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The Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) is one the Cultural Services of the French Embassy’s longest running and most sought-after programs. Each year, TAPIF places around 1,300 Americans into French public schools to work as English language teaching assistants for 12 hours a week. TAPIF works with France Éducation international (FEI) to place language assistants in classrooms of all ages across metropolitan France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and La Réunion.

The Michel David-Weill Scholarship carries a monetary value of $80,000 and covers the cost of tuition and living expenses during a two-year master’s program at Sciences Po. Michel David-Weill is an alumnus of Sciences Po and former Chairman of Lazard Frères, a leading financial advisory and asset management firm.

The Humanity in Action Fellowships explore issues of social justice, human rights, politics of memory and remembrance culture, and civic engagement. They look at the ways in which communities co-exist to create a pluralistic society, and the structural challenges arising from asymmetrical power dynamics. The Fellowship entails one month of immersive study in the summer, followed by a year-long community-based Action Project. Each Fellowship program is tailored to its location.

Erasmus Mundus is an EU initiative sponsoring a range of innovative Masters degrees through university partnerships in Europe and globally. Fancy a degree in Security Studies or Documentary Film, with semesters at leading institutions in the UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Czechia etc? Partnerships of higher education institutions from Europe and from a range of countries or regions across the world make this possible. There are scholarships available for students and academics to study/research/teach in one of the partner institutions.

The DAAD is the largest source of funding for postgraduate and language study in Germany. International students can apply to various institutions for a scholarship. The DAAD's scholarship database contains a large number of offers and information on financial support and funding for academic studies or research projects; Global Awards is also happy to consult on other sources of funding for study in Germany.