The Hope Fund is a private scholarship founded in 2000 by Dr. Fahim Qubain and his wife Nancy. The mandate of the Hope Fund is to provide 4-year, fully-funded scholarships to underprivileged Palestinian refugees who wish to pursue an undergraduate degree in the United States. This highly competitive scholarship only selects students from the top tier of their class who have displayed a significant involvement in community service.

Student Criteria

• Applicants should be from underprivileged Palestinian refugee families, possibly registered as refugees with UNRWA.
• Applicants’ grades must be no less than a B-average and optimally over 90%.
• If the applicant has taken the national Tawjihi, certified results are required.
• Applicants must have community service experience and demonstrated leadership skills.

AMIDEAST’s Role

• Administer an extensive search throughout Jordan to identify applicants of Palestinian descent with exceptional accomplishment and promise
• Provide a full range of services, including academic advising, English-language enrichment courses, testing services, and travel expenses, for up to two years to assist scholars through the lengthy, and often complicated, testing and application process
• Once scholarship recipients are selected AMIDEAST, works directly with U.S. institutions of higher education, students, and families to match scholars to select American colleges or universities willing to provide scholarship resources to fund candidates’ completion of four-year undergraduate degree programs in the United States.

Applications must contain the following documents:

• Common Application. To download the Common Application, click here.
• Financial Application. To download the International Student Financial Aid Application, click here.
• Transcripts for 9th 10th and 11th grades and, when available the 12th grade
• At least 3 letters of recommendation from high school officials
• Certified TOEFL score (minimum score = 550)
• 3 essays
• The SAT score, if required
• A valid passport with a copy of the front page.

Tel.: +962-6-592-9994, Fax: +962-6-592-9996, 

Fulbright Foreign Student Program was established by the US Congress in 1946. It was founded to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange. AMIDEAST administers the Fulbright Foreign Student Program for the Middle East and North Africa on behalf of the US Department of States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This highly prestigious scholarship program is a two-year fellowship, designed to give graduates of four-year Bachelors degree or Masters degree programs the opportunity to pursue a graduate degree at a US university.

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program was established in October, 2002 and sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to provide scholarships for high school students (15-17 years) from countries with significant Muslim populations to spend up to one academic year in the U.S. The program is vital to expanding communication between the people of the United States and the partner countries in the interest of promoting mutual understanding and respect. Students live with host families, attend high school, engage in activities to learn about American society and values, acquire leadership skills, and help educate Americans about their countries and cultures.

Student News

51 Palestinian students receive first-ever American-Palestinian Local University Scholarships (Click Here)

Program Description

Announcement of 2013-2014 Middle East Rule of Law (MEROL) -Masters Degree Awards 

 For women who dare to dream

In 2008, the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. announced 10,000 Women, a global initiative that will provide 10,000 underserved women with a business and management education. The American University in Cairo is one of the partnering universities in the initiative, working with The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania to create the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program (WEL), a business and management certificate program specifically for women in Egypt and the region. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is the official sponsor for the leadership program. AMIDEAST is administrating the program in the Middle East.

Student News

Sixty alumni from different US and AMIDEAST exchange programs, including the Youth Exchange and Study program (YES), came together from diverse cities and villages with the desire to volunteer and make a difference in the old city of Hebron.   (Click Here)

Program Description

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES) is seeking Palestinian secondary students to participate in a study-in-the-USA initiative for high school students during the 2013-2014 school year.

 Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)

The International Fellowships Program, which AMIDEAST administers in Egypt and Palestine, provided a select number of exceptional students with the financial support necessary to pursue up to three years of graduate study at any college or university in the world. The program attracted students from diverse backgrounds but was targeted toward individuals from communities that routinely lack access to higher education. IFP seeks to instill within these future leaders the skills and knowledge needed to improve social and economic conditions within their communities. In addition to providing financial assistance for travel, living expenses and tuition, IFP also offered preliminary short-term training including language instruction, workshops on research skills, and computer training.

You are invited to apply for a Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship sponsored by the United States Department of State and administered by AMIDEAST for the 2014-2015 academic year. Interested persons may apply for a maximum of two years' funding for  a Master's program. The scholarship covers expenses incurred for travel to and from the United States, tuition, books, health insurance, and room and board. Funding is NOT available to meet expenses related to Fulbright grantees’ dependents (spouses or children).