The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2023-2025 In UK & USA

Details For The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2023-2025 In UK & USA:

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) 2023-2025 is offered for Masters degree in the field of Public Health, Conflict, Security and Development and Education.

The World Bank is offering this scholarship, which has full funding, which includes tuition costs, economy class airfare, a $500 travel stipend, and a monthly sustenance allowance. Only nationals of a few chosen underdeveloped nations are eligible for this scholarship.

• Degree: Masters
• Provided by: World Bank
• Deadline: 29 Feb 2024
• Scholarship value: Full Funding, tuition fees + economy class air travel + US $500 travel allowance + monthly subsistence allowance
• Location: USA & UK

Applications for master’s degrees in development-related fields are open to citizens of specific developing nations who have previously supported their governments’ development efforts and possess the necessary professional experience through the JJ/WBGSP. Subject to funding availability, JJ/WBGSP offers scholarships for 52 Participating Master’s Programs at 27 universities in the US, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Japan in crucial development subjects such infrastructure management, tax policy, and economic policy management.

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Eligibility: 

• The applicant cannot be dual citizens of more than one developed nation;
• The candidate must be in excellent health and possess a bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, obtained at least three years before the application deadline.
• The candidate must have a full-time, paid job connected to development at the time the scholarship application is submitted. hold a bachelor’s degree (or an equivalent university degree) and have worked in a paid development-related capacity for at least three years. The job must have been obtained within the last six years from the application deadline.
• By the deadline for scholarship applications, the applicant must, at the latest, be accepted unconditionally (apart from financial support) into a minimum of one master’s program participating in the JJ/WBGSP, which must be situated outside the applicant’s country of citizenship and place of residence. Before completing the scholarship application, the letter of admission must be uploaded.
• The candidate must not hold the position of Executive Director, his or her alternate, or staff member of any World Bank Group appointment, nor be a close family member of any of the aforementioned by blood or adoption. “Close relative” is defined as the following: mother, father, sister, half-sister, brother, half-brother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.
• Reapplication is not permitted for those who have previously been given a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but turned it down or who have previously been awarded a scholarship but did not complete their education.

Application Process:

The applicant has to fill out an online application form to apply for this scholarship and submit two letters of recommendation to complete the application.

JJWBGSP Participating Programs:

• Johns Hopkins- Master of Public Health
• University of Birmingham- MSc Conflict, Security, and Development
• University of California-Berkeley- Master of Development Practice
• University of Wisconsin-Madison- Educational Policy Studies

Benefits: 

Air travel in economy class during the start of your study program and right after the scholarship period ends, between your home country and the host university. Scholars will receive two-way airfare, a travel allowance of US $500 per trip, tuition for their graduate program, and the cost of basic medical insurance through the university in addition to these benefits.
a monthly subsistence grant to cover all living expenditures (housing, food, books, etc.) while on campus throughout the scholarship period. Depending on the host nation, the allowance’s amount varies.

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