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ScholarForum: Corruption and Governance
Fall 2011, Issue 14
The fall 2011 edition of ScholarForum, the journal of the Open Society Foundations Scholarship Programs, showcases a diverse range of opinions, thoughts, and essays from Scholarship Programs’ current grantees and alumni on the controversial issue of corruption and governance and on the richly diverse and ancient lands of the Caucasus.

About This Initiative
Scholarship Programs work to revitalize and reform the teaching of the social sciences and humanities, provide professional training in fields unavailable or underrepresented at institutions in the countries served, and assist outstanding students from a range of backgrounds to pursue their studies in alternative academic and cultural environments.

Contact List: Scholarship Programs Coordinators
Complete contact information for Scholarship Programs coordinators, listed by country/region.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of York Scholarships
Deadline: February 20, 2012
The program offers scholarships to suitably qualified individuals and/or young professionals from Afghanistan to pursue a master's degree in post-war recovery studies at York University.

Call for Applications: Supplementary Grant Program Asia
Deadline: March/May 2012
The Supplementary Grant Program Asia provides supplemental financial assistance to Burmese students to study at accredited university degree programs outside of Burma (Myanmar).

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / Durham University Afghan Women PhD
Deadline: February 14, 2012
The Open Society Foundations / Durham University Afghan Women PhD scholarships provide opportunities for PhD study in the United Kingdom for female Afghan students.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of London Scholarships in Human Rights
Deadline: January 23, 2012
The Open Society Foundations / University of London scholarships in human rights will enable suitably qualified students from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to pursue an MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights within the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / Durham University Scholarships
Deadline: February 14, 2012
The Open Society Foundations / Durham University scholarships enable suitably qualified from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Nepal and Palestine to pursue masters’ level study at the University of Durham in the fields of risk and environmental hazards; risk and security; and risk, health and public policy.

Call for Applications: Doctoral Fellows Program
Deadline: January 23, 2012
Scholarship Programs offers fellowships to individuals from Georgia and Kyrgyzstan for flexible doctoral study in the United States or Canada.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of Oxford Scholarships
Deadline: January 20, 2012
Offered in collaboration with the Open Society Foundations and the University of Oxford, these scholarships enable students of outstanding academic merit to pursue one-year taught postgraduate courses of study at the University of Oxford in subjects relevant to the needs of their countries.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of St Andrews Scholarships
Deadline: February 3, 2012
The scholarships provide opportunities for independent postgraduate study at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for applicants from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of Warwick Scholarships
Deadline: January 31, 2012
The Open Society Foundations offer support for scholars from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Mongolia to pursue selected master’s courses at the University of Warwick.

Call for Applications: Middle East Rule of Law Masters Scholarship
Deadline: January 20, 2012
The Middle East Rule of Law Masters Scholarship is open to applicants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, or Syria.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of Essex Scholarships in Human Rights
Deadline: January 16, 2012
The program offers support to students from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to pursue postgraduate programs within the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / Staffordshire University (MPhil/PhD in Economics) Distance Learning Mode
Deadline: January 23, 2012
The Open Society Foundations and Staffordshire University invite university graduates from Albania, the Republic of Kosovo, Macedonia, and the Republic of Montenegro to apply for this MPhil/PhD in economics distance-learning program.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations Scholarships in European Studies
Deadline: February 6, 2012
The Open Society Foundations invite applicants from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine for scholarships in the field of European Studies at Maastricht or Aarhus University.

Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations/Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires Awards for Study in France
Deadline: January 16, 2012
The French government program for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan offers awards for postgraduate study at universities in France, in cooperation with the Open Society Foundations and the Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires.

Call for Applications: EARTH University Scholarships
Deadline: March/April 2012
The Open Society Foundations offer undergraduate scholarships for students from Haiti, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to study at EARTH University in Costa Rica.

Marina Ushveridze
Marina Ushveridze, an Alumni Grant Program recipient and former Social Work Fellow, highlights the need for school-based social workers in Georgia.

Ammar Al-Dwaik
Ammar Al-Dwaik, a Palestinian Faculty Development Program fellow at Brandeis University, focuses on the relationship between the state and Islamic social service NGOs in the Arab world.

Sandra Kostandinova
Sandra Kostandinova, an Undergraduate Exchange Program scholar from Macedonia, reflects on her time at Sabanci University during the 2009 Pre-Departure Orientation.

Bringing a Little Green to a Red Land
Chuck Sudetic
December 21, 2011
blog BLOG  
Student Sergio Mabasso wants to take the agricultural skills he has honed at EARTH University back to his community in Mozambique so his neighbors can feed their families.

Helping Farms and Forests Flourish in Haiti
Chuck Sudetic
December 14, 2011
blog BLOG  
Marie Santa Auguste, an EARTH University scholar from Haiti, talks about how a simple recycling tool can help feed her country while preventing deforestation.

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