EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES/
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
AVAILABLE TO BAHAMIANS THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
GENERAL
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ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE CARIBBEAN
PROGRAMME (SPECAF) |
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Type
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Undergraduate
studies in all areas except
pre-med, law and foreign languages |
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Level
of assistance |
Full
tuition, subsistence allowance, health insurance, book allowance,
round-trip airfare |
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Duration |
Two
years maximum |
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Place
of study |
Any
OAS Member State (The United Kingdom is not a member) |
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Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Member
be at the Junior or Senior level of studies leading to Bachelor's Degree |
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Deadline
|
March31
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Local
Point of contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of contact |
OAS
Department of Fellowships, 1889 F St. NW, Washington D.C. 20006 Tel (202)
458-2446 Fax (202) 458-3897 |
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ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES REGULAR TRAINING PROGRAMME (PRA) |
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Type |
Graduate
studies/advanced research in all areas except medical services |
|
Level
of assistance |
Full
tuition, subsistence allowance, health insurance, book allowance,
round-trip airfare |
|
Duration
|
Two
years maximum |
|
Place
of Study |
Any
OAS Member State (The United Kingdom is not a member) |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Bachelor’s
Degree |
|
Deadline
|
March
31 |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
OAS
Department of Fellowships, 1889 F St. NW Washington D.C. 20006 Tel
(202)458-2446 Fax (202) 458-3897 |
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BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLARSHIP |
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Type
|
Post-graduate |
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Level
of assistance |
Full
tuition, monthly stipend, clothing allowance, book allowance, airfare,
excess baggage allowance |
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Duration
|
One
year |
|
Place
of study |
United
Kingdom |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Bachelor’s
degree |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Honorary Consul, Mr. Peter Young, (242) 324-4089 |
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
SCHEME |
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Type
|
Post-graduate |
|
Level
of assistance |
Data
unavailable |
|
Duration |
One
year |
|
Place
of study |
United
kingdom |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Bachelor’s
degree |
|
Deadline
|
Beginning
of April |
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Local
Point of Contact |
British
High Commission, Ansbacher House, Bank Lane |
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Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Program |
|
|
Type |
Post-graduate;
Doctoral studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
Full
tuition (excluding room & board ), personal maintenance allowance,
book allowance, round-trip airfare, medical/hospital expenses
|
|
Duration
|
Two
years (Post-graduate); Four years (Doctoral) |
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Place
of Study |
Canada |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Bachelor’s
degree GRE/GMAT Aptitude Tests |
|
Deadline
|
December
31 |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
International
Council for Canadian Studies, 325 Dalhousie, S-800, Ontario, Canada, K1N
7G2 Tel (613) 789-7828 Fax (613) 789-7830 Internet: http:/www.iccs.ciec.ca |
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UNITED WORLD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP |
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|
Type |
Post-Secondary/Pre-University |
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Level
of assistance |
|
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Duration
|
2 years |
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Place
of study |
Lester
B. Pearson College, British Colombia, Canada; |
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Requirements/Pre-Requisites |
16-19 years old; Good academic record; interest in international affairs |
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Deadline
|
March 7, 2008 |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Mr. Christopher Cartwright c/o Cable Bahamas |
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SPANISH AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (AECI) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
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|
Type |
Post-graduate |
|
Level
of assistance |
Fully
funded |
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Duration |
Data
unavailable |
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Place
of study |
Spain |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Fluency
in Spanish |
|
Deadline |
Beginning
of April |
|
Local
point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of foreign Affairs |
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GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD) SCHOLARSHIPS |
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|
Type |
Post-graduate
courses with relevance to developing states |
|
Level
of assistance |
Full
funded |
|
Duration |
One
year maximum |
|
Place
of Study |
Germany |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Fluency
in German |
|
Deadline |
Beginning
of November |
|
Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs |
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CHILE-US SCHOLARSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME |
|
|
Type |
Post-graduate
studies in Education, Social Development & Poverty Alleviation,
Economic Integration, Democratic Strengthening, Natural Resource
Management |
|
Level
of assistance
|
Tuition,
round-trip airfare, stipend, health insurance, stipend for books and study
materials, stipend for printing graduate thesis |
|
Duration |
Two
years maximum |
|
Place
of study |
Chile |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Bachelor’s
degree |
|
Deadline |
End
of January |
|
Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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CHINESE GOVERNMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP |
|
|
Type |
Under-graduate;
Graduate studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
|
|
Duration
|
One
year |
|
Place
of Study |
|
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Diploma
of most advanced studies (notarized copy) |
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Deadline
|
March
31st, 2004 |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
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CHINESE GOVERNMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP |
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Type
|
1.Common
Visiting Students |
|
Level
of assistance |
Fully
funded |
|
Duration |
1.Two-Three
years |
|
Place
of study |
People’s
Republic of China |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
|
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
|
Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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LEO S. ROWE PAN AMERICAN FUND |
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|
Type
|
Supplemental
Loan for undergraduate/graduate studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
Loan
for a maximum of US$5,000 per year, repayable at zero interest over five
years upon completion of studies |
|
Duration |
Two
years maximum |
|
Place
of study |
United
States of America |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Proof
of acceptance to university, proof of additional funds, two guarantors
that are legal US residents of good financial standing |
|
Deadline |
None |
|
Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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FULLBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
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|
Type |
|
|
Level
of assistance |
Tuition,
airfare, monthly stipend, settling-in allowance, book allowance, health
insurance |
|
Duration |
Data
unavailable |
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Place
of study |
United
States of America |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Data
unavailable |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
United
States Embassy, Queen Street, Nassau |
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HUBERT H. HUMPHREY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
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|
Type |
Post-graduate |
|
Level
of assistance |
Tuition
and fees, airfare, monthly maintenance allowance, book allowance |
|
Duration |
Data
unavailable |
|
Place
of study |
United
States of America |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites
|
Data
unavailable |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
United
States Embbasy, Queen Street |
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AUSTRIA/CARICOM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
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Type
|
Undergraduate,
post-graduate, doctoral studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
Data
unavailable |
|
Duration |
Data
unavailable |
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Place
of study |
Austria |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Good
command of German |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
CARICOM
Secretariat, Guyana |
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CANADA/CARICOM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
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|
Type
|
Undergraduate,
post-graduate, doctoral studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
Data
unavailable |
|
Duration |
Data
unavailable |
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Place
of study |
Canada |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
None |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
CARICOM
Secretariat |
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MEXICO/CARICOM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
|
|
Type
|
Undergraduate,
post-graduate, doctoral studies |
|
Level
of assistance |
Data
unavailable |
|
Duration
|
Data
unavailable |
|
Place
of study |
Mexico |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
None |
|
Deadline |
Data
unavailable |
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Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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External
Point of Contact |
CARICOM
Secretariat, Guyana |
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PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING & IMPROVEMENT OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE |
|
|
Type
|
Culture
Immersion and Class room study for government officials in Foreign
Affairs, Trade Finance, teacher and lecturers |
|
Level
of assistance |
Tuition,
Airfare, Room and Board, Stipend |
|
Duration |
Four
weeks (Summer) |
|
Place
of study |
Colombia |
|
Requirements/Pre-requisites |
Intermediate
level Spanish |
|
Deadline |
Early
June |
|
Local
Point of Contact |
Technical
Assistance and Cooperation Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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STUDY OF
SPANISH AND CULTURE AT MEXICAN UNIVERSITIES |
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