Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship Program
The U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce this year’s recruitment for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program. The Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program is a MEPI initiative for capable and highly motivated high school seniors in the Middle East and North Africa who are from underserved backgrounds. The program will provide four-year university scholarships and internship opportunities at select institutions of higher learning in the Middle East to students who have the potential to become leaders.
MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program
The application deadline has passed for the 2013 MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders Program. The information below is for reference purposes only.
The U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce this year’s recruitment for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program. The Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program is a MEPI initiative for capable and highly motivated high school seniors in the Middle East and North Africa who are from underserved backgrounds. The program will provide four-year university scholarships and internship opportunities at select institutions of higher learning in the Middle East to students who have the potential to become leaders.
Eligible students include men and women who represent the region’s cultural, religious, and geographic diversity and are from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who could otherwise gain admission to, but would be unable to afford, four years of college. MEPI Tomorrow's Leaders scholarship recipients should be prepared to begin the program in the Fall 2013 term.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program
The U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce this year’s recruitment for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program. The Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program is a MEPI initiative for capable and highly motivated high school seniors in the Middle East and North Africa who are from underserved backgrounds. The program will provide four-year university scholarships and internship opportunities at select institutions of higher learning in the Middle East to students who have the potential to become leaders.
Participation in the program includes: travel; academic fees for four years of university at AUB, AUC, or LAU; a study abroad experience in the U.S.; accident and sickness insurance; housing; and a monthly allowance.
Eligibility:
Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program
Eligibility:
Opportunity Program
Opportunity Program: Helping You Take the Next Step Toward Study in the U.S.!
The Opportunity program provides support for talented international students who may need financial help to take the next steps toward study in the United States at an accredited institution of higher learning. These grants are available now to help cover the upfront costs of seeking higher education in the U.S., and are part of EducationUSA’s broad range of assistance to international students. We want to demonstrate that international students like you are welcome in the U.S., and increase access to U.S. institutions of higher learning for deserving students who have broad interests and ambitions but modest means. These grants make it possible for students who would be otherwise unable to afford the costly application process to take the next step toward an education in the United States.
What Can the Grants Pay For?
- Testing fees, including additional score reports, for TOEFL, SAT, GRE and other specialized tests required by U.S. institutions
- Round-trip transportation and, if necessary, overnight accommodation and meals at testing sites located far from the student’s home
- Application fees for U.S. institutions to which the student is applying
- International courier fees to ensure the student’s application package reaches U.S. institutions
- Costs of translations and certifications of the student’s official documents and records
- Costs of international telephone or Internet communications with receiving institution for the purpose of an admissions interview or finalizing details
- Costs relating to applying for the appropriate U.S. visa
- Round-trip transportation to a U.S.
NEXEN Scholarship
Nexen Inc. has provided ten exceptional Yemeni men and women with scholarships to the University of Calgary in selected fields since 1998. AMIDEAST has administered the program in Yemen since its inception.
If this scholarship is offered in 2011, information about application procedures and selection criteria will be posted here.
Fulbright Foreign Student Program
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy and AMIDEAST, is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for master's degree studies in the United States under the J. William Fulbright Scholarship Program. Applications are for Fulbright grants beginning August 2014. Fulbright grants provide funding for two years of master's degree study in the U.S. in all fields except computer science, engineering, dentistry, medicine or medical fields, nursing, and pharmacy.
Qualified applicants must have:
• A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science (four- or five-year degree) from an accredited institution awarded at least one year prior to application;
• Demonstrated ability to undertake advanced studies, with a B.A. or B.S. grade point average equivalent to at least a 3.20 of 4.00 scale;
• Strong English language skills; and
• Preferred: At least one year of paid or voluntary work experience (minimum of two years for applicants to masters of business administration programs only).
Fulbright
The Binational Fulbright Commission administers the half-century old, prestigious Fulbright program which seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Jordan by awarding grants and fellowships to Jordanian students, teachers and scholars to study, teach, lecture and conduct research in the United States and to American academics to engage in similar activities in Jordan. These grants are offered, Kingdom-wide, on a rigorously competitive basis with grants awarded to individuals selected on the basis of academic excellence and professional qualifications. These scholarships are offered to Jordanian graduate students for higher study and research abroad for either Masters or Ph.D. degree-seeking Candidates. AMIDEAST/Jordan works closely with the Fulbright Commission to facilitate the application and university selection process.
Diana Kamal Scholarship
Program Summary
The Diana Kamal Scholarship Search Fund (DKSSF) makes the dream of study in the United States possible for highly qualified Arab students from underserved populations in the Middle East and North Africa. Through this initiative, AMIDEAST is able to identify students of exceptional accomplishment and promise who wish to pursue undergraduate study at an American college or university, but cannot afford to do so. The resources in this special fund then enable AMIDEAST to provide the services that assist several candidates each year to apply and qualify for four-year scholarships to select U.S. institutions of higher learning.
Who is Eligible?
Outstanding, underprivileged Jordanian students currently in 11th grade
AMIDEAST’s Role
Diana Kamal Scholarship Search Fund (DKSSF)
This fund was established in memory of Senior Vice President Diana Kamal who passed away after 28 years of distinguished service at AMIDEAST. In recognition of her dedication to international educational exchange, this fund identifies talented young students from the Middle East and matches them with scholarship opportunities at
Applications for DKSSF scholarships are currently not being accepted. Please visit this page again frequently for updates regarding program reopening.
