Scholarships
Thanks To Scandinavia works to build connections between people in the future as well as to remember the good deeds of individuals in the past. We believe that there is no better way to foster understanding than by facilitating personal contact among new generations. Since its founding, TTS has granted over 3,000 scholarships to Scandinavian students and teachers for study in the United States, Israel, and within Scandinavia itself. Recently, we have added programs for Bulgarian students and for Scandinavian journalists and diplomats. As a result, TTS has had an impact on the lives of those individuals, and on many others whom we have touched.
In the United States
Scholarships at universities
Thanks To Scandinavia grants scholarships to dozens of Scandinavian students each year for graduate and undergraduate study at universities across the United States. Candidates are nominated based on excellence in their fields by Scandinavian affiliates and by endowed institutions in the United States, including Brandeis University, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Oklahoma.
Scholarships at medical centers
Thanks To Scandinavia has established programs for Scandinavian doctors, nurses, and medical researchers to enhance and develop their knowledge in new medicine and care. Through the program, Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen have developed a regular exchange. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University offers the TTS Benjamin and Frances Sperling Postdoctoral Fellowship to a Scandinavian student each year.
Program for Future Scandinavian Journalists
In 2008, during the exciting US elections, TTS initiated a program to bring up-and-coming Scandinavian journalists to the United States to meet politicians, journalists and opinion makers. We hope to make the program an annual one, working with key schools if journalism in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. For more information on the program, please write to Contact us“>Contact us
In Israel
Since 1993, Thanks To Scandinavia has taken an active role in building friendships and supporting understanding between Scandinavia and Israel. Through a generous legacy of Benjamin and Frances Sperling, Thanks To Scandinavia has also developed a children’s home and an old age home in Lod and Jaffa respectively, both of which carry its name.
Scholarships for students and teachers
Each year, TTS has awarded eight summer Fellowships (Wergeland/Holst Fellowships) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and two full-time Sperling Scholarships. TTS also supports a program for Scandinavian teachers at Yad Vashem in Israel. In 2003, to mark its 40th anniversary, Thanks To Scandinavia began a program to give scholarships to participants in an annual TTS-Project Interchange trip for Scandinavian leaders to Israel. (For more details, contact Contact us)
Sperling Graduate Studies At Hebrew University
Annually, two full-time TTS Sperling Scholarships to Hebrew University in the amount of $11,500 each. Click tab “Sperling” on left, under “in Israel” for more information and to apply.
Wergeland & Holst at Hebrew University Rothberg International Summer Program
Eight students, two from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden respectively, will be granted summer scholarships to study at Hebrew University in Israel. Click tab “Wergeland& Holst Summer” on left, under “in Israel” for more information and to apply.
Program for Scandinavian Journalists and Politicians
In 2003, to mark its 40th anniversary, Thanks To Scandinavia inaugurated a new scholarship program for political leaders and journalists from Scandinavia. Participants are invited to take part in an intensive visit to Israel, to meet with its leaders and representatives from all walks of society, and to learn firsthand about the complex situation in the Middle East. Trips are coordinated with Project Interchange in the United States. For more information on the program, please write to Contact us“>Contact us
In Scandinavia
Scholarships in Scandinavia
Thanks To Scandinavia offers several additional scholarships within Scandinavia. Cofounder Victor Borge established a scholarship in memory of his parents to foster, support, and stimulate the careers of gifted musicians in Denmark. Additional fellowships have also been established in Scandinavia at the University of Oslo, Niels Bohr Institute — University of Copenhagen, and at Aarhus University by Raymond and Beverly Sackler.
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