GSEP Scholarship Program Brochure
GSEP Scholarship Program Brochure
Future Energy
Leader?
Available to exceptional
master’s students
Sustainable
from developing countries
energy
Application dates
January 14 – March 8, 2019 development
globalelectricity.org scholarship
Today, the need for globally-oriented practitioners and
researchers is growing rapidly. Our one-of-a-kind scholarship
program fosters the next generation of energy and electricity
sector specialists who will be prepared to tackle the
challenges of the future.
AMOUNT:
UP TO
122 SCHOLARSHIPS
awarded since the
$23,000 US scholarship’s creation in 2001
per year
(max. two years)
8 SCHOLARSHIPS
awarded in 2018
“The scholarship has transformed “Winning the GSEP scholarship “The GSEP scholarship greatly
my life. After my studies at KTH was truly a blessing, allowing transformed my life and helped
Royal Institute of Technology me to study at one of Europe’s me achieve my dream of
in Sweden, I was lucky enough leading universities. I will dive studying and working on energy
to get a job I loved in the into the most recent energy efficiency projects. After my
Netherlands. Now, I have come technologies and gather studies at Carleton University in
back to make an impact in my the necessary experience Canada, I was lucky enough to
home country of Thailand and and technical knowledge to get a job in energy efficiency
the region. This has been the optimize energy systems and in Canada. I currently work on
proudest moment of my career. processes, and advance in my insulating houses as an energy
I am running a consulting firm entrepreneurial skills. I plan modeller. As an individual from
based in Bangkok and providing to become an energy advisor a developing country, my life
advisory services in clean energy in Nicaragua to share my would be different without this
and climate across Southeast knowledge, promote sustainable scholarship. I am hoping to take
Asia. I love my job. We really technologies and propose my skills and experience back
see countries here in the region projects that benefit rural or to Eritrea, my home country,
taking more serious actions to vulnerable areas.” and help alleviate poverty and
put in more renewables, as well energy scarcity.”
Loana Vega, a 2018 scholarship
as fighting climate change.”
recipient from Nicaragua, is Zeru Berhane, a 2013
Boonrod Yaowapruek, a 2006 pursuing an M.Sc. Sustainable scholarship recipient from
scholarship recipient from Energy Futures at Imperial Eritrea, is an energy modeller
Thailand, is the founder and College London in the United at an energy conservation
director of a clean energy Kingdom organization
consulting firm specialized in
Southeast Asian markets
The Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership is a non-
profit organization of leading electricity companies driving
sustainable electrification worldwide. One of our flagship
programs is a scholarship supporting exceptional master’s
students from developing countries studying in sustainable
energy development.
globalelectricity.org
scholarship@globalelectricity.org