The Geneva Centre for Security Policy offered this scholarship for its 25th New Issues in Security Course, held in Geneva from 5 May to 27 June 2025. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva sponsored the scholarship.
The course covered new and re-emerging security challenges, human security, links among security issues and forward-looking approaches. Graduates joined GCSP’s international alumni community. This record covers the closed 2025 call; the official scholarship page does not announce another cycle.
Benefits & funding
- A scholarship for participation in the two-month New Issues in Security Course.
- Training on contemporary security threats, professional tools, responses to emerging challenges and professional networking.
- GCSP did not publish the scholarship amount or its covered expenses on the call page. Its general FAQ describes residential-course scholarships as limited and partial, and says accommodation, food and transportation are normally paid by participants.
Eligibility
- Applicants had to be female professionals holding the citizenship of a Global South country; the application form asked candidates to confirm this.
- GCSP published no list of qualifying countries. The eligible-nationality list on this record applies the standard reading of the term: the sovereign states of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific, other than Japan, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand. A candidate from a country outside that grouping would have had to confirm eligibility with GCSP.
- The scholarship targeted mid-career international peace and security practitioners working in a national ministry, international organisation or civil society.
- Applicants needed proven professional experience in international security, but GCSP did not state a minimum number of years.
- No degree, age or residency threshold was published.
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Eligible nationalities
Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire
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DR Congo · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China · Georgia · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · North Korea · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Philippines · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Türkiye · Turkmenistan · UAE · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · 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 · Uruguay · Venezuela · Fiji · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu
Gender requirement
Female
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Application process
- 1Applicants completed the official online course application while the call was open.
- 2They followed the character and word limits in the form.
- 3GCSP contacted shortlisted candidates only. The application form is no longer available because applications are closed.
Program timeline
Application deadline
7 February 2025
Course started in Geneva
5 May 2025
Course ended
27 June 2025