Dear Coordinators
–
Greetings to all! I hope this message finds you well and
enjoying your autumn. With the fall
comes the time to start recruiting outstanding applicants for the Undergraduate
Exchange Program 2007-08. The 2007 UEP Application
is now ready – both in paper and in electronic form.
Attached to this email is the 2007
paper application in PDF format. As
you will see, the 2007 application is quite similar to last year’s
application. We have included some
of your suggestions to improve this year’s application – thank you for your
input. Please let me know if the
form does not transfer clearly or if you would like a copy of it in Microsoft
word.
As in previous years, please encourage
students to apply via the OSI Online Application System (OAS). The OAS website is https://oas.soros.org/oas/. Online applications have the same format
as paper applications and are given equal review and consideration. From an administrative point of view,
online applications are easier to process and do not require you to perform
additional OAS entry. (We are
working on a way for you to view the OAS applications, as well.) In a later email, Monisha Chowdhary, our
new UEP grants officer, and we will provide more information about the OAS
system. When advertising the UEP in
your countries, please promote the OAS website.
You
are welcome to start advertising the program immediately. More information about the program and
the application can be found on the UEP website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/undergraduate_exchange/guidelines.
I will shortly be sending around a
program announcement, as well.
Please feel free to use your traditional methods of advertising, as well
as asking UEP alumni to talk with eligible candidates or make
presentations. Other creative and
inexpensive ways of advertising can be listed in last year’s version of the UEP
Handbook.
As always, if you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
Hope all is
well,
Anne
Program Manager
Network
Scholarship Programs
Open Society
Institute
400
Telephone:
(212) 548-0104
Fax: (646)
557-2563
acampbell@sorosny.org