About This Initiative
Scholarship Programs mobilizes students and scholars by providing support for fellowships, scholarships, and related activities that empower individuals throughout the world to improve the social, political, and intellectual environments of their home communities.  more

Contact List: Scholarship Programs Coordinators
Complete contact information for Scholarship Programs coordinators, listed by country/region.  more

DAAD-OSI Program
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and OSI Scholarship Programs cosponsor a scholarship program for graduate students and junior faculty in the Transcaucasian and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union.  more

Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires
Scholarship Programs and the Centre National des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires offer awards for students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan for one year of postgraduate study at French universities.  more

Faculty Development Fellowship
Faculty Development Fellowships are offered to outstanding faculty in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.  more

Call for Applications: Burma Supplementary Grant Program
February 1, 2008
OSI seeks applicants for a grant designed to address the needs of Burmese students, both inside and outside of the country, whose college education was disrupted due to political instability in Burma.  more

Call for Applications: Global Supplementary Grants
January 18, 2008
OSI's Scholarship Programs offers supplementary grants to humanities and social-science doctoral students from Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.  more

Scholarship Programs Newsletter: Spring 2008
Issue 3
The third issue of the Scholarship Programs newsletter focuses on conference updates, and provides information on two quickly developing and important components of the NSP community—the Open Education Movement and KARL, a global intranet with promising potential to network staff and grantees. more

Scholar Forum: Economic Development
Spring 2008, Number 11
In the Spring 2008 issue of ScholarForum, the journal of the Open Society Institute's Scholarship Programs, contributors examine several strategies that not only spur economic growth but also encourage and strengthen open societies. more