Getting a Scholarship, how?

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Getting a scholarship, is it hard?

Setia Pramana a.k.a Tio

FMIPA, Brawijaya University, 7 February 2014

Education

Elementary-high school in Jakarta Universitas Brawijaya Malang, FMIPA, Statistics department

1995-1999 Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium, Master of Science in Applied

Statistics 2005-2006 Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium, Master of Science in Biostatistics

2006-2007 Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium, PhD Statistical Bioinformatics,

2007-2011 Medical Epidemiology And Biostatistics Dept. Karolinska

Institutet, Sweden, Postdoctoral, 2011-2014

Now?

Lecture and Researcher at STIS Jakarta Adjunct Faculty at MEB Karolinska Institute

Scholarship awardee

Japan Scholarship high school 1993-1994 Exxon Mobil Scholarship 1998-1999 VLIR Belgium 2005-2007

Steps for Master Scholarship

Get ALL necessary Information Get ready of the Language Prepare all required documents Start the application Du’a and Tawakkal

Get ALL necessary Information

Start with GOOGLING, become a member of Beasiswa mailing list, get info from Universities, Ministries, Embassies, Bappeda etc.

Information must complete: procedures, requirements such as minimum TOEFl/IELTS, necessary documents (e.g., Letter of Acceptance), the deadline, scholarship coverage, etc.

Be Proactive! Don’t expect information would come to you!

Language Proficiency

The major obstacle for most Indonesians. Mainly Master scholarship require English

proficiency with TOEFL 550 (it is not easy at all!!!) Start the preparation as early as possible.

Prepare The Required Documents

Application form Transcript and Diploma Curriculum Vitae (CV) Recomendation letter Motivation Letter atau Statement of Purpose (http://setiopramono.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/samples-of-motivation-statement-for-master-scholarship/)

Start The Application

Beasiswa program Bappenas: PNS (2 years exprience ), selection stages: dokuments, TPA (Tes Potensi Akademik) dan TOEFL, type scholarships: Luar Negeri, Double Degree and Dalam Negeri.

STUNED The Netherland (require LOA) VLIR (Two stages: Pre Screening and Selection) AUSAID (Documents, and interview) Monbukagakusho (require LOA from Prof in Japan)

Du’a and Tawakkal

Ask for du’a from your parents, families, friends, teachers etc.

Once all have been done, next tawakkal…

More tips and experience can be found here: http://setiopramono.wordpress.com/scholarship-tips-and-tricks/

Any Questions?

What’s Next ……… ?

Membawa keluarga sambil belajar? Siapa takut….