Applications for The Said Foundation Scholarships for the year 2010/2011 are now open. Deadline is 31 January 2010.

The Said Foundation offers a number of partial or, exceptionally, full-cost scholarships annually. It also offers joint scholarships with the British Commonwealth Office (FCO) as well as with some selected universities in the UK.

Said Foundation scholarships

The Said Foundation is a charity based in the UK. One of its aims is to promote education and development in the Middle East. To this end, the Foundation offers a number of partial or, exceptionally, full-cost scholarships annually to enable graduates to pursue postgraduate courses and other training in subjects to be considered on their merits at universities or other institutions in the United Kingdom. The scholarships are open to citizens of certain member states of the Arab League and are tenable for up to one year. The Foundation does not fund PhD or undergraduate studies.

Aims And Objectives

The aim of Said foundation Scholarship Programme is to offer an opportunity to young people aged up to 40 years from Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria who wish to study or train in the UK.

What is covered

There are 4 schemes:

• Said foundation scholarships: candidates may be partially or fully funded
• Said foundation/Chevening scholarships: candidates may be partially or fully funded
• Said foundation/Cambridge scholarships: candidates may be partially or fully funded
• Said foundation/Oxford scholarships: candidates may be partially or fully

How to apply

Application forms along with the guidance notes can be downloaded from the British Council website or from the Said Foundation website.

If you wish to apply for a scholarship, please follow the following:

• Access the guidance notes and read carefully before completing the application form
• Complete the application form, and the financial summary form
• Send to British Council office, to the address below by 31st January 2010

Selection Criteria

Applicants should fulfil the following requirements

1. have a good first degree
2. have a very good English language or provide evidence of your proficiency in English language-if available
3. be under forty years of age
4. be Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian or Syrian and be resident in the Middle East
5. demonstrate that your chosen course of study will be of use to your home country or the Middle East region
6. have at least two years' work experience
7. be applicants for postgraduate courses or training of up to one year’s duration. Applications from PhD candidates cannot be considered

Suitability

The applicant must sign a binding undertaking to apply the skills and knowledge they have gained in one of the Foundation's target countries (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine); he/ she should be in need of partial or full funding and be able to demonstrate their future potential and the usefulness of the subject of study to the Arab world.

Partner Universities

The Foundation has partnership schemes with the universities listed below. You MUST apply to these universities if they have courses meeting your needs.

• University of Birmingham
• University of Essex
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
• University of Cambridge
• Durham University
• University of Glasgow
• Goldsmiths College (London)
• King's College London
• University of Leeds
• London School of Economics
• University of Nottingham
• Oxford Brookes University
• University of St Andrews
• School of Oriental and African Studies
• University of Southampton
• University College London
• University of Warwick
• University of Exeter
• School of Pharmacy (University of London)
• Royal Holloway University of London
• University of Cambridge
  Full maintenance and tuition awards are granted for one year of postgraduate study. Applicants must apply to Cambridge for a place by 31 of January. Details can be found on Cambridge University Website and guidance notes on how to apply is available from the British Council or can be downloaded from the Said Foundation website.
• University of Oxford
  Full maintenance and tuition awards are granted for one year of postgraduate study. Applicants must apply to Oxford for a place by 23 of January. Details can be found on the Oxford University Website and guidance notes on how to apply is available from the British Council or can be downloaded from the Said Foundation website.

Cosponsors

The Foundation is happy to consider you for a scholarship if you have obtained partial funding from other organisations, your employer or have funds available from personal sources.

Additional information

For more information about the Foundation's scholarship schemes please contact:

The Said Foundation
54 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A  7HP
Telephone + 44 207 3679910
Fax + 44 207 726 6837

www.saidfoundation.org

Customer Services
British Council, First Circle, Jebel Amman
Telephone + 962 6 4603420
Fax + 962 6 4656413
E-mail info@britishcouncil.org.jo