2013/14 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship for International Students, Hong Kong

PhD Fellowship  for international students in the field of Humanities & Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Sciences & Engineering at Hong Kong’s institutions, 2013/14 Hong Kong

Study Subject(s):Humanities & Social Sciences; Health Sciences; Sciences & Engineering

Course Level:PhD

Scholarship Provider: Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

Scholarship can be taken at: Hong Kong

Eligibility:
Candidates who are seeking admission as new full time PhD students in the following eight institutions, irrespective of their country of origin, prior work experience, and ethnic background, should be eligible to apply. City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University Lingnan University The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong Institute of Education The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The University of Hong Kong Applicants should demonstrate outstanding qualities of academic performance, research ability / potential, communication and interpersonal skills, and leadership abilities.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

Scholarship Description: The Fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approximately US$2,600) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approximately US$1,300) per year to each awardee for a period of three years. About 135 PhD Fellowships will be awarded in each academic year. For awardees who need more than three years to complete their PhD studies, additional support may be provided by the chosen institutions. For details, please contact the institutions concerned directly.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 December, 2012

Further Scholarship Information and Application

 

2013-2014 Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellowships for International Students, USA

Kellogg Institute for International Studies offers Visiting fellowship for international students for pursuing research in the field of Democracy and human development, USA 2013-2014

Study Subject(s):Democracy and human development

Course Level:Research

Scholarship Provider: Kellogg Institute for International Studies

Scholarship can be taken at: USA

Eligibility:We invite applications from scholars and practitioners who conduct international research on our themes of democracy and/or human development. Applicants may come from any country and typically fall into three groups:
-Promising junior and midcareer scholars (typically postdocs and assistant or associate professors)
-Distinguished senior scholars with an established record of scholarly excellence
-Accomplished policy makers, journalists, and other practioners whose knowledge and experience can link policy and scholarship.Most successful applicants will hold a PhD or equivalent degree in a social science discipline or in history
-In exceptional cases, the Institute will support applicants with a PhD or its equivalent in other disciplines
-The Institute welcomes applications from eminent scholars and practioners who do not hold a PhD
-Advanced ABD graduate students may apply, but awards are contingent on their having completed the PhD before beginning the fellowship
-Advanced English language proficiency is required
-Foreign nationals must have a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 Visa.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

Scholarship Description: Since 1983, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies has offered visiting fellowships to promote interdisciplinary international research in a supportive community of scholars. This widely respected residential program offers you time to pursue scholarly inquiry where it takes you, advance your personal research, and collaborate with other scholars and practitioners from across the US and around the globe. As a visiting fellow, you pursue research related to Kellogg Institute themes of democracy and human development, share your research with the Notre Dame scholarly community, and have the opportunity to publish in Kellogg’s peer-reviewed Working Paper Series. While at the Kellogg Institute, you interact with leading scholars one-on-one and through the Institute’s seminars and lectures, international conferences, roundtable discussions on world affairs, and cultural events. The facilities at the Hesburgh Center are ideal for scholarly research. Visiting fellows have spacious offices, on-site information technology support, personal library services through a branch of the University’s library, and use of a variety of campus facilities.Visiting Fellowships include:
-Stipend
-Travel expenses
-Medical insurance benefits
-Partial housing subsidy for the Hesburgh Center Residences or other on-campus housing
-Up to $1,500 of conference travel support for recipients of one and two-year fellowships

Fellowship Terms:Fellowships are offered for the academic year (August to May) or the fall (August to December) or spring semesters (January to May).  Two-year postdoctoral visiting fellowships may be offered to one or two applicants per year.

How to Apply: By Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: November 1, 2012

Further Scholarship Information and Application

2012-2013 Curtin University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), New Zealand

2012-2013 Curtin University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), New Zealand

Scholarship Description: The International Postgraduate ResearchScholarship (IPRS) is available to anyinternational student wishing to undertake a Higher Degree by Research at Curtin in 2013. The award is open to citizens of an overseas country (excluding New Zealand). Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and research capacity to suitably qualified overseas graduates eligible to commence a higher degree by research in 2013.

Areas of Study: 
- Science & Engineering
- Curtin Business School
- Health Sciences
- Centre for Aboriginal Studies
- Humanities

Eligibility: This award is open to citizens of an overseas country (excluding New Zealand).

Scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and research capacity to suitably qualified overseas graduates eligible to commence a higher degree by research in 2013. Thisscholarship is available to future students and current student who meets the following guidelines

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- Commenced your higher degree by research program in the previous year (after 31 August) but, due to the timing of your application and subsequent enrolment you were unable to applyfor and IPRS in that year; or
- Commenced your higher degree by research program but withdrew from that program within six months of commencement.

Scholarship Worth: The International Postgraduate Research Scholarship provides:

- course tuition fee for two years for a Masters by Research and three years for a Doctoral degree; and
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the recipient and their dependants for the duration of the award.

In addition, all successful applicants will receive an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) valued at $23,728 (2012 value) for living allowance. This tax-free stipend is indexed annually.

How to Apply: Future students, please refer to the Guidelines for Higher Degree by Research Candidates for information on admissions and scholarships requirements.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Application for this Scholarship closes 31 August, 2012.

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Application for the 2013/2014 Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries is in Progress, UK

 Application for the 2013/2014 Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries is in Progress, UK

The Commonwealth Scholarships offered by the Commonwealth ScholarshipCommission in the United Kingdom for the citizens of developing Commonwealth countries is now open for the 2013/2014 session. The prestigious scholarshipscover full tuition fees, maintenance fund to study at a UK university as well as a return air ticket to the scholar’s home country.

Eligibility: To apply for the awardscovered in this prospectus, candidates should:

- Be Commonwealth citizens, refugees, or British protected persons
- Be permanently resident in a Commonwealth country other than the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
- Be available to commence their academic studies in the United Kingdom by the start of the UK academic year in September/October 2013
- Hold, by October 2013, a first degree of upper second class Honours standard (or above); or a second class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification, which will normally be a Master’s degree

AND

 
- For clinical training in the fields of medicine and dentistry, have qualified as a doctor or dentist between 1 October 2003 and 30 September 2008.

How to Apply: 
- All applications must be made through your nominating agency (or university/university body, if applicable) in your home country. You must check with them in the first instance for specific advice on how to make an application and for their own closing date. The CSC cannot accept any applications direct from candidates.

- The CSC expects all Commonwealth Scholarship candidates to be nominated by an approved nominating agency/university/university body, and to have completed an application form using our Electronic Application System (EAS).

- Full help on how to apply using the EAS is provided in our Commonwealth Scholarships 2013 prospectus guides, which should be read in full before making any attempt to use the EAS.

For the following categories of award…

- 12-36 months’ support towards completion of either a full-time taught or a doctoral post graduate qualification at an eligible UK institution. These awards are open to those candidates nominated either by the Vice Chancellor/Executive Head of their employing institution or by the appointed agency in their home country
- 12 months’ non-degree study in the United Kingdom on a Split-Site basis to aid the completion of a doctoral degree undertaken at a university in the candidate’s home country
- 6 months’ clinical training in medicine or dentistry (available only to candidates from developing countries). These awards are open to candidates nominated by their Vice Chancellor/ Executive Head or by the appointed agency in the home country
- citizens of Seychelles can apply for undergraduate funding through their national nominating agency.

Nominations can be made through the following channels

- The candidate’s national Commonwealth Scholarship agency. This is the main route of application and a full list of Commonwealth Scholarship agency addresses can be accessed from the link below
- The Executive Head of an eligible developing country university on whose staff the applicant serves
- Selected non-governmental organisations, charitable bodies and development partnerships

Selection Criteria: Applications are considered according to the following selection criteria:

- Academic merit of the candidate
- The quality of the proposal
- For those candidates from developing Commonwealth countries (i.e. all others), the likely impact of the work on the development of the candidate’s home country.

Scholarship Worth: 
Each Scholarship provides:

- Student concessionary or other approved airfare to the United Kingdom and return on expiry of the Scholarship
- Approved tuition and examination fees
- A personal maintenance allowance at the rate of £882 per month (£1091 per month for those studying at institutions in the London Metropolitan area)
- A grant towards the expenses of preparing a thesis or dissertation, where applicable
- An initial arrival allowance, incorporating an initial clothing grant for Scholars from tropical countries
- A grant for expenses for approved travel within the United Kingdom or overseas
- A grant towards fieldwork costs for those Scholars undertaking doctoral studies for whom a case has been made for fieldwork outside the United Kingdom. This shall not normally exceed one economy class return airfare to the fieldwork location
- A paid mid-term fare to their home country for Scholars on three year doctoral awards. Scholars for whom fieldwork fares are provided to their home country shall not be entitled to a mid-term fare home, nor Scholars who have claimed (or intend to claim) spouse or child allowances for more than 12 months during their award
- For married Scholars selected by the Commission for awards exceeding 18 months, a marriage allowance of £220 per month is payable provided that the husband and wife (or civil partners) are residing together at the same address in the United Kingdom
- Similar awards may not be held concurrently.

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Scholarship Application Deadline:

- All candidates must complete and submit their applications through the Electronic Application System on or before December 7, 2012. You can start your application early, save and complete it when you have all the information requested.
- Nominating Agencies are expected to submit their nominations in electronic format latest byDecember 21, 2012.

Visit the Commonwealth Scholarships for Developing Commonwealth Countries Webpage for more information about this Scholarship. 

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Unilever Campus Ambassador Programme for Nigerian University Students

Unilever Campus Ambassador Programme for Nigerian University Students 

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Unilever IdeaTrophy is a challenging and creative experience, where you will figure out how business works in real life while developing your skills and competencies.

The Unilever Campus Ambassador Programme

Unilever Nigeria Plc, is set to engage and empower students in campuses across Nigeria by signing them up as campus brand ambassador through the Unilever IdeaTrophy.

The Brand Ambassadors will serve as liaison between their campuses and Unilever. They are required to come up with interesting and resourceful engagements within their campuses, advertise Unilever to the students as a great Brand and serve as a point of contact between the students and Unilever.

Ambassador Responsibilities

Unilever Campus ambassador are required to:

• Work closely with Unilever Employer brand team
• Host and organize events to bring awareness to Unilever brand
• Attend Unilever events as a Unilever representative
• Help Unilever to better understand your campus culture
• Build relationships on campus with faculty and student groups
• Spread Unilever goodwill to your fellow students

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Nigerian University
• Pursuing a BA/BSc or MBA/MSc degree
• Sociable and actively involved in student life on campus
• Good relationship with school authorities
• Maintain a minimum CGPA of 3.0 (for 5.0 grading systems) or 5.0 (for a 7.0 grading system\

Time Commitment

• One academic school year subject to renewal based on active participation
• Approximately 20 hours a month
• 4 events a year

Unilever Campus Ambassador Benefits:

• Develop your intellectual, leadership and communication skills
• Interaction with Top Unilever managers
• Participate in Unilever events
• First consideration for internships and assessment centres
• Add the Unilever campus ambassador experience to your resume
• Quarterly product packs

How to Apply:

Fill the attached application form and answer the following question:

Using an essay, cartoons, poems , or  a write-up, artistically develop a concept that  captures the  topic “Sustainable living”.

 Send the scanned copy of the application form and your answer to the question to discoverunilever.ng@unilever.com

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Google RISE Awards 2013 is Open for Application – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Google RISE Awards 2013 is Open for Application – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Google RISE – Roots in Science and Engineering – Awards are designed to promote and support Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Computer Science (CS) education initiatives. The internet search giant grant awards to organizations working with K-12 (primary & secondary schools) and university students to provide enrichment programs in these fields.

Google believes that technology will continue to play an important role in shaping our future, and the youth of today will help innovate and drive these technologies for years to come.

We hope that all students will one day have the chance to reach their potential and achieve great things in science. To that end, we aspire to help students take one step closer to achieving their potential by offering organizational growth and development opportunities through the Google RISE Awards.

Award Amounts

Award amounts range from $5,000 – $25,000 USD.

Deadline for applications

Sunday, September 30th, 2012.

Fields of Interest

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), as well as Computer Science (CS)

Who is Eligible?

Organizations from around the globe who are working to promote and support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), as well as Computer Science (CS) education initiatives at the K-12 / Pre-University and University (US only) levels with an emphasis on increasing engagement of socioeconomically disadvantaged students, girls, and under-represented minorities are eligible for consideration.

Ideal K-12 / Pre-University & university STEM programs or projects should:

• Inspire excitement in STEM and CS
• Improve, advance and enrich students’ understanding of STEM and/or CS education
• Include hands-on learning activities in STEM and/or CS education

Program Guidelines:

• Google RISE Awards are specifically geared towards STEM and CS educational and outreach programs around the world
• Applications are encouraged from organizations and educational institutions regardless of the socio-economic status, race, or gender of the students they serve
• Please note that the RISE team is not able to provide one on one consultations during the review process (both prior to applying and after applications have been submitted) to ensure no bias is given to specific organizations

The following are countries eligible for RISE:

• Afghanistan
• Åland Islands
• Albania
• Algeria
• American Samoa
• Andorra
• Angola
• Anguilla
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Aruba
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bermuda
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bonaire, Saba & Saint Eustatius
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Bouvet Island
• Brazil
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Cayman Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Christmas Island
• Cocos [Keeling] Island
• Colombia
• Congo, Democratic Republic of
• Congo, Republic of
• Comoros
• Cook Islands
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Curaçao
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Falkland Islands [Islas Malvinas]
• Faroe Islands
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• French Guiana
• French Polynesia
• French Southern Territories
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Greece
• Greenland
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guam
• Guatemala
• Guernsey
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jersey
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Macedonia, Republic of
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Martinique
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mayotte
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Montserrat
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Niue
• Norfolk Island
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestinian Territories
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Pitcairn Islands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Puerto Rico
• Qatar
• Réunion
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Barthélemy
• Saint Helena
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Martin
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Sint Maarten
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tokelau
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Tuvalu
• U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Wallis and Futuna
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

If you have additional questions about whether or not your organization meets these eligibility requirements, please contact: google-rise@google.com

How to Apply

All applicants are required to fill out a general application form and submit a detailed proposal including organization and program information as well as a detailed program budget. This application process is subject to change.

The application portal for 2013 RISE funding will be open August 1st through September 30th, 2012. RISE Award recipients will be announced by 2012 year end.

To get started with your application, please fill out the RISE application form.

NB: Be sure to read through the guidelines on the Google RISE Award pages before applying.

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