Applications due Fall 2025

For Academic Studies Beginning Fall 2026

The fellowship/scholarship opportunity is all about funding for graduate school for one student from our local Rotary District 5960 area who wants to pursue a master’s degree in one of Rotary’s seven areas of focus at a university overseas.

Applications are available online. (See “Application Documents.” ) Applications are due to Gary Campbell, Global Scholar Team Leader, by October 17, 2025. Interviews will be virtual on Friday, November 7, 2025, via Zoom, Time TBD (applicants MUST be available for interviews). International processing of the applications for academic studies will take place in Winter/Spring 2026, beginning in Fall 2026.

Global grants must relate to one or more of the seven areas of Rotary focus, have a long-term impact, and must be for a graduate-level program. See the Areas of Focus Policy Statements document for more information.

Academic Studies must be at an accredited university outside of the United States and U.S. Territories.

Global grants must be sustainable and measurable (How will the scholar’s studies support one or more of Rotary’s Seven Areas of Focus. The global grant scholarship/fellowship is $35,000.

Rotary’s Seven Areas of Focus (pdf)

• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
• Disease prevention and treatment
• Water and sanitation
• Maternal and child health
• Basic education and literacy
• Economic and community development
• Environment

Global Grant Fellowships (Scholarships) fund studies for one to four academic years in graduate-level programs.

Scholarship funds may be used for tuition, room and board, books, travel expenses, visas, inoculations, as well as any humanitarian projects the club or district has planned that relate to the scholar’s studies.

Items required at the time of district application (2025)

• Proposed field of study within one of the seven areas of Rotary focus
• Proposed degree and timeline
• Estimated budget
• Proposed humanitarian project in the host district (optional)
• Current transcript
• Foreign language proficiency exam results (if needed)
• Detailed budget

Complete information regarding:

1. The scholar’s program of study relating to the selected area of focus.
2. The educational and professional goals of the scholar and how the scholarship will help to advance these goals.
3. How the scholar will use his/her education to address a need on a long-term basis in his/her hosting and/or international sponsoring community.

Scholar may NOT be (1) a Rotarian; (2) an employee of a club, district, or other Rotary entity, or of Rotary International; (3) the spouse, a lineal descendant (child or grandchild by blood or stepchild legally adopted or not), the spouse of a lineal descendant, or an ancestor (parent or grandparent by blood) of any person in the foregoing two categories.

Contact Gary Campbell gary8455@msn.com  ,Chris Weber cgwebe@gmail.com , or Edeth James, edethola@yahoo.com for more information.