Scholarships are available for the short course Nutrition in Emergencies which will run from 8 to 12 September 2009.
1. Amount: Full tuition fee waiver, accommodation, living expenses and flights to and from London.
2. Eligibility: You must be from a developing country.
3. Criteria: Financial need and to be employed in the relevant sector in a country prone to disaster.
How to apply:
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The Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG) at King’s College London together with the Africa Leadership Centre (ALC), is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women for 2009/2010. These Fellowships are intellectual and financial awards for personal, professional and academic achievements, as well as the recognition of future potential. From October 2009, the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women will be delivered by CSDG and the ALC, which is a partnership of King’s College London and Kenyatta University, Nairobi.
The ALC aims to build a new community of leaders generating cutting edge knowledge on peace, security and development.
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A graduate research assistantship is available in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine for a student interested in watershed biogeochemistry. The successful applicant will be involved in a NSF-funded project that examines how nitrogen and acid deposition change biogeochemical pathways in coupled terrestrial-stream systems. The student will be based at U. Maine, but will collaborate extensively with stream and terrestrial ecologists, soil scientists, and geochemists at the University of Maine, Virginia Tech, and the U.S. Forest Service. Field work will be conducted at forested LTREB sites in Maine and West Virginia.
Ph.D. students are preferred, but M.S. students may apply. The assistantship includes a stipend, tuition, and health insurance.
Eligibility requirements :
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The key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme is to help provide the female human resources necessary for economic, social and cultural development in the southern African region and to develop an educated and skilled workforce that can benefit the wider community. Scholarships that target women have long been recognized as an effective approach in addressing gender equality and eradicating poverty. By providing opportunities to study at postgraduate level, these scholarships aim to empower women and to equip them to take up leadership positions in order to have a direct impact in the communities, nations and region in which they live. Following in the footsteps of Graça Machel, these female scholars will be positive role models for other women.
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Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. Recipients of the Google Lime Scholarship will receive a scholarship for the 2009–2010 academic year. Selected students will also be invited to attend the all-expenses-paid retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA, in 2010. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates’ academic background and demonstrated passion – $10,000USD for those studying in the US and $5,000CAD for those studying in Canada (based on average tuition costs).
Eligibility Requirements
Candidates must be:
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As a company dedicated to helping people feel better, we’re proud to support the future of healthcare with our annual TYLENOL® Scholarship program.
Now in its 17th year, the program helps students who are pursuing careers in the healthcare, life sciences, or related fields manage the rising costs of education.
This year, we’ll be awarding $250,000 in scholarships based on leadership qualities and academic performance, including ten $10,000 and thirty $5,000 grants.
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Reliance Industries Limited has generously created the Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship to support Indian nationals living in India with financial need in obtaining an MBA at Stanford. Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowship application available online from April 1, 2009 to June 1, 2009.
Stanford may award up to five Fellowships:
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The Daiwa Scholarship is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement and homestay in Japan.
Daiwa Scholarships offer young and talented UK citizens with strong leadership potential, the opportunity to acquire Japanese language skills, and to access expertise and knowledge relevant to their career goals.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPAN OR JAPANESE IS NECESSARY.
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The James Henry Scott Scholarship
Funded by The Swire Educational Trust
MSc Environmental Science
College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen
Applications are invited for the James Henry Scott Scholarship, starting in September 2009 (the academic year 2009/10).
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. The scholarship is open to candidates who satisfy the following conditions:
The scholarship will cover:
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Introduction
Applications are invited from suitably qualified international students for scholarships to undertake the degree of Master by Research or Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Western Australia.
The purpose of the IPRS and the UWA SIRF scheme is to attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas in which the University has specialised research strengths and to support Australia’s research effort. Successful applicants can expect to become members of a research team working under the direction of senior researchers and in an area which has attracted external resources.
Applications for international postgraduate research scholarships at UWA are rated according to the following criteria: (a) Academic achievement; (b) English language achievement; (c) Research training achievement; and (d) Proposed research environment. Allocation of scholarships is the outcome of a competitive ranking and selection process in which applications are scored and ranked by Schools, Faculties and the University Scholarships Committee, according to these common criteria and on the basis of evidence provided.