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Study and Exchange Opportunities offered to Nicaraguan Youth by the United States Embassy in Nicaragua.
Given the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, program are subject to change. Open application programs remain open as advertised below.
SUSI Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
This program will provide undergraduate university students 18-25 years of age with a deeper understanding of the United States while enhancing their professional skills. The scholarship will also provide participants with an overview of overview of the principles of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship by reviewing the development, history, challenges, and successes of U.S. enterprises, business skills, and women’s economic empowerment, in the United States and globally.
SUSI for Indigenous and Afro-Latina Women
This program will provide undergraduate Indigenous and Afro Latina Women students between 18-25 years of age with a deeper understanding of the United States while enhancing their professional skills. It will also provide an overview of successful women in the U.S. in government, business, the private sector and academia.
Global Undergraduate Exchange Program UGRAD
Global UGRAD will provide one-semester, non-degree scholarships to students at U.S. colleges and universities. The program includes virtual pre-academic English language training (if needed), academic coursework, service learning opportunities, professional development workshops, and cultural enrichment activities.
– This program is closed at this time – This micro-scholarship covers the upfront costs to apply for admissions to juniors or sophomores in high school, or anyone seeking a graduate program in a college or university in the United States of America. It is not a scholarship to cover tuition or any other fees after the student has been admitted to an institution.
Please call: 2252-7104
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Outside of Nicaragua: 011 505 2252-7104; 011 505 2252-7100; 011 505 8768-7100
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