Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarships
Course(s) Offered: Any champaign (see below)
Course Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Vocational studies
Provider: Rotary Foundation
Country to Study in: Any Country*
Scholarship Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship programme ended inwards 2013. Beginning 2013/14, The Foundation volition offering scholarship opportunities through global grants. This novel grant construction gives Rotarians greater flexibility inwards sponsoring the adjacent generation of leaders. See link to UPDATED POST below.
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Rotary Foundation Scholarships together with Training Grants
The Ambassadorial Scholarships program, the Rotary Foundation’s oldest together with best-known program, was founded inwards 1947. It promotes international agreement together with friendly relations alongside people of dissimilar parts of the world.
The scholarships sponsor undergraduate together with graduate students, equally good equally qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve equally goodwill ambassadors to the province where they report together with give presentations nearly their ain civilization to Rotary clubs together with other groups. Back home, scholars part with Rotarians together with others the experiences that deepened their agreement of unopen to other culture.
Eligibility
To live on eligible:
Course(s) Offered: Any champaign (see below)
Course Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Vocational studies
Provider: Rotary Foundation
Country to Study in: Any Country*
Scholarship Description
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship programme ended inwards 2013. Beginning 2013/14, The Foundation volition offering scholarship opportunities through global grants. This novel grant construction gives Rotarians greater flexibility inwards sponsoring the adjacent generation of leaders. See link to UPDATED POST below.
UPDATED POST:
Rotary Foundation Scholarships together with Training Grants
The Ambassadorial Scholarships program, the Rotary Foundation’s oldest together with best-known program, was founded inwards 1947. It promotes international agreement together with friendly relations alongside people of dissimilar parts of the world.
The scholarships sponsor undergraduate together with graduate students, equally good equally qualified professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve equally goodwill ambassadors to the province where they report together with give presentations nearly their ain civilization to Rotary clubs together with other groups. Back home, scholars part with Rotarians together with others the experiences that deepened their agreement of unopen to other culture.
Eligibility
To live on eligible:
- Applicants must take away keep completed at to the lowest degree 2 years of academy or college course of instruction work, or must take away keep a secondary schoolhouse educational activity together with take away keep been employed inwards a recognized vocation for at to the lowest degree 2 years when the scholarship begins.
- All applicants must live on citizens of a province inwards which at that topographic point is a Rotary club. Applicants must initially apply through a Rotary lodge located inwards the surface area of their legal or permanent residence, or identify of fulltime report or employment.
- Any applicant whose native linguistic communication is non that of the proposed province of report must submit testify of the mightiness to read, write, together with verbalise the linguistic communication of that country. Candidates must equally good top a linguistic communication proficiency examination determined yesteryear the Foundation.
- Persons with disabilities together with members of Rotaract clubs are eligible together with encouraged to apply.
Eligible groups
Citizens of countries where at that topographic point is a Rotary Club (in nearly seventy countries)
Participating Institution(s)
*Study or preparation must live on undertaken inwards unopen to other province or territory where at that topographic point are Rotary clubs. It cannot take away keep identify inwards the province of the sponsor Rotary district.
NOTE:
Although applicants are asked to listing their preferred report locations, the Foundation Trustees reserve the correct to brand assignments to whatever suitable establishment to ensure the widest possible geographical distribution of scholars. Candidates must live on flexible inwards their report establishment assignments.
Scholars volition non live on assigned to a city, state, or province where they take away keep lived or studied for to a greater extent than than twelve months. As a result, these scholarships are non appropriate for students seeking to go on their studies at a given university.
Field(s) of study
Ambassadorial Scholarships may live on used for almost whatever dependent exactly cannot live on applied to unsupervised research, medical internships or residencies, or employment. Scholars planning to pursue medical studies are non permitted to engage inwards hands-on procedures or direct-care patient services during the scholarship period.
Number of awards
Nearly 700 scholarships were awarded for report inwards 2009-10. Some Rotary districts may non offering scholarships. Applicants must banking firm check with their local lodge nearly availability.
Sponsorship duration
The scholarship is for 1 regular academic twelvemonth (usually nine months) of full-time report at an establishment assigned yesteryear The Rotary Foundation Trustees. Because the scholarship is express to 1 academic year, recipients may non live on able to earn degrees or diplomas during the report period. The scholarship may equally good live on used for vocational training.
Scholarship benefits
The 2010-11 marking of Ambassadorial Scholars received US$9.6 meg through private grants of $25,000. Since 1947, a amount of $532 meg has been awarded to 41,000 men together with women.
These awards are intended to aid defray costs associated with round-trip transportation, tuition together with other fees, room together with board, together with unopen to educational supplies.
NOTE: Scholars must locate funds to encompass all expenses that are non specifically financed yesteryear their scholarships or for which their scholarships are non sufficient. Scholarships volition non live on increased to encompass spouses, dependents, or anyone other than the scholar.
Method of Application
Download the Ambassadorial Scholarships application shape (PDF or Word). Inquire together with submit the application shape to your local lodge (see 'Contact' below). See to a greater extent than resources here: Ambassadorial Scholar Handbook (pdf).
Each scholar is responsible for applying direct to the assigned institution, gaining admission, obtaining required visas, together with making move arrangements Interested applicants must apply for Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships through their local Rotary club.
DEADLINES:
Application deadlines are ready yesteryear private Rotary clubs inwards accordance with the district deadline. Because timelines vary, exclusively your local lodge tin flaming supply specific data nearly application deadlines. For 2012-13 awards, lodge deadlines may live on equally early equally 1 March 2011 or equally belatedly equally xv August 2011. Remember that availability varies yesteryear Rotary district. If your local district is non offering scholarships at this time, elbow grease inquiring adjacent year.
Contact
Contact your local Rotary club to larn to a greater extent than nearly Rotary's scholarship opportunities.
Application Deadline: March - August each year
Open to International students: Yes
Related: Rotary Foundation Scholarships together with Training Grants
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