Civil Society Leadership Award 2016-2017
Open Society Scholarship Programs
RECOMMENDATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS
Applicants for the Civil Society Leadership Awards are required to submit two recommendations from
professors or employers. Your candid, honest responses on the recommendation form provided below are
very important for our selection process and will ensure that successful candidates are placed in programs
that best fit their academic and professional goals.
Please take the time to provide detailed answers. You may continue answers on additional sheets of paper, if
more space is needed. We appreciate your taking the time to assist this applicant.
Recommenders should note the following guidelines:
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Recommendations must be signed and include the name, address, and telephone number of the
person providing the recommendation.
Recommendations written in a language other than English must be accompanied by an English
translation. Applicants may not certify their own translations.
Recommendations from individuals outside academia (employers, etc.) should write or mark “unable
to judge” for those questions that relate to purely academic issues.
Recommendations may be completed electronically and submitted to cslareferences@infoscholar.org
If sending via email is not possible, recommendation letters should be returned to the applicant in
signed, sealed envelopes in time for the applicant to return them with his/her full application to our
offices by program deadline of September 15, 2015.
Recommendations that are not returned to the applicant should be mailed to the appropriate office
at one of the addresses below.
CSLA
OSF Scholarship Programs
224 West 57th Street
New York, NY
10019, USA
Email: csla@infoscholar.org
CSLA
OSF Scholarship Programs
Millbank Tower, 7th Floor
21-24 Millbank, London
SW1P 4QP, UK
Email: csla@infoscholar.org
Local administrative offices - contact address:
Azerbaijan
Baku Education
Information Center
40 J. Jabbarli Street,
Caspian Business Center
Baku AZ1065
Tel/Fax: (994 12)
4482845/46
Contact:
Bahar Haji-zada: bhajizada@beic.az
Belarus
Educational Advising
Center
European Humanities
University
Tauro g. 12
LT-10101 Vilnius
Lithuania Tel: 00370 5
274 0622
Contact:
Kevin Reiling:
advising@ehu.lt
Turkmenistan + Uzbekistan
Educational Center "Bilim Central Asia"
158/160 Kunaev St., apt.7,
Almaty 050010, Kazakhstan
Tel.: +7 (727) 261 15 55
Fax: +7 (727) 261 15 55
Contact: Leila Yedygenova:
lyedygenova@bilim.kz
Civil Society Leadership Award 2016-2017
Open Society Scholarship Programs
RECOMMENDATION FORM
Applicant’s Personal Information
Given Name:
Family Name:
Recommendation
To be completed by a lecturer, professor, employer, or supervisor who is familiar with the
applicant.
Please complete the following form. Your candid, honest response will assist in selecting
successful candidates and placing them in programs that best meet their personal and academic
goals.
Your Name and Title (please print):
Academic Affiliation or Place of Employment:
Work Telephone:
E-mail:
Signature:
Date:
In what capacity and for how long, have you known the applicant?
Please list the courses you have taught the applicant, if applicable.
Course Title
Year
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Applicant’s Grade
Please comment on the applicant's ability to contribute to the development of their academic
field and of civil society in their country.
How do you think the applicant will benefit from a graduate program outside his / her home
country?
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Overall Evaluation
Compared to other people you have taught or employed, how would you rank the applicant in the
following terms?
No Basis
Poor
Average
Very Good
Excellent
Leadership
Motivation
Creative/Independent thinking
Effective communication skills
English Language Skills
Respect for Others
Academic Success
Overall, how would you rate this applicant?
Poor
Average
Very good
Excellent
One of the top students/employees I have encountered
No basis
If you have completed recommendation forms for other applicants for the Civil Society
Leadership Awards, how does this applicant compare to them?
Poor
Average
Very good
Excellent
One of the top students/employees I have encountered
No basis
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Please use this space for any additional comments you would like to make about the applicant
and add additional pages, if desired.
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