PHD at John Hopkins University, USA

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I have got admission to a PhD program at John Hopkins School of Public Health, USA. I am now searching for a full scholarship to cover tuition fees and living costs. I have gone thru most conventional scholarship databases, but I am in a particular situation that being a national of Uzbekistan, living in Europe and being 34 years of age I have not seen anything I am eligible for. There is no foundation/organization/etc which provides funds to Uzbek nationals. The Uzbek Government does not support PhD students. Living and working in Europe does not give me rights to apply to scholarships open to European citizens. Any idea what else can be done? Will really appreciate constructive ideas and advice. Thanks!

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Ask in an American forum. This ones British.

O

Have you asked John Hopkins for a list of possible resources?

O

John Hopkins might have internal funding--they might have a combination of work and funds, its common in the US for a PhD student to do teaching to cover the costs of tuition and fees, and then its also extremely common to take out loans to cover costs, so you might check to see if you are eligible for any kind of student loan funds.

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do you have links to american forums? thanks!

G

Try google

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Olivia, thanks! I have got the list of external and internal opportunities sent by John Hopkins. While I am considered for internal scholarship, I still don't know their decision. As far as external opportunities are concerned, I am not eligible for almost all of them, perhaps one might be suitable. The reason I am here asking for advice is to increase a number of alternative options in case I don't get internal scholarship.
Loans - this is something I would like to avoid because of number of reasons. Teaching positions - they are possible only after 6 terms at John Hopkins.

O

Not to beat a dead horse, but why not try Johns Hopkins? A university of that repute is highly unlikely to not offer some guidance if they are interested enough in you to have offered you a place. You also need to recognize that the funding climate for PhD studies in the United States is much different than in Europe--while there are some grants and scholarships available, many students do resort to working part time teaching or seeking loans or both, and again, why not avail yourself of the Financial Aid office at John Hopkins? They may well be able to point you to resources and solutions you will not find in general Internet searches--that is their job after all.

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