2023-12-30 18:06:23
Getting a scholarship to study abroad is the desire of many, but at the same time a goal that a few can achieve, either due to the rigorous selection criteria, but also due to the lack of social knowledge regarding the different offers.
If one of your goals next year is to expand your portfolio of academic achievements and you want to study at a university abroad, it is important that you know how to apply and the deadlines you have to do so.
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In order not to miss the opportunity to study abroad, the first thing is to know the main calls that are opened each year and that are part of the most important and recognized initiatives.
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EL TIEMPO compiled the main scholarships that are published year following year for studies abroad to which Colombians can apply.
Colfuturo
Through the ‘Scholarship Credit Program (PCB)’, Colfuturo provides support to Colombian professionals year following year so that they can access a master’s degree or a doctorate in any area of training, or also a specialization in the area of health, in the best universities in the world.
The call is held once a year from January 9 to February 29, 2024 and the results are published in May.
Among the benefits offered by this scholarship are:
In addition, program beneficiaries have the autonomy to distribute the requested money between registration, insurance, installation, materials and support.
The application requirements are:
For more information regarding this scholarship, you can consult the following link: Scholarship Credit Program – Colfuturo.
Carolina Foundation
On January 11, the Carolina Foundation will begin its new call for scholarships for the period 2024-2025, offering 669 postgraduate and doctoral scholarships, 56 more than last year.
This call incorporates new programs that plan to promote academic and scientific innovation, aimed at the development of knowledge of the Ibero-American space.
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One of them is the teacher mobility program, in collaboration with the Higher Scientific Research Council (CSIC), which offers 20 scholarships, 10 distributed to carry out research in CSIC research centers, and another 10 in research centers and universities. from Latin America.
With respect to collaborating institutions in the postgraduate modality, for the 2024-25 call, at least agreements will be activated with 65 institutions, of which 46 are public in nature and 19 are private in nature.
In relation to the doctoral program, the Foundation has signed 211 agreements with academic institutions: 59 Spanish and 152 Latin American.
For more information regarding this scholarship there is the following link: Carolina Foundation Scholarships.
Fullbright
The Fulbright program can be said to be the most recognized call worldwide, it has a specific commission for Colombia and is financed by the United States Department of State.
Its objective is to give the opportunity to great talents with social commitment to study at the best universities in the United States (some of them such as Harvard, Yale, MIT, among others).
The scholarship that is open at this time and that closes on March 15, 2024 is the Fulbright – Kennedy Center for Science and Performing Arts (KCCA) Scholarship, which seeks for an academic to connect with artists, educators and researchers at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC
Through this program, the Kennedy Center will host a scholarship recipient, for a period of 3 to 10 months, to develop an interdisciplinary and innovative research project that integrates arts such as music, dance, theater; and science, the environment, health or well-being.
Among the requirements taken into account for this call are:
For more information regarding this scholarship you can consult the following link: Beca Fulbright / Kennedy Center. In addition, you do need to know regarding other Fulbright program scholarships that will open next year, click on this link: Scholarships for Colombians -Fullbright.
Icetex
With the closing of 2023, a large number of graduates are looking for opportunities to continue their studies, and if possible do them outside the country.
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As a result of this, the Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Studies Abroad (Icetex) hosts a set of calls for professionals from different careers to study their postgraduate degrees at different universities in the world.
Icetex provides the opportunity for Colombian professionals to pursue their postgraduate degrees at universities in Asia and Europe.
Calls for studies in Hungary, a country located among the states with the highest number of scientific Nobel Prize winners per capita and a variety of scientific inventions such as vitamin C and the Rubik’s cube, among others; and in China, which is the second economic power in the world, they are open until January.
For more information regarding the scholarships offered by entity, we invite you to read the following article: Icetex postgraduate and exchange scholarships to study abroad in 2024.
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