External Funding Opportunities

Before applying for a fellowship from a WMU donor, you are strongly advised to explore all funding possibilities in your home country, such as from your own company or organisation, national scholarship and fellowship programmes for study abroad, international scholarship and fellowship programmes and maritime sector organisations and philanthropic foundations.

Make sure you find out about the requirements for each of these options well in advance of the start of your programme.
Find below a non-exhaustive list of institutes that may provide funding for Master, Ph.D. programs and/or other forms of funding to support your application. The institutes' scholarships eligibility requirements are divided in;

• general: applicable for all countries/applicants
• multiple, but a limited number of countries
• single country specific

General

• Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships: http://www.rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/educationalprograms/ambassadorialscholarships/pages/ridefault.aspx
• Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP): http://go.worldbank.org/6KLLM2C0Q0
• Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSM Fellowships) are research grants cover residence costs for 5 to 10 month:http://go.worldbank.org/LZYMB47270
• Onassis Foundation: http://www.onassis.gr/en/scholarships-foreigners.php
• Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item5763.html
• BrightSparks Singapore: a scholarship, higher education and careers portal for Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans.http://student.brightsparks.com.sg/index.phpand http://student.brightsparks.com.sg/searchScholarship.php. 

• Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA): http://www.mpa.gov.sg/sites/global_navigation/mpa_careers/scholarships.page
• Maritime Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme (MPS) Singapore: http://www.mpa.gov.sg/sites/business_and_enterprise/expanding_your_business_operations/developing_manpower/
  maritime_postgraduate_scholarship_scheme.page
• Maritime Cluster Fund (MCF) Singapore: http://www.mpa.gov.sg/sites/business_and_enterprise/expanding_your_business_operations/developing_manpower/
  maritime_cluster_fund.page
• Keppel Group Scholarship scheme: http://www.kepcorp.com/en/content.aspx?sid=2945
• Sembcorp’s Scholarship Programme: http://student.brightsparks.com.sg/profile/sembcorp/scholarship.php
• Society of Petroleum Engineers: http://www.spe.org/scholarships/
• Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/our-grants
• Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship program: http://www.zonta.org/WhatWeDo/InternationalPrograms/JaneMKlausmanWomenInBusinessScholarship.aspx
• International Scholarships and Financial Aid website: http://scholarship-positions.com/
• Student Grants program: http://www.student-grants.eu/

For multiple, but a limited number of countries:

• OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
  http://www.ofid.org/

Africa:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d`lvoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome& Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia and the Middle East:

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Korea DR, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Antigua Barbuda , Belize, Barbados, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, , Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Panama, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Europe:

Albania , Bosnia Herzegovina

• Aga Khan Foundation: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Syria, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Madagascar, France, Portugal, UK, USA and Canada. http://www.akdn.org/akf_scholarships.asp.
• Russell E. Train Education for Nature; Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines and Surinam: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/train/item1826.html
• Arab Region: Higher Education Funding Opportunities: http://www.bibalex.org/he_funding/Home/index.aspx
• Islamic Development Bank: M.Sc. Scholarship Programme. Eligible countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, Yemen: http://www.isdb.org/irj/portal/anonymous?NavigationTarget=navurl://105371d63ee3ea47be6e781e83916e73
• Islamic Development Bank: Ph.D. Merit Scholarship Programme for High Technology (MSP). 56 eligible countries.http://www.isdb.org/irj/portal/anonymous?NavigationTarget=navurl://c28c70fde436815fcff1257ef5982a08
• Arab region: The Arab Fund Fellowships Program (PhD): http://www.arabfund.org/Default.aspx?pageId=453
• Earthwatch fellowships: http://www.earthwatch.org/aboutus/education/
• Kokkalis Foundation: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey: http://www.kokkalisfoundation.gr/page.ashx?pid=3&qcid=45&mid=1

Single country specific:

• Brazil: http://www.capes.gov.br/
• China: Scholarship Council (CSC): http://en.csc.edu.cn/Chuguo/
• Colombia: ICETEX administers scholarships for Colombian students: http://www.icetex.gov.co/portal/
• Colombia: http://www.colfuturo.org/
• Germany: The law firm Mannheimer Swartling awards a scholarship each year to a German law student wishing to study in Sweden: http://www.mannheimerswartling.se/en/Career/As-a-lawyer/International-Opportunities/Scholarship/
• India: Bharat Petroleum Scholarship India: http://www.bharatpetroleum.com/scholarship/eligibility_criteria.asp?from=ami
• India: National Overseas Scholarships in Science from Ministry of Tribal Affairs India: http://tribal.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File863.pdf
• India: Lady Meherbai D. Tata Education Trust awards scholarships to Indian women: http://www.dorabjitatatrust.org/infocus/LadyMeherbai.aspx
• India: JN Tata Endowment - for the Higher Education of Indians: http://www.dorabjitatatrust.org/about/endowment.aspx
• India: K. C. Mahindra Scholarship: http://thinkahead.net.in/forum/k.-c.-mahindra-scholarship-2010-post-graduate-studies-in-foreign-country.html
• India: Inlaks Scholarships: http://www.inlaksfoundation.org/inlaks-scholarship.aspx
• India: Debesh-Kamal Scholarship: http://www.sriramakrishna.org/scholarship.php
• India: Life Science Foundation: http://www.lifescience.org.in/
• Kazachstan: Bolashak program: http://www.edu-cip.kz/
• JapanInternational Cooperation Center (JICE): http://sv2.jice.org/e/
• Mexico: CONACyT (National Council of Science and Technology): http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/en/Pages/scholarships.aspx
• Mexico: Becas Magdalena O. Vda. De Brockman: http://www.becasmob.org.mx/home.html
• Mexico: Fundación Beca: http://www.fundacionbeca.net/index.php
• Mexico: Fundación Mexicana para la Educación, la Tecnología y la Ciencia (FUNED): http://funedmx.org/?page_id=366
• Mexico: Mexican Foundation for Education, Technology and Science: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.funed.org.mx/
• Mexico: Fund for the Development of Human Resources Mexico: FIDERH: http://www.fiderh.org.mx/english.html
• Mexico, Lumni: http://www.lumni.com.mx/
• Myanmar: http://www.prospectburma.org/
• Pakistan: Higher Education Commission Pakistan: http://www.hec.gov.pk/
• Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah Scholarships Program: http://www.mohe.gov.sa/en/studyaboard/King-Abdulla-hstages/Pages/default.aspx
• Thailand: Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC): http://www.ocsc.go.th/ocsccmsen/View1/view.jsp
• USA: Fulbright Scholarships: http://fulbright.state.gov/
• USA: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpp/ugp.htm
• USA: Department of Homeland Security: http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/
• USA: American Swedish Institute (ASI): Malmberg Scholarship for Study in Sweden: http://www.americanswedishinst.org/ASI/Scholarships.html
• USA:American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) fellowships: http://www.amscan.org/study_scandinavia_details.html
• Vietnam: International Education Development (VIED) Scholarships: http://vied.vn/vn/default.aspx
• Vietnam: Tra Vinh 100 scholarship: http://en.www.info.vn/science-and-education.html
• Vietnam: The East Central Vietnam Programme: http://vnuhcm.edu.vn/