The Organization of
American States (OAS) in partnership with Latin American Faculty of Social
Sciences (FLACSO) offers four scholarships for master’s students. These
scholarships are open to the students from OAS member state for pursuing
master’s program in Human Development at FLACSO. Scholarships will
cover 80% of tuition fees for one year but can be extended for
another year on the basis of academic performance and the availability of
resources program scholarship fund. August 2, 2013 is the application deadline.
Study Subject(s): Scholarships are offered for
studying Master’s program in Human Development.
Course Level: Scholarships are offered for pursuing master’s degree
Scholarship Provider: The Organization of American States (OAS) and
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Argentina
Scholarship can be taken at: Argentina
Eligibility:
-To qualify
for the scholarship, the candidate must have completed the admissions process
at FLACSO and have been admitted to the program.
-Interested candidates are eligible to nationality and / or residence of any of
the Member States of the GS / OAS except Argentina.
-The General Secretariat staff, people who are under performance contracts with
the General Secretariat, the staff of the permanent missions to the OAS, and
their immediate families are not eligible to receive grants from the GS / OAS.
Scholarship Open
for International Students:
Students from OAS member state (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, the Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay and Venezuela) can apply for these
scholarships.
Scholarship
Description: The
Organization of American States (OAS) and FLACSO Argentina offer 4 scholarships
for Master in Human Development. Important: The scholarship program is not
available to citizens or permanent residents of Argentina.
Number of
award(s): Four
scholarships are offered.
Duration of
award(s): The
scholarship is for one year and can be ordered its extension for another year,
in the case of Master’s students. The approval of the extension depends on the
academic performance and the availability of resources Program Scholarship
Fund. The scholarship awards, in all cases, will cover only a portion of the
amounts of tariffs, for a group of students.
What does it
cover? The
scholarship will cover 80% of tuition and is subject to academic performance of
scholarship which must approve all materials according to curriculum on
schedule 6 consecutive quarters and get an average equal to or greater than 7
(seven) each term in order to maintain the scholarship.
Selection
Criteria: Selection
Criteria for Scholarship Applicants:
-Merit and academic and professional credentials of the applicant.
-The potential impact on return/completion of the curriculum.
-The geographic distribution of candidates to take into account the most
important needs of emerging economies.
-Financial need of the applicant, based on what you indicated in your essays.
-The integration of a gender equality perspective.
How to
Apply: Download
and complete the scholarship application form. Send via e-mail the form of
scholarship along with an affidavit of expenses and income affidavit:
desarrollohumano-at-flacso.org.ar.
Scholarship
Application Deadline: The
deadline to apply for admission to the master is the July 20, 2013. Scholarship
applicants must complete the online scholarship application and send it before
the August 2, 2013.
Further Official Scholarship Information and Application