SCHOLARSHIPS

Goal:
The main goal of the Scholarship Program is to increase the number of highly educated professionals in Mongolia who can contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural development of the country; to create lasting cross-national ties between Mongolians and professionals from other countries; and to foster tolerance and understanding by providing opportunities for Mongolian citizens to experience different cultures and countries.

Program Achievements:
The number of scholarship recipients from countryside has increased.
The number of scholarship recipients studying in Europe and Western countries has increased.

"Soros Alumni Association of Mongolia" was established on August 24, 2001. The association consists of 24 members of the graduates of Western universities such as Columbia in NY, Duke, Essex University in UK, University of Pennsylvania, American university, Central European University in Budapest, International Management Center in Budapest by the scholarship provided by Soros Foundation.

Total 390 people were awarded grants from the following eleven scholarship programs in the period of 1999-2002: Mongolian Professional Fellowship, Social Work Fellowship, Supplementary National Grant Program, Soros Supplementary Grant Program, Global Supplementary Grant Program, Central European University, University of Manchester, American University in Bulgaria, Undergraduate Exchange Program, and Secondary School Students' Exchange Program. Thus, they were provided with an opportunity to study and improve their knowledge and education in countries such as the USA, the UK, Hungary and Bulgaria.

The Foundation organized a series of lectures, meetings and discussions titled, What Scholarships We Offer and How To Apply for them at the MFOS Educational Advising Resource Center (EARC) branches in Darhan, Erdenet, and Khovd aimag where application forms and information bulletins were distributed. Also, advisory sessions for people interested in applying to the MFOS scholarship programs were conducted every Wednesday at EARC. We continued our firm cooperation with Peace Corps, VSO, and national universities both in Ulaanbaatar and in other aimags by introducing our scholarship opportunities and distributing application forms by Peace Corps Volunteers to targeted public.