World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024 | Eligibility, benefits

World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024 | Eligibility, benefits

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To have a JJ/WBGSP application reviewed, applicants must fulfill the following two requirements:

Meet Eligibility Criteria: The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Be a national of a World Bank member country listed in Annex 1 of theseGuidelines.

• Not be a dual citizen of any developed country.

• On or after the date of the call for scholarship applications opens, not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of appointment (including temporary and consultant) of the World Bank Group (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and International Center for Settlements of Investment Disputes); or not be a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term "close relative" defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew.

• Hold a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) earned at least three years before the date of the Application Deadline.

• Be employed in development-related work in a paid full-time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application. Have at least three years of paid developmentrelated employment since earning a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within the past six years from the date of the Application Deadline.

Please see FAQs on how to count qualified part-time employment toward this 3-year requirement. Please see Annex 2 for a suggested list of development-related topics. Nationals from a fragile and/or conflict-affected country are also requested to upload proofs of their successive employments but we do take into consideration the limited employment opportunities in FCS countries listed in Annex 3.

• On or before the Scholarship Application Deadline date, have been admitted unconditionally (except for funding) for the upcoming academic year to at least one of the JJ/WBGSP Participating Programs and located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence.

Submit One Online Application: An application will be accepted and reviewed if the applicant submits only one completed application electronically through the online application site by the Application Deadline: February 29, 2024 (for Window 1 programs only). An application is considered complete if it includes:

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