1. The ExxonMobil Russian Scholars Program Cycle 5: 15 October, 2012

2. What is the Program The ExxonMobil Russian Scholars Program is a highly competitive scholarship program which provides select student leaders from Russia with a fully-funded scholarship towards the completion of a Master’s degree in the geosciences at a university in the United States (U.S).

3. What does the scholarship offer? Full graduate tuition to attend a U.S. university Housing and living stipend while in the U.S Academic and visa support Possible internship opportunities with ExxonMobil Medical insurance

4. What is the selection process? All applications must be submitted on - line via the scholarship site: www.iie.org/exxonmonilscholars_russia www.iie.org/exxonmonilscholars_russia At the close of the cycle, all applications are reviewed by a selection committee and ExxonMobil The finalists are invited to attend a 2 day Geoscience short course in Moscow taught by ExxonMobil industry specialists

5. What is the selection activity? A short-course is taught by ExxonMobil industry specialists Participants are broken into teams to work on projects assigned as part of the course Each team gives a short presentation on their project at the end of the short-course session

6. What Happens after the selection activity? The scholarship recipients are informed 2- 3 weeks after the short course IIE works with universities on admission for the scholarship recipients A program manager works with the selected students to make visa and other departure arrangements

7. Eligibility Must have a Bachelor's degree in the field of geosciences Achieve a 550 TOEFL or 6.5-7 IELTS Demonstrate academic excellence Exhibit strong leadership skills and interest to contribute to the country of Russia Applicants should hold a valid Russian passport but do not currently need to be residing in country.

8. Hear from participants!!!! Hear about the application process, the short course and the scholarship experience from other students!!!! Scholarship You-Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Rugeoscholarship http://www.youtube.com/Rugeoscholarship

9. Contact Information E-mail: exxonmobilscholars_russia@iie.org Vkontakte.ru group: Стипендиальная Программа ExxonMobil (club12562280) Facebook: ExxonMobil Russian Scholars Program Tel: 8 495 935 83 53