Scholarship info -- Heinrich Boell Foundation, for Burmese --

Dear All,

Heinrich Boell Foundation, Southeast Asia Regional Office, holds an

annual scholarship competition for a small number of students from

Myanmar/Burma to study at two Thai premier Universities offering three

international Programmes specifically designed for younger generation

candidates from Myanmar/Burma.



The Scholarships apply respectively to the academic year of 2009/2010

for Master of Arts in International Development (MAIDS) at

Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok , Faculty of Political Science, the

2009/2010 academic years for Master of Arts in Sustainable

Development, at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable

Development (RCSD) in Chiang Mai University , Faculty of Social

Sciences, and the 2009/2010 academic year for International Master of

Economics (MEcon), at the Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University .

Application forms and entrance qualifications for the international

Programmes of the respective Universities are available at web links

provided below. Application forms are attached as word documents.

The Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS)

Program at Chulalongkorn University 's Faculty of Political Science;

http://www.ids. polsci.chula. ac.th/

The Master of Arts in Sustainable Development of the Regional Center

for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) at Chiang Mai

University, Faculty of Social Sciences; http://rcsd. soc.cmu.ac. th/

The International Master of Economics Program of the Faculty of

Economics (M.Econ) at Chiang Mai University ;

http://fuangfah. econ.cmu. ac.th/programs. asp

The selection process is highly competitive. Students for the

Scholarship Program are selected by both HBF and the respective

Universities in an open competition. Decisions made are final. Only

selected candidates will be contacted. Applicants can re-apply for the

Scholarship Program the following year.



We kindly ask for your assistance in forwarding the relevant

information and documents (applications forms and general information)

to interested parties and suitable candidates.



Please find attached:



- HBF Call for Applications

- RCSD, MAIDS and Mecon application documents



For further information on our Myanmar/Burma work pls. visit:

www.boell-southeast asia.org