Deadline: 1 May 2014
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is accepting applications from young students on the verge of completing their undergraduate degree with a Baccalaureate from an accredited college/university for Scholarship Awards 2014/15. The students from developing countries are supported through their graduate studies in a development related discipline.
OFID makes direct payment of tuition fees including any supplementary examination fees, as required by the academic institution. Student is provided with a monthly allowance to cover living expenses, books and accommodation. Additionally, the student is paid a relocation grant prior to start of her/his first year studies. Scholarship also covers travel cost from student’s place of residence to the nearest airport to the chosen place of study and back to the home country after completion of the studies.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Applicant must be between the ages of 23-32 at the time of submitting his/her application.
- Applicants must have obtained or be on the verge of completing their undergraduate degree with a Baccalaureate from an accredited college/university, or its equivalent.
- Applicant must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 rating system, or its equivalent.
- Applicant must be matriculated at an accredited university for the upcoming academic year starting August/September 2013, and must maintain full-time status for the duration of the Master’s Degree.
- Applicant must be a national of a developing country (except OFID Member Countries).
- Applicant must select a subject of study that pertains to OFID’s core mission, such as: economics of development (poverty reduction, energy and sustainable development), environment (desertification), or other related science and technology fields.
For more information, please visit Scholarship Award Page and click Application Guidelines.
