
The primary focus areas of the Scholarship Programs are listed below. Please select an individual focus area for additional information.
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Afghan Communications Scholarship
The Afghan Communications Scholarship provides fully funded fellowships to qualified citizens of Afghanistan.
Alumni Grant Program
The program offers grants to Scholarship Programs alumni to further expand the knowledge gained during their fellowship and make a positive contribution to their home country.
Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires
The French government program for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan offers awards for postgraduate study at universities in France, thanks to cooperation between the Open Society Foundations and the Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires.
Civil Service Awards
The Civil Service Awards of the Open Society Foundations offer fellowships for master’s degree study, providing professional training and development to public-sector employees engaged in policy analysis and implementation. Currently the program is offered in Georgia and Moldova.
DAAD-OSI Program
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Open Society Scholarship Programs cosponsor a scholarship program for graduate students in the Balkans and graduate students and junior faculty in the Transcaucasian and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union.
Doctoral Fellows Program
The Open Society Foundations Doctoral Fellows Program is a flexible program designed to provide the highest research and teaching qualifications to individuals from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan who are positioned to become leading scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
EARTH University Scholarships
The Open Society Foundations provide undergraduate scholarships for students from Haiti, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to study at EARTH University in Costa Rica.
Faculty Development Fellowship
Faculty Development Fellowships are offered to outstanding faculty in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Georgia Program for Education Professionals
The Georgia Program for Education Professionals offers fellowships
for master's degree study in the United States
for individuals from Georgia.
Global Supplementary Grant Program
The Global Supplementary Grant Program offers supplementary grants to doctoral students from selected countries of Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, the Middle/Near East, and South Asia.
Middle East Rule of Law Masters Scholarship
The Middle East Rule of Law Masters Scholarship offers qualified applicants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria the opportunity for scholarships in the fields of public policy and public administration, media and communications studies, law (Master of Laws-LLM), and gender studies at universities within the United States.
Open Society Foundations Scholarships in European Studies
This program offers European Studies fellowships at Maastricht and Aarhus Universities to scholars from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and the Ukraine.
Palestinian Rule of Law Program
The Palestinian Rule of Law Program provides support for graduate legal studies leading to an LLM (Masters of Laws) degree.
Social Work Fellowship Program
The Social Work Fellowship Masters Program supports individuals from Jordan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to complete a two year graduate program in social work at an American University.
South Asia Scholarship Program
The South Asia Scholarship Program provides full fellowships to qualified citizens of Afghanistan and Nepal to complete graduate degrees in sustainable development, counseling, and law.
Supplementary Grant Program Asia
The program funds students enrolled in academic programs primarily in Asia and who are likely to return to Burma to work toward its democratic and economic rebirth.
UK Scholarship Programs
The Open Society Foundations support scholarships, generally in the social sciences and humanities, for students and scholars from select countries in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, and the former Soviet Union to study at graduate institutions in the UK.
Undergraduate Exchange Program
The Undergraduate Exchange Program supports students from Albania, Kosovo, and Ukraine for one year of non-degree academic studies in the United States, followed by one year community service in the scholar's home country.

