United States-South Pacific Scholarship Program

U.S.-South Pacific Scholarship Program
Scholarship Award Announcements
April 3, 2008

The East-West Center is pleased to announce the finalists for the U.S.-South Pacific (USSP) Scholarship Program.

The USSP scholarship program, funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based scholarship, which provides educational opportunities for academically talented individuals from South Pacific countries to pursue bachelor's and master's degree study at U.S. institutions in fields that are directly relevant to development needs in the Pacific region.  The program also provides the participants with an opportunity to obtain a broader understanding of the United States.  The USSP scholarship is administered by the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i. 

Competition for the U.S.-South Pacific Scholarship is limited to citizens from the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Samoa.

This year’s competition had a record number of strong applicants from across the region.  We congratulate this year’s USSP scholarship recipients, who will begin their studies in the United States in August 2008.  

MASTERS FINALISTS

Ms. Litia Edwina BRIGHOUSE (Samoa) MA candidate in Human Resources Management

Mr. Lucas MANDURU (Papua New Guinea) MA candidate in International Relations (Political Science)

Mr. Kenneth YHUANJE (Papua New Guinea) MA candidate in Biology/Ecology (Environmental Sciences)

BACHELORS FINALISTS

Mr. Alexander Micky WONG (Vanuatu) BA candidate in Tropical Agriculture

Ms. Kavina DAYAL (Fiji) BA candidate in Meteorology (Environmental Sciences)

The next round of competition will be held beginning in summer of 2008 for new USSP scholarships that will start in August 2009. 

If you are considering applying for the scholarship, you may be interested in viewing last year’s scholarship announcement, application form, and required supporting documents in the links below for reference purposes only. 

Please return to the USSP website in July of 2008 for the new scholarship announcement and updated, downloadable forms for the application process. 

Thank you for your interest in the U.S.—South Pacific Scholarship Program and in the East-West Center. 
 

FOR REFERENCE ONLY

2007 U.S.-South Pacific Scholarship Application Pack:
2007 Competition Announcement -pdf
Application Instructions -pdf
Application Form -pdf
Letter of Reference Form -pdf

Requests for mailed USSP 2007 competition application forms:
Application Packet Request Form - MS Word Doc
Application Packet Request Form - Text