Scholarship details
The Rotary Foundation is accepting applications for the Rotary Graduate Scholarship Program. This scholarship is for students from outside the UK (low and middle-income nationals) who intend to enroll in a postgraduate program of study in District 1090.
The Rotary Scholarship Program is one of the largest funded scholarship programs in the world. In 2017, Rotary International celebrated 70 years of its scholarship program.
In the following lines, you will learn more about this scholarship and how you can successfully apply for and win it. But before you delve into the article, take a look at the table of contents below for an overview of what you can expect in this article.
About The Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports Rotary International in its pursuit of global understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs.
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to promote world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, supporting education, and alleviating poverty. The Foundation is also leading the charge around the world. Rotary Campaigns such as the eradication of polio and the promotion of peace.
Over the last 100 years, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on sustainable, life-changing projects.
Specific Details About The Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Here in this section are some specific details you need to know about The Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Please read this part carefully to know everything.
Level/field of study
The scholarship is open for postgraduate programs awarded in the area of Peace/Prevention/Conflict Resolution or Economic and Community, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Water and Sanitation, Maternal and Child Health, Basic Education and Literacy, and Economic Development and community.
Host Nationality
This scholarship is to be taken in the USA.
The scholarship/scholarship is only taken at the University of Reading and Brunel University.
If you are an international student and you wish to study in the United States of America, check out the best scholarships available to study in the United States of America.
Eligible Nationality
Scholarships are available to students in low- and middle-income countries.
Scholarship Benefits:
Candidates have a chance to win $30,000.
Rotary Foundation Scholarships Eligibility
This scholarship is for students from outside the UK planning to take up a place on a postgraduate course within District 1090. To be eligible:
- Applicants must come from a low or middle-income country (a country) as defined by the UK Government Department for International Development.
- Applicants must have received a place in the 2022/23 academic year or expect to receive a postgraduate course. Applicants should expect an offer in April 2022.
- The planned college course must align with either Rotary’s first Focus Area “Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution” or Rotary’s sixth Focus Area “Economic and Community Development.”
- Candidates must study in Rotary University District 1090. They cover Brunel, Bucks New, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, and Reading universities.
- Applicants must intend to start a new course in the academic year 2022/23, i.e. this scholarship will not be awarded to a student starting the second year of a postgraduate course.
- Rotarians cannot apply. Applicants cannot be related to a Rotarian (partner, child, or grandchild of a Rotarian or current Rotarian within the last three years). The scholarships are funded by global grants, which are generally considered ineligible for Rotarians and their families to receive global grants.
Rotary Foundation Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
We will accept applications from candidates who meet the criteria below and have been offered places to study on one of the following one-year full-time Master’s courses from September/October 2022:
Reading University:
• MSc in Environmental Pollution
• MSc in Environmental Management
We hope that the course and the professional careers and community work of the students will fit within the focus area of Water and Sanitation.
Brunel University:
• Masters in Anthropology of Childhood, Youth and Education.
• MSc in Anthropology of International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
• MSc in Children, Youth, and International Development
• MSc in Water Engineering
• MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion
These courses could fit into any of our six focus areas. Applicants are asked to explain in which area of focus their studies, careers, and community work best fit.
Rotary Foundation Scholarship Application Procedure:
- This is a two-step application process.
- This scholarship is awarded by the Rotary Foundation Headquarters in the United States, but must first be approved by Rotary District 1090.
- Applicants must complete the online application form and submit it before March 31 by 5:00 pm.
To apply for the scholarship, applicants must submit an online application through the link provided: http://rotaryscholars1090.org/
Application Deadline: 31st March 2023.
Conclusion
Rotary Club has given you this great opportunity.
This is good news for non-Rotarians.
Apply before the deadline to avoid being rejected.
Good luck!
