GRANTS

There is a wide array of financial aid resources available for students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree. IBEI advises applicants to research all available financing options well in advance of submitting an application. Most of the funding sources have strict deadlines, often several months before your course formally starts.

The information on grants and loans presented here is subject to change and by no means comprehensive.

IBEI

IBEI Grant

For students that have been admitted to the Master in International Relations, IBEI offers a limited number of partial tuition waivers (1/3 of the total tuition fee) to especially qualified candidates. These grants are awarded according to academic merits. Students who wish to apply for a grant must do so before 25 May 2008 by completing the “Application IBEI Grant”.

Students admitted to the programme will be notified of the decision of the Grant Commission before 30 June 2008.
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Erasmus Mundus

In 2006, the IBEI Master in International Relations obtained the acknowledgement as Erasmus Mundus Master. It is operated by a consortium of four European partner universities: the Central European University in Budapest (Hungary), the Institute for Social Studies in The Hague (Netherlands) and the University of York (UK) and IBEI. The “Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy” (Mundus MAPP) lasts two years. The first or foundation year is spent either at the Institute of Social Studies or at the University of York. Students then move for a second academic year either at the Central European University or IBEI. The programme includes as well a summer school and an optional internship. At the end of their studies, Mundus MAPP graduates receive double degrees (two MA degrees) as well as a diploma supplement.

Students who wish to be considered for an Erasmus Mundus MAPP scholarship are required to send their complete application packages to the Central European University by 4 January 2008.
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Carolina Foundation

The Carolina Foundation, together with IBEI, offers a limited number of grants for Latin American students who wish to study the Master in International Relations at IBEI.
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SPAIN

Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation

The “MAEC-AECI Scholarships” by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in conjunction with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation are generally offered to international and Spanish graduate students (and sometimes also to undergraduate students who are in their last year) pursuing postgraduate studies.
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Catalan Agency for the Management of University and Research Aid (AGAUR)

The object of this call for application for grants is to facilitate postgraduate training at different levels by means of the award of grants either to applicants from developing countries that may subsequently bring added value to their country of origin and thus facilitate a socio-economic development of their territory, or to graduates of Catalan universities to bring another necessary dimension to the development of these countries and of Catalonia. AGAUR also offers several student loan programmes.
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La Caixa

The "La Caixa" Foundation awards 100 grants to pursue postgraduate studies at any university in Spain. Graduates who wish to follow a Master programme in Spain (min. 60 ECTS credits per year) can apply for this grant. The fields of study are the following: Environment and Sustainability, Health Sciences, Social Integration and Technology.

If the candidate wishes to apply for a Master degree within an Erasmus Mundus programme, applications will be accepted as well if at least half of the programme is pursued in a Spanish university.
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OTHER COUNTRIES

Inter-American Development Bank

The “Japan-IDB Scholarship Fund”, established in 1991, offers grants to students from the Bank’s borrowing member countries to pursue Master degree studies at the most prestigious universities around the World in disciplines related to economic development.
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National Science and Technology Council of Mexico

The National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) offers grants to Mexican citizens to follow postgraduate degree courses abroad.
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Gran Mariscal Ayacucho Foundation

The Ayacucho Foundation offers grants to Venezuelan students or professionals to carry out postgraduate studies abroad.
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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was launched to provide opportunities for postgraduate study in their home countries or abroad to exceptional individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide. Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program applicants must be resident nationals or residents of an eligible IFP country or territory. Currently, these are: Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Vietnam.
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Fulbright Commission

There are Fulbright grants available for both Spanish citizens wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in the US and US students following postgraduate degrees in Spain.
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Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission to advance world understanding through its humanitarian programmes and its international and cultural exchange programmes. The Ambassadorial Scholarships, The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known programme, was founded in 1947. The programme sponsors several types of scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country.
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German Academic Exchange Service

The main objective of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is to promote international relations between institutions of higher education. The DAAD offers a wide variety of programmes and grants to promote and increase academic exchange between Germany and other countries worldwide.
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