the part–funded scholarship of £7,500 will be assessed on academic merit and only International (non–EU) students offered a place on the Bournemouth MBA may apply.

The scholarships are offered in addition to the MBA Director’s Scholarship. You may apply for the MBA Director’s Scholarship but you can only be in receipt of one scholarship.

How to apply
To apply for a Business School MBA Scholarship, please download and complete the Business School Scholarship application form:

The closing date for applications is 31 May 2013 for entry to the course in September 2013.

Source : http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/mba/full-and-part-funded-mba-scholarships.html