Dead Line: February 23, 2017
The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate
Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open to women and
men from developing countries with
relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’
development efforts who are applying to a master degree program in a
development-related topic.
JJWBGSP offers scholarships for over
200 Preferred Programs (.xlsx
49 KB) spanning a wide array of development topics and for 14 Partner Programs (.xlsx
15 KB) at universities in U.S., Africa and Japan in key areas of
development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and
infrastructure management. JJWBGSP scholarships for developing country
nationals are not available for any other master degree program.
A JJWBGSP scholarship provides tuition,
a monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, health insurance, and travel
allowance.
View a detailed list of benefits. After
earning their degree, developing country scholars commit to return to home to
use their new skills to contribute to their countries’ social and economic
development.
Details on eligibility criteria for each
call for application are provided in that call's application guidelines, and
these detailed eligibility criteria are strictly adhered to. no exception is
made.
Broadly speaking, developing country
nationals must:
·
Be a national of a World Bank member developing country;
·
Not hold dual citizenship of a developed
country;
·
Be in good health;
·
Hold a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree
earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
·
Have 3 years or more of recent
development-related experience after earning a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree;
·
Be accepted unconditionally to enroll in
the upcoming academic year in at least one of the JJWBGSP Preferred or Partner
masters degree Programs;
·
Not be an Executive Director, his/her
alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the World Bank Group or
a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term
"close relative" defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister,
Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew;
*Please note: All eligibility criteria
are strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made. Eligibility criteria WILL NOT
change during an open call for applications. However, this information is
subject to change between the close of one application process and the opening
of the next.
Applicants can apply for scholarships to
both Preferred and Partner Programs. The process to apply to a Preferred
Program and to a Partner Program differs:
APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO A
PREFERRED PROGRAM
Those seeking a JJ/WBGSP Preferred Program scholarship (.xlsx
49 KB) must, in parallel, apply for admissions to one or more of the
Preferred Program(s) and apply for a JJWBGSP scholarship.
ATTENTION: The call for applications for
a JJWBGSP Scholarship to one of our Preferred Programs is now open from
January 25 to February 23, 2017. Guidance for this
call for applications, including details on how to apply, and greater details
on the eligibility criteria, selection process and benefits are provided
in the Application Guidelines, FAQs, and the complete list of
JJ/WBGSP Preferred (.xlsx
49 KB) Master Degrees currently offered. Please read these
documents before starting your application.
Once you are familiar with the
application requirements and processes, click HERE to apply, and refer to the “Accessing your online application”
and “Navigating your online application”
to navigate step-by-step the online application.
APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO A PARTNER
PROGRAM
Those seeking a JJ/WBGSP Partner Program scholarship (.xlsx
15 KB) must first apply for admission to one or more of the Partner
Masters Degree Program(s). Inquiries on how to submit an admissions application
to a partner program should be submitted to the respective university.
After reviewing submitted applications,
each Partner Master Degree Program will identify a short list of eligible
candidates who will then be invited by the JJWBGSP Secretariat to apply for a
JJ/WBGSP scholarship. View the complete list of
JJ/WBGSP Partner (.xlsx
15 KB) master degrees offered.
The JJ/WBGSP uses the following process
to review eligible scholarship applications from developing country nationals,
with the aim of identifying the candidates with the highest potential, after
completion of their graduate studies, to impact the development of their
countries.
Two qualified assessors independently
review each eligible application and score the application on a scale of 1 to
10, taking into account four main factors and the degree of cohesion among
them:
1.
Quality of Professional Experience (30%
weight)
2.
Quality of Professional Recommendations
(30% weight)
3.
Quality of Commitment to your Home
Country (30% weight)
4.
Quality of Education Background (10%
weight)
For a scholarship to a JJWBGSP Preferred
master degree, the JJ/WBGSP Secretariat uses the average score of the two
assessors to identify the list of semi-finalists. The semi-finalists will be
required to provide supplemental documentation outlined in the ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS OF FINALIST FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP section of the Application
Guidelines, including a letter of acceptance from a JJWBGSP Preferred Masters
Degree Program noted in the submitted application that is either unconditional,
or conditional only upon the securing of financing.
The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat uses the
average score of the two assessors and the following criteria to select
the finalists:
·
Maintaining a reasonably wide
geographical distribution of awards, that takes into account the geographic
distribution of eligible applications;
·
Maintaining a reasonable distribution of
awards across gender that takes into account the distribution of eligible
applications across gender;
·
Giving scholarships to those applicants
who, other things being equal, appear to have limited financial resources
·
Unusual circumstances / hardships, when
assessing the employment experience and other aspects of an application.
Once all documentation is received, the
JJWBGSP Secretariat presents the finalists for the preferred program
scholarship to the JJ/WBG Steering Committee (composed of members of the World
Bank Board of Directors and WB management) for final review and selection for a
scholarship. The Secretariat informs the scholarship winners in July.
The JJWBGSP Secretariat presents the
finalists for partnership scholarship to the World Bank’s Executive Director
for Japan for approval on a rolling basis, matching the JJWBGSP Partner
university’s admission cycle. The Secretariat informs the scholarship winners
to a partner master degree program soon after approval, and will require
further documentation, including medical certificate of good health, before
scholarship benefits can be disbursed.
The JJ/WBGSP scholarship provides the
recipient with the following benefits:
·
Economy class air travel between your
home country and the host university at the start of your study program and
immediately following the end of the scholarship period. In addition to the
two-way air travel, scholars will receive a US $500 travel allowance for each
trip;
·
Tuition for your graduate program and
the cost of basic medical insurance usually obtained through the university.
·
A monthly subsistence allowance to cover
living expenses, including books. The amount of the allowance varies depending
on the host country.
Please note all JJ/WBGSP scholarships
cover the duration of the graduate program or two years, whichever is less.
The JJ/WBGSP scholarship does not cover:
·
VISA application(s) costs
·
Expenses to bring and/or support a
scholar's family members;
·
Extra-curricular courses or training;
·
Language training not provided by the
graduate program;
·
Additional travel during the course of
the study program;
·
Expenses related to research,
supplementary educational materials, field trips, participation in
workshops/seminars, or internships; or
·
Educational equipment such as computers.
Note: The JJ/WBGSP scholarship may only
supplement, and does not duplicate, any other source of financial
support/fellowship you might have. If selected as a finalist or if you are
awarded a scholarship, you must inform the JJ/WBGSP if you have other sources
of scholarship funds. The JJ/WBGSP stipend may be withdrawn completely or
partially if during the scholarship period the Program has evidence of
additional sources of support.
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