ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced scholarshipsopportunities of fall-2020 for PhD studies in top-ranked US universitiesunder US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor Project.
The HEC has invited applications from Pakistani nationals intending topursue PhD in the fields: Arts and Humanities, Design and Media, SocialSciences, Engineering, Basic Sciences, Medical and Allied Health Sciences,Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Computer Sciences, Emerging Technologies,Water Resources and Energy.
According to sources, the scholarships will cover living stipend, healthinsurance, settlement allowance and airfare.
“This is zero tuition model. Hence, the applicants need to secure admissionalong with tuition waiver from the US universities, land grant universitiesor university systems mentioned on the HEC website”, they added.
HEC, they said, has negotiated tuition fee waivers for Pakistani nationalswith different ranked/land grant US universities.
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They said the applicants selected by the host university, after satisfyingrespective admission requirements/criteria, shall be offered HECscholarships under “US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor” Project in line withthe HEC policy.
They said that under the project as many as 10,000 scholars will be sent tothe US top-ranked universities till 2024 with the effort of the Governmentof Pakistan to train its faculty resources in identified subject areas.
