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Scholarships | Location Of Study | Terms | Selection Committee | Award Administration The WLS Selection Committee awards four to eight scholarships per year, up to US$25,000 per academic year for a maximum of two years. The awards help the recipients meet the costs of tuition, fees, books, educational supplies, housing, maintenance, and travel to and from the home country and the educational institution. WLS awards are paid directly to the institution in a student's account. For foreign women intending to study at U.S. universities, WLS funding for expenses other than tuition and books is subject to a 14% U.S. tax. Location of Study Candidates may use WLS funding for non-doctoral graduate study at accredited institutions worldwide. WLS is committed to strengthening research institutions in the Global South. As such, WLS encourages students to study in their home country or region provided that the educational institution is fully accredited for higher education. We are also aware that the WLS application submission timeline poses difficulties for some applicants from the Global South due to differing academic calendars. Unfortunately, since we and our volunteer committee are small, we cannot currently offer more than one application cycle. At present, we encourage those students from the Global South who face a different academic calendar to apply during the first year/semester of their studies in order to finance the remainder of their studies. An accredited educational institution is one that maintains a regular faculty, curriculum, and has a regular, organized body of students in attendance on site or through distance learning. Award recipients are selected on an objective and non-discriminatory basis, without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or age of the applicant. Employment status is taken into consideration only with regards to determining whether the applicant meets the minimum three years professional experience requirement in the applicant's proposed field of study or research. A Selection Committee of at least three people, including a Channel Foundation trustee or staff member, a graduate-level university administrator, and a representative of an international NGO, determine applicants' eligibility and decide awards. Selection and terms of WLS awards are determined by evidence that an applicant requires financial support to attain the education planned. Channel Foundation staff, Selection Committee members, or relatives of either are disqualified from applying for the WLS. WLS awards are monitored by annual or semi-annual reports from the student's department or research advisor showing satisfactory and timely progress. E-mail communication is maintained with the student, and a brief evaluation will be required of her following the completion of her program of study. Award renewals may be made at the discretion of the Selection Committee, based on a student's timely and satisfactory progress. Students must notify the Channel Foundation immediately, in writing, of any change in their programs, research focus, enrollment status, or career goals. Failure to maintain eligibility requirements will result in termination of funding for the next academic period. The Channel Foundation takes all reasonable and appropriate steps to recover funds not used to further the purposes of the scholarship, or to restore diverted funds to these purposes.
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