Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia
Merit Scholarship Program for High Technology (MSP)
2010/ 2011

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announces that applications scholarships under the (2010-11) IDB Merit Scholarship Program for High Technology are open for application.

The Program is designed to help promising research students to pursue a full-time 3-year Ph.D study or a 6-12 month post-doctoral research work in health/medicine, agriculture/food production, water resources/desertification, energy/infrastructure development, nanotechnology, development-focused ICT. Some scholarships have also been reserved for studies and research in invention-related abstract sciences.

The scholarship comprises tuition fees, cost of living allowance, health insurance cost and travel ticket cost and dependency allowance for Ph.D. students.
The successful candidate must secure admission to one of the universities listed in the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). The list is available on the IDB website:

www.isdb.org

The prospective applicant should visit the IDB website: www.isdb.org to download the Program's application form and to read full information about the eligibility requirements, how to apply, the Program's benefits and facilities as well as the names of universities.

Deadline: December 31, 2009.

Contacts
Scholarship Division
Islamic Development Bank
P.O. Box 5925, Jeddah 21432, Saudi Arabia
Tel: (966-2) 646-6833 / 636-1400; Fax: 646-6887 / 636-6871
e-mail: mailto:scholar@isdb.org