Scholarship Program at Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia 2013/2014

Roma Health Scholarship Program Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia 2013/2014 for Students of Bulgaria - ROMA EDUCATION FUNDThe Roma Education Fund – Scholarship Program (REF SP) announces the opening of its –merit-based open competition– new application cycle for the Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP), for the renewal Roma students pursuing Medical Education at state-accredited Medical Universities or Medical-vocation schools in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia.The program will only accept renewed applications submitted by the RHSP beneficiaries of the 2012-2013 academic year. The funds for RHSP are made available by Open Society Foundations (OSF), through the Roma Health Project of the Public Health Program.

Study Subject(s): The scholarship is offered for pursuing Medical Education.
Course Level: The scholarship is available for pursuing vocational degree, undergraduate degree, graduate degree and postgraduate degree (doctoral) at state-accredited Medical Universities or Medical-vocation schools in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia.
Provider: The funds for RHSP are made available by Open Society Foundations (OSF), through the Roma Health Project of the Public Health Program.
Scholarship at: Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia

Eligibility:
-Applicants who receive an academic scholarship from other organization(s) for the academic year 2013-2014, are not eligible for REF RHSP. Employees of REF, the Open Society Foundations or national foundations of the Soros Foundations Network (SFN), as well as those individuals working on projects funded by the REF or who receive honoraria (consultants, fellowships) from REF or SFN, are not eligible for REF Scholarship. The applicants may apply to different REF scholarship schemes simultaneously if eligible according to eligibility criteria of each scheme. At the conclusion of the selection process, if accepted for more than one REF scholarship scheme, the concerned applicants will be required to choose only one.
-Applicants who will receive an academic, study, social, or any other type of scholarship/stipend from state institutions(Ministry of Education, Universities, etc.) during the 2013-2014 academic year are also eligible for a REF SP scholarship. However, such applicants have the obligation to notify in written form the REF SP Coordinator in their country about the state-sponsored scholarship, from the moment they start receiving the respective scholarship /stipend.
-Applicants who will receive an academic, study, social, or any other type of scholarship /stipend from an international and/or private entity during the 2013-2014 academic year are also obliged to notify in written form the REF SP Coordinator in their country, from the moment they start receiving the respective scholarship /stipend, mentioning the full title and address of the granting entity, the amount, the period covered, and the purpose.
-Applicants who are full-time beneficiaries in non-degree academic programs or professional development programs in 2013-2014 through which they receive financial support are not eligible for REF scholarship.
In order to be eligible to apply for RHSP scholarship, applicants must:
Declare themselves as Roma;
-Declare as willing to appear publicly as Roma;
-Be current RHSP beneficiaries (for the 2012-2013 academic year), and apply to renew their application, for the 2013-2014 academic year;
-Submit an Academic Goals Statement of Purpose that builds on their academic accomplishments and expresses their academic goals, showing their commitment and motivation to study for the pursued degree;
-Provide an official transcript (as specified here) of the university grades from all completed academic years as well as for the latest completed semester of September – December 2012; the ongoing students should also provide clear evidence that they have successfully passed at least 75% of exams from the previous academic years;
-Submit at least one detailed, informative and relevant Reference Letter (as specified here), describing the academic performance of the applicant and/or his /her extra-curricular activities, both Roma and /or non-Roma related ones;
-Provide evidence by the second stage deadline of enrollment in university studies within a recognized university in the applicants’ own country or country of residence (part of the Program’s countries) by presentation of an original university enrolment certificate for the academic year for which they are applying for scholarship support, as specified here.

Scholarship Information and Application:
http://www.romaeducationfund.hu/rhsp-guidelines%20