Apply for 2025 Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship

Applications are invited for the 2025 Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship to undertake Graduate Studies in approved Local and International Universities. Studies must be carried out on a full-time basis, and can be onsite, online or a combination of both, with effect from the academic year 2025/26.

Application closes Friday, February 21, 2025

Thematic Areas/Priority Disciplines

IT/ICT/Cyber Security/Data Analysis
Climate Change (Environmental Management/Disaster Risk Management)
Education (Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics)
Engineering/Built Environment
Law, Public Policy & Administration
National Security
Public Health
Post Graduate Studies in Economics / Fiscal Policy
Post Graduate Studies in Public Financial Management
Post Graduate Studies in Legal Drafting

2025 Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship Eligibility

Jamaican citizens permanently residing in Jamaica for at least three (3) years prior to application.
Age 45 or younger at the time of submission.
Applicants must apply to participating Universities to pursue their studies.
Applicants must have already applied to a participating University with the eligibility to graduate in two (2) years from the date of the scholarship, or be accepted into a university to complete the degree in two (2) years.
Have obtained a university degree on submission of their scholarship application (for graduate scholarships)
Must be permanently employed to the GOJ and must ordinarily qualify for Study Leave.

Supporting Documents Required:

Certified copies of transcripts of grades for all academic degrees completed
Three (3) recommendation letters (Character, Employer, Academic)
Certified Birth Certificate / Bio-data Page of Passport
Medical Certificate
Curriculum Vitae

Benefits

The Marcus Garvey Scholarship will cover 100% of tuition cost for programmes which must fall within the stipulated thematic areas at participating universities. The benefits vary and may
include:

Tuition and mandatory fees
Miscellaneous and Book allowance
Medical Insurance (where Applicable)
Round Trip ticket (Economy Class) at the beginning and end of studies (where applicable)

Your Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship Obligation

Successful candidates will be required to enter into a Bond Agreement with the GOJ prior to the uptake of the Scholarship Award, giving an undertaking to work in the Public Sector for a specified period of time upon completion of studies.

Application Procedure

Applications will only be accepted via the Scholarships Website below www.marcusgarveyscholarship.gov.jm. Queries may be directed to the Technical Secretariat as outlined below:
The Technical Secretariat
Ministry of Finance and the Public Service
30 National Heroes Circle
Kingston 4
(Telephone 932-5009 / 5015)
Email: [email protected]
APPLICATION PERIOD:
December 16, 2024 – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025

WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE MARCUS GARVEY PUBLIC SECTOR GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP; HOWEVER, CONTACT WILL ONLY BE MADE WITH SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES AS PER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, JAMAICA.

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