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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarships 2010/2011 for higher study
Scholarship Introduction:
Scholarship for Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries 2010/2011 Germany
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is granting scholarships for academic year 2010/2011 to lecturers and graduate students to study in Master Degree and Doctoral Degree in various fields.
Eligibility for Scholarship:
1. Applicant must hold a Bachelor Degree or a Master Degree
2. Applicant must have at least 2 years of related professional experience
3. Applicant must not be older than 32-36 years old (depending on the field of study)
4. Applicant must not be a recipient of another scholarship
How to apply:
1. Application form
2. Hand-signed CV (in europass form)
3. Hand-signed letter of motivation
4. Research proposal (if required by University)
5. Academic letter/s of recommendation from applicant’s university; the letter must have a signature and official stamp and must be of recent date (not in a sealed envelope)
6. Professional letter/s of recommendation from applicant’s employer; the letter must have a signature and official stamp and must be of recent date (not in a sealed envelope)
7. Confirmation of employment from the employer in applicant’s home country, and if possible, a guarantee of re-employment upon applicant’s return home
8. Proof of language abilities: English – TOEFL or IELTS (Note: Institutional TOEFL will not be accepted); German – if available
9. Certified copies of academic transcripts
10. Certified copies of awarded academic degrees
11. Certified copy of School Leaving Certificate
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Computer-Aided Drug Design PhD Scholarship 2009 – University of New South Wales for citizen of Australia
Scholarship Introduction:
The Computer-Aided Molecular Design group at UNSW has an Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) scholarship available for one student to pursue a full time PhD degree and participate in a project supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Avexa Ltd. The research area is the development of novel techniques to take protein flexibility into account when using computer-aided modeling in drug design. Of particular interest is the design of new inhibitors of the reverse transcriptase enzyme of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and their development into drugs. We specifically look for applicants with a strong background in molecular pharmacology and/or medicinal chemistry. Good skills in computer-aided molecular modeling would be a bonus; interest in how small molecules interact with their protein targets and in computer-aided molecular modeling is essential.
Eligibility for Scholarship:
This scholarship is for study in Australia. Only citizens of Australia or permanent residents can apply.
How to apply:
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H R Rodwell Scholarship in Economics 2009 – The University of Auckland for postgraduate study
Scholarship Introduction:
This scholarship was established in memory of H R Rodwell, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at The University of Auckland from 1929, who retired after many years as associate professor, in 1959. He had a special interest in economic history, as well as in student welfare, and contributed widely to public debate through his writing and talks, which commented on the economic issues of the day.
The scholarship is intended to encourage students enrolled in the Honours programme to continue their postgraduate study through to a masters degree in Economics.
Eligibility for Scholarship:
- Applications by way of a form close with the Scholarships Office on 1 September in the year preceding the award.
How to apply:
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Georgetown University Law Center
Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program
Application for 2010-2011 Fellowship Year
Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Goals of the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program
- Provide a unique opportunity for African lawyers to learn about legal, public policy, and human rights issues affecting women;
- Expose African lawyers to different legal, leadership and advocacy skills that may be implemented or adapted for use in their home countries to advance women’s human rights;
- Expand the pool of lawyers in Africa who are concerned with laws and public policies affecting African women, and whose skills enable them to advocate more effectively for women’s human rights in their home countries;
- Forge new links between those working on the similar women’s human rights issues in Africa and Washington, DC, consciously coordinating efforts and sharing information;
- Enable African lawyers to perform meaningful work during the Fellowship with public interest organizations in Washington, DC;
- Demonstrate to women’s rights lawyers the intimate connection between policy-making and lawyering;
- Contribute to the crucial work being done in African countries to improve the status of women;
- Increase the understanding of women’s rights as legal and public policy issues of equal importance to women and men;
- Spark effective research, writing and advocacy initiatives to improve enforcement of laws and regulations designed to improve the status of African women; and develop a forum for leaders and other prominent policy makers in Washington, DC, to address legal, public policy, and human rights issues relating to African women.
The prestigious HSP Huygens Programme is open to excellent students from all countries of the world. It is aimed at talented students who want to come to the Netherlands in the final phase of their bachelor’s studies or during their master’s studies.
Excellence
The Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science has made seven million euros available for excellent students coming to the Netherlands under the HSP Huygens Programme. There is no fixed number of available scholarships. The actual number is determined by the total cost of the variable components of the scholarships.
New application round
The Scholarships are offered in over 130 countries. They enable talented graduates and young professionals whom we identify as the potential leaders of tomorrow to develop strong links with the UK and with each other in a global network, at the same time as becoming familiar with the UK.
The Chevening programme provides around 1,000 new scholarships each year for postgraduate studies or research at UK Institutions of Higher Education. In addition to that we provide over 200 Fellowship places.
Information: The aim of the award is to bring to the UK present and future leaders and decision-makers. Awards are presented annually and candidates are selected overseas by British Embassies and High Commissions in consultation with the local British Council. They are usually advertised locally in those countries where the awards are offered. For further details contact the British Council, British Embassy or British High Commission in your own country. Awards are usually made for:
* Postgraduate diplomas
* Masters programmes
which last up to one year.
Value: All or part of overall costs.
Eligibility: Most Scholarships are for one year Masters courses or equivalent. Shared funding scholarship arrangements with commercial companies, universities, trusts, foundations and other appropriate organisations are an important part of the programme. These scholarships are offered to more than 150 countries for students to study in the UK. The British Council on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office administers candidates for British Chevening Scholarships.
How to Apply
M.A. / M.Sc. Mathematics Scholarships in India For The Academic Year 2009-2010
The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) invites applications for the grant of scholarships to students for pursuing studies for M.A. / M.Sc. degree in mathematics.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be motivated B. A. / B. Sc. first class degree holders, or students, who have appeared for B. A. / B. Sc. final year examination and expect a bachelors degree with first class, or B.Sc. (honours) degree holders with at least second class, or students who have appeared for B.Sc. (honours) final year examination and expect a B. Sc. (honours) degree with at least second class. Students who have completed three years of an integrated M. Sc. course with cumulative grades equivalent to first class are eligible to apply. Students with good academic record and who are in M.Sc. (Part-I) or in the fifth year of a 5 year integrated M.Sc. course are also eligible to apply.
Applicants should be below the age of 23 years as on January 1, 2009.Exceptional cases, however, may be considered on merit.
The Scholarship:
Successful candidates will be eligible to receive a scholarship of Rs. 6,000/- (Rs. six thousand only) per month, during their two-year (one year if the student is granted the scholarship during the second year) M.A. / M. Sc. programme. The scholarships are sanctioned for one year at a time and are renewable at the end of the year, subject to satisfactory progress. Students who are in M.Sc. (Part-I) or in the fifth year of a 5 year integrated M.Sc. course will get the scholarship only for one year.
To avail of the scholarship the students have to be enrolled in an appropriate institution, in India, for an M.A. / M.Sc. degree in Mathematics. The scholarship will be paid through the institution they join.
Selection Procedure: Selection will be made on the basis of a written test followed by interview of short-listed candidates. The written test will be held on
Saturday, September 19, 2009. The questions will be primarily in the areas of Algebra, Analysis and Geometry. The test will be for two and half hours and involve questions with short answers. (Please visit http://www.nbhm.dae.gov.in for question papers for some earlier years.) The written test will be conducted at the following centres:
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MSc Scholarships in Geospatial Technologies at University of Muenster
[Erasmus mundus-ifgi] Call for applications – scholarships for MSc in Geospatial Technologies and MSc in Geoinformatics (specific countries)
With the support of the North-Rhine-Westphalian Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology (MIWFT), the Institute for Geoinformatics offers
1. Five scholarships for the MSc program in Geoinformatics (4 semesters, start October 1, 2009)
2. Two partial scholarships for the MSc program in Geospatial Technologies (3 semesters, start September 4, 2009) for nationals of the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China (P.R.), Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uruguay.
The scholarships include
1. Tuition waiver for all semesters
2. Scholarship: 850 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
3. Support health insurance: 70 € per month (not for the first semester in Spain or Portugal (September 4, 2009 – February 28, 2010) in the MSc in Geospatial Technologies)
4. Support travel costs according to real costs: up to 1.000 € for a flight to/from Europe before starting/after finishing the program and up to 1.000 € for one home flight to/from Europe in between.
Application deadline: July 31, 2009
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Microsoft PhD Scholarships for Students of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East
PhD Scholarship from Microsoft
The PhD Scholarship Programme recognises and supports exceptional students who show the potential to make an outstanding contribution to science and computing. This programme supports PhD students in computing and those working at the intersection of computing and the sciences.
Application deadline: 16 September 2009
Applications must be complete and received by the announced deadline to be considered. Proposals received after this deadline will not be considered.
Notification of results: December 2009
Eligibility Criteria
- Only PhD supervisors should apply. If their project is selected, the supervisor has up to a year to find the best possible student for the project. Joint applications by two supervisors from different disciplines are especially encouraged.
- We usually consider only one application per university department or per laboratory of a national research institution.
- Only applications from countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East will be considered. Some additional criteria apply in some of these countries. See Country-Specific Application Guidelines at the website given below
- Only applications in research areas relatively close to the ones researchers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge focus on will be considered. These areas are:
o Computational Science
o Computer-Mediated Living
o Constraint Reasoning
o Machine Learning and Perception
o Online Services and Advertising
o Programming, Principles, and Tools
o Systems and Networking
Application
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) PhD Student Recruitment 2010 in Computer Science and Engineering
Description
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is recruiting PhD students to start in Fall 2010. To find out more about us, please visit our CSE website at:
http://www.cse. ust.hk
Our department consists of outstanding faculty members and graduate students with over 40 faculty members and over 100 PhD students. Our medium of teaching and research is English. Besides having a strong publication track record, our faculty and students are among the first to develop advanced and popular P2P systems, industry standards on RFID and sensor networks, computer graphics and vision systems, large-scale data mining and machine learning systems for Web search, GPU and parallel computing for database query processing, to name a few. After getting their PhDs, our students find jobs in worldwide research labs such as Microsoft Research, Google, IBM and top universities in Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. A student who has a master’s degree is expected to graduate with a PhD in 3 years, and an undergraduate degree to graduate in 4 years.
Starting in 2010, we are particularly happy to offer the prestigious Hong Kong PHD Fellowship of HK$20,000 (~USD 2,580) per month, plus a travel allowance of HK$10,000 (~USD 1,290) for three years.
Requirements
- We are looking for outstanding undergraduate students as well as outstanding graduate students with master’s degree with some research experience. .
- We are looking for postgraduate students in all areas in computer science and related areas, including but not limited to, artificial intelligence, data and knowledge management, networks and networking systems, software technologies, theoretical computer science and vision and graphics.
- We also encourage students interested in multi-disciplinary areas such as bioinformatics, risk management and business intelligence and computational finance
- Exceptionally qualified PhD applicants (top 10% in class, >85% GPA, excellent English command) are welcome to contact potential faculty supervisors and apply by Dec 1, 2009. This fellowship award is offered centrally by University Grant Council of Hong Kong.
- We also offer a large number of postgraduate research studentship awards at HK$156,000 per year (~USD 20,000/year) . Our admission requirement for English is one of recent TOEFL(cbt)>= 580, IELTS>=7, or TOEFL(ibt)>= 92 by the time you enter HKUST.
Application
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