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Closed Basic Education US Foreign Aid

Local Scholarship Programs - Public University Scholarships

$76.99M USD

Funder U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization AmidEast
Country Egypt
Start Date Nov 02, 2018
End Date Oct 08, 2022
Duration 1,436 days
Number of Grantees 133
Roles Recipient
Data Source US Foreign Aid
Grant ID 206418-76
Grant Description

The national or public university portion of LSP represents an opportunity for academically-qualified but economically-disadvantaged high schools graduates from all regions of the country to obtain university degrees at Egypt's leading public-sector institutions of higher learning like Alexandria University, Ain Shams University, Assiut University, Cairo University, and Mansoura University.

The LSP represents a vehicle for social mobility and change.

The approach for implementing this scholarship program is to provide a holistic, transformational educational and training experience, one that features not only a university education in a chosen field of study, but also skills and practical training through a combination of English language, workforce readiness, leadership, community service, internships, mentoring, and entrepreneurship programs and experiences.

The individuals who complete the LSP will be poised with the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to become leaders in their professions and in their communities.

LSP graduates will enter the Egyptian workforce able to contribute directly to the growth of the country's economy through professional positions in existing companies, organizations, and institutions, or through starting their own businesses that, where.successful, will employ other Egyptians.

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