Eligibiliy Criteria | Application Procedures | Contact

Attention! The deadline for Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowships Program has been extended through April 30, 2008.

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, 1964 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 Procedures

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) 2008 RSM Application Form; 2) Letter of Reference (Professional or Academic), and 3) Statement of Acceptance by Host Institution & Research Adviser

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Application forms for Robert S. McNamara (RSM) Fellowships Program

Applicants should download and fill-in the application forms, then submit their application packages including all the required documentation. To be considered for the 2008 cycle, all completed application forms must be received in Washington, DC, by April 30, 2008. Late applications will not be considered. The awards will be announced in June 2008.

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.