Before completing the application process, you should look for suitable scholarships to fund your studies. Each university offers a range of need and meritbased scholarships as well as funds allocated specifically for students from Palestine and the Middle East.

Please note that PSI is unable to offer any financial assistance at this time. 

Following a wave of successful student occupations in the wake of the Gaza massacre in 2008/9, the number of scholarships available specifically for Palestinian students are increasing in the UK. You should visit university websites and contact local Palestine student groups for more information.  The British Council website is particularly useful.  

We strongly recommend that applicants apply for funding from their chosen university as soon as possible to stand the best chance of securing financial assistance.

Other organisations also offer scholarships aside from universities themselvves. Please contact your British Council representative for more information on these. 

Here's information regarding external organisations which you can contact:

Arab British Chamber Charitable Foundation

Offers partial funding to students from any Arab League country. Applicants must be under 40 years old and have evidence of matching funds.

6 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PH

Tel: 0044 (0) 20 7235 4363

Arab Student Aid International

You must be an Arab citizen (a student who is a permanent resident or a citizen of a non-Arab country does not qualify). You must be studying on a student visa and pledge to return home to the Arab World to work after graduation.

P.O. Box 3546
Dublin
OH 43016
USA

Tel: 00 614 889-9420 Fax: 00 614 889-9430

Email assistant@arabstudentaid.org

Aga Khan Foundation

Scholarships for Syrian students. Half the scholarship is considered a loan.

Application forms and details are available from AKF offices in each country.

Contact: The Secretary

Tel: 00 41 22 9097200

Al-Tajir Trust

Gives small top-up grants to students from Arab League countries.

Tel: 0044 (0)20 7581 3522

Barakat Trust 

Provides scholarships and grants in specific areas of study at accredited world institutions. Exhibitions, conferences, conservation projects and publications are also supported. 

The Oriental Institute
University of Oxford
Pusey Lane
Oxford
UK
OX1 2LE

British Federation of Women Graduates

 A number of International Fellowships are offered for study, research or training at the doctoral or postdoctoral level.

4 Mandeville Courtyard142 Battersea Park Road
London SW11 4NB

Tel: 0044 (0) 207 498 8037

Email: bfwg@bfwg.demon.co.uk

BFWG Charitable Foundation

Offers grants to help women graduates with their LIVING expenses in the final year of PhDs while registered for study or research at an approved institution of higher education in Great Britain (i.e. England, Scotland and Wales); emergency grants to assist with the completion of an academic year’s work; bursaries to support accommodation costs in a hall of residence in central London for a period of up to four weeks.

28 Great James Street
London
UK
WC1N 3EY

Tel: 0044 (0)1732 321139 or 0044 (0)207 404 6447

Email: jean.c@blueyonder.co.uk

Clinton Scholarship Programme

Scholarships for Palestinians

Contact British Council East Jerusalem for more details

Tel 00 972 50 481 853

Dahdaleh Foundation/Chevening LSE Scholarships

 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Dahdaleh Foundation and the Centre of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)  have decided to collaborate in a scheme to provide jointly-funded Chevening Scholarships for Palestinian students wishing to study the MSc in Global Politics in the United Kingdom.

For more information: http://www.britishcouncil.org/ps-education-scholarships-dahdaleh.htm

Durham Palestine Education Trust

We are an independent UK charity that assists the social and economic development of Palestine
by providing scholarships for Palestinian graduates to study for Masters degrees at Durham University.

http://www.dpet.org.uk/
E-mail: Palestine.Education@durham.ac.uk
Phone: + 44 191 334 1138

Dr Derek Kennet
Durham Palestine Educational Trust
Archaeology Department
University of Durham
Durham DH1 3LE
UK

University of Strathclyde

 Candidates will be judged on academic merit; preference will be given to students who have not previously studied in the UK; priority will be given to applications for subjects which cannot be pursued in Palestine due to the crisis and/or programmes of study which are relevant to Palestine's economy and forward planning; applicants must be sufficiently fluent in oral and written English to pursue studies (evidence of a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent must be submitted with application form).

 International Scholarships.com

InternationalScholarships.com is an internet financial aid resource for students wishing to study in a foreign country. A listing of grants, scholarships, loan programmes and other information.

Manchester University/Syrian Universities Scheme

For teaching assistants from Damascus, Aleppo, Al Baath and Tishreen Universities to do postgraduate training at Manchester. There is also a focus on nursing degrees.

Contact: 0044(0)161 275  2725  / 0044 (0)161 275 2196

Irish Aid Fellowship Training Programme

The Government of Ireland, under the bilateral aid programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs, offers a number of study fellowship awards annually to candidates from Irish Aid’s partner countries, including the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to further their education in Ireland.

MBI Al Jaber Foundation

5^th Floor, 78-80 Wigmore Street
London
UK
W1U 2SJ

Tel: 0044 (0) 207 935 5859

Email: scholarships@mbifoundation.com

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation

Dubai Health Care City
Building No 26, 7^th Floor

PO Box 214444
Dubai

Contact: Karine Fahim Ataya

Tel: 00 971 4 4233 512

Email: fellows@mbrfoundation.ae

Ousseimi Foundation

Offers partial scholarships to Syrian students.

30 Quai Gustave-Ador
1207 Geneva
Switzerland

Tel: 0041 22 718 93 33

Email: info@fondationousseimi.org

Palestinian European Academic Cooperation in Education (PEACE) Scholarships

These scholarships are jointly awarded with International Students House. Full tuition fee waivers, accommodation at International Students House, living expenses and flights to and from London. You must be from Palestine and hold an offer for any full-time Masters degree at the University of Nottingham or University of Westminster.

For more information: http://www.peace-programme.org/

Palestinian American Research Centre

 PARC aims to improve scholarship about Palestinian affairs, expand the pool of experts knowledgeable about the Palestinians, and strengthen linkages among Palestinian, American, and foreign research institutions and scholars.  PARC’s 11th annual fellowship competition for post-doctoral and doctoral research in Palestinian Studies will provide two separate fellowship competitions: one for US scholars, and one for their Palestinian counterparts.For more information about the PARC or its fellowship programs, please see the attached announcements or consult our website at http://parc-us-pal.org/

Hani Qaddumi Foundation

For Palestinians. Technical/scientific fields of study

Email: hqsf@go.com.jo

Said Foundation

The Foundation's existing programmes are designed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in our priority countries of Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. Activities include providing scholarships to talented and worthy individuals for their further education, making grants to implementing organisations for child development projects in the region and the promotion of a better understanding of Arab culture through funding key partners in the United Kingdom.

Tel: 00 44 20 7 367 9910
e-mail: programmes@saidfoundation.org

Said Foundation
4th Floor
54 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7HP

Sir Siegmund Warburg Scholarship

The Sir Siegmund Warburg scholarship, which will be available every year from 2009, will offer Palestinian and Israeli students the opportunity to undertake full-time postgraduate human rights study at LSE. To apply to this scholarship, you must hold an offer for Msc Human Rights at the London School of Economics.

For more information: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/humanRights/teaching/MScScholarship.htm

International Arab Charity

Aims to alleviate poverty and promote cultural awareness. One of its aims is to raise financing for young Arab filmmakers to help them realise their visions and to promote cultural understanding in the West.

Email: info@iac67.com; and  iac1967@yahoo.co.uk

IAC
PO Box 48625
London
NW8 0XL

Wiedenfeld Leadership and Scholarships Programme

The programme aims to cultivate the leaders of tomorrow primarily from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa by providing outstanding university graduates and young professionals with the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies at Oxford University.

For further information contact Jordana Friedman, Scholarship Co-ordinator at the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue:

Email: vfraser@strategicdialogue.org

Phone: 00 44 207 493 9333