USA scholarship Opportunities Academic Year 2019-Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility Requirements

  1. Applicants must be citizens of Tanzania or permanent residents qualified to hold a valid passport issued by Tanzania.
  2. Applicants must have a record of outstanding academic achievement and preparation in their chosen field of study. They must show high motivation and serious commitment to completing the program and to returning home.
  3. Applicant must have at least the equivalent of four (4) years of university study or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree. Candidates that have three (3) years of tertiary study should have the equivalent of thirteen (13) years of primary and secondary school and their undergraduate degree should allow them to be eligible to pursue higher education in Tanzanian universities.
  4. Applicants who wish to pursue study in a field other than their current field of study must demonstrate adequate background in that field.
  5. Applicant must meet the minimum scores on required standardized tests.
  6. Applicants must be affiliated with or committed to working at an academic institution or public or private institutions in Tanzania upon return, and should have the endorsement of their home institution.
  7. Applicants should have a high motivation and a serious commitment to completing the program as scheduled and to returning home.
  8. Applicants with no extensive or recent U.S. experience will be given preference.
  9. Applicants must have a bachelor degree obtained before April 5, 2017, as well as at least two years professional experience relevant to their prospective field of study.
  10. Applicants must have a sufficiently high level of English proficiency to enable them to complete a full-time program of graduate study in the United States.
  11. No applicant may receive more than one Fulbright Student grant, including Humphrey Scholar alumni. This does not apply to the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program alumni.
  12. Employees staff (LES) employed by the State Department/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are ineligible for grants during the period of their employment and for one year following the termination of employment.

In Tanzania, the Fulbright Foreign Student Program is administered by the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section, which nominates candidates to the Fulbright Scholarship Board in Washington, DC. The Fulbright Scholarship Board makes the final selection of candidates. In order for the Embassy to complete the nomination process before the deadline date for submission, we urge aspiring candidates to submit their online applications by April 5, 2019; applications received after this date will not be considered.

 

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