⏳Deadline - 1 March!!!
📢THE LANE KIRKLAND SCHOLARSHIP 2024-25 in Poland !!!
🌐Eligible Zona/ Country(ies)- #Armenia, #Azerbaijan, #Belarus, #Georgia, #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, #Moldova, #Tajikistan, #Ukraine, and #Uzbekistan .
📌Leaders of Change Foundation announces an open competition for candidates from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan for THE LANE KIRKLAND SCHOLARSHIPS in Poland in the 2024–2025 academic year.
🟢The Lane Kirkland Scholarship Program has been supporting the individual development of young, ambitious
and active citizens from Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia for 24 years. Since 2000, over 1000 alumni have taken part in the Program. This group of alumni includes present members of government,
parliamentarians, managers from large multinational corporations, managers in local government bodies, and
well-known social activists. The author and founder of the Program is the Polish-American Freedom
Foundation. The Program is also financially supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
(NAWA).
🟢The Program offers two semesters of study in one of four Polish academic centers (Warsaw, Cracow, Wrocław,
Lublin) and at least two weeks of professional internship in state, private, or non-governmental organizations.
❗The program also offers an extensive training and workshop program.
❗The program is addressed to young leaders and experts who hold university degrees and are interested in the
development of democracy, economy, and civil society in their own countries and in the region.
🟢FIELDS👇
👉 Economics and Management
👉 Administration / Management in business, NGOs, culture, education and healthcare
👉 Public Administration (Central and Local Government Administration)
👉Law (including Human Rights with Issues of Migration)
👉 Social Sciences (Social Psychology, Sociology)
👉 Political Science, Journalism, and International Relations
👉 Environment and Climate Protection
👉 Security and Cybersecurity
👉 Crisis management
👉Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid
👉 Fields related to the reconstruction of areas destroyed by the war , e.g., urban planning, civil
engineering, forensic science, etc.
💰FINANCIAL INFORMATION👇
- Free access to university classes and support from an academic advisor
- A stipend of PLN 19,800 (paid in 9 installments over 9 months).
In addition, the Program administrator provides the following (worth approx. 5000 PLN/month):
- accommodation during the whole stay in Poland
- health insurance for medical outpatient care, treatment costs in case of emergency, and civil liability
insurance
- one return ticket to Poland (up to an agreed limit)
- public transport cards
- visa costs
- research materials
- participation in an introductory course, and in grantees’ conventions,
- Polish language course (October–June).
🔎ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA👇
👉Citizenship and permanent residence in one of the target countries (holders of a Polish residence card,
👉and people living or working in Poland when applying for a scholarship are ineligible; however, this
👉criterion does not apply to Belarusian citizens living in Poland who arrived in Poland after August 2020,
or to Ukrainian citizens who found themselves in Poland after 24 February 2022 – such persons may
apply for Kirkland scholarships)
👉Full university education – completed Bachelor's or Master's degree, consisting of a minimum of four
years of degree study
👉Up to 40 years of age
👉 At least two years of professional experience
👉At least two years break from participation in a previous scholarship abroad that was longer than 6
months. This criterion does not apply to candidates from Ukraine, or, in individual cases, from Belarus.
🔎The Kirkland scholarships are addressed to individuals who represent the following professional groups👇
👉 civil servants, employees of central and local government institutions
👉 lawyers
👉entrepreneurs
👉 managers in NGOs, culture, education, media, environmental protection, healthcare, business
👉 leaders of non-governmental organizations, animators in culture and civic activity
👉 academic teachers
👉 journalists.
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