Airey Neave Trust -Refugee Support
- Those people with refugee status or exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom and a letter from the Home Office to prove it. Exclusions: asylum seekers, refugees with asylum status in countries other than Britain, overseas students in the UK on a student visa, British citizens or refugees now holding British citizenship.
- Some preference given to: Doctors of Medicine, Veterinary Surgeons, Dentists.
- How to apply – Applicants should apply in March for the following October and must be interviewed on the telephone by Mrs Hannah Scott (0207 833 4440) in order that their command of English may be assessed as well as their eligibility before application forms are sent out. No new applicants are considered after the 1st of May.
- Average grant award – £1,500 towards fees. Extra needs – applicants will need to find £400/£500 from elsewhere for travel and essential books.
Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI)
- UNHCR provides, on a limited basis, scholarships for refugees at the tertiary level in universities and polytechnic institutions through the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund (DAFI). Funding for this programme is provided by the Federal Government of Germany.
- The purpose of the DAFI Programme is to contribute to the self-reliance of refugees by providing them with a professional qualification for future employment. Scholarships are granted only for studies in the country of asylum. Preferably, UNHCR would like to see the graduates return home and contribute to the reconstruction of their home country, or to the development of the country of asylum or the refugee community at large.
CARA – Refugee Academic Grants
- Grants aim to enable refugee academics achieve employment in the UK at a level commensurate with their skills and experience in the long term. Grants can support refugee academics to re-qualify in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine.
- CARA holds 2 grant rounds a year, with deadlines for applications every June and December. Decisions on applications are made two months after the deadlines. For details of the next grant application deadline please see ‘Call for Applications’.
The Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates
- deals with applications for assistance from graduate women (in special cases tertiary women students) who have been displaced as a result of war, political upheaval or other serious emergencies, and makes short term grants for refresher courses for re-entry into the candidates’ professional fields, and courses for integration into new countries. In case of serious natural disasters, national federations and associations may apply for short-term grants on behalf of university women (women students), who suffered hardship due to the disaster, and who wish to continue their work or studies.
University of Melbourne Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarships
- Refugee and Asylum Seeker Scholarships were established by the University of Melbourne with the aim of assisting refugees and asylum seekers with the cost of tertiary education.
- From its office in Khartoum WTI sponsors refugees and internally displaced Sudanese to study undergraduate level courses at universities and colleges in Sudan. To promote gender equity over half the beneficiaries are female. WTI supports scholarships with funds from various donors, and is the implementing partner for the UNHCR Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative (DAFI). Programme beneficiaries study a wide range of subjects relevant to the social and economic development of Sudan.
Batakane Ismael Jean-Michel says
Please,help me get a Scholarship in Film making.
Am from the Democratic Republic of Congo,a male of 19 years old,am a refugee in Kenya in a Refugee camp known as Kakuma since 2008,i flee my country due to tribalism and political insecurities.
I stopped my studies after my high school graduation due to the life that became so insecured after my dad’s death,i studied Literature in high school and lot of other courses such as Film making(editing,script writing,cinematography,photography and acting),also i know how to draw and can do some paintings,i also have talent in Music performance,i can sing,since my childhood i’ve been doing all these till when my father died and i had no option but to leave the country immediately because we were very insecured.I was with my mother when we left the country but she disappeared and i had move on alone because i could not stay…that time i was 16 years old when i reached the camp.I passing through a very hard time in my life and was so disappointed since no one is there to even mind if i exist,since then i never seen my mother coz i heard she’s dead too and even my elder brother…i tried hard and join a film class in camp supported by Filmaid International,i started writing my own stories and direct them and there was an art class supported by LWF in the camp still..i gathered young boys who interested in drawing and started teaching them how to drow sponsored by a good lady her name is Sally Lincoln,i helped so many of my friend in Filming and Writing but i myself i always wish one day to get a chance for scholarship for further studies to ameliorate my career,i speak French,English,Kiswahili and know Latin.I am a very hard working boy and very honest and believe,trust fear God,i never use any alcohol or any drugs.
Please help me get out of this misery,i still need to go back to school…Help me get a scholarship in Film making(Media studies)…Please allow my dreams to be true and give me a support,i have no one to help me get out of this Camp,life in here is every day hopeless…Please i need your support more than ever now…..I can’t wait to read your positive feedback soon.
Please help me!!!!
My number is +254713407559 and e-mail is ibatakane@yahoo.com
HUMA SHAHBAZ says
Im a pakistani asylum seeker woman with 6year old son in srilanka.
We are presecuted under blasphmy in pakistan Muslim froced us to accept islam when we refused they trided to kill us.presently we are living in srilanka and for last one year my 6year old son not going to school i am unable to raise his admition fee and monthley tiution fee for his studies in internationnal school because im not alow to work here as asylum seeker.we are living in one room without fan, and sleeping on the floor without sheet.one famliy gives us food.
Its my kindly requset to you please save my son’s life and feuture and grant me sum of 1000 us dolar for his admition fee and per month 250 doloar for tiution fee of school.
HENOK ALI says
Hi , my name is henok ali, i am living in USA (PA) i have learned in Eritrean institute of technology in mass and communication media in the field of journalism . but in 2004 i seek an assylum as a refugee in different countries . so becouse of this situation i could not finish my degree in journalism . Neverthless am looking for universities and collages to continue my education . If any blessed and interested person wants to help me to continue my education, this is my email address henokali@gmail.com.
Thankyou !
sincerlly
Henok Ali .
Alrasheed Ahmad Alsanosy Mustafa says
I am sudanese Refugee in south africa I want study master in information Technology . plz help me for get scholarship in any university.
Best Regard
this my Number 0027780805167
E-Mail : rasinfo@ymail.com
Alrasheed
Alrasheed Ahmad Alsanosy Mustafa says
I am sudanese Refugee in south africa I want study master in information Technology . plz help me for get scholarship in university in south africa
Best Regard
Alrasheed