Paraguay is a landlocked country in South America. Education in these universities is equivalent to international standards. International students come to Paraguay to seek admission into various universities and institutions of the country. The medium of instruction in most of the colleges and universities is English, however in a few cases, Italian and Spanish are also offered.
Universities in Paraguay impart education at the highest level. There are some prominent Paraguayan universities, where diverse subjects are taught to the students. Traditional as well as modern subjects and languages are taught at universities of Paraguay. A degree from these well known universities can provide an impetus to the career of the students. There are various levels taught in theses universities like undergraduate, postgraduate as well as doctorate levels.
The prominent scholarships are offered by New Zealand Government, Australian Government, Swiss Government, US Government etc. Below are the scholarships available for the international and local students.
Scholarship Program: Fulbright Program Opportunities in the U.S. for Paraguayans
Employer: Fulbright
Level of study: Postgraduate study or research
Brief Scholarship Description: Grants to Paraguay for U.S. citizens are offered in the student and scholar categories. Awards are available to U.S. students for up to one year of post-graduate study or research. Lecturer/research grants and Fulbright Specialist grants are available for U.S. faculty and professionals.
Scholarship Website: http://fulbright.state.gov/participating-countries/western-hemisphere/paraguay.html#grants
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Scholarship Program: Fulbright Program Opportunities in Paraguay for Americans
Employer: Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion
Level of study: Graduate students, young professionals, and artists
Brief Scholarship Description: The Fulbright Program in Paraguay is administered by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to research and study in the United States for one year or longer.
Scholarship Website: http://fulbright.state.gov/participating-countries/western-hemisphere/paraguay.html#grants
Scholarship Program: Korea Green Promotion Agency (KGPA) Scholarship Program
Employer: Korea Green Promotion Agency (KGPA)
Level of study: Graduate
Brief Scholarship Description: Korea Green Promotion Agency (KGPA) is a public institute formed by Korea Forest Service to support Overseas Forestry Projects. From 2009, KGPA has been operating a scholarship program for the students from the developing countries.The  objective of the Program is to provide international students with the opportunity to conduct advanced studies at the graduate course of university in Korea in order to cultivate forestry experts and promote mutual friendship between countries.
Scholarship Website: http://www.kgpa.or.kr/files/boards/eng_announ/1329456656.82.pdf.x
Scholarship Program: UNESCO/ISEDC Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
Employer: UNESCO/ISEDC
Level of study: Fellowship
Brief Scholarship Description: The aim of this fellowships programme is to enhance the capacity-building and human resources development in the area of sustainable and renewable energy sources in developing countries and countries in transition. The training activities in the framework of these fellowships are tenable in specialized institutions in the Russian Federation. The medium of instruction will be Russian. UNESCO will solicit applications from the developing countries and countries in transition.
Scholarship Website: http://portal.unesco.org/en/files/48394/13297587291Announcement_Letter_UNESCO-ISEDC_2012a.pdf/Announcement%2BLetter%2BUNESCO-ISEDC%2B2012a.pdf
Scholarship Program: English language micro-scholarships for disadvantaged but outstanding undergraduate students
Employer: The Embassy of the United States of America in Paraguay’s Public Diplomacy (PD)
Level of study: Undergraduate
Brief Scholarship Description: The Embassy of the United States of America in Paraguay’s Public Diplomacy (PD) section is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Proposals (RFP). PD invites not-for profit/non-governmental organizations in Paraguay to submit proposals for teaching English as a second or foreign language to a group of up to 25 disadvantaged undergraduate students in the areas of Asuncion and San Lorenzo, Paraguay. The ESL/EFL teaching program should be 2 to 3 years in length with at least 4 hours of instruction per week with an emphasis on conversational ability and incorporate U.S. values and culture into the curriculum. Classroom sizes should be between 20-25 students.
Scholarship Website: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=179833&mode=VIEW
Scholarship Program: Fulbright Scholar Program Opportunities for Community College Faculty
Employer: U.S. department of State’s bureau of educational and cultural affairs
Level of study: Teaching
Brief Scholarship Description: They often teach students with different cultural backgrounds, learning styles and native languages, preparing them to teach cross-culturally when abroad. They are student-oriented and foster strong faculty-student interactions, a trait desired abroad. They can take advantage of the strong contacts many community colleges have with institutions abroad. They teach several classes, allowing their many students to benefit from their Fulbright experience when they return.
Scholarship Website: http://www.cies.org/campus_reps/download/community_college_flyer.pdf
Scholarship Program: Development Awards in Latin America
Employer: Australian Government
Level of study: Enrolled in a tertiary institution
Brief Scholarship Description: Australia’s international development cooperation in Latin America aims to help people overcome poverty through sustainable economic development. Australia’s development cooperation program will focus on areas of greatest need and where Australia can make a difference, including food security, rural livelihoods, and climate change and natural resource management.
Scholarship Website: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/Documents/latin-america.pdf
Scholarship Program: New Zealand Scholarships â€" Latin America and the Caribbean
Employer: New Zealand Government
Level of study: Postgraduate Diploma, Masters or Doctorate
Brief Scholarship Description: The scholarships are offered for full-time, postgraduate study at the Postgraduate Diploma, Masters or Doctorate (PhD) levels. Study at PhD level will only be considered where particularly strong development relevance is demonstrated. New Zealand will offer scholarships with as equitable a spread as possible across all eligible countries, for study beginning in the 2013 academic year. Applicants with relevant paid or unpaid work experience, for example in public, private sector, development organizations, civil society/non-government organizations (NGOs), will be prioritized.
Scholarship Website: http://campus.vieloy.com/files_Articulos/120502_NZAidProgramme_Becas.pdf
Scholarship Program: The “Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities
Employer: The Coimbra Group
Level of study: Research
Brief Scholarship Description: The “Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin American Universities†was launched for the first time in January 2004. This initiative, which offers grants to finance short-term research visits, aims at favoring mobility and academic exchange between the two regions, Europe and Latin America. The Coimbra Group is an association of 40 European universities, which promotes exchanges between European and Latin American researchers and academics. This call for applications for research visit grants is one of the ways in which exchanges are supported.
Scholarship Website: http://www.coimbra-group.eu/uploads/2012/CALL-LA%20BROCHURE%202012.pdf
Scholarship Program: Durham Santander scholarships
Employer: Banco Santander, Durham University
Level of study: masters
Brief Scholarship Description: In partnership with Banco Santander, Durham University will be awarding 7 postgraduate scholarships to outstanding candidates from Latin America. Each scholarship is worth £5000 and will be open to students applying to study a taught masters degree* in any discipline.
Scholarship Website: http://www.dur.ac.uk/sgia/graduate_study/scholarships/
Scholarship Program: Staton Scholarship in Business Administration for South American’s, Switzerland
Employer: IMD
Level of study: Master’s
Brief Scholarship Description: Acceptance into the IMD MBA Program 2) Submitting an essay on: “The role of entrepreneurship in moving my country forward and my contribution to that goal†(maximum 750 words). Candidates from the above countries who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA program, on condition that the candidate must return to South America* for at least three years after graduation
Scholarship Website: http://www.imd.org/programs/mba/fees/scholarships/Staton.cfm
Scholarship Program: KODAK Student Scholarship Program
Employer: KODAK
Level of study: Undergraduate, Graduate
Brief Scholarship Description: KODAK Student Scholarship for university or college students of film, film production, or cinematography at the undergraduate or graduate levels in a degree or diploma program. Nominations must be made by the school department or program official. Nominees will be evaluated on the basis of academic achievement, creative and technical ability, communications ability, and range of filmmaking experience. Visual Imagery will count 50%, creative and other technical skills 25%, and the other criteria 25%.
Scholarship Website: http://motion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/Kodak/motion/Education/Scholarships/KODAK_Student_Scholarship_Form_2011.pdf
Scholarship Program: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Students, Switzerland
Employer: Swiss Government
Level of study: Research
Brief Scholarship Description: Through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), the Swiss Government grants foreign researchers university scholarships (Swiss universities, Federal Institutes of Technology and Universities of applied sciences). These scholarships are offered either on the basis of reciprocity (fixed number of scholarships for each country) or within the framework of a pool (scholarships without fixed distribution by country). They are intended for young researchers who have graduated from university (postgraduates).
Scholarship Website: http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vkaz/embast/eskas.html
Scholarship Program: Latin America Scholarships at Nottingham Trent University
Employer: Nottingham Trent University
Level of study: Masters
Brief Scholarship Description: This scholarship is for overseas students from Latin America applying for one of the School of Art & Design’s MA or MSc courses, to start their studies. To be eligible you’ll need to: Be a self-funding international student designated as an overseas fee payer; Be ordinarily resident of a country in Latin America (see list below for countries included in this scholarship scheme).
Scholarship Website: http://www.ntu.ac.uk/art/document_uploads/114343.pdf
Scholarship Program: Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) for Undergraduate and Graduate
Employer: Government of Canada
Level of study: Undergraduate and Graduate
Brief Scholarship Description: ELAP Scholarships provide students with short-term exchange opportunities for study or research at the college, undergraduate and graduate levels. As part of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program, select graduate-level students will be invited to participate in a study tour focused on Canadian democratic governance and civil society or other key priority areas. Applicants will be considered on the basis of a combination of financial need and academic/intellectual merit (financial need will be determined by the Office of Financial Aid.
Scholarship Website: http://www.scholarships-bourses.gc.ca/scholarships-bourses/can/institutions/elap-pfla.aspx?lang=eng&view=d
Scholarship Program: Mosaic PhD Scholarship for Developing Countries, Netherlands
Employer: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Level of study: PhD
Brief Scholarship Description: Ethnic minorities are currently under-represented in Dutch academic research. The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science are keen to promote diversity and are concerned about the present loss of talent to the academic world. NWO and the Ministry of OCW conceived a programme that aims at helping representatives of ethnic minorities into the world of science.
Scholarship Website: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5RNBJK_Eng
Scholarship Program: New Zealand Development Scholarships for Postgraduate Students from Developing Countries, New Zealand
Employer: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Level of study: Postgraduate
Brief Scholarship Description: The New Zealand Development Scholarships are funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme, the New Zealand Government’s overseas aid and development programme. They are managed by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The purpose of the scholarships is for candidates to gain knowledge and skills through post-graduate study in specific subject areas that will assist in the development of their home country. Awardees are required to return to their home country for at least two years after the completion of their scholarship to apply these new skills and knowledge in government, civil society, or private business organisations.
Scholarship Website: http://www.aid.govt.nz/funding-and-contracts/scholarships/types-scholarship/new-zealand-development-scholarships
Scholarship Program: Masters Fellowship for Low and Middle Income Countries, UK
Employer: Wellcome Trust
Level of study: Masters
Brief Scholarship Description: This scheme strengthens scientific research capacity in low- and middle-income countries, by providing support for junior researchers to gain research experience and high-quality research training at Masters degree level. Research projects should be aimed at understanding and controlling diseases (either human or animal) of relevance to local, national or global health. This can include laboratory based molecular analysis of field or clinical samples, but projects focused solely on studies in vitro or using animal models will not normally be considered under this scheme. We are particularly interested in requests for research training support in the social sciences, demography, health economics, medical statistics and vector biology.
Scholarship Website: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Public-health-and-tropical-medicine/WTD025881.htm
Scholarship Program: MSc in Latin American Studies Scholarships, University of Oxford, UK
Employer: CAF-Latin American Development Bank and the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
Level of study: Masters
Brief Scholarship Description: CAF-Latin American Development Bank and the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford, invite applications for two scholarships to study for the MSc in Latin American Studies in 2012/13. The scholarships will cover both tuition fees as well as college fees for St Antony’s College. Candidates should be applying for the MSc in Latin American Studies at the University of Oxford.
Scholarship Website: http://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/funding/caf_scholarships_2012-13
Scholarship Program: Research Master Behavioural and Social Sciences at University of Groningen, Netherlands
Employer: University of Groningen
Level of study: Research Master
Brief Scholarship Description: Candidates who have been admitted to the Research Master programme Behavioural and Social Sciences can be awarded a scholarship when they are not able to self-finance in full and are not eligible for other funding. Candidates can apply for this grant by sending a letter of motivation in which they indicate that they are in need of a grant and would like to be considered for the UGTG: Research Master Behavioural and Social Sciences (partial grant).
Scholarship Website: http://www.rug.nl/prospectiveStudents/scholarships/scholarshipGMW
Scholarship Program: Call for Proposals: EU Grant in Arts and Culture in South Africa
Employer: Commission Europénne -Europe Aid
Level of study: Research and Training
Brief Scholarship Description: EU’s Youth Empowerment program in cooperation with the South Africa’s Department for Arts and Culture (DAC) seeks grant proposals aimed at YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE. The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to create opportunities for youth empowerment in the sector of culture, to include youth as drivers in social and economic development in South Africa. The specific objective of this Call for Proposals is to empower youth in South Africa to improve their life skills through arts and culture activities which will engage with disadvantaged youth, include them in organising community life and open the way for youth to make a positive contribution to local development.
Scholarship Website: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1306754087573&do=publi.detPUB&searchtype=QS&orderby=upd&orderbyad=Desc&nbPubliList=15&page=1&aoref=131343
Regards,
Shilpi Prasad
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