Post by Admin on May 9, 2014 2:34:23 GMT -5
Scholarships
What is a Scholarship ?
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student seeking further education.
Types of Scholarships ?
Scholarship Foundations can function independently or can be bound to a certain university or country.
Independent scholarships:
Will fund your studies in any university of your choice, they open their doors for separate applications, and if you are given an interview and are successfully chosen, they will fund your studies in the university that you picked. They might have limitation on the nature of the degree so before you apply to one, please check if your field is potentially funded.
Here is a list of independent scholarships for Egyptians
a.Citadel Capital Scholarship www.citadelscholarships.org/
b.Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp/default.htm
University or Country bound Scholarships:
Those will fund your studies in certain universities only or certain countries. If a scholarship is University bound, usually you will fill an attached funding application along with your university application in one sitting and you will have to be accepted by the academic department as a student after which you can only be considered for funding. Country bound scholarships fund your studies at any university of your choice provided it is in a certain country
List of those
a.Fulbright Scholarship www.fulbright-egypt.org
b.Chevening: www.chevening.com
c.Cambridge University Scholarships
www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/countries/index.shtml?country=egypt
d.Shell Centenary Scholarship U.K/Netherlands www.shellscholar.org/home/index.htm
e.Harvard University scholarships: www.mof.gov.eg/english/Fellowship.html
f.MBR Foundation (non medical)
www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Knowledge/Pages/Fellows.aspx
g.Onsi Sawiris scholarship program (non medical) www.orascomci.com/
What schools and which candidates do scholarships like to fund?
Again there is no rule that governs the selection process, however there are some common selection criteria.
Scholarships like to finance:
Big Schools (Harvard, Cambridge)...Apply there
Degrees relevant to candidates graduate education and specialization (not a rule)
Degrees that serve the public (public health, human rights, reproductive health)
Degrees that participate in improving and advancing developing countries
Candidates with disabilities, women, religious and ethnic minorities
What are my chances of getting a scholarship?
When you are competing to get a scholarship, You are competing locally. All the candidates that are applying are Egyptians, so you will not feel the same overwhelming feeling that you get when you are competing worldwide (e.g NRMP match), However it is still a competition and you need to prove your competence to get the funding. Remember this is not a loan, scholarships give free money and so they make sure their candidates are worthy and committed. For more information on scholarship interviews and competency evaluation please
What is a legal Binding?
A legal binding is a document that you sign with the scholarship if you are accepted for funding. This document can dictate different things depending on the scholarship. Some organizations require that a candidate returns to their home country after successfully completing the degree for 2 years, other scholarships require that a candidate works for them for a period of time, other scholarships don’t require anything at all. This binding is aimed to make sure that the candidate benefits their country by working in it, however this binding does not deprive a candidate of seeking any further education if he/she so wishes. The strictness or looseness of the binding is dependent on the scholarship foundation itself.
Who can apply to a Scholarship?
All medical Students and Graduates can apply to Scholarships
Links , Documents and Websites for Scholarships- by Randa Youseff
Scholarship websites and tips for your funding search
ere's a list of scholarship websites for those of you looking to fund your studies abroad, your research etc., anywhere, everywhere, at all levels, and for just about everything.
1. www.Advance-Africa.com : A website which lists scholarships from around the world, in all fields, and many of them are for students from developing countries. They include all educational levels: undergraduate, Master's, PhD, and postdocs. Don't forget to subscribe to its newsletter! They also list internships and jobs in many many many countries, and a lot of the jobs are working for NGOs and hospitals.
2. a website featuring scholarships around the world, internships, conferences, and trainings. The plus to it is that is has directories of universities in every state in the U.S., so you can easily get the names of all the colleges in one state in the U.S. It also does the same for many European countries, listing all the universities in one country. Don't forget to subscribe to its newsletter!
3. www.scholarish.com, www.scholars4dev.com, www.scholarship-positions.com : Other websites featuring scholarships, grants, fellowships, etc. They all have newsletters.
On all these websites, there are also "how-to" documents, e.g. how to write a motivation letter, how to deal with interviews, etc. The plus side to them is that they include all specialties, all levels, and all nationalities. If it is too overwhelming, these sites usually have search tools to narrow your search, e.g. maybe you want to specify you are looking for a scholarship for a Master's degree in Pathology for Africans. They usually have search items for nationality, field of study, level of study, and country of study.
My other tip is that you may want to search the funding pages of many universities. They usually have databases or large lists of funding sources that these websites may not include, simply because these websites do not know all of the thousands of scholarships out there. These funding pages do not only include funding from that particular university, but also external funding bodies that they know of, and usually, they know a lot, since administrators working in universities abroad are usually well aware of funding schemes. It's their job to collect data on these kinds of things.
Okay, hope this is useful for you, and I know that the search must be hard, but nothing good in life comes easy! Good luck!
By Randa Youssef
Hoda Hashem
What is a Scholarship ?
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student seeking further education.
Types of Scholarships ?
Scholarship Foundations can function independently or can be bound to a certain university or country.
Independent scholarships:
Will fund your studies in any university of your choice, they open their doors for separate applications, and if you are given an interview and are successfully chosen, they will fund your studies in the university that you picked. They might have limitation on the nature of the degree so before you apply to one, please check if your field is potentially funded.
Here is a list of independent scholarships for Egyptians
a.Citadel Capital Scholarship www.citadelscholarships.org/
b.Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp/default.htm
University or Country bound Scholarships:
Those will fund your studies in certain universities only or certain countries. If a scholarship is University bound, usually you will fill an attached funding application along with your university application in one sitting and you will have to be accepted by the academic department as a student after which you can only be considered for funding. Country bound scholarships fund your studies at any university of your choice provided it is in a certain country
List of those
a.Fulbright Scholarship www.fulbright-egypt.org
b.Chevening: www.chevening.com
c.Cambridge University Scholarships
www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/countries/index.shtml?country=egypt
d.Shell Centenary Scholarship U.K/Netherlands www.shellscholar.org/home/index.htm
e.Harvard University scholarships: www.mof.gov.eg/english/Fellowship.html
f.MBR Foundation (non medical)
www.mbrfoundation.ae/English/Knowledge/Pages/Fellows.aspx
g.Onsi Sawiris scholarship program (non medical) www.orascomci.com/
What schools and which candidates do scholarships like to fund?
Again there is no rule that governs the selection process, however there are some common selection criteria.
Scholarships like to finance:
Big Schools (Harvard, Cambridge)...Apply there
Degrees relevant to candidates graduate education and specialization (not a rule)
Degrees that serve the public (public health, human rights, reproductive health)
Degrees that participate in improving and advancing developing countries
Candidates with disabilities, women, religious and ethnic minorities
What are my chances of getting a scholarship?
When you are competing to get a scholarship, You are competing locally. All the candidates that are applying are Egyptians, so you will not feel the same overwhelming feeling that you get when you are competing worldwide (e.g NRMP match), However it is still a competition and you need to prove your competence to get the funding. Remember this is not a loan, scholarships give free money and so they make sure their candidates are worthy and committed. For more information on scholarship interviews and competency evaluation please
What is a legal Binding?
A legal binding is a document that you sign with the scholarship if you are accepted for funding. This document can dictate different things depending on the scholarship. Some organizations require that a candidate returns to their home country after successfully completing the degree for 2 years, other scholarships require that a candidate works for them for a period of time, other scholarships don’t require anything at all. This binding is aimed to make sure that the candidate benefits their country by working in it, however this binding does not deprive a candidate of seeking any further education if he/she so wishes. The strictness or looseness of the binding is dependent on the scholarship foundation itself.
Who can apply to a Scholarship?
All medical Students and Graduates can apply to Scholarships
Links , Documents and Websites for Scholarships- by Randa Youseff
Scholarship websites and tips for your funding search
ere's a list of scholarship websites for those of you looking to fund your studies abroad, your research etc., anywhere, everywhere, at all levels, and for just about everything.
1. www.Advance-Africa.com : A website which lists scholarships from around the world, in all fields, and many of them are for students from developing countries. They include all educational levels: undergraduate, Master's, PhD, and postdocs. Don't forget to subscribe to its newsletter! They also list internships and jobs in many many many countries, and a lot of the jobs are working for NGOs and hospitals.
2. a website featuring scholarships around the world, internships, conferences, and trainings. The plus to it is that is has directories of universities in every state in the U.S., so you can easily get the names of all the colleges in one state in the U.S. It also does the same for many European countries, listing all the universities in one country. Don't forget to subscribe to its newsletter!
3. www.scholarish.com, www.scholars4dev.com, www.scholarship-positions.com : Other websites featuring scholarships, grants, fellowships, etc. They all have newsletters.
On all these websites, there are also "how-to" documents, e.g. how to write a motivation letter, how to deal with interviews, etc. The plus side to them is that they include all specialties, all levels, and all nationalities. If it is too overwhelming, these sites usually have search tools to narrow your search, e.g. maybe you want to specify you are looking for a scholarship for a Master's degree in Pathology for Africans. They usually have search items for nationality, field of study, level of study, and country of study.
My other tip is that you may want to search the funding pages of many universities. They usually have databases or large lists of funding sources that these websites may not include, simply because these websites do not know all of the thousands of scholarships out there. These funding pages do not only include funding from that particular university, but also external funding bodies that they know of, and usually, they know a lot, since administrators working in universities abroad are usually well aware of funding schemes. It's their job to collect data on these kinds of things.
Okay, hope this is useful for you, and I know that the search must be hard, but nothing good in life comes easy! Good luck!
By Randa Youssef
Hoda Hashem