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Scholarship Description:
University of Oxford is welcoming
application for Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme.
Scholarship are release for outstanding postgraduate students from evolution
and emerging economies throughout Africa, Asia and South America. Scholarship
covers 100% of University and college fees and a grant for living costs for the
full duration of your fee liability for the agreed course. The application
deadline is 9 or 23 January 2015, depending on your course.
Study Subject(s):
Scholarships are provided to
learn any of the courses offered by the University of Oxford.
Course Level:
Scholarships are available for
pursuing graduate degree at University of Oxford.
Scholarship Provider: University
of Oxford, UK
Scholarship can be taken at:
UK
Scholarship Application
Deadline:
The application deadline is 9 or
23 January 2015, depending on your course.
Eligibility:
-You should be applying to start
a new graduate course at Oxford.
-A full list of qualified
countries (within Africa, Asia and South America) is yet to be confirmed but
will be added to this page in October 2014.
-The complete list of eligible
courses is also yet to be definite but will be added to this page in October
2014.
-You should be intending to
return to your country of ordinary residence once your course is completed.
Students currently at Oxford are not eligible to apply unless they are already
Weidenfeld scholars.
-The Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld
Scholarship and Leadership Programme targets potential leaders pursuing varied
careers with a focus on improving food security and sustainability. Successful
applicants must demonstrate an interest in serving the global community through
their selected field of work, including but not limited to, agriculture, health
care, environmental and water management, economic, public and foreign policy.
-You should be able to express a
connection between your subject of study and your longer-term career
objectives, explaining how you see your professional work contributing to the
improvement of public life in your country of origin or at a wider regional or global
level. This scholarship seeks to support individuals who, following completion
of their supported studies, will go on to actively engage in their chosen
fields.
-This scholarship is not open to
candidates applying for part-time or non-matriculated courses. This scholarship
is also not open to applications from candidates who hold deferred offers to
start in 2015-16.
Number of award(s):
20 scholarships are offered.
Duration of award(s):
Awards are made for the full
duration of your fee liability for the agreed course.
What does it cover?
Total offer is of 100% of
University and college fees and a grant for living costs (at least £13,863).
Notification:
Decisions are expected to be made
around May 2015.
Scholarship Open for
International Students:
The students of Africa, Asia or
South America (Algeria , Afghanistan , Argentina, Angola ,Armenia ,Bolivia,
Benin, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Botswana, Bahrain, Chile, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh,
Colombia, Burundi, Bhutan, Ecuador, Cameroon, Brunei Darussalam, French Guiana,
Cape Verde, Cambodia, Guyana, Central African Republic, China, Paraguay, Chad,
China, Tibet Peru, Comoros China, Hong Kong SAR, Suriname, Congo, Dem. Rep.
(Kinshasa), China, Macau SAR, Uruguay, Congo, Rep. (Brazzaville), Cyprus,
Venezuela, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Georgia, Djibouti, India, Egypt,
Indonesia, Mexico , Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Eritrea, Iraq, Ethiopia, Israel,
Gabon, Japan, Gambia, The Jordan, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Guinea Korea (North),
Guinea-Bissau Korea (South), Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lao
PDR, Libya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mongolia,
Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Mauritius, Nepal, Morocco, Oman, Mozambique,
Pakistan, Namibia, Palestinian territories, Niger, Philippines, Nigeria, Qatar,
Réunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Saint Helena, Singapore, São
Tomé and PrÃncipe, Sri Lanka Senegal, Syria, Seychelles Taiwan (Republic of
China), Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Somalia, Thailand, South Africa, Timor-Leste
(East Timor), South Sudan, Turkey, Sudan Turkmenistan, Swaziland, United Arab
Emirates, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Togo, Vietnam, Tunisia, Yemen, Uganda, Western
Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe) can apply for these scholarships.
Scholarship Description: The
Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme supports
outstanding postgraduate students from transition and emerging economies
throughout Africa, Asia and South America. The Louis Dreyfus Foundation aims to
promote sustainable agriculture, food security and self-sufficiency, particularly
through education and direct support to farmers, with a specific focus on
emerging countries in the above-mentioned regions.
How to Apply:
In order to be considered for
this scholarship, you must select the Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld Scholarship and
Leadership Programme in the Funding section of the University’s graduate
application form and submit your application for graduate study by the relevant
January deadline for your course (9 January or 23 January 2015. See the Courses
page for the deadline applicable to your course). You must also complete a
Weidenfeld Scholarships Questionnaire (see Related documents on this page) and upload
it, together with your graduate application form, by the deadline, in order for
your application to be complete. If you do not apply in full by the deadline,
you will not be considered for this scholarship, yet if you have selected the
Louis Dreyfus-Weidenfeld Scholarship and Leadership Programme on the graduate
application form. We will use the details you insert in the ‘Nationality and
ordinary residence’ section of the graduate application form to assess your
country of ordinary residence. For a definition of ordinary residency and
further details on how to complete this section of the graduate application
form, please see the ‘Nationality and ordinary residence’ section of the
graduate application form and also the Application guide. To be eligible for
consideration for this scholarship, applicants must be successful in being
offered a place on their course after consideration of applications received by
the relevant January deadline for the course. Course applications which are
held over after the January deadline to be re-evaluated against applications
received by the March deadline or course applications which have been put on a
waiting list are not entitled for scholarship consideration.
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