Scholarships for Syrian Students 2026

United Kingdom • Bachelor's, PhD, Postdoc, Faculty

What we do Home > what we do > What we do Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics - has been working since 1933 to support academics at risk. Our Fellowship Programme is a rescue mission for academics in immediate danger. At any time, some 350 at-risk academics are in placements, or are being helped through the process of finding a safe place to continue their work, with their families too. Our regional programmes support individuals working on in their home countries despite the risks, and those in exile nearby. They also work with higher education institutions whose work is at risk or compromised. Our Syria Programme was established in 2016, and worked until 2024 with some 200 Syrian academics in exile, mostly in Turkey. We also partner with other organisations, including with the British Academy in the 'Researchers at Risk' programme for Ukraine-based academics, which was launched in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion. We now manage all the payments to nearly 180 grantees. We are also participating in the EU's Inspireurope+ programme (2022-25), as the lead for Work Package 2, ‘ Guidance for Researchers at Risk ’. In all that we do we honour the aim set out by our founders in 1933, “to prevent the waste of exceptional abilities exceptionally trained” - knowing how important such abilities are to the future of each country, and to the world. Cara’s Fellowship Programme Cara is ready to help academics from any country in the world Cara's Fellowship Programme Further Support for Cara Fellows Help to find temporary refuge, a place you can work and learn until you can return home Further Support for Cara Fellows Cara’s Syria Programme Providing support to academics affected by the Syria crisis Cara’s Syria Programme Close

Multiple • Master's

IIE-SRF and the war in Ukraine - IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Skip to content IIE-SRF and the war in Ukraine IIE-SRF and the war in Ukraine The invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces has had a devastating impact on the country’s citizens and higher education system. As the war surpassed the one-year mark, the United Nations estimates that as many as 13 million people – including many professors and researchers – had fled the country, while millions more are internally displaced. Many of Ukraine’s universities and research institutions have been damaged or destroyed, limiting the ability of scholars remaining in the country to safely continue their work. Like earlier crises in Iraq, Syria, Venezuela, and elsewhere, Ukraine’s higher education emergency underscores the need to protect the lives and work of Ukrainian professors and researchers. These scholars are integral to the country’s knowledge production and will help rebuild what has been lost. Since the conflict began, IIE-SRF has supported 32 Ukrainian scholars, many of them women, in academic fields ranging from children’s literature to medicine to fluid mechanics. IIE-SRF continues to follow closely the events in Ukraine and the devastating impacts of the war on the academic community and country more broadly. Within this context, we are faced with the difficult decision of how to best allocate our limited resources. After careful consideration, IIE-SRF is focused on supporting fellowships undertaken in Eastern or Central Eur

United Kingdom • Bachelor's

How to Apply & FAQs | Apply Now for Scholarships & Funding — The Bseisu Foundation 0 How to apply The Bseisu Foundation offers scholarships and funding opportunities across the UK, US, Middle East and Malaysia. We work with a variety of partners to deliver our funding opportunities. Partners such as universities and other organisations help us to award scholarships through match funding arrangements. Conditions and criteria may vary slightly from one scholarship award to another. All of our scholarship programmes are administered through university admissions departments or by partner organisations and we do not receive applications ourselves. You must apply to our partners directly. Visit Our Scholarships to find a complete list of all the scholarship programmes we offer. FAQs Am I eligible to apply for a Bseisu Scholarship? Each of our Scholarships and Programmes have slightly different eligibility criterias so please check our Find a Scholarship page for more details.. However, most of our programmes are available to scholars who are ordinarily resident in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria or Jordan. The majority of our scholarships are available for those pursuing master’s studies in the UK. What costs are covered by a Bseisu award? Our scholarship awards cover full tuition fees. Some of our scholarships may also cover living costs but please check the details of each individual scholarship. Can I apply if I live outside of your target countries? Our scholarships usually require

Multiple • Bachelor's

International Scholarships - AKDN What We Do Developing Human Capacity Education International Scholarships AKDN AKDN This page is also available in 0 The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme Overview The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme (AKF ISP) is an opportunity for outstanding scholars from selected countries*, who have no other means of financing their studies, to pursue postgraduate education. Established in 1969 by His Late Highness Aga Khan IV, the AKF ISP has supported more than 1,500 students to date. Award recipients are selected through a global, annual, and competitive application process. The AKF ISP offers a limited number of new awards in each cycle. The 2026-2027 application cycle is now closed. The next cycle will open in early 2027. * For example, the AKF ISP is available in Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda. In countries, such as Canada, Portugal and the USA, applications are accepted from those who are originally from one of the countries listed above. At this time, the AKF ISP is not available to students who wish to study in the United Kingdom or Russia. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for an AKF ISP award, you must: have excellent academic records; hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training/professional experience; demonstrate genuine financial need**; demonstrate a thoughtful, reliable, multi-source funding plan that covers all years of study** ; be admitted to a reputable postgraduate institution***; be starting the first year of the programme****; and have strong leadership potential, professional experience, extracurricular and/or entrepreneurial achievements, and volunteer contributions. Note: preference is given to young professionals under 30 years of age. **Awards are provided according to need, but please consider the AKF ISP a resource of last resort

United Kingdom • Bachelor's

Cara’s Syria Programme Home > what we do > caras s... The page below gives a brief summary of the work of our Syria Programme (2016-2024), the most recent of our Regional Programmes which, in accordance with our Articles, "... advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit ." Much more detail on the work of the Syria Programme (SP) can be found on our special SP site here ; please note that this site is now a 'legacy site' and is no longer being updated. Cara's Syria Programme Syrian academics have for some years made up one of the largest groups being supported through our Fellowship Programme . But not everyone can, or wants to, travel so far away from their home region. For this reason, and drawing on the experience of our two earlier regional Programmes for Iraq and Zimbabwe , we launched our regionally-based Syria Programme (SP) in 2016, to provide support to Syrian academics in exile in the region around Syria, mainly in Turkey. Our SP offered a wide range of activities, all intended to help the participants to use and build on their existing skills and experience, and to develop their academic networks. At the end of August 2024, after eight busy and successful years, the main activities of the SP came to an end. Some individual activities will cont

Multiple • Bachelor's

International Scholarships - AKDN What We Do Developing Human Capacity Education International Scholarships AKDN AKDN This page is also available in 0 The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme Overview The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme (AKF ISP) is an opportunity for outstanding scholars from selected countries*, who have no other means of financing their studies, to pursue postgraduate education. Established in 1969 by His Late Highness Aga Khan IV, the AKF ISP has supported more than 1,500 students to date. Award recipients are selected through a global, annual, and competitive application process. The AKF ISP offers a limited number of new awards in each cycle. The 2026-2027 application cycle is now closed. The next cycle will open in early 2027. * For example, the AKF ISP is available in Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda. In countries, such as Canada, Portugal and the USA, applications are accepted from those who are originally from one of the countries listed above. At this time, the AKF ISP is not available to students who wish to study in the United Kingdom or Russia. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for an AKF ISP award, you must: have excellent academic records; hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training/professional experience; demonstrate genuine financial need**; demonstrate a thou