Sec. 4. Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program
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Using funding made available under section 6, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in this Act as the USAID Administrator ) shall increase the number of scholarships to women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program (referred to in this Act as the Program ) during each of the calendar years 2013 through 2015 over the level awarded to women in calendar year 2011. The additional scholarships available under subsection
(a)may only be awarded in accordance with other scholarship eligibility criteria already established by USAID. Additional scholarships authorized under subsection
(a)shall be awarded for a range of disciplines to improve the employability of graduates and to meet the needs of the scholarship recipients. The USAID Administrator shall make every effort to award 50 percent of the scholarships available under the Program to Pakistani women.