QUAD Scholarship Launched For Higher Studies In STEM

India has launched QUAD scholarship worth $ 500,000 (~Rs 4,17,40,225) for students from the Indo-Pacific region. The announcement came during PM Narendra Modi’s ‘QUAD Summit’ participation at Wilmington, Delaware. The meeting was attended by US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan.

The Institute of International Education (IIE), a global not-for-profit organization, will manage the fellowship.

These scholarships will support students pursuing a 4-year undergraduate engineering program at a government of India-funded technical institution. Starting in 2024, the fellowship will also support master’s and doctoral students to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the United States.

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Each QUAD fellow will get a one-time financial grant of $40,000 (Rs 33,39,218) to cover the academic expenses. However, the detailed eligibility criteria are yet to be announced.

The eligibility criteria for Master’s and Doctoral fellow ship has been set up.

• Candidates must be at least 18 years old at the time of application
• Applicants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of one of the Quad countries-Australia, India, Japan, or the United States-or any of the Southeast Asian countries
• Students must have completed a bachelor’s degree

The fellowships aim to develop an environment that supports science and technology in India and other QUAD countries. “The fellowship develops a network of science and technology experts committed to advancing innovation and collaboration in the private, public, and academic sectors, in their own nations and among Quad countries. The program builds foundational understanding among Quad Fellows of one another’s societies and cultures through programming and networking opportunities with each country’s top scientists, technologists, and politicians”, the official website reads.

QUAD is a grouping of nation including Australia, India, Japan and the United States.