Arizona State University, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2024 Mastercard Foundation Innovation and Technology Scholarship. Selected Mastercard Foundation Scholars will receive a 9-month comprehensive academic and practical training in artificial intelligence (AI) and business. The program aims to cultivate leadership, entrepreneurship, and AI technical skills, enabling students to become AI leaders.
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Brief Description
Scholarship Sponsor(s): Mastercard Foundation
Scholarship Type: Fully Funding
Host Institution(s):ÂÂ Arizona State University
Number of Awards: Several
Study Level:ÂPostgraduate
Nationality:ÂInternational Students
Application Deadline: May 6th, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must qualify academically for admission to the degree of their choice that includes English proficiency.
- Applicants must be a citizen of an African country committed to ethical leadership and demonstrated engagement in their community.
- Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 33Â on or before the application deadline.
- Applicants must demonstrate a track record of leadership and service in their community.
- Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence and ambitions that exceed one’s financial resources.
- Applicants must have earned an undergraduate degree with a required minimum 4 years of study, conferred by July 2024. Â
- Applicants must not have started or completed other graduate or masters degrees before August 2024. Â
- Applicants must be able to live in Phoenix, Arizona for the duration of the program.
- Applicants are recommended to have a solid foundation in mathematics, statistics and computer science.
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Scholarships Benefits
The Scholarship will cover the following:
- Costs incurred for visa application processing
- Costs incurred for English language tests
- Costs incurred for program applicationÂ
- Airfare to and from Phoenix, Arizona
- Full tuition, books and fees
- On campus housing
- Participation in Scholarship programming
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How to Apply for Arizona State University Mastercard Foundation Innovation and Technology Scholarship
All applicants are advised to apply for the scholarship first and, if successful, will be assisted in the process of applying for admission to Arizona State University. Interviews via video or phone call will be held in summer 2024, with final decisions made by late May 2024. All successful applicants will travel to Phoenix, Arizona to join the Program in August 2024.
All applicants, once registered, should have read and understood the application guidance and eligibility criteria before submitting an application to the Program to avoid any errors or incorrect information.
Arizona State University and the Mastercard Foundation reserve the right to cancel incomplete and/or late applications, to effect changes to the conditions of the scholarship or to make no awards at all. Admission to the academic program does not guarantee admission to the scholarship program.
Please direct any questions to mastercardfdnscholars@asu.edu.
There are 2 ways to submit your application:
We encourage applicants to submit an online application. To proceed to the online application, please click NEXT.
OR
If you have limited internet access, you can complete a downloadable version of the application. To access the downloadable form, click HERE. This will take you to a link containing a Word document. Please do not request edit access. Instead click “Open With†to download the file in your platform of choice. Or click the Download icon on the right side of the screen to download the file directly. To submit the completed form, email it to mastercardfndnscholars@asu.edu along with all required attachments.
Program Detail Link:Â Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence in BusinessÂ