We are excited to be promoting Rally for Iraq (RFI), an amazing non-profit with an incredible team of altruistic & highly intelligent people behind it. After spending the last few years fundraising they are now taking applications for the RFI scholarships for 2010. The scholarships or stipends are available for Iraqi students who can demonstrate need. Learn more about Rally for Iraq
The scholarships are not for full tuition – they range from $1,000 to $7,000 – so currently they are only accepting applications from students ALREADY in the United States. …

[Please note that Al Jamiat is privately held by an education company, there is NO affiliation with the Iraqi government, scholarship or their partners. We are only assisting students in answering basic questions and directing them to the main website of the Iraqi Education Initiative as highlighted in the first paragraph below. The official website of the Iraq Education Initiative is: Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq ]
So many Iraqi students are asking us about the scholarship and the basics…so here they are as we understand them. The …

You’ve read the hundreds of reports (finally, they caught up with Al Jamiat!) on the newly launched Iraq Education Initiative. A fantastic new program from the Iraqi government to provide 10,000 scholarships for Iraqi students over the next 5 years.
The program begins with a pilot program, a small class of 500-600 students for the upcoming academic year.  Students must apply for the scholarship here: http://www.hcediraq.org/index_files/Apply.htm and we suggest you apply TODAY, the Iraqi scholarship application for 2009/2010 closes on September 1, 2009.
Currently it appears that the application is only in …

NAFSA confirmed today that there will be a informational session for attendees to hear all about potential opportunities to collaborate on the Iraq Education Initiative scholarship at the Annual Conference & Expo held in Los Angeles this May. We encourage all universities to attend this session as it will be extremely informative and give you the most up to date information on the details of the scholarship and when it will be awarded.
The session speaker, Dr. Zuhair Humadi is the brainchild of the Iraq Education Initiative and a graduate of …

With the excitement building, the questions mounting, and the pilot class of the Iraq Education Initiative moving closer to beginning their educational journey in the United States we have fielded many questions about various aspects of the scholarship and answered a few in this article. While there are still many unknowns and pieces of the program that are still coming together, we were fortunate enough to speak with representatives of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq who have worked hand-in-hand with the Director of the Iraq Education Initiative to ensure …