The OPEC Fund for International Development runs this award for outstanding young people from developing countries who want graduate study in a development-related field. Recent scholars took Master’s degrees abroad, at universities such as Sussex, LSE, Erasmus Rotterdam and Twente.
The official page says the scholarship is being restructured and is not accepting applications. Terms for any future cycle may differ from past ones.
Benefits & funding
- A full scholarship towards a Master’s degree in a development-related field (2011 award report).
- Earlier records describe a 12-month Master’s programme.
- No terms are published yet for a future cycle.
Eligibility
- Young people from developing countries; the page names no country list, so this entry uses the OECD DAC list.
- For a Master’s in a development-related field, so a completed Bachelor’s degree is needed.
- No age limit, country list or application form is currently published.
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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Eligible nationalities
Afghanistan · Angola · Bangladesh · Benin · Bhutan · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cambodia · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · DR Congo
+ 131 more
Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Haiti · Kiribati · Laos · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mozambique · Myanmar · Nepal · Niger · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Solomon Islands · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Timor-Leste · Togo · Tuvalu · Uganda · Vanuatu · Yemen · Zambia · North Korea · Zimbabwe · Armenia · Bolivia · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Egypt · El Salvador · Eswatini · Georgia · Ghana · Guatemala · Honduras · India · Jordan · Kenya · Kosovo · Kyrgyzstan · Micronesia · Moldova · Mongolia · Morocco · Nicaragua · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Tokelau · Tunisia · Ukraine · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Palestine · Albania · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belize · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Botswana · Brazil · China · Colombia · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Fiji · Grenada · Guyana · Jamaica · Kazakhstan · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Marshall Islands · Mauritius · Mexico · Montenegro · Montserrat · Namibia · Nauru · Niue · North Macedonia · Palau · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Saint Helena · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Serbia · South Africa · Suriname · Thailand · Tonga · Türkiye · Turkmenistan · Wallis and Futuna · Algeria · Ecuador · Gabon · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Libya · Nigeria · Venezuela
Education required
Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Watch the official scholarship page for a reopening announcement.
- 2Read the restructured eligibility and funding terms once they are published.
- 3Apply only through the route the OPEC Fund then links; none exists today.
Program timeline
Most recent application deadline.
Apr 14, 2019
Not announced
Reopening after restructuring.