The REF Scholarships Programme (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.
Scholarship Announcement Materials will be uploaded by mid February, 2010
Roma Health Scholarship Program 2009-2010 - Bulgaria and Romania
The Roma Education Fund Scholarships Programme (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 and Bulgaria 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 Roma Nationality Students who are pursuing/would like to pursue Medical Education in their home country or country of residence. 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 2010-2011. available in English.
Program Guidelines and application package for academic year 2010-2011 in Bulgarian and Romanian
The Roma Education Fund/Scholarship Programs (REF/SP) announces the second year of the Professional Development Fund for RMUSP and LHP 2009-2010 Scholars. The financial support for the Professional Development Fund comes principally from REF.
The purpose of the Professional Development Fund is to support the participation of the Scholars in activities such as research projects, fellowship programs, summer schools, Internships or language courses within recognized universities, language school and other organizations in their own countries or abroad in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Professional Development Grant Application package available in English.
RMUSP currently operates its Core Program in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey. From 2009 RMUSP expand its work in Albania and Kosovo. 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: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 mid February, 2010. The Deadline for the Programs above is April 30th, 2010. For more details please consult the Application materials provided.
The materials for Roma Supplementary and Interregional Program will be made available from mid June 2010. The Deadline for application for the Programs is September 15th 2010. Fore more information please consult the Application Materials.
