Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students
The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students (CUSDS) is an effort to combat this unprecedented humanitarian and economic loss by providing displaced students with the opportunity to pursue higher education at Columbia University, one of the leading educational institutions in the world. Not currently accepting applicants.
Website
https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/CUSDS
Host Country
United States
Duration
Undergraduate/Graduate Education
Applicants
This scholarship program is for foreign nationals who: have refugee status living anywhere in the world; have received US asylum or submitted a US asylum application; are in the US under Temporary Protected Status; are Internally Displaced Persons. Displaced Afghan students on Humanitarian Parole or with Special Immigrant Visas are also now eligible for the Scholarship. US permanent residents (green card holders, citizens, etc.) are not eligible for the scholarship. There are no age restrictions on the scholarship.
Contact
Email cusds@columbia.edu
How To Apply:
https://cusds.globalcenters.columbia.edu/
While they are not currently selecting applications for this scholarship, here are resources that can provide assistance for displaced students and scholars:
- Columbia Global Emerging Scholars Fellowship Program: Provides opportunities for early-career scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who hold refugee status or have been forcibly displaced.
- IIE’s Platform for Education in Emergencies Response: A database of educational opportunities and resources for displaced and refugee students.
- UC Davis’s Backpack: a tool that allows scholars and students to upload and secure copies of academic and professional credentials.