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The Warne-Eng Scholarship creates an opportunity for qualified applicants to attend educational institutions in Norway and assists with the major costs of tuition, room and board. This scholarship is endowed and funded by Douglas Warne in honor and rememb ...
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CIEE offers three types of scholarships to make study abroad affordable for students who face financial and social hurdles. Awards are made based on personal statements from student applicants and financial need.
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In this scholarship programme, attention is focused on “Europe in particular and the academic programmes related to this subject. The idea behind this is, that in Eastern Europe, countries as prospective members, newly added members or neighbours of the E ...
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The AIFS Foundation is proud to offer the John S. Linakis Scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded annually to an AIFS student with limited financial resources who also demonstrates an interest in and a commitment to social justice.
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The Alison Barker Travel Scholarship is awarded for educational travel to classical sites to an undergraduate who shows particular interest in the classics.
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The Taiwan Scholarship Program aims to encourage outstanding international students to study in Taiwan, as well as to promote bilateral exchanges and friendship between the peoples of Taiwan and its diplomatic allies.
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Masa Israel works to make it as easy as possible for Jewish young adults to go to Israel. We offer grants and/or scholarships to help make the experience more affordable. Masa Israel participants on a gap year program between the ages of 18-20 are eligi ...
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified international students to apply for International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) to undertake the degree of Master by Research or Doctorate by Research at The University of Western Australia. The ...
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The Dorot Fellowship is designed to assemble and empower a network of young Jewish lay leaders to enliven the American Jewish landscape. Each year, 12 Dorot Fellows are chosen to live in Israel, where they sharpen the characteristics and skills, acquire t ...
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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) accepts applications from overseas students for study in Japan. Its aim is to foster human resources who will become bridges of friendship between foreign countries and Japan throug ...
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Mawista offers a scholarship to a person studying in Germany from abroad who has a child, in order to reduce additional financial stress associated with having children while studying abroad.
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DAAD offers grants to applicants from North American universities, who at the time of application have attained at least sophomore standing (second-year standing in Canada), to attend 8-week intensive language courses at leading institutes in Germany.
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İbni Sina Medical Sciences Scholarship program is available for non-Turkish nationals from all countries.
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The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year.
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The Radboud University Medical Center Study Fund is a scholarship for excellent students applying for the Master’s programmes in Biomedical Sciences or Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. The Radboud University Medical Center Study Fund aims to provide very ...
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Aoyama Gakuin University reviewed our various scholarship programs and established a new scholarship scheme to support international students in 2014.
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The Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan.
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