Heinrich Boell Foundation Scholarships

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-southeastasia.org

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Warm regards, Olga __________________________ Heinrich Boell Foundation Southeast Asia Regional Office Chiang Mai, Thailand Olga Duchniewska Programme Coordinator Myanmar / International Gender Politics

Tel.: 66 053 810430 -2 Ext. 128 Fax 66 053 810124 www.boell-southeastasia.org/

Mailing Address: POB 119 Chiang Mai University Post Office Chiang Mai 50202, Thailand