Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
The Club Locator will give you the district which covers your local club. That district number can be used to find web info which may have contact address for your local club.
The Rotary Foundation offers a variety of educational awards in order to promote friendly relations between people of different nations. The graduate and undergraduate fellowships are awarded for one, two, or three years of university study in any one of more than 100 countries in which there is a Rotary club.
While abroad, scholars serve as ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country and give presentations about their homeland to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, they are expected to make presentations about their experiences abroad.
Eligibility and Qualifications
- To apply, one must be a citizen of a country in which there is a Rotary club.
- Applicants must have completed at least two years of college-level course work or equivalent professional experience before commencing their scholarship studies.
- Relatives of Rotarians may not apply.
- Initial application must be made through a local Rotary club in proximity to the applicant’s legal or permanent residence.
In addition to the criteria listed above, applicants for Academic-Year and Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships must be proficient in the language of the proposed host country. Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship applicants must have completed at least one year of college-level coursework or equivalent in the proposed language of study.
Application Procedures and Selection Criteria
Application may be made only through a Rotary club in the Rotary district in which the applicant’s legal address is located. The application must be typewritten and submitted in duplicate to the secretary of the sponsoring club no later than the club deadline.
To be submitted with the application form:
- Applicant must list five, thoroughly-researched proposed study institutions
- Transcript
- Photograph
- Language ability form
- Brief autobiography
- Detailed statement of why the student is applying for the scholarship, what his or her proposed field of study will be, and how this relates to his or her future plans
- List summarizing principal interests and activities
- Two academic letters of recommendation
- If the language of the student’s preferred country is French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, he or she must also submit his or her own translation of all application materials
Timeframe
Deadlines are set separately by each Rotary club and may be as early as 20 months before the course of study is to begin. It is imperative, therefore, to determine as soon as possible the timetable to be used by one’s sponsoring Rotary club.
Each Rotary club may nominate two candidates for consideration by the Rotary district selection committee. The number of awards to which each district is entitled is determined by the amount of money contributed by that district during the preceding year. Selection by both the club and the district is based upon the application materials, plus an interview. Applicants are notified of selection soon after the district interview.
Contact
Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
The ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6224
Phone: 215-746-6488
Fax: 215-573-4869