[NYC-L] 2007 Global Supplementary Grant Program

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*Call for Applications for the Global Supplementary Grant Program*

The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs offers
supplementary grants to students from selected countries of Eastern and
Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The purpose of the program
is to enable qualified students to pursue doctoral studies in the
Humanities and Social Sciences at accredited universities in Western
Europe, Middle/Near East, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.

*Eligibility*
The Global SGP is available to citizens of the following countries:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan.

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.  This includes:

-     Business Administration/Management Training
-     Computer Science
-     Finance/Banking/Marketing
-     Engineering
-     Hard & Natural Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, etc.)
-     Mathematics
-     Medical Sciences

Global SGP grants are for students pursuing doctorates only.  Students
admitted to master’s programs with the intent to continue, but not 
clear
admission into a Ph.D. program, are ineligible.

Please note that this is a supplementary program, not intended for full
funding.  Applicants must be able to demonstrate additional support 
from
other sources.

*Applying*
Enclosed please find as a separate attachment academic year 2007/2008
application form for the Global Supplementary Grant Program.  Academic
year 2007/2008 application form is also available at our web site
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas.  Applicants
may also apply online at http://www.soros.org/grants/oas. (Please note
that the online application will not be ready until Friday, January 26,
2007)

*Deadline*
The application deadline is April 2, 2007 (for students pursuing Ph.D.
in North America, Asia, Australia) and June 4, 2007 (for students
pursuing Ph.D. in European Union).  Applications mailed directly to New
York must be postmarked April 2/June 4 at the latest, or DHL’d on this
date by the National Foundation.  Applications will not be accepted
after the April 2/June 4 deadline.  Late applications will be
automatically disqualified.