ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

be a self-identifying woman, and at least 25 years old at time of application deadline;

be a national of a country listed on the MMEG country eligibility list (except for the Trinity Washington University Program);

be registered (not just accepted or enrolled) at an accredited in-person academic institution and program when submitting their application (exclusively online programs are ineligible); 

plan to be enrolled for at least one full academic semester (half-year term) after award of the MMEG grant;

plan to graduate no later than three years after the award of the MMEG grant;

not be related to a World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, or Inter-American Development Bank staff member, spouse, retiree, or MMEG Board member.

complete an application and (for finalists) be prepared to be interviewed in English for South Africa, US-Canada, and Trinity Washington University programs, in Spanish for the LAC Program, and in French for the France Program.

BENEFIT:

Up to US$7,000 in the South Africa