Department of Human Development, Education and Culture
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR OAS ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS
About OAS ScholarshipsThe objective of the Organization of American States (OAS) Scholarships and Training Programs is to assist the Member States with their domestic efforts in pursuit of integral development goals by supporting human resource development in the priority areas established by the Summits of the Americas, the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), and the OAS General Assembly.
The OAS is committed to promoting and supporting human capacity development and strengthening bonds among the peoples in the Hemisphere by maximizing the number of scholarships awarded in reputable educational institutions in its Member States with the resources available. To achieve this goal, the OAS Scholarship Program will place more scholarship recipients in universities that are members of the OAS Consortium of Universities or with which the Department of Human Development, Education and Culture (DHDEC) of the OAS will make written agreements for the placement of students. Accordingly, the number of scholarships which will be awarded to individuals who have obtained their own admission to a university will continue to be limited. Thus, applicants who elect the Self-placed Scholarship option will have less opportunity to win an OAS scholarship.
The funds provided by the OAS/DHDEC are intended to serve as a complement to those funds which the scholarship recipient may already be receiving from other sources or to assist the recipient with general costs to make the completion of her/his studies feasible.