The study aimed to identify the obstacles faced by postgraduate students who have the potential to benefit from scholarship programs at Helwan university, and aims to proposals for overcoming obstacles, from the viewpoint of researchers, for potential students to benefit from scholarship programs at Helwan university. the study community is a group of 50 students taking postgraduate studies at the faculty of social work at Helwan university. Social Survey methodology was used, and a measure was used to identify the most significant obstacles that are faced by students without the benefit of scholarship programs. the data were processed through the computer using the SPSS (V.19) statistical packages for social sciences. the study found several results, the most important of which was the lack of data and information being available about the terms and conditions of scholarship programs. other obstacles included: difficulty of making use of scholarships following late advertisement; non-application of clear criteria for nomination and deliberate development conditions that do not apply to many researchers but disrupt them; the weakness of the provider donor and health problems effecting access to the scholarship; lack of a foreign cultural center providing services in preparation of scholarship students ;lack of access to computer training courses in scientific research; poor knowledge of university terms for scholarships; difficulty in understanding some of the courses; difficulty in attending lectures in donor countries; difficulty of language communication with donor state supervision; and poor access to academic guidance.