SCHOLARSHIPS

Budgetary constraints forced the Agency to discontinue the scholarship programme it previously supported from the general fund of contributions in 1997/1998. However, it continued, with project funding, to support some scholars until they graduated. A total of 154 recipients participated in the programme in the academic year 2001/2002. In that academic year scholars were studying in 23 universities in nine countries in the Middle East. The main areas of study pursued by scholarship recipients were engineering (20 per cent), medicine (57 per cent), pharmacy (14 per cent) and dentistry (nine per cent), The scholarship awards ranged in value from $200 - $1,000 per year, depending on university tuition rates.