I have just discovered that the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has announced that qualified undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the OFID Scholarship 2009/10. The OFID Scholarship will be awarded to support an undergraduate student from any developing country, to pursue higher education in a relevant field of development, in any recognized university/college in the world. The winner of the OFID Award will receive a scholarship of up to US$100,000.
The funds will be spread over a maximum of two years, toward the completion of a Master’s degree, or its equivalent, at an accredited educational institution, starting in the autumn of the academic year 2009/10. Students from Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and many other developing countries are eligible. You can check the list of eligible countries to find out if your country is included.
US$100,000 is a lot of money. Competition will be stiff but you will lose nothing by trying your luck. As you prepare your documents, make sure that your study pertains to OFID’s core mission which includes economics of development (poverty reduction, energy and sustainable development), environment (desertification) and other related science and technology fields. The deadline is June 30, 2009.
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16 users commented in " OFID Scholarship Award 2009/10:US$100,000 for MSc studies! "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbacki think it’s great and give an opportunity for many students.
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Clement Nyirenda says:
January 14th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
@Mesfin: It’s really great but I have some concerns. I do not know whether tuition fees and medical insurance are included in the US$100,000 or not. If they are not, then the monthly stipend for the winner will be in excess of US$4,000. OFID can sponsor two students with that money. By the way, some MSc programs (e.g. in UK) run for only one year. If the winner goes for such programs, s/he will get in excess of US$8,000 every month. This is outrageous, isn’t it?
That aside, OFID should really consider increasing the number of scholarships.
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[...] students who are nationals of developing countries. And the at stake scholarship money is huge: $100,000 that student can use toward the completion of a Master’s degree or its equivalent at any [...]
It is good that your scholarship enables to assist students from developing countries in their masters degree study. But as long as it is meant to assist developing countries, your core mission shall also include other disciplines such as legal studies since these counties have also shortage of skilled professionals in the fields.
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This is good for developing countries.It really motivates some of us who are undergraduate students in the field of sustainable energy.
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That aside, OFID should really consider increasing the number of scholarships.
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i’ve already applied for this program and i’m now waiting for their response. i believe the process of offering the scholarship will be objective and fair. it is realy a big opportunity for unfortunate students like me who have the potential and the will to improve their academic level but lack the financial capability. so. i would like to express my appreciation and thanks to OFID. they are realy doing a great job.
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Does anyone have an idea about when the results will be announced? And how many scholarships are available?
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I dont know the number of Scholarships they are going to provide. But I thought I red from their official web-site that they will announce the winners until the end of July.
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Can any one tell me how recommendation letters are mailed?Will I email the scanned copy or professor himself will email this?
I will be grateful if anyone responses.
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the recommendation letter isnot to be sent by your professor but you must send the scanned copy by yourself through their e-mail address (scholarship@ofid.org). You should apply online first and they will tell you what to do through your e-mail. You have to keep thier procedure – sending your documents before applying online will help you nothing.
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Thank you for the great job you are doing,i would like to ask you one question?is finance part of economics?what about accounting?is can this be considered for that scholarship?i’ve already applied for this program and i’m now waiting for their response. i believe the process of offering the scholarship will be objective and fair. it is realy a big opportunity for unfortunate students like me who have the potential and the will to improve their academic level but lack the financial capability. so. i would like to express my appreciation and thanks to OFID. they are realy doing a great job.
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i’ve no additional info. other than the one provided in their web. (http://www.ofid.org/Scholarship_Default/ScholarshipApplication2009.aspx).
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By z way Ahmet do u know z exact no. of scholarship they r going to provide.
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It is of a fact a great introduction by ofid but I share the sentiments of most of my colleagues that the award should be increased to enable more needy and enthusiastic students explore their talents.
I would also appreciate if ofid could mail those who could not make it and if possible tell them where they fell out to enable them improve upon ther applications in the subsequent round.
For now all abled applicants of which I am no exception have to grapsed our fingers crossed for the proud winner to be announced.
We all hope to hearing from ofid soon.
Frank Twenefour
Ghana
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I guess Frank is right. OFID should expand the scope of scholarship awarded to students and I hope the winner of this year scholarship will come from Ghana since Ghana has just discovered oil.
BY this, it will boost the moral and hype the oil explotation and also suggest that unsucessful applicants should be informed.
When is the winner going to be announced.
Richard from Ghana.
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