Eligibiliy Criteria | Application Forms | Contact | Attention! The deadline for Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowships Program is February 28, 2009. |
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Eligibility Criteria  Applicants must meet the following general criteria to be eligible for a fellowship award:  - Be a national and resident of a World Bank member country which is currently eligible to borrow;
- Candidates should be under 45 years. Candidates born before January 1, 1965 will not be considered;
- Must have completed and been awarded at least a Master's degree, or equivalent, at the time of application;
- Be regularly registered in a development related doctoral program in their home or another country;
- Must have completed all coursework and exam requirements for their doctoral program;
- Be employed as full time lecturer or researcher by an academic or research institution in their home country;
- Be accepted as a visiting scholar by a renowned university for a period of five to ten months.
Application Forms Application forms for Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowships Program are available in English, French, and Spanish in PDF format. Each application consists of the three documents: 1) 2009 RSM Application Form; 2) Letter of Reference (Professional or Academic), and 3) Statement of Acceptance by Host Institution & Research Adviser Applications in PDF format on this site require Acrobat Reader to be viewed. You can download the free Acrobat Reader here. 
Application forms for Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowships Program
| Language | Applications | Supporting Documents | | Â | Â | Â | Â | | English | 2009 RSM Application Form
(pdf, 1, 477 KB) | Letter of Reference (Professional or Academic) (pdf, 636 KB) | Statement of Acceptance by Host Institution & Research Adviser (pdf, 634 KB) | |  | | | | | Español | Formulario de solicitud para el Ciclo de 2009
(pdf, 1, 477 KB) | Carta de referencia (Profesional o académica)
(pdf, 649 KB) | Declaración de conformidad de la institución anfitriona y del asesor de la investigación (pdf, 633 KB) | | | | | | Français | Dossier de candidature 2009
(pdf, 1, 268 KB) | Lettre de Recommandation (professionnelle ou universitaire) (pdf, 638 KB) | Déclaration d’acceptation de l’Institution d’accueil et du conseiller
(pdf, 634 KB) | | | | | | Português | Formulário de Candidatura para 2009
(pdf, 1, 782 KB) | Carta de Referências (Profissional ou Académica)
(pdf, 662 KB) | Declaração de Aceitação pela Instituição Acolhedora e pelo Patrono da Investigação (pdf, 634KB) |
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Applicants should download and fill-in the application forms, then submit their application packages including all the required documentation. To be considered for the 2009 cycle, all completed application forms must be received in Washington, DC, by February 28, 2009. Late applications will not be considered. The awards will be announced in May 2009. Contact Applications and correspondence should be mailed to:
| Any change of the original formatting of the application is not acceptable and the application will not be processed.
Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be processed. |
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