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COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS TENABLE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH & DOCTORAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
Job Description : The University of Pretoria regards itself as a research intensive university. Hence, it is seeking candidates who will make a significant contribution to its research endeavour. As part of an initiative by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the University of Pretoria has made funds available for two doctoral scholarships for students coming from Commonwealth Countries (excluding South African students). This scholarships will be known as the University of Pretoria Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship , which will be awarded on a competitive basis.
The Centre of African Studies and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science invite applications for this 2-year Fellowship. Ideal applicants will have gained a PhD (or equivalent) within the last 5 years or by the time of the appointment, in disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.
£27,319 – £35,646 pa
Limit of tenure: 30 September 2012
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.
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
NSDC Scholarships
New Skill Development Concept(NSDC) Scholarship.
NSDC Scholarship was formed by a UK Voluntary organisation in April 2008 to sponsor students who want to study in United Kingdom.The scholarship is open to students from all countries but priority is giving to students from Africa, Asia, Middle East or descents of the above countries,including countries ravaged by war.
Who else wants to win the New Skill Development Concept(NSDC) Scholarship Award to study in united kingdom for a whole academic year?
You could be among the next 12 Candidates who will be awarded a Scholarship to study in United Kingdom for September 2009.
- Are you aged between 16 and 45 years?
- Do you have at least 1year work experience?
- Have you got some form of Qualifications?
If yes,then you may qualify for a scholarship to study in United Kingdom.
Explore your potential,Study in any United Kingdom academic institution with Sponsorship .
A lot of great brains are dying because they have no opportunity or required training and exposure they need for both personal and social development. That is why NSDC was set up to hunt and fund the best brains.
Criteria for selection
- Qualification Required -Must have a minimuim qualification like GCSE/GCE or Other Equivalents.Other qualifications like Certificates,Diploma,Degree or Masters are acceptable
- Age Range- Must be between 16-45 years
- Work Experience - You must have some sort of work experience to qualify.
- Essay/Future project proposal - you will be required to write a future project proposal.
- Application Fee - an application fee of £37.00 applies.(application can only be done online)
Scholarship Application Deadline for Academic year 2009/10 ends July 31 2009
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) one of the 15 future harvest centers, which conducts food and environmental research to help reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries. ILRI’s headquarter is in Nairobi, Kenya with a second principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For more information on ILRI, please visit the web-site on www.ilri.org.
The Capacity Strengthening unit (CaSt) of ILRI is designed to build and strengthen the scientific knowledge and technical capacity of scientists, educators, technicians, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders in the livestock innovation systems in developing countries. ILRI’s Capacity Strengthening activities are research based. The institute offers individual and group training courses. Support to Post Graduate training is one of the key components of the programme.
ILRI with the generous funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering five Ph.D scholarships for Livestock Researchers from the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. ILRI invites applicants from young African scientists based at the research and learning institution. The priority research themes are:
- Climate change, impacts and adaptation
- Livestock, environment and sustainability
- Emerging diseases, impacts and human health
- Market access, value chain analysis and SPS
- Risk, vulnerability and sustainability of pastoral systems
- Animal genetics resources and breeding
- Smallholder livestock intensification and implications
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Livestock Research and Development
The fellowship is only awarded for a maximum period of three years. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) one of the 15 future harvest centers, which conducts food and environmental research to help reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries. ILRI’s headquarter is in Nairobi, Kenya with a second principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For more information on ILRI, please visit the web-site on www.ilri.org.
The Capacity Strengthening unit (CaSt) of ILRI is designed to build and strengthen the scientific knowledge and technical capacity of scientists, educators, technicians, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders in the livestock innovation systems in developing countries. ILRI’s Capacity Strengthening activities are research based. The institute offers individual and group training courses. Support to Post Graduate training is one of the key components of the programme.
ILRI with the generous funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering five Ph.D scholarships for Livestock Researchers from the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. ILRI invites applicants from young African scientists based at the research and learning institution. The priority research themes are:
- Climate change, impacts and adaptation
- Livestock, environment and sustainability
- Emerging diseases, impacts and human health
- Market access, value chain analysis and SPS
- Risk, vulnerability and sustainability of pastoral systems
- Animal genetics resources and breeding
- Smallholder livestock intensification and implications
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Livestock Research and Development
The fellowship is only awarded for a maximum period of three years. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Minimum requirements for eligibility:
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An annual award will be given for the best Masters thesis on Sub-Saharan Africa by a student at a university in the Netherlands or in Africa.
Eligibility
- Any final-year student who has completed his/her Masters thesis with distinction (80% or higher or a Dutch rating of at least 8 )can apply. Any thesis thematically related to socio-geographical, economic, political, juridical or anthropological issues or focusing on the humanities such as history, religion and literature (but with the exception of language and/or semiotic studies) can be submitted.
- The thesis must be socially relevant and can be be written in English, French or Dutch.
The award consists of a price of 1000 euros. The winning thesis will also be published in the ASC African Studies
Collection.
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FULL SCHOLARSHIPS: FIVE (5) Ph. D. AND ONE (1) POST DOCTORAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR
NATIONALS FROM EAST AFRICA
These scholarships are offered under the research project “EOIA: An Earth Observation? and Integrated Assessment approach to the Governance of Lake Naivasha” is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research under the WOTRO ?Global Science for Development Programme.
The project will be implemented jointly by Egerton University (Kenya), and the International Institute of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC, The Netherlands) and the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Collaborating partners are the University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Leicester (UK) and the University of Bournemouth (UK). The main stakeholders in the project are Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA), Lake Naivasha Growers Group (LNGG), Lake Naivasha Riparian Organisation (LNRA), World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and the World Wildlife Fund ? East Africa Regional Programme Office (WWF?EARPO), all based in Kenya.
The research aims at enhancing sustainability in management of water resources and the environment using Lake Naivasha as a pilot case and adopting Integrated Assessment approach to generate lessons and best practices which can be replicated in other catchments in Kenya and in the East Africa region. Major inputs to the assessment include participatory processes and physical and economic models combined with data derived from remote sensing techniques.
In the framework of this project 5 PhD candidates will be recruited for the following projects.
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