Guidelines

Note: The deadline for scholarship applications for the 2009-10 academic year has passed. Please check back again in spring 2010 for a new call for applications for the 2010-11 academic year.

The Open Society Institute offers supplementary grants to students from select countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia. The purpose of the program is to enable qualified students to pursue doctoral studies in the humanities and social sciences at accredited universities in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle/Near East, and North America.

Eligibility

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

Ineligibility

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. Ineligible fields of study include:

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

GSGP grants are for students pursuing doctorate degrees only. Students admitted to master’s programs with the intent to continue, but who are not clearly admitted into a PhD 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.

Deadline

The deadline for scholarship applications for the 2009-10 academic year has passed. Please check back again in spring 2010 for a new call for applications for the 2010-11 academic year.