International Buddhist Education Foundation Scholarship

University of the West California, United States

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Deadline to apply

May, 2023
Study level

Undergraduate
Intake

2023
Categories

Humanities

New or current graduate students in the Department of Religious Studies and Department of Buddhist Chaplaincy at University of the West who recognize the concept of Humanistic Buddhism and are not currently receiving any other form of full scholarship, PhD students and monastic DBMin students who advance to candidacy (meaning successful completion of the qualifying exam) and currently enroll in the doctoral research work, only when: His/her dissertation/project proposal is not approved yet, and all other related research applications (for example: Institutional Review Board, IRB) are not officially approved. PhD and DBMin monastic candidate whose proposal has been approved and received all required approval for conducting research work, are eligible for applying IBEF Graduate Student Research Grant and cannot receive this type of IBEF scholarship.

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New students can submit the application for scholarship when applying for admissions. New students, first-time IBEF applicants and newly admitted students to the MA, MDiv, DBMin and PhD program: Completed IBEF Scholarship application form, official transcript (in English) of the highest level of education attained, Two letters of recommendation, IBEF essay to indicate - Statement of Purpose (Why did you decide to study Religion?), The reason why you are applying for the Scholarship. After you graduate, what do you hope to contribute to Buddhism? Completed IBEF monastic verification letter (for monastic student only).

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