The GRF Young Scholars program, which had taken an hiatus in 2020 to undergo restructuring, has resumed in 2022 under a new format as well as the new name, the GRF Young Fellows program. Applications for the GRF Young Fellows Program’s 2025 term has ended; the evaluation process is underway.
In 2010, Global Relations Forum started the GRF Young Scholars Program for undergraduate students studying in the leading universities of Turkey, and GRF Young Scholars Abroad Program for students from Turkey studying in distinguished universities abroad.
These two separate seminar programs were merged into a single program in 2015.
The GRF Young Scholars program, which had taken an hiatus in 2020 to undergo restructuring, has resumed in 2022 under a new format as well as the new name, the GRF Young Fellows program.
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Program Details
● GRF Young Fellows groups consists of a maximum of 15 highly-qualified students. Special care will be given to the students’ chosen fields of study when creating a group in order to preserve a diversity of opinions. 3rd and 4th year students will be given priority when considering applications.
● Students studying in the fields of Administrative Sciences, Social Sciences, Fundamental Sciences, Law, Medicine and Engineering are eligible to apply for the program. Applicants are required to be at most in the final year of their studies for the duration of the program.
● A minimum of 4 meetings, conducted once every few months and spread over the December 2024 - June 2025 period, will be conducted during the course of the program. The meetings will all take place in Istanbul, and over the course of a full day (preferably weekends).
● The working language of the seminars will be Turkish. However, prospective students are expected to also have an excellent command of English, as the majority of reading materials, books, articles, etc. for the seminars will be in English.
● Participants travelling from outside of Istanbul for the program are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation. Lunch and all the necessary reading materials will be provided by GRF.
Application Process
● Deadline for applications has been set as October 27, 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. Only candidates who have been positively evaluated will be contacted.
● Please fill out the application form in full. Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered.
● For all questions, please contact us through yfbasvuru@gif.org.tr.