In September 2021, we launched the second round of our (Academpower Langauge Exam Scholarship) as part of the German Syrian Research Society, with the aim to fund the language exam Syrian students need in their application for international scholarships. Due to the large number of applications and the limitation of our resources, we could at this time only accept students who were accepted or short-listed in an international scholarship, and in an urgent need to provide an international language certification (such as TOEFL, EILTS, TELC, … etc Additionally, we focused on residents of Syria, Jordan and Lebanon due to the deteriorated economic situation of Syrian and Palestinian Syrian citizens in those countries.

Due to the statistics, around 68% of the applicants live in Syria, while 20% live in Syria’s neighboring countries, and the rest are distributed in Germany, Hungary, KSA, UK, and India. Based on the same statistics, 65% of the applicants hold a bachelor’s degree whereas 26% have a master’s degree.

By the time of application, 11% of the applicants who are residents in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon announced that they are accepted/short-listed in a scholarship; around 42% of those did not provide a valid documentation of their status. All applicants, who provided a documentation of their status as accepted/short-listed in an international scholarship, were granted the financial support for the language exam. We either paid on their behalf, or reimbursed the fees.