Thailand Scholarships

Government Scholarships

David L. Boren Scholarships are a generous offering from the federal government to students pursuing studies in critical needs countries. Students engaging in a program of study in Thailand may apply for consideration. You better be up to snuff academically, though, these are not for the feint of heart. Top awards go to top talent. Awards are available to undergraduate and graduate level students who are heading into programs that immerse them in local culture and common language studies. Up to $20,000 may be earned. This is a Service for Scholarship program, so recipients must be willing to work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following graduation. A paid internship is also required sometime during the program.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, part of the federal government, also provides the renowned Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships. Students must be Pell Grant recipients to even be considered. The Feds’ goal in all this generosity is to shore up the U.S. in the realm of global diversity by boosting the numbers of multicultural and disadvantaged students with access to top-notch international programs. No longer will students be disenfranchised based on financial, ethnic and even educational grounds. Preference is given to students attending community colleges and those who have never participated in an abroad study program. Up to $5,000 in scholarships. Over 700 of these awards are up for grabs.

Thailand: Full Scholarships for Master and PhD Study in Urban Environmental Management

The SEA-UEMA Project is a partnership between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Asian Institute of Technology. Its goal is to contribute to the improvements of urban environmental conditions in Southeast Asia. It seeks to attain improved implementation and sharing of sound urban environmental management policies and practices. The focus of the project is on three key urban environmental sub-sectors, water and sanitation, solid waste and air pollution, with poverty reduction and gender equality as the two crosscutting themes. The projects two key components are UEM Graduate Education, and UEM Applications and Networks.

Under the UEM Graduate Education component, the project provides full scholarships for graduate level education and research at master (M.Sc.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) levels (full time and non-resident). These scholarships from the SEA-UEMA project are available for selected applicants from countries of Southeast Asia.

Scholarship Details
Each scholarship covers full tuition fees, accommodation and a monthly bursary towards living expenses as per AIT standards, for the duration of the study program. The full time master program funding is for a period of four semesters (22 months) and the full time doctoral program funding is for a period of six semesters (36 months). The funding is also available for non-resident doctoral program.

Over the project period of 2003-2008, CIDA is providing 55 master and 10 doctoral scholarships.

Criteria for Awarding CIDA Scholarships:

• The applicant has to fulfill AIT admission criteria
• The applicant must be from canadian ODA eligible southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Thailand and Vietnam). Applicants from other developing countries of Asia are eligible for other sources of funding
• Preference would be given to applicants having UEM related work experience.
• Preference would be given to qualified women applicants.

Entry date for the UEM Field of Study : August

Application deadline : March 31 of the year of admission

For enquiries & application forms, please contact:

Mr. Bimalendu Mohanty
Project Associate, Graduate Education
E-mail: bimal@ait.ac.th
Tel: 66-2-5246399

Reference: http://www.sea-uema.ait.ac.th/schol.htm