Fully Funded Scholarships in February 2027: Deadlines & How to Apply

February 2027 is a short month with outsized consequences. Two of the world’s largest government scholarship programmes run their decisive windows in February: Türkiye Burslari closes on 20 February 2027 at the end of its fixed 10 January – 20 February application window, and the Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals takes applications from 9 to 25 February 2027 — a seventeen-day portal window that punishes anyone who starts late. At the same time, one of the Southern Hemisphere’s flagship programmes, Australia Awards, opens on 1 February 2027 for most participating countries, and February is the peak opening and closing season for country-run Fulbright Foreign Student competitions around the world.

As in every StudyGraduate monthly roundup, every date below was checked against official or programme-level sources in October 2026. Where a programme’s February timing is a fixed annual window that the organisers apply every year but whose formal 2027 call is published later (Türkiye Burslari’s official announcement typically appears in late December), we say exactly that, so you can plan on the window while still confirming the published call before you submit. Where a programme often mislabelled as a February deadline actually opens in March — Manaaki New Zealand is the important example this year — we correct the record in a separate section rather than letting you build a February plan around a March portal.

February 2027 Deadline Table: Confirmed Windows and Closings

Read this table the way an experienced applicant would. Two rows are hard February closings (Swedish Institute on 25 February, Türkiye Burslari on 20 February). One row is a February opening whose real deadline is 30 April (Australia Awards) — February matters there because the strongest applicants file early in a twelve-week window, not because the portal shuts. And one row (Fulbright) is a season rather than a date: February is when a large share of the roughly 155 country programmes open their competitions or reach their closing dates, and the only accurate deadline is the one your own commission publishes.

Programme Mini-Profiles: February 2027 in Detail

1. Türkiye Burslari — closes 20 February 2027

Türkiye Burslari (Türkiye Scholarships), run by the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), is one of the largest government scholarship programmes in the world, offering fully funded associate, bachelor’s, master’s and PhD places at Turkish universities to citizens of other countries. Its calendar is one of the most stable in international education: applications are accepted through the online TBBS system in a single annual window, 10 January to 20 February, and the 2027 round follows the same window, closing on 20 February 2027 (Turkish time). The official call for the 2027 round is expected to be published in late December 2026, following the pattern of the previous cycle (published 29 December 2025) — plan on the window now, and confirm the published call the week it appears.

The package is comprehensive: full tuition with university and programme placement handled through the application itself (you rank up to 12 programme choices and do not need a separate university admission first), a monthly stipend of 6,500 TL at bachelor’s level, 9,500 TL at master’s level and 13,000 TL at PhD level at the most recently published rates, free accommodation, health insurance, a return flight ticket, and a compulsory free one-year Turkish language course before your degree begins. Age and academic thresholds apply by level and are set in each year’s call, so read the published 2027 criteria rather than a summary — health sciences and other competitive fields carry higher academic minima.

The February risk with Türkiye Burslari is mechanical: the TBBS portal is notorious for slowing under load in the final days before 20 February. The disciplined approach is to treat 10 February as your personal deadline: account created in January, documents uploaded, twelve preferences ranked, statement of intent written — then submit with ten days in hand. YTB evaluates applications after the close, invites shortlisted candidates to interviews in spring, and announces placements in summer for an autumn 2027 start (after, or alongside, the language year).

2. Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals — 9–25 February 2027

The Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals (SI Scholarship) funds master’s study in Sweden for citizens of 34 eligible countries — a list that includes Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan’s regional neighbours and countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America; check the current list on the Swedish Institute site, because eligibility is by citizenship and the list is revised between cycles. The scholarship covers full tuition (paid directly to the university), a living allowance of SEK 12,000 per month, and a one-time travel grant of SEK 15,000 (SEK 10,000 for scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), plus membership of the SI Network for Global Professionals and, afterwards, the Sweden Alumni Network.

The process is two-staged, and the first stage is the one applicants miss. You must first apply for an SI-eligible master’s programme through Sweden’s central University Admissions portal, in the round that runs from mid-October 2026 to 15 January 2027, and pay or arrange the application fee process as instructed; only applicants who have applied to eligible programmes can then submit the scholarship application when the SI portal opens. The scholarship application period for autumn 2027 entry is 9–25 February 2027 — confirmed on Swedish university pages carrying the Swedish Institute’s current-cycle information — with the portal closing at 14:59 CET on the final day in the most recently published cycle timetable. University admission results follow in late March 2027 and SI scholarship results in April 2027; you need both an admission offer and the scholarship to take up the award.

Eligibility is professional as well as academic: you must demonstrate documented work experience and leadership experience (from employment or civil-society engagement), be liable to pay tuition fees in Sweden, and apply to programmes on the SI-eligible list, which is weighted towards governance, public health, entrepreneurship and innovation, and STEM fields. The application demands SI’s own templates — CV, letters of reference, and proof of work and leadership experience in the prescribed formats. A February applicant who downloads those templates in January and briefs referees early will finish comfortably; one who discovers the templates on 20 February usually does not finish at all.

3. Australia Awards Scholarships — opens 1 February 2027

Australia Awards Scholarships are the Australian Government’s flagship long-term awards for partner countries, funding undergraduate and (mostly) postgraduate study in Australia with full tuition, return air travel, an establishment allowance, a fortnightly contribution to living expenses, Overseas Student Health Cover and, for research students, supplementary academic support. For most participating countries the application window is fixed and generous: applications open on 1 February and close on 30 April each year — for the coming round, 1 February to 30 April 2027, for study commencing in 2028 — submitted through the OASIS online system (a small number of countries use different arrangements or dates, so your country profile on the official site governs).

Why does an April deadline belong in a February roundup? Because February is when the window opens, and Australia Awards is assessed country by country against each partner government’s priority fields: the applicants who read their country profile in February, align their proposed study with the published priority sectors, secure referees who can speak to their development contribution, and file a complete, considered application in February or March consistently outperform equally qualified applicants who rush the same form in late April. Eligibility typically requires citizenship and residence in a participating country, a minimum age of 18 at commencement, no Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency, and a commitment to return home for at least two years after the award. Our dedicated Australia Awards guide walks through the country-profile system, and the study abroad hub covers the Australian student visa settings your award will interact with — including the fact that Australian student visa financial-capacity requirements are separate from, and additional to, scholarship selection.

4. Fulbright Foreign Student Program — February is peak season, dates are national

The Fulbright Foreign Student Program brings graduate students to the United States for master’s and doctoral study and research, with tuition support, a living stipend, airfare and health cover arranged through each country’s programme. It is administered by binational Fulbright Commissions or US Embassies in around 155 countries, and each sets its own calendar: across the network, competitions characteristically open between February and the early part of the year and close on country dates spread from February onwards. To give two grounded illustrations of why no single date exists: Nigeria’s programme historically opens on 1 February with a strict early-summer deadline and funds doctoral research visits rather than master’s degrees, while Pakistan’s programme — one of the largest in the world — typically runs a February–March application deadline, and Kenya’s 2027–28 competition was announced in February with an April closing date.

The February action is therefore verification, not submission-day panic: go to your country’s Fulbright Commission or US Embassy education page now, record your opening and closing dates, your eligible degree levels (they genuinely differ — some countries fund master’s only, some PhD only, some research visits), and your country’s test expectations. Then build backwards. Our Fulbright Program guide explains the placement model — in many countries the Institute of International Education applies to US universities on the selected candidate’s behalf — which is one reason Fulbright timelines run a full year ahead of enrolment.

Week-by-Week Action Plan for February 2027

How to Apply: Step by Step for February Deadlines

1. Separate your February list into closings and openings. Closings (Türkiye Burslari, Swedish Institute) get your first energy in January and early February; openings (Australia Awards, many Fulbright competitions) get structured starts, not rushed submissions.
2. For Türkiye Burslari: create your TBBS account at tbbs.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr as soon as the window opens on 10 January, complete the personal and education sections, upload documents, write the statement of intent and letter of intent responses, rank up to 12 university-programme preferences in genuine order, and submit by mid-February. Applying is free; anyone charging you to submit is not YTB.
3. For the Swedish Institute: confirm your master’s applications were submitted through University Admissions by 15 January 2027 and that your chosen programmes are SI-eligible; then, between 9 and 25 February, complete the SI portal application using only SI’s templates for the CV, reference letters and work/leadership proof, entering your University Admissions application number exactly as issued.
4. For Australia Awards: read your country profile first (priority sectors, eligible levels, any country-specific forms), register in OASIS when it opens on 1 February, complete every section including the development-impact and re-entry reasoning the assessors score, nominate referees early, and aim to submit in March rather than against the 30 April close.
5. For Fulbright: obtain your country’s own guidelines and deadline from your Fulbright Commission or US Embassy, confirm which degree levels your country funds this cycle, and diarise the national date — February is the month to discover it, whatever month it turns out to be.
6. Convert all closing times before the final week. Türkiye Burslari closes on Turkish time (UTC+3); the SI portal closes in the afternoon CET; OASIS operates on Australian Eastern time for the April close. Write the local equivalent of each deadline on your plan in January.
7. Submit early and verify status. TBBS and the SI portal both degrade under deadline load. After submitting, log back in and confirm the application status shows as submitted, and keep the confirmation with your records.

Required Documents: The February Checklist

• Passport valid well beyond your intended start date (all four programmes); Türkiye Burslari and SI both require a copy in the application, and Australia Awards requires citizenship/residence evidence matching your country profile.
• Academic transcripts and certificates for all completed study, plus to-date records if you are finishing a degree; certified English translations where originals are in another language (Türkiye Burslari accepts applications in several languages through TBBS, but document rules in the call govern).
• Proof of work and leadership experience (Swedish Institute): in SI’s prescribed template, signed as instructed — this is a scored eligibility document, not an optional extra, and generic employer letters in the wrong format are a recurring cause of rejection at screening.
• Reference letters: two letters on SI templates (Sweden); referee reports through OASIS (Australia Awards); academic/professional references per country guidelines (Fulbright); recommendation expectations per the Türkiye call for postgraduate applicants.
• Statements: Türkiye statement of intent and programme-preference reasoning; SI motivation relating your experience to Sweden’s and your home country’s development; Australia Awards development-impact and re-entry statements; Fulbright study objectives and personal statement per national guidelines.
• English evidence: as each programme and university requires — note that SI itself does not set a separate test but Swedish universities set English requirements for admission, and Australian institutions set their own for Australia Awards placement.
• Research proposal for PhD applicants (Türkiye Burslari doctoral applicants and research-track Australia Awards and Fulbright candidates), aligned with a field and, where possible, a research environment you can name.

Honest Corrections: What Does NOT Belong in Your February Plan

Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships open in March, not February. Several aggregators list Manaaki as a February programme because older cycles opened earlier. The 2027 round is scheduled to open on 1 March 2027 and close at midday New Zealand time on 10 April 2027, for study starting in 2028. February is an excellent month to prepare a Manaaki application — development-impact statement, referees, eligible-course research — but there is no February portal to submit to. Our March 2027 deadlines roundup covers it in its correct month.

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship (France) is a January story, not a February one. Institution-submitted Eiffel files close in January 2027 (€1,200/month master’s; €2,100/month doctoral; tuition not covered), so by February the cycle is decided. Similarly, Stipendium Hungaricum closes in mid-January and the Erasmus Mundus programmes with winter deadlines are mostly closed or closing by late January–February — check individual consortium pages before assuming a February window remains. And two programmes that will never appear in an honest roundup again: Vanier Canada is discontinued (its doctoral successor is the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship–Doctoral, CAD 40,000 per year for 36 months, run through Canadian universities’ own cycles) and Destination Australia is closed to new applicants. For Australia, February’s genuine opportunity is Australia Awards opening — and, for research students, university-run Research Training Program scholarships, whose base stipend is AUD 35,550 in 2027.

Common Mistakes That Kill February Applications

• Missing the Swedish Institute’s first stage. Without a University Admissions application by 15 January 2027 to an SI-eligible programme, the 9–25 February scholarship portal is closed to you regardless of your qualifications.
• Submitting to TBBS in the final 48 hours. Türkiye Burslari’s portal slows dramatically near 20 February every year. The fix costs nothing: submit by 10 February.
• Using the wrong templates (Sweden) or wrong country’s rules (Fulbright). SI rejects non-template documents at screening; Fulbright eligibility differs fundamentally by country — a master’s plan for a country funding only doctoral research visits is wasted work.
• Treating Australia Awards’ April close as permission to start in April. Priority-sector alignment, referees and the re-entry narrative take weeks; February starters write better applications than April starters with identical credentials.
• Ignoring closing times. The SI portal’s afternoon CET close catches applicants who assume midnight; Türkiye’s UTC+3 close catches applicants west of Türkiye who misjudge the offset in the other direction.
• Ranking Türkiye preferences carelessly. Your 12 choices are placement commitments — YTB can place you at any of them. Rank only programmes you would genuinely accept, in honest order.

FAQs

When does Türkiye Burslari close for 2027?

Türkiye Burslari applications run in a single annual window, 10 January to 20 February; the 2027 round closes on 20 February 2027 (Turkish time). The official 2027 call is expected in late December 2026 — confirm the published dates and criteria on turkiyeburslari.gov.tr when it appears, and submit through TBBS by mid-February to avoid portal congestion.

What are the Swedish Institute Scholarship dates for autumn 2027 entry?

First apply to SI-eligible master’s programmes through University Admissions by 15 January 2027. The SI Scholarship application period itself is 9–25 February 2027, closing at 14:59 CET on the final day at the most recently published closing time. Admission results arrive in late March 2027 and scholarship results in April 2027.

How much does the Swedish Institute Scholarship pay?

It covers full tuition fees (paid directly to the university), a living allowance of SEK 12,000 per month during the scholarship period, and a one-time travel grant of SEK 15,000 (SEK 10,000 for scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine). It does not cover the University Admissions application fee or family members’ costs.

When do Australia Awards applications open and close in 2027?

For most participating countries, applications open on 1 February 2027 and close on 30 April 2027, for study commencing in 2028. A small number of countries have different arrangements, so your country profile on the official Australia Awards website is the governing source. Applications are submitted through OASIS.

Is there one Fulbright deadline in February 2027?

No. Fulbright Foreign Student competitions are run by national commissions and US Embassies, each with its own dates and eligible degree levels. February 2027 is when many competitions open (and some close), but your deadline is the one your own commission publishes. February’s essential task is to look it up and plan backwards from it.

What stipend does Türkiye Burslari pay in 2027?

At the most recently published rates, the monthly stipend is 6,500 TL for bachelor’s students, 9,500 TL for master’s students and 13,000 TL for PhD students, in addition to tuition, placement, accommodation, health insurance, a return flight and a one-year Turkish language course. Rates are set in each annual call, so confirm the figures in the published 2027 call.

Which scholarships should I prepare in February for March 2027 deadlines?

Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships open on 1 March 2027 (closing midday NZ time, 10 April 2027) — February is its preparation month. Also use February to finalise any Erasmus Mundus applications with late-winter consortia deadlines and to prepare for the March deadlines detailed in our March roundup, and keep your documents warm via the StudyGraduate tools and guides.

Sources & Verification

• Türkiye Burslari / YTB — official programme information at turkiyeburslari.gov.tr and the TBBS application system (annual window 10 January – 20 February; stipend rates 6,500 / 9,500 / 13,000 TL by level at the most recently published rates; 2027 call expected late December 2026).
• Swedish Institute — SI Scholarship for Global Professionals programme information, carried on official Swedish university pages including Karlstad University’s SI Scholarship for Global Professionals page (application period 9–25 February 2027; 34 eligible countries; SEK 12,000/month; tuition covered).
• Australia Awards — official country programme pages, including Australia Awards Philippines (applications open 1 February – 30 April annually) and DFAT programme guidance (OASIS applications; country profiles govern).
• Fulbright — national commission guidance, including the Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States and Nepal’s Fulbright Foreign Student Program requirements (country-run competitions, eligibility and calendars set nationally).
• Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships — programme information via approved-institution notices (2027 round opens 1 March 2027, closes midday NZ time 10 April 2027), used for the correction in this article.

Disclaimer: Scholarship details, amounts and deadlines change every cycle. Everything above was checked against official or programme-level sources in October 2026, but you must always confirm deadlines and amounts on the official website before applying — in particular the published Türkiye Burslari 2027 call when it appears. StudyGraduate is an information portal, not an agency, and cannot guarantee selection, admission or visa approval for any programme.