Scholarships

MAIDS-GRID, in cooperation with many institutions, is working together to promote learning and research activities relating to development studies. There are many opportunities for Thai and International students to apply for scholarships.

For the scholarships below, the MAIDS-GRID program makes every effort to ensure the timely disbursement of funds. However, for reasons beyond the program’s control, sometimes there may be delays in funding in disbursement. Scholarship recipients are requested to prepare for this possibility in planning their study on the MAIDS-GRID program.

All scholarships offered by Chulalongkorn University must be applied for through the university's centralized portal: CU Grant Gateway

  • PARTIAL Scholarship

    Eligible for all applicants in MAIDS & GRID Program

    Number of scholarships offered in this academic year: unspecified

    Application date: Same as the application for the Program

    Summary:
    This scholarship covers Tuition Feeat the rate of Thai student(regardless of recipient’s nationality). It also offers a monthly stipend of THB 6,000 for some recipients.*

    Duration: Up to 2 years for MA recipients

    *Please find more information in the criteria and requirements. If scholarship benefits differ from the details on the MAIDS-GRID webpage, please take the university-hosted scholarship webpage as authoritative.

    This scholarship pays for:

    • Tuition Fee THB 24,500 /trimester [Note: Scholarship students are required to advance this fee, and will be subsequently reimbursed]

    • Monthly stipend

      • MA student: THB 7,000 /month

      • PhD student: THB 9,000 /month

    Recipients has to pay for the following by themselves:

    • International Student Fee THB 60,700 /trimester

    • Program Fee THB 65,000 /trimester

    Grantor: Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University

    How to apply: CU Grant Gateway

  • PARTIAL scholarship

    Application timeline: 15 March - 08 April 2025

    Eligible for all Non-Thai MAIDS-GRID applicants (qualifications applied)

    Number of scholarships offered in this academic year: multiple

    The scholarship details can be found HERE.

    For Scholarship recipient:

    Upon your arrival to Thailand, you are required to submit the Arrival Report Form, the Flight Ticket Claim Form and other Documents for Arrival Report to the program coordinator. Please make sure to submit them as early as possible to start receiving a monthly stipend on time.

    Grantor: Office of Academic Affairs, Chulalongkorn University

    How to apply: CU Grant Gateway

  • This partial scholarship is available under three different schemes. For more details, please visit the official website: https://c2f.chula.ac.th/

  • FULL scholarship

    Eligible for Myanmar nationals MA applicants only

    Summary:
    This scholarship is a 1-year full scholarship offered to MA recipients.

    Duration: 3 trimesters (1 academic year).

    This scholarship pays for:

    • Tuition Fee THB 24,500 /trimester

    • International Student Fee THB 60,700 /trimester

    • Program Fee THB 65,000 /trimester

    Number of scholarships offered in this academic year: One (1)

    Application date: Same as the application for the program

    Grantor: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Yangon office, Myanmar

    How to Apply: Download the form here, and applicants specify their intention to apply for the scholarship in their SOP.

    After they are successfully admitted by the program, they will be interviewed and selected by HBS Myanmar.

  • This scholarship will be awarded to the top ranked students in each academic year.

    No application is needed for this scholarship.

    Eligible for recipients of either the 72nd Anniversary, or ASEAN/NON-ASEAN Scholarship.

    Number of scholarships offered in this academic year: 2 MA & 1 PhD

    Recipients of related scholarships will be automatically nominated for consideration.

    Grantor: Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

    Summary:
    This scholarship covers the registration fee, 1 year for MA recipients, and 3 years for Ph.D. recipients.

    How to Apply: No application required for this scholarship. The program will nominate top 3 recipients of either the 72nd Birthday Anniversary Scholarship or ASEAN/NON–ASEAN Scholarship to be the recipients of this scholarship.

    The result will be individually confirmed by e-mail by July.