This biennial UNESCO fellowship provides opportunities for Graduate and Postgraduate students to go abroad and pursue innovative training and advanced research in one or more of UNESCO’s five major program areas: education, natural sciences, culture, social and human sciences, and/or communication and information. These fellowships are worth up to $15,000 for a period of 1 to 6 months.
Interested candidates should have a University degree, be 45 years of age or younger and possess exceptional merit and potential. They must also demonstrate language proficiency in their proposed country of study. Candidates should specify the type of study/research program(s) they wish to undertake and draw up a precise and comprehensive detailed proposal.
Per UNESCO’s guidelines, application packets should include:
- Completed application form with candidate’s photograph
- Comprehensive research/study program indicating:
- Details of study to be undertaken
- Place of study
- Host institution(s)
- Time frame
- An exhaustive account of the future work assignment envisaged by the candidate at the end of the fellowship
- Certified copy of diploma including complete transcript of grades
- Copy of the letter of admission from proposed host institution with the program supervisor’s contact information
- Realistic budget covering travel expenses, tuition fees and subsistence allowances
- Certificate of language proficiency for country of study
For more information and to download application, please click here
To be considered, applications must be sent to the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, which will conduct a review and make recommendations to the U.S. Department of State as to which 2 applications should be forwarded to UNESCO for final considerations. UNESCO’s relevant Program Sector will evaluate the technical and substantive suitability of the application and a UNESCO Intersectoral Screening Committee will examine each application with a view to ensuring equitable geographical distribution, and conformity with strategic objectives and program priorities. Of the finalists, one candidate from each member state will be selected to receive the fellowship.
Please send all materials as a PDF to: DCUNESCO@state.gov
Please also send an original copy of your proposal by Fed Ex, DHL, or UPS (note: due to regular mail issues, please use one of these services) to the following address:
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
2121 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 6200
Washington, DC 20037
Note: UNESCO will not consider applications sent directly to them.
Application deadline is April 1, 2008
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