The REF Scholarship Programs (formerly RMUSP) offers scholarships for eligible Romani students at the university level. The funds for the first two years of this program were allocated from gold looted by the Nazis during the II World War and held by the Allied Forces. The Open Society Institute with grants from the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation was the main financial source of the program for its 3rd, 4th and 5th year of existence. Starting with the sixth year, the financial support comes principally from REF with the continuous support of the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation.
Roma who are eligible for the scholarship are citizens of one of the Program countries and will have been accepted at state-accredited, well-acknowledged universities in their home country or country of residence, pursuing their studies for BA, MA or PhD degree.
LAUNCH OF A NEW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM !
ROMA HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2008-2009, ROMANIA
The Roma Education Fund Scholarship Program (REF/SP) and the Open Society Institute announce an open competition for scholarships for Medical and Pharmaceutical studies at vocational and university level in Romania in order to address the lack of Roma Professionals in the field of Medicine. The funds for the Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP) come from Open Society Institute (OSI). The Program is launched under the Framework of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015 and is an unprecedented undertaking in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP) will seek to support up to 60 Roma Nationality Students who are pursuing/would like to pursue Medical Education in their home country or country of residence, in 2008-2009 Academic Year, the Program will start in Romania and in the following years will be extended to other countries. Students pursuing education to attain degrees of Medical Nurses and Medical Doctors at State accredited and recognized Medical and Medical-vocation schools will be supported through Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP) scheme. Download RHSP Program Guidelines and Application package for academic year 2008-2009.
RMUSP currently operates its Core Program in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey. For more information and the complete application materials, view RMUSP Core Program.
The Law and Humanities Program operates in Moldova, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine with the financial support of the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation. For more information and the complete application materials, view RMUSP Law and Humanities Program.
Roma Supplementary Grant Scholarship is designed to provide supplementary funds for full-time MA/MS, Ph.D. or postdoctoral Roma students of humanities or natural sciences, citizens of one of the following RMUSP Program countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, or Ukraine. The eligible candidates must be already accepted and granted tuition and/or boarding waiver by an accredited and well-established university outside of the RMUSP Program countries listed above. To find out more about the scholarship and download application materials, view Supplementary Grant.
RMUSP Interregional Scholarship provides supplementary funds for Roma students, citizens of one of the following RMUSP Program countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, or Ukraine. To be considered for the scholarship, the applicant needs to be already enrolled as a full time BA/BS, MA/MS, Ph.D. or postdoctoral student at a recognized and well-established university in an RMUSP program country other then his/her home country. To learn more about the scholarship and download application materials, view Interregional Scholarship.
The scholarship Program Announcement, guidelines and application materials will be made available for the Applicants of RMUSP and LHP starting from February 5th, 2008. The Deadline for the Programs above is April 15th, 2008. For more details please consult the Application materials provided.
The materials for Roma Supplementary and Interregional Program will be made available on June 16th, 2008. The Deadline for application for the Programs is September 16th, 2008. Fore more information please consult the Application Materials.
