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I'm going to give the same high-level answer I would give to the question of whether MBA programs are worthwhile: it depends. It depends upon the program, and, perhaps more importantly, it depends upon you and what you're like.(Before I get going, let me recommend Tom Kealey's blog and book for those who are seriously interested in an MFA: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com/).Essentially, the decision boils down to this: taking two to three years out of the traditional workforce entails an opportunity cost, so is what you get in return worthwhile? And, very importantly (in my opinion), can you do this for free or close to free? I don't think it makes sense to go into debt to attend an MFA program under any circumstances. Whereas you have to get a medical degree to be a doctor, you do not have to get an MFA to be a writer. And even though it's technically a "terminal degree," it's not easy for someone with just an MFA to get a tenure-track professor job -- you need publications and/or a PhD (which are increasingly offered in this field) -- so it's not a ticket into a cushy career. You would have better luck getting a faculty job if you lacked an MFA but wrote a couple of good books.So the question is: can you do the things that an MFA might do for you on your own? Some people can; some people can't (or don't feel like it).Here are the categories that I think are relevant when considering whether an MFA is worthwhile:Time to write/finding a community. The biggest thing that an MFA program can give you is time to write (but beware that some programs/packages will involve lots of teaching/grading, which takes up lots of time, often uses the same part of your brain as writing does, and drains you). But assuming you can get more time to write than you have now, in your normal job, it may be worthwhile. You could probably go back to your old career later if you want to; you'll just sacrifice those two years of earnings/advancement.And, somewhat more intangibly, being in a community of writers and in a place where writing is valued is intellectually stimulating and motivating. Unless your program is all back-stabby and vicious -- so avoid those. In Iowa City, it was perfectly acceptable to tell someone who asked what you did that you were working on your novel -- similar to the way in Silicon Valley, it's perfectly acceptable to say you're working on a startup based out of your garage/Starbucks.You also may find your "ideal reader" -- the person who is your great first audience for anything you write, the person who gets what you're trying to do and can give you the right feedback. You could probably also find this in your local continuing studies program, even if it meant enduring some bad writers in order to connect with some good ones.Structure. Good MFA programs take very different forms. Some have few requirements other than writing and showing up at workshop once a week (e.g., Iowa). Others require more academic rigor in addition to your writing endeavors (e.g., Houston). Some are teeny (e.g., Cornell, with four students per year), while others are relatively large (e.g., Iowa, with 50 students per year).Some let you "double-major" in a range of disciplines, like fiction and screenwriting (e.g., Texas), whereas others have little interaction outside of your main focus area. Some have more money than others, which can translate into different requirements (or lack of requirements) on your part in terms of teaching, grading, etc. This sounds trite, but different programs will appeal to different people.Reputation. Another key thing to consider is reputation, since this may, on the margin, help you gain the attention of publications and agents. Agents do also come through many of the top-ranked programs, as do interesting guest lecturers, readers, and the like.But ultimately your success will depend upon your ability to continually produce good work while submitting it to journals and agents, a process that is really all about legwork and organization. The real tipping point in a writer's career is not just graduating from a well-regarded MFA program; it's when he/she finally gets that first sufficiently impressive publication credit that it becomes easier to get the attention of other journals, as well as agents and editors.Now I will provide some very specific suggestions, based upon my own experience. Take with a grain of salt.Don't go straight from college. I don't think anyone should go to any graduate school (except, like, to Oxford for your Rhodes Scholarship) straight from college, but this holds especially true for writers. Recent undergrads are accustomed to the structure of college, and one thing you really need to get out of your MFA program is the ability to manage time well, be disciplined in an unstructured environment, and to be productive as a result of your own motivation. I think people who have been in the "real world" a while tend to appreciate the interlude of an MFA program and manage to get more work done.Look for programs where the faculty and students exhibit a variety of aesthetics. Not physically -- I mean look for places where the faculty like a variety of kinds of writing, and where the students likewise write differently. This will help you avoid the curse of having to write "MFA stories" -- those quiet tales that hinge upon a glance over a coffee cup and that end with someone looking out the window for a long, long time. Even programs that don't promote these kinds of stories can be unhelpful if there's only one "approved" style -- everyone just ends up writing to that style. Bigger programs will tend to have more diversity of styles, as well as more visiting faculty to shake things up. Iowa, Michigan, and Texas probably all do well on this parameter.Develop some other skill. Trust me: you do not want to end up trying to write from 10pm to 1am after a day of teaching four composition classes as an adjunct professor at your local community college. It's slave labor, and it will drain you of any motivation to write. Getting a Library Sciences degree is popular today among the MFA grads for good reason -- it's an interesting, flexible job that doesn't use the "writing muscles" in your brain. Or you could be like Akhil Sharma, and be a banker by day and writer by night.Don't spend all of your time drinking. For God's sake, the successful drunk writers were successful in spite of being drunks, not because they were drunks!Don't get wrapped up in any sort of favoritism/hierarchy. Most programs have fellowships or teaching positions that are perceived as "better" than others, and it's easy to expend a great deal of emotional energy worrying about this stuff. Ultimately, these are not great predictors of who actually goes out there and gets books published.In closing, I'll summarize my background so you know where I am coming from. I started my MFA when I was 30 and already had an MBA and some OK work experience, so I had that to fall back upon. I loved living in Iowa City and made some fantastic friends there, people who are terrific writers and very professional critics (ie, it wasn't a vicious environment at all). I was able to be extremely productive, if not particularly successful at completion or revision. I had professors who loved my work and (Pulitzer-Prize-winning) professors who hated my work, which was a very useful experience. The University of Iowa health insurance was outstanding. It's pricy to live in San Francisco, so I am back in the world of finance but hope to get back to writing on the side.

Almost 2000 people where nominated for the awards. I and a couple other Quorans where also nominated.Who are the nominees for the MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award?Flint water crisis whistle-blowers win MIT Media Lab's 'Disobedience Award'. Both Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Marc Edwards won the award.The prize totals $250,000, and each of the winners intends to donate their share to help fight the water crisis. Dr. Hanna-Attisha plans to contribute her $125,000 in full to Flint kids' recovery efforts. Edwards will give his portion to those he called his "fellow disobedient ones in Flint."Among the judges: Farai Chideya, George Church, Sasha Costanza-Chock, Jesse Dylan, Jerome Friedman, Marshall Ganz, Andrew “bunnie” Huang, Alaa Murabit, Jamila Raqib, and Maria ZuberReid generously offered to fund an additional $10,000 for each of the following: Professor James Hansen, the Water Protectors of Standing Rock, and the founders of Freedom University in Atlanta, Georgia.Disobedience Award: winners and finalists – MIT Media LabWhy they were selectedBoth Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Marc Edwards are scientists who became activists, using rigorous research to investigate the concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in positions of power would have preferred to keep under wraps. Both faced harassment and ridicule for their work and risked academic sanctions for defying conventions of peer review as they sought to bring attention to Flint's water crisis before more people were affected. Their work shows that science and scholarship are as powerful tools for social change as art and protest, and it challenges those of us in academia to use our powers for good.Mona Hanna-Attisha MD MPH FAAP is director of the Hurley Medical Center’s Pediatric Residency Program in Flint, Michigan. A Michigan native, Dr. Hanna-Attisha fell in love with pediatrics while on the Flint campus during her clinical years as a medical student at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine. After completing her residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, she earned a master’s degree in public health, concentrating in health management and policy, at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Dr. Hanna-Attisha was an assistant professor at Wayne State University Department of Pediatrics and an associate director of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program prior to returning to Hurley. In addition to educating the next generation of physicians, Dr. Hanna-Attisha now directs the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Public Health Initiative, an innovative and model public health program to research, monitor and mitigate the impact of lead in Flint’s drinking water.Marc Edwards is currently the Charles Lunsford Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he teaches courses in environmental engineering and applied aquatic chemistry. In 2004, Time magazine named him as one of the four most important innovators in water worldwide. His 2010 paper on lead poisoning of children in Washington DC, due to elevated lead in drinking water, was judged the outstanding science paper in Environmental Science and Technology. Undergraduate and graduate students advised by Edwards have won 23 nationally recognized awards for their research work on corrosion and water treatment. His honors include the White House's Presidential Faculty Fellowship (1996); Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of American Waterworks Association (1994, 1995, 2005, 2011); the H.P. Eddy Medal for best research publication by the Water Pollution Control Federation (currently Water Environment Federation, 1990); the Walter Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (2003); State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award (2006); a MacArthur Fellowship (2008-2012); the Praxis Award in Professional Ethics from Villanova University (2010); and the IEEE Barus Award for Defending the Public Interest (2012). He received his bachelor’s degree in bio-physics from SUNY Buffalo and an MS/PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Washington. His master's thesis and PhD dissertation both won national awards from the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, and the Water Environment Federation.Disobedience Award Finalist: Freedom University GeorgiaWhy they were selectedFreedom University Georgia, which offers free classes on Sundays, was founded by Professors Betina Kaplan, Lorgia García Peña, Pamela Voekel, and Bethany Moreton at the University of Georgia. They were outraged that undocumented students had to pay out-of-state tuition to attend state schools. Students in the program have gone on to universities in other states where laws are more flexible and just.Freedom University Georgia provides rigorous college preparation classes, college and scholarship application assistance, and leadership development for undocumented students in Georgia. Founded in 2011 by a coalition of undocumented students, immigrant rights activists, and four professors at the University of Georgia. Freedom University opened its doors following the passage of Georgia Board of Regents Policy 4.1.6, which bans undocumented youth from attending Georgia's top public universities, and Policy 4.3.4, which bans undocumented students from in-state tuition. In its early years, the curriculum at Freedom University involved a humanities-based course on Sunday afternoons in a community center in Athens. Today, Freedom University's curriculum involves four, 75-minute classes in human rights, language arts, biological sciences, college preparation and SAT tutoring, as well as skills-based training in social movement leadership and self-care. Freedom University also provides students with access to free mental health services in its network of pro-bono mental health professionals, and monthly "Know Your Rights" trainings to protect students and their families in interactions with law enforcement or immigration agents. Georgia is the only state in the country to ban students both from select universities and from in-state tuition. These policies effectively target and exclude undocumented students.FOUNDERSBetina Kaplan earned her PhD in Spanish literature and culture from Columbia University after graduating from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an associate professor of Spanish at The University of Georgia where she teaches courses on Latin American literature, film, and culture. Her research focuses on cultural productions, gender, violence, and memory of the recent past in Latin American Southern Cone. Her first book, Gender and Violence in Contemporary Narratives from the Southern Cone was published by Tamesis in 2008 (in Spanish). She is currently preparing a book on the representation in literature, film, and photography of victims of State Terror (“desparecidos”) during the 70-80s dictatorships in the Southern Cone. Through Service Learning courses she developed several projects, including a Spanish adult literacy program for Spanish speaking immigrants, which linked the University with the local Latin@ community and organizations. In 2011, when laws and regulations in Georgia profoundly restricted immigrants’ access to higher education,and undocumented college and high-school students started putting themselves at risk of deportation in acts of disobedience, she became one of the founding members of Freedom University. She was actively involved with FU through July 2014. In August, 2014 she co-founded U-Lead Athens, and is currently one of its co-directors. Both Freedom University and U-Lead Athens strive for equal access to higher education regardless of immigration status.Lorgia García Peña is a Latino/a studies scholar who studies ethnicity, race, and national belonging. Her main areas of interest include Dominican history, literatures, and cultures, Caribbean diaspora studies, immigration, diasporas, contemporary politics, and performance studies. She works with written, oral, and visual texts from the 19th century to the present. She is a graduate of the American Culture Program at the University of Michigan, and of the Rutgers University Spanish and Portuguese department. She is assistant professor of romance languages and literatures and of history and literatures at Harvard University, and a member of Harvard’s Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and of the graduate program in American Studies. She is also one of the founders of Freedom University Georgia.TWO FREEDOM UNIVERSITY FOUNDERS WILL NOT BE PRESENT: Dr. Pamela Voekel and Dr. Bethany MoretonDisobedience Award Finalist: Dr. James HansenWhy he was selectedJim Hansen is widely recognized as a pioneer of climate change research. At NASA, he faced substantial pushback as he made bold, data-backed predictions in climate science. His work from within a powerful institution, defended what is right in defiance of pressure. For this, the selection committee decided it was important to honor his many contributions.James Hansen, formerly Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directs a program in Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions. He was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of Dr. James Van Allen at the University of Iowa. His early research on the clouds of Venus helped identify their composition as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, Hansen has focused his research on Earth's climate, especially human-made climate change. Hansen is best known for his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the global warming issue. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995 and was designated by Time magazine in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential people on Earth. He has received numerous awards including the Carl-Gustaf Rossby and Roger Revelle Research Medals, the Sophie Prize, and the Blue Planet Prize. Hansen is recognized for speaking truth to power, for identifying ineffectual policies as greenwash, and for outlining actions that the public must take to protect the future of young people and other life on our planet.Disobedience Award Finalist: Standing Rock Water ProtectorsWhy they were selectedThe Water Protectors of Standing Rock brought together the largest gathering of Native Tribes in more than a century to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Members of the movement like LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, Phyllis Young, Jasilyn Charger, and Joseph White Eyes held a prayer vigil in defiance, drawing an historic gathering of tribes, allies, and people from all walks of life standing in solidarity.LaDonna Brave Bull Allard is the former Director of Tribal Tourism for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; from the Dakota and Lakota Nation of the bands of Ihunktonwana (Upper Yanktonais) Pabaska (Cuthead), and Sisseton on her father’s side; Hunkpapa, Sihasapa (Blackfeet), and Oglala on her mother’s side of the family.She earned her BS in history/Indian studies at the University of North Dakota (UND), and attended UND Graduate School for historical research until 1992. She began working for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in cultural preservation planning as the Cultural Preservation Planner in 1993, developed the Tribal Historic Preservation Office for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in 1996, and worked in historic preservation for five years before transferring to the tourism field in 2003 with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Event.She served as a Tribal Advisor for Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Events, and has worked with Sitting Bull College on the development of the National Native American Scenic Byway, compiling the historical research for the site on Standing Rock. In 2005, Standing Rock became a National Native American Scenic Byway. She developed the Tatanka Ohitika Historic Tour throughout Standing Rock, which includes historic signage along the National Byway (which extends across Standing Rock 2.3 million acres); site development along the Byway includes Sitting Bull Grave sites and the Sitting Bull Visitor Center, which opened in May, 2013.She has worked with ATTA-Alliance of Tribal Tourism as past and current vice-president and marketing manager; as an at-large member of the board for American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA); and president of North Dakota Native Tourism Alliance (NDNTA).Since 1993 she has been compiling the history—including battlefields and sacred and ceremonial places—of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and has also compiled research on the history of the Lakota-Dakota-Nakota people, including the creation of a database of the genealogy of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe which also includes other area tribes. She serves as a history consultant for Little Big Horn, Killdeer Mountain, and the Tribal Historic Preservation offices. She has worked as a researcher on books including Crazy Horse by Kingsley Bray and Inkpaduta by Paul Beck.Phyllis Young is no stranger to historic gatherings. The sister of the late Oglala Lakota patriot Russell Means, she comes from Standing Rock, home of Chief Sitting Bull’s people, the Hunkpapa Sioux. Says Young, “I have had the distinct honor and privilege to be at the heart of two of the largest American Indian gatherings to date: the 1974 Wakpala Standing Rock gathering where 97 Indian Nations convened.” The second is the recent “NoDapl” peaceful resistance at Standing Rock. Young served as a spokesperson for the movement, appearing on international media throughout the 10-month standoff against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The $3.8 billion pipeline construction desecrated sacred sites including ancestral graves, and threatens her tribe’s land and water. The resistance drew more than 10,000 supporters from around the world. Under Presidential Order, the Army Corps of Engineers shut down their encampment on February 24, 2017.Phyllis cut her activist teeth at the UN. In 1975, she established the first International Indian Treaty Council Office at the UN Plaza. In 1977, she secured the Council’s credentials as an NGO with Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, making it the first indigenous NGO. That same year, Young led the coordination of the First International NGO Conference in Geneva, Switzerland; more than 100 indigenous delegates attended, with an additional 150 in attendance as observers and guests. Thirty-three years later, Young was one of the authors of the precursor document that became the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. In 2007, the declaration was adopted by the General Assembly by a majority of 144 states in favor. Only four votes were cast against it: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, four countries boasting high indigenous populations.TWO WATER PROTECTORS FINALISTS WILL NOT BE PRESENT: Jasilyn Charger and Joseph White Eyes

I am listing here the important scholarships which you can check:-USA Government Scholarships for International Students »Foreign Fulbright Student ProgramThe Fulbright Program are full scholarships in USA for international students who wants to pursue a Master’s or PhD degree. The scholarships can also be awarded for non-degree postgraduate studies. The grant covers tuition fee, textbooks, airfare, a living stipend, and health insurance.Humphrey Fellowship ProgramThe Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program provides a year of professional enrichment in the United States for experienced professionals from designated countries throughout the world. Fellows are selected based on their potential for leadership and their commitment to public service in either the public or private sector. The fellowships are full grants covering all related expenses.US Colleges and Universities that offer Scholarships for International Students »American University ScholarshipsAmerican University (AU) awards a limited number of generous partial merit scholarships to academically-qualified incoming international first-year undergraduate students. No need-based financial aid is available to international students. The merit scholarship range from U.S.$6,000 to U.S.$25,000 per academic year (renewable subject to conditions).Also see AU Emerging Global Leader Scholarship Program which awards scholarships to high-achieving international students who wish to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree at the University and who are dedicated to positive civic and social change. It is intended for students who will be to returning home to improve under-resourced, under-served communities in his/her home country.Amherst College ScholarshipsAmherst College currently runs a need-based financial aid program that provides assistance to financially needy international students. Once you have been admitted, your financial need is determined. A financial aid award that is equal to your need will then be offered. The award is sometimes called an “aid package” because it may include both self-help (employment) and gift aid (scholarships and grants).Berea College ScholarshipsBerea College is the only school in the United States that provides 100% funding to 100% of enrolled international students for the first year of enrolment. This combination of financial aid and scholarships offsets the costs of tuition, room, board, and fees. In subsequent years, international students are expected to save $1,000 (US) per year to contribute toward their expenses. The College does provide summer jobs to international students so that they may meet this obligation.Clark University ScholarshipsClark University offers the Global Scholars Program which are open to first-year applicants (not a transfer student) who has attended school overseas for at least four years as well as international citizens attending school in the United States. A scholarship of no less than $5,000 per year ($20,000 for four years, contingent upon meeting academic standards for renewal) and a guaranteed $2,500 taxable stipend for a paid internship or research assistantship taken for academic credit during the summer following your sophomore or junior year is included with the award.Colby-Sawyer College ScholarshipsInternational students are eligible for merit-based financial aid offered by Colby-Sawyer College. The scholarship value increases based on academic ability (measured in GPA) and range from $15,000 up to $24,000 per year. The college does not meet full financial need.Columbia College ScholarshipsColumbia College offers about 20 scholarships and awards to outstanding international students. The awards are one-time cash grants or 15%- 100% tuition reduction.Concordia College ScholarshipsConcordia prizes the contributions international students make on campus and is pleased to provide partial financial assistance to international students. The International Student Scholarship is based on academic ability and family need, amounting up to $25,000 per year.Dartmouth College ScholarshipsDartmouth College meets the demonstrated need of all admitted undergraduates, including those from other countries. Dartmouth College has scholarships and loans available to international students, which includes an allowance for travel to the U.S..East Tennessee State UniversityEast Tennessee State University (ETSU) offers the International Students Academic Merit Scholarship for new international students seeking a graduate or undergraduate degree. The scholarship covers 50 percent of the total of in and out-of-state tuition and maintenance fees only. No additional fees or costs are covered. The scholarship award can only be used for study at ETSU.East West Center Graduate Degree ScholarshipsThe East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship provides funding for up to 24 months for Master’s or Doctoral degree study for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the U.S. to participate in the educational, residential, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawai’i.Emory College ScholarshipsEmory College offers need-based financial aid awards to a select group of international students each year. As well, international applicants are encouraged to apply for merit-based scholarships through the Emory University Scholars Program (November 15 deadline).Illinois Wesleyan University ScholarshipsMerit-based scholarships are offered to qualified international applicants with outstanding academic achievement and test scores on the required entrance exams. These awards range from $10,000 to $25,000 per year and are renewable for up to four years. In addition, two full-tuition President’s International Student Scholarships may be awarded each year to qualified international students for up to four years of study.Iowa State University International Merit ScholarshipsThe International Merit Scholarship is awarded to well-rounded students who have demonstrated strong academic achievement, and outstanding talent or achievements in one or more of the following areas: math and sciences, the arts, extracurricular activities, community service, leadership, innovation, or entrepreneurship. The awards range from $4,000 to $8,000 and are renewable.Michigan State University International ScholarshipsMichigan University provides a limited number of scholarship and grants to deserving international students at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. These financial packages are not designed to support your full academic program at MSU.New York University Wagner ScholarshipsThe merit scholarships are offered to a limited number of admitted students each application cycle, including international students. The scholarships are partial to full tuition scholarships ranging from $25,000-$47,000.Oregon University ScholarshipsEach year, the University of Oregon awards more than one million dollars in financial aid and scholarships to international students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of their scholarship programs is the ICSP Scholarship which awards 30–40 competitive scholarships to international students each year. Selected ICSP students receive a tuition-waiver scholarship ranging from $7,500 – $30,000.Wesleyan University ScholarshipsWesleyan University offers very limited scholarships for international students and is awarded on the basis of both exceptional qualifications and demonstrated need. In addition to the 11 Asian students who are awarded yearly under the Freeman Asian Scholars Program, the University provides financial assistance to approximately 15 international students from a pool of over 400 such applicants.University of the West ScholarshipsThe Lotus Scholarship is awarded to students who achieve high academic standards and demonstrate a financial need in order to attend University of the West (UWest). The Scholarship awards up to $5,000 or up to $10,000 annually to each successful applicant to apply toward his or her tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and other expenses required for attendance at UWest.Institutions that fund international scholarships for study in the US »Joint Japan World Bank Graduate ScholarshipsThe Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program provides full scholarships to students from World Bank member countries to pursue development-related studies at selected Universities around the world. Students can choose to study in 8 participating USA Universities including Harvard University, John Hopkins University, University of Chicago, Cornell University and Columbia University.AAUW International FellowshipsAAUW (formerly known as the American Association of University Women) awards international fellowships for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not US citizens or permanent residents. The scholarship are worth $18,000 for Masters, 20,000 for PhD and $30,000 for Postdoctoral students.Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship ProgrammeThe Aga Khan Foundation provides a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate studies to outstanding students from selected developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies. The studies can be undertaken anywhere in the world including the US. Scholarships are awarded on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis through a competitive application process once a year.Hope This will help!