FULLBRIGHT FOREIGN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR TANZANIANS

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FULLBRIGHT FOREIGN STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR TANZANIANS

For more information about this scholarship and eligibility please visit:

http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/jsd.html

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is the most sought ought scholarship program with Africa. Currently, the priority is given to Master’s applicants over Ph.D. and recipients will be fully funded for duration of two years. Preference is also given to those with no or less US experience.

Eligibility Requirements

1. Applicants must be citizens of Tanzania or permanent residents qualified to hold a valid passport issued by Tanzania.
2. Applicants must have a record of outstanding academic achievement and preparation in their chosen field of study. They must show high motivation and serious commitment to completing the program and to returning home.
3. Applicant must have at least the equivalent of four (4) years of university study or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree.
4. Applicants who wish to pursue study in a field other than their current field of study must demonstrate adequate background in that field.
5. Applicant must meet the minimum scores on required standardized tests.
6. Applicants must be affiliated with or committed to working at an academic institution or public or private institutions in Tanzania upon return, and should have the endorsement of their home institution.
7. Applicants should have a high motivation and a serious commitment to completing the program as scheduled and to returning home.
8. Applicants with no extensive or recent U.S. experience will be given preference.
9. Applicants must have a sufficiently high level of English proficiency to enable them to complete a full-time program of graduate study in the United States.
10. Employees staff (LES) employed by the State Department/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are ineligible for grants during the period of their employment and for one year following the termination of employment.

ATTENTION: Applications must be submitted using the Embark Visiting Scholar system, accessible at https://apply.embark.com/student/fulbright/international. Deadline for submission of applications is November 30, 2017.