Deadline: for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Asia, Australia, North America, or the Middle East: April 15, 2012; for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Europe: May 21, 2012.
Open to: students from select countries of Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East, and South Asia, pursuing a Ph.D.
Grant: this is a supplementary program not intended for full funding; applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other sources.
Description
The Open Society Foundations offer supplementary grants to students from select countries of Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle East, and South Asia. The purpose of the program is to enable 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
The Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) is available to nationals of the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Palestine, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Ineligibility
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. 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
Grant
Please note that this is a supplementary program not intended for full funding; applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support from other sources.
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.
Application
Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply online using the Online Application System which may be found at www.soros.org/grants/oas.
Applicants must complete the appropriate application (GSGP-North America or GSGP-Europe) based on the continent of study. Applicants applying to universities in North American and Europe will need to submit 2 applications.
Applications for GSGP North America sent by mail must be postmarked by April 15, 2012, and may be sent to the following New York address:
Global Supplementary Grant Program -North America
Open Society Institute-New York
1700 Broadway, 17th floor
New York, NY 10019
USA
Contact: Russell Koff, Program Coordinator:
rkoff@sorosny.org
Applications for GSGP Europe must be postmarked by May 21, 2012, and sent to the following London address:
Global Supplementary Grant Program – Europe
Open Society Foundation
Scholarship Programs
Cambridge House
100 Cambridge Grove
London W6 0LE
United Kingdom
Contact: Margareta Mamaliga, Program Manager:
margareta.mamaliga@osf-eu.org
For those applicants from Russia, questions should be directed to the relevant contact people in New York and London as outlined above. Applications for Russian candidates should also be sent to the offices above.
For all other countries, applications can be sent to the addresess above or to your local Soros Foundation or Educational Advising Center.