USA - United States - South Pacific Scholarship Program for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Study in Fall 2008
September 27th, 2007
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2007 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
The United States-South Pacific Scholarship Program, authorized by the U.S. Congress and funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based scholarship program that provides opportunities for degree study at U.S. institutions of higher education. The scholarship program will include a summer internship in Washington, D.C. as well as a four to five week community service project in the student’s home country.
Candidates from the following countries, who meet specific selection criteria, are eligible for the program: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The U.S.-South Pacific Scholarship Program is administered by the East-West Center on behalf of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Eligible fields of Study
Standard liberal arts curriculum and other selected fields, with priority given to agriculture, business administration, economics, education, environmental studies, information technology & management, journalism, political science, public administration, and related fields. If a proposed field of study within the liberal arts is not among the priority fields, the applicant should give special attention to explaining how this course of study would support the goals of the program. Support is not available for professional degrees such as medicine (M.D.) or law (J.D.).
Up to five (5) scholarships will be available for studies to begin in August 2008.
Selection
Selection will be made by a U.S.-based academic review committee that may include Pacific Islands and other specialists from the East-West Center, the University of Hawai’i, a representative of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and a Pacific Islands student representative.
Eligibility
- Applicants must have completed the Sixth Form at the time of application. Individuals who have completed some undergraduate level courses but have not obtained the equivalent of a U.S. four-year bachelor’s degree are also eligible. Individuals who have completed a three-year baccalaureate program may apply for a one-year bridging program, which, upon completion, allows for application to a master’s degree program. Some master’s programs may not require the bridging year, depending on prior study and academic performance during the first year. This program does not allow direct application and admission to a graduate degree program.
- Because an objective of the program is to provide an educational exchange experience to those not previously afforded such an opportunity, preference will usually be given to candidates who have not had recent extensive experience in the U.S. Preference may also be given to candidates who have not had extensive opportunities for study at educational institutions outside the Pacific Islands region (i.e., outside the countries listed in paragraph one above.)
- Scholarship recipients must be able to meet the requirements of the Exchange Visitor (J-1 visa) program.
- Individuals who have dual citizenship, one being that of the United States, are not eligible.
Application Packet:
- 2007 Competition Announcement -pdf
- Application Instructions -pdf
- Application Form -pdf
- Letter of Reference Form -pdf
Requests for mailed USSP 2007 competition application forms:
- Application Packet Request Form - MS Word Doc
- Application Packet Request Form - Text
Application packets may also be obtained from U.S. embassies or consulates located in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand; Suva, Fiji; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; and Majuro, Marshall Islands (for Kiribati) or from the Award Services Office at
the East-West Center
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu
Hawaii 96848-1601
Telephone (808) 944-7735
Fax: (808) 944-7730
Email: ussp@eastwestcenter.org
All inquiries should reference 2007 United States - South Pacific Scholarship Program (USSP) competition.
The application deadline is February 1, 2008 for awards beginning in early August 2008. Awards are expected to be announced on this East-West Center website page by April 1, 2008.
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