Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
Tuition fee waiver + monthly allowance
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- accommodation
- travel expenses
- health
Description
Subject to available funding, JJWBGSP offers scholarships for 26 Participating Programs at universities in U.S., Europe, Africa, Oceania and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
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 obtained through the university.
While on campus during the scholarship period, a monthly subsistence allowance to cover all living expenses (accommodations, food, etc., including books). The amount of the allowance varies depending on the host country.
Eligibility
Broadly speaking, Developing Country nationals must:
- Be a national of a World Bank member developing country on this list;
- Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
- Be in good health;
- Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
- Have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree;
- Be employed in development-related work in a paid full- time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application. Have at least 3 years of paid development-related employment since earning a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within the past 6 years from the date of the Application Deadline.
- On or before the Scholarship Application Deadline date, be admitted unconditionally (except for funding) for the upcoming academic year to at least one of the JJ/WBGSP participating master’s programs located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence listed at the time the call for scholarship applications opens.
- Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of appointment of the World Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term "close relative".
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
6 countries
Nationality
84 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
23 May 2025
Please note that if you are not admitted to one of these 49 Participating Master’s Programs, you are not eligible to apply for a JJWBGSP Scholarship.
To accommodate the academic calendar of JJWBGSP Participating Programs, the next application process will be organized in two rounds:
Application Window 1:
Window 1 will open from January 13 to February 28, 2025 at 12:00 noon EST.
Application Window 2:
Window 2 will open from March 25 to May 23, 2025 at 12:00 noon EST.
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