“Higher Education Funding Opportunities in the Arab Region” is an online Directory featuring funding opportunities for higher education students.

Many higher education institutions in the Arab Region lack adequate funding and depend solely on their resources and supporting public bodies. On the other hand, many outstanding students lack the guidance to existing support in their countries or abroad. This is despite the existence of many funding bodies supporting higher education in the Arab Region.

Recognizing the need to address this issue, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), with the generous support of the Ford Foundation regional Office in Cairo produced this online Directory that includes information on local and regional donors in the higher education sector in the Arab region covering 12 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates. This online Directory is not intended to be inclusive of all donors but is a first attempt to map out the existing donors.

Project Mission

• Improve the transparency about funding in the higher education sector in the Arab Region.

• Reflect the emphasis of present higher education support (e.g. use of funding arrangements)

• Encourage youth/students, who are interested in pursuing their undergraduate and post-graduate studies to search for funding opportunities.

Project Goals

• Change perspective of donors about philanthropy in higher education and ensuring democratization to resources in higher education in the Arab Region.
• Pave the way to more initiatives and encouraging philanthropy in the higher education sector.
• Establish channels of communication between the donors on the local and regional level thus avoiding the duplication of their efforts.

The opportunities available cover scholarships, fellowships, training, loans and grants.

For More information , please visit : http://www.bibalex.org/he_funding/Home/index.aspx