Deadline: 16 January 2016
The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF) is inviting women from developing countries for US/Canada Program to award education grants on a competitive basis to exceptional women from developing countries that have financial need and are committed to working to empower women and children.
The MMMF mission is to help women in developing countries further their education and strengthen their leadership skills.
Eligible Countries
Afghanistan, Guatemal , Palau, Albani, Guinea Panama, Algeria, Guinea-Bissau, Papua New, Guinea American Samoa, Guyana, Paraguay, Angola, Haiti, Peru, Argentina, Honduras, Philippines, Armenia, Hungary, Romania, Azerbaijan, India, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Samoa, Belarus, Iran, Islamic Rep., São Tomé and Principe, Belize, Iraq, Senegal, Benin, Jamaica, Serbia, Bhutan, Jordan, Seychelles, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Sierra Leone, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kenya, Solomon Islands, Botswana, Kiribati, Somalia, Brazil, Korea, Dem Rep. South Africa, Bulgaria, Kosovo, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Burundi, Lao PDR, St. Lucia, Cabo-Verde, Lebanon, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cambodia, Lesotho, Sudan, Cameroon, Liberia, Suriname, Central African Republic, Libya, Swaziland, Chad, Macedonia, FYR Syrian Arab Republic, China, Madagascar, Tajikistan, Colombia, Malawi, Tanzania, Comoros, Malaysia, Thailand, Congo, Dem. Rep Maldives, Timor-Leste, Congo, Rep.,Mali, Togo, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Tunisia, Cuba, Mauritius, Turkey, Djibouti, Mexico, Turkmenistan, Dominica, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Tuvalu, Dominican Republic, Moldova, Uganda, Ecuador, Mongolia, Ukraine, Egypt, Arab Rep., Montenegro, Uzbekistan, El Salvador, Morocco, Vanuatu, Eritrea, Mozambique, Venezuela, RB, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Fiji, Namibia, West Bank and Gaza, Gabon, Nepal, Yemen, Rep., Gambia, The Nicaragua, Zambia, Georgia, Niger, Zimbabwe, Ghana Nigeria , Grenada, Pakistan.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must
- Demonstrate a commitment to working to empower women and children in developing countries.
- Demonstrate financial need
- Intend to return to a developing country within two years of completing degree or intend to remain in developing country at least two years to work towards empowerment of women and children
- Be at least 25 years of age by the deadline.
- Demonstrate satisfactory academic performance
- Be a national of a country listed on the above mentioned Countries
- Be enrolled at an accredited academic institution at time of application and plan to be enrolled for a full academic year upon receipt of grant.
- Not be a relative of a World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund or Inter-American Development Bank staff or his/her spouse
- Have not received a MMMF grant previously
- Must be enrolled as a full time student with relevant student visa
- May not hold: US citizenship or permanent residency (green card) or Canadian citizenship or Canadian landed immigrant status
How to Apply
Interested applicants must register to access application form via given website.
For more information please visit US/Canada Program.
