Over 500 new Scholarships for Masters and Doctoral Programs available in Brazil
In collaboration with the Coimbra Group of
Brazilian Universities (GCUB), the OAS is offering once again an
opportunity for citizens of the Americas to access to over 500
academic scholarships for masters and doctoral degrees in over 40
Brazilian universities. Classes begin the first or second half of
2015 and the application deadline is August 6, 2014.
This is the fourth consecutive edition of the
Partnerships Program for Education and Training of the OAS (PAEC)
OAS-GCUB. Since its first edition, the Program has awarded a
total of 484 scholarships for masters and doctoral degrees in 41
universities in Brazil to students from 24 countries of the
Americas.
With the support of the Division of Educational
Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the
scholarships program aims to promote greater integration of
Brazilian universities with other countries in the region. It also
seeks to support scientific and cultural exchange,
internationalization and student mobilization for human development
in the Americas.
A particularity of this edition is that for the
first time, an OAS-SEDI supported scholarship program will offer
access to programs in the health care field, as the result of
an agreement signed between the OAS and the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) earlier this year.
TThrough this partnership,
the OAS, PAHO and GCUB seek to strengthen the technical and research
abilities of those working in the field of health.
"This is an exciting opportunity to support our
youth’s development and advance regional integration and
collaboration. The OAS-SEDI and the GCUB continue to open doors to a
more prosperous and rewarding future for our youth,” said Executive
Secretary for Integral Development Sherry Tross.
The OAS-GCUB 2014
scholarships cover tuition fees, a monthly stipend orliving
expenses, and a one-time grant to cover costs of arrival (offered
only to the first 125 selected fellows). As classes are taught in
Portuguese, the program also offers language learning support in
host universities.
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“The
amount of classes and the demand
from teachers were exhausting,
yet, each time a class ended and
I saw my grade I felt very
proud. I felt that I was
fulfilling the OAS program and
that I was personally uplifting
the name of my country. (...)
this scholarship has given a lot
of value to my life. I have
gained many new experiences and
definitely advise everyone to
apply to the program, because it
will always be a GAIN"
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Alison Katherine Yañez Garcia, Bolivian Student of the Masters
"Program Post-em graduação on Water Resources and Sanitation"
2012-2014, Federal Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Ufal)
Maceió-Alagoas, Brazil
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