{"id":2955,"date":"2022-03-05T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejure.com\/opportunities\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2022-03-05T19:55:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T19:55:37","slug":"us-pakistan-knowledge-corridor-phd-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejure.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/05\/us-pakistan-knowledge-corridor-phd-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"US-PAKISTAN KNOWLEDGE CORRIDOR PHD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 58 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<p>In June 2015 the United States and Pakistan established an Education, Science and Technology Working Group (ESTWG) under the Bilateral Strategic Dialogue&nbsp;discussed the proposal during the meeting of Prime Minister of Pakistan and&nbsp;President&nbsp;of USA&nbsp;to establish US-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor. Both the dignitaries&nbsp;directed their respective governments to intensify their cooperation in this important framework to achieve the ambitious priority targets of developing high-level human capital envisioned in Pakistan&#8217;s policy document Vision 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Plan, ten thousand (10,000) Pakistani scholars will join US universities in the&nbsp;next ten years as an effort of the Government of Pakistan to train its faculty resources in identified subject areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phase \u2013 1 of the plan approved by ECNEC on Jan 25, 2017,&nbsp;and revised&nbsp;later in August 2020 envisions to award 1000 Ph.D. scholarships to outstanding Pakistani students in US Universities under the project titled&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;PhD Scholarships under&nbsp;US \u2013 Pak Knowledge Corridor-Phase -1&nbsp;(Revised)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The main objectives of the project are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To significantly 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