Peg Hutchison Opportunity Award for Women

The Peg Hutchison Award was made possible through a generous bequest by Peg, long time treasurer of NHWT.

This new award is to be granted for the first time in 2010 to women who are changing direction in their career, and intend working in a field where women are under-represented and/or is non-traditional for women.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
31 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application click here

Undergraduate International Excellence

The ISH/UAL Graduate Scholarships will be offered for the 2011-2012 academic year and are the product of a partnership between International Students House, one of London’s largest residences for international students and the University of the Arts London, one of world’s leading art and design institutions.The candidate who want to apply for scholarship must be:
1-Accepted onto one of the following courses at the following colleges:
-MA Interactive Media at London College of Communication
-MA Photography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
2-Be an undergraduate student expecting to graduate with a good bachelors degree (with Honours) from a Higher Education institution by 31 July 2011 OR Be a graduate, having already gained a good bachelors degree from a Higher Education institution OR Be able to demonstrate substantial equivalent and applicable experience
3-Must be willing to be a part of a multi-cultural, diverse student residential community, be in financial need.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 13 June 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

University of Zambia Master Scholarships in Plant Breeding and Seed System

THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PLANT BREEDING AND SEED SYSTEM SCHOLARSHIPS

The Department of Crop Sciences has received a grant from Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation through Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to support a limited number of fellowships for a Masters Degree programme in Plant Breeding and Seed Systems tenable at the University of Zambia.

Eligibility

1. SADC citizens in the following countries- Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.

Requirements for Admission

1. Possess a degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences with credit or better from the University of Zambia or another recognized University: or
2. Or have qualifications deemed equivalent to the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences with credit or better;
3. Have had three (3) years of experience after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences; or otherwise
4. Satisfy the University Senate of their ability to pursue postgraduate studies in their fields.

Scholarships:

The scholarship will cover tuition, stipend, medical insurance and cost of field research.

Mode of Application

Application forms can be obtained from the Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies (DRGS) UNZA or download from www.unza.zm. The application includes, a brief Curriculum Vitae of NOT more than 2 pages and the names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of 3 referees, a letter of motivation of one page and a nomination letter from the current employer. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. The application fee is K120, 000 for Zambians and US $ 60 for non- Zambians, payable to DRGS. Closing date for applications is 31st March 2011.

Please send your application documents to:

The Director, Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379
LUSAKA.

For further information Contact DRGS on phone +260 211 290258, email drgs@unza.zm or Crop Science Dept, School of Agricultural Sciences on +211 295655 email mmwala@unza.zm; dean-agric@unza.zm

PhD position in Applied Electronics with specialization

The Faculty of the VCA and Music has a number of scholarships available to currently enrolled students. Scholarships are available across most disciplines and year levels. Please check the eligibility for each scholarship to see if you are eligibile. Faculty scholarships - these scholarships are open across all disciplines taught at the Faculty, or are open to both music streams. Melbourne Conservatorium of Music scholarships - these scholarships are open to students enrolled in studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music only. VCA scholarships - these scholarships are open to students enrolled in studies at the Victorian College of the Arts only (including Contemporary Music studies). Scholarships open for application on February 21 and most close on March 22.

Reference Number:	5318
Study Subject:	Arts, Music
Web Address:	http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/currently_available#article
Provided By:	The University of Melbourne
To be undertaken at:	The University of Melbourne.
Level:	Post Graduate

Availability

This scholarship is offered to an unspecified number of people. Open for applications until March 22, 2011.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is unspecified (total may vary). This award is to be used for research, living expenses and travel. This scholarship is paid See Scheme Summary.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: Performing arts, THE ARTS or Visual arts and crafts.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in Australia. Only citizens of Australia may apply. You must have studied at or be currently studying at The University of Melbourne.

The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship - Postgraduate at University of Cambridge

The C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship is available to any Australian student undertaking a one year course of study at the University of Cambridge in the UK. The course to be undertaken under the scholarship will be proposed by the applicant and approved by the Trustees. The value and number of scholarships each year are determined by the Trustees after having regard to all relevant factors including the applicants' personal circumstances. A full C.A.S.Hawker Scholarship normally covers all college fees and university HECS fees.

Reference Number:	5322
Study Subject:
Web Address:	http://www.hawkerscholarship.org/application.html
Provided By:	The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund
Level:	Post Graduate (Coursework)

Availability

This scholarship is offered annually to an unspecified number of people. Dates when to submit scholarship application are not specified.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is unspecified (total amount). This award is to be used for fees. This scholarship is paid See Scheme Summary for the period of 1 year.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING, BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHEMICAL SCIENCES, COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES, EARTH SCIENCES, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, INFORMATION, COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, JOURNALISM, LIBRARIANSHIP AND CURATORIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, LAW, JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE - GENERAL, SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS - GENERAL, STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY or THE ARTS.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in United Kingdom.

The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation for Postgraduate

The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation offers postgraduate scholarship awards to faculty members of the universities in Southeast Asian countries who intend to study at Japanese graduate schools as full-time students for Master's or Doctoral Course in the field of science and technology under the following conditions.

1. Term of Scholarship
i -1 For Master's Course Two and half years including half a year for preparation to enroll at the Master's Course
1-2 For Doctoral Course Three and half years including half a year for preparation to enroll at the Doctoral Course

Futher information : http://www.hitachi-zaidan.org/global/scholarship/

2. Contents of Scholarship
The Foundation will support the following costs and expenses.
2-1 Travelexpenses Economy class round-trip airfare between the nearest airport of the grantee's university and the airport in Japan and the travel expenses between the airport in Japan and the place of grantee's research affiliation. Only the return fare will be given to the grantee if he/she is already in Japan.
2-2 Arrival and return allowance: ¥50,OOO each. Only the return allowance will be given to the grantee if he/she is already in Japan.
2-3 Stipend: ¥180,OOO a month.
2-4 Housing allowance (at cost but maximum amount per month)
Place of Residence Single With Family Greater Metropolitan Tokyo -----¥60,OOO ¥90,OOO Others -------------------------:------¥40,OOO ¥55,OOO
2-5 Tuition and other school expenses listed in the following 1) Admission and registration fee 2) Tuition 3) Facility fee, if any 4) Seminar and laboratory fee, if any 5) Tuition for Japanese language course: For six (6) months
2-6 Field study expenses: At cost but up to ¥50,OOO per year. Application should be submitted to the Foundation in advance together with the recommendation letter of the host scientist for review and approval. 2-7 Expenses to make presentation at international conferences: At cost. Application in advance as same as 2-6 above is required. 2-8 Expenses to attend the activities of the Foundation.

3. Application and Selection
3-1 Eligibility and qualification of applicants Only the faculty members, who satisfy the following conditions, of the universities invited by the Foundation will be accepted as applicants.
3-1-1 For Master's Course

1) Bachelor's degree holder who wishes to obtain Master's degree in the field of science and technology, except veterinary science, at a Japanese graduate school
2) Below 30 years of age (as of October 31,2009)
3) Firm position or profession in the university
3-1-2 For Doctoral Course
1) Master's degree holder (or the faculty member who is expected to obtain Master's degree before the start of proposed Doctoral Course) who wishes to obtain Ph.D. in the field of science and technology, except veterinary science, at a Japanese graduate school
2) Below 35 years of age (as of October 31,2009) 3) Firm position or profession in the university.

3-2 Application procedure Application shall be endorsed by the President's office of the university to which the Foundation has offered the scholarship award and submitted to the following address through the said office by October 31, 2009 using the registered mail. Neither personal nor direct application to the Foundation is accepted.
The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation 21F Akihabara UDX Building 14-1, Soto-Kanda 4-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010 Japan
Application shall be submitted with all the documents as required below and the application missing any of them will be automatically rejected. The Foundation reserves the right to request any other additional documents.

3-3 Documents required for application One (1) original and one (1) copy of 1) Type written Application Form along with 3cm x 4cm size photograph
* Please use the Application Form attached hereto and fill in all the data requested. 2) Certificate of graduation or certificate of expected graduation from the last school attended
3) Transcript of academic record of the last school attended
* The applicant for Doctoral Course is requested to submit the transcript of academic record of the undergraduate school as well.
4) Letter of recommendation from the head and/or dean of the faculty to which the applicant belongs. This letter needs to be endorsed by the office of the President. Other additional recommendation letters, if any.
5) Letter of acceptance from the proposed Japanese host scientist
6) Physical examination certificate
* The Foundation reserves the right to distribute a copy of the above documents to any person for the purpose of evaluation and selection. A copy of the above documents will also be distributed to the proposed Japanese host scientists of the finally selected applicants.

3-4 Method of selection
1) Preliminary selection The Selection Committee of the Foundation will conduct preliminary selection based on the application documents.
2) Interview The preliminary-selected applicants will be interviewed by the representative(s) of the Selection Committee of the Foundation at their universities.
3) Final selection The Selection Committee of the Foundation will make final selection after the interview. Award will become effective when the admission of the selected applicant to his/her intended Japanese graduate school has been confirmed.

3-5 Criteria of selection 1) Support by the senior management of the applicant's university in relation to their human development program 2) Academic exchange program between the applicant's university and the proposed graduate school in Japan
3) Academic performance and achievement by the applicant
4) Potentiality of the applicant
5) Motivation to study in Japan
6) Proposed plan of study
7) Academic necessity of the applicant to undertake his/her study and research at the graduate school in Japan
8) Communication skill
* As the foreign students who conduct their graduate studies and research in the field of science and technology in Japan are normally required to submit their thesis in English unless they have enough Japanese language proficiency, proficiency of English language above 530 points of TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is preferred.
9) The applicant's health and general aptitude for the environmental conditions of academic and social life in Japan.
3~6 Schedule of selection
End of October
Deadline to accept application
November ~ December
Preliminary selection based on the application documents
December -March
Interview of pre-selected applicants at their universities
April -May
Final selection
* The result of selection will be informed to the applicant through the
President's office of the applicant's university in June 2010. End of September Departure for Japan (finally selected applicants only)
* The finally selected applicants are requested to attend the orientation in Tokyo at the end of September 2010 and shall start their studies and research at the graduate school, or Japanese language school if necessary, from October 2010 in accordance with the instruction by their enrolled graduate school.

4. Preparation for Entry to Japan
The finally'selected applicants are required to submit the following to the Foundation to obtain the Certificate of Eligibility. It usually takes one (1) month to obtain this certificate and this certificate is necessary to obtain a valid entry visa from a Japanese embassy or consulate before coming to Japan.
1) A copy of passport
2) Thee (3) copies of the photograph with 3cm x 4cm
3) Record of past entry into / stay in Japan (including number of times of,entry)
5.Admission to Graduate School The finally selected applicants are requested to make arrangement for enrollment at their intended Japanese graduate schools by themselve~. They are generally admitted at first as non-degree students, i.e. research students of the graduate schools, and required to pass the entrance examination of their intended graduate schools.

6. Accommodation The grantee is responsible for finding his/her own accommodation. As some graduate schools have their own accommodations, it is recommended to inquire the host scientist about their availability.

The Foundation will make financial support for
1) Key money, if any
2) Agency commission, if any
3) Expenses to purchase room lights, curtain and electric/gas table, if not furnished.
4) Restoration fee, if any, at the time of vacating a room (normal wear and tear only) The grantee is responsible for the payment of 1) Deposit which is to be returned later 2) Property and fire insurance

7. BankAccount
The grantee is requested to open an account at a Japanese bank upon his/her arrival and inform the Foundation of the bank account details sending a copy of bankbook.

8. Alien Registration . The grantee is required to file application for alien registration within ninety (90) dars from the date of arrival in Japan at the municipal or ward office where the .grantee resides.

9. Liaison The grantee should keep inclose contact with the Foundation and keep them informed of any change of his/her address or other pertinent matters.

10. Report The grantee is required to submit to the head and/or dean of the faculty of his/her university in home country a progress report of his/her research and other activities every two months with a copy to the host scientist and the Foundation. When his/her research is presented for publication or dissemination, the Foundation's support should be acknowledged in an appropriate way.
A copy of such publication or offprint is requested to be sent to the Foundation.

11. Insurance The Foundation will buy the following insurance for the period from the date of the grantee's departure from his/her home country until the date he/she is admitted as a student of the graduate school or until the date he/she arranges similar insurance whichever comes earlier. The grantee is required to arrange such insurance with the graduate school by himself/herself after he/she is admitted as a student. Illness contracted before the grantee's arrival inJapan, chronic disease and dental care will not be covered by the insurance to be bought by the Foundation. 1) Death from injury: '¥15 million 2) Treatment-of injury: Up to ¥2 million 3) Death from illness: ¥2 million 4) Treatment of illness: Up to ¥2 million 12.
Japanese Language It is important for foreign students to know and understand Japanese language to suchan extent that they can pursue their study and research at the graduate school and spend social life in Japan. Some Japanese graduate schools require Japanese language proficiency to certain level. . The Foundation will, therefore, support the grantees to study Japanese language for half a year before commencement of either .the Master's Course or the Doctoral Course as described in Clause 2.

13. Compliance with Laws and Regulations The grantee must abide by the laws and regulations of Japan.

14. Suspension or Termination of the Scholarship
The grantees of the Hitachi Scholarship Award are expected to devote themselves full-time to their studies and research described in their applications and any employment in Japan during the term of the scholarship may not be accepted. The scholarship will be suspended or terminated if the Foundation judges that the foregoing terms and conditions are not observed in good faith or in the following cases:
14-1 When it becomes impossible to continue study or research because of illness or other reasons
14-2 Poor result of study record
14-3 Misconduct

Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology M. Hildred Blewett Scholarship

To enable early-career women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt those careers. The scholarship consists of a one-year award of up to $45,000 (applicants can apply in a subsequent year for one additional year of support). Allowed expenses include dependent care (limited to 50% of the award), salary, travel, equipment, and tuition and fees. Overhead charges by the institution are not allowed.

The applicant must currently be a U.S. citizen, legal resident, or resident alien of the United States or Canada. She must be currently in Canada or the United States and must have an affiliation with a research-active educational institution or national lab. She must have completed work toward a PhD. Applicants are strongly encouraged to be members of the American Physical Society.

History of the Award

The award was established from a generous bequest from M. Hildred Blewett, an accelerator physicist who died in 2004. Hildred Blewett was passionate about physics and wanted to help women overcome obstacles by establishing the scholarship.

Rules & Eligibility

The applicant must currently be a U.S. citizen, legal resident, or resident alien of the United States or Canada. She must be currently in Canada or the United States and must have an affiliation with a research-active educational institution or national lab. She must have completed work toward a PhD.

Application Process

All applications are reviewed by a sub-committee of the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. The Blewett Scholarship application process opens in the fall and the application deadline is in June 2011.

Contact detail

Email: blewett@aps.org

Source: http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/blewett/index.cfm

The University of Sydney – Project Management Graduate Programme Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (2 positions)

Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (2 positions)
Social Network Dynamics in Complex Project Coordination
The University of Sydney – Project Management Graduate Programme

New South Wales, Australia

School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & IT

Reference No. 1155/0410

The University of Sydney is Australia’s first university with an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence, and employs over 6,800 permanent staff supporting over 46,000 students.

Applications are invited for the appointment to two continuing (tenure track) positions at Associate Professorial level/Senior Lecturer/and or Lecturer in Project Management Graduate Programme or PMGP at the School of Civil Engineering, within the Faculty of Engineering and IT. college education Read the rest of this entry »

home scholarship PhD student position in energy and environment

The Department of Energy and Environment conducts superior research and education in energy and sustainable development, at the global scale down to the industrial, building, and product level. Our focus is on experimental and theoretical energy technology research, as well as development, use, and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of technology systems. In total, 150 individuals work in the department’s six divisions. Read the rest of this entry »

PhD student position in energy and environment: Technology assessment from a risk and sustainability perspective

The Department of Energy and Environment conducts superior research and education in energy and sustainable development, at the global scale down to the industrial, building, and product level. Our focus is on experimental and theoretical energy technology research, as well as development, use, and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of technology systems. In total, 150 individuals work in the department’s six divisions. Read the rest of this entry »

Forest Home's Scholarship Guidelines

Austin, left, and Tyler Burdick, homeschooled and headed to the University of Virginia.

Sitting in the boys’ living room with their mother and hearing about the scholarships and honors Austin and Tyler Burdick will be taking with them to the University of Virginia in the fall, a less intrepid reporter might wonder just where these Flint Hill kids went to high school.

The answer to such a dumb question, of course, would be: right here.

“This room probably more than others,” says Tyler, who, though identical to his 18-year-old brother, is wearing a slightly different jersey bearing the insignia of the University — where both boys also have earned scholarships to play polo. “But really the whole house has been our classroom — and the whole farm.”

Yes, intrepid one, the Burdicks were in fact home-schooled since the beginning of their school days by parents Todd and Jane Burdick on the Crest Hill Road farm where the family raises sheep and horses, and where Todd Burdick bases his equine veterinary practice.

Theirs is a success story — between them, the two won nearly a dozen scholarships — not always told by those who choose the harder road that homeschooling presents.

“I’m sure there were certain aspects of things we may have missed [not attending a school],” Tyler says, smiling as he politely answers another intrepid question. “But I feel I’ve learned a lot more here than I could have otherwise.”

Austin puts his finger on it. “We were able to accomplish much more here because we had the freedom to study what we wanted — and that does take discipline.”

Mother Jane is smiling and nodding.

The Burdicks graduate summa cum laude this month from a novel Catholic-Igniatian-Classical/Great Books program administered by Kolbe Academy in Napa, Calif. — but carried out by their parents, with help from local artists and additional coursework at Lord Fairfax Community College’s Middletown campus.

Virginia was the boys’ first choice, but they were also accepted at Cornell and Texas A&M. Austin will probably major in chemistry, Tyler in biology, but they both have interests in a business curriculum. Both are minoring in art.
Among other awards, the two each won $1,000 National Society of High School Scholars National Scholar Awards, selected from among 12,000 applicants for excellence in academics, leadership and community service. Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that established the Nobel prizes and founder of. the Scholar Awards, said: “I am deeply honored to recognize Austin and Tyler as two of our most outstanding students.”

Tyler’s awards include a $1,000 Most Valuable Student contest award from the Virginia Elks Association; a $1,000 Mary NcNeil Willis Scholarship from the Culpeper Regional Hospital Auxiliary; $2,000 as a national regional finalist in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the College Board.

Austin garnered a $1,000 Best Buy @15 Scholarship for academic achievement and community service; a Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District scholarship; a Windmore Foundation for the Arts $1,000 Dorothy Skelton Art Scholarship to continue his education in the visual arts; a $1,000 Lee-Jackson Scholarship from the Lee-Jackson Educational Foundation for his essay, “Reverence and Resolve: The Forces Guiding Thomas Jackson,” and the Jeff MacNelly Art Award commemorating the former Rappahannock resident and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, from the Headwaters Foundation.

Ask the boys if they’d consider pursuing the same path in the future for their own kids, and Tyler says, intrepidly:
“Our parents have been super-supportive of us, but it’s been a huge commitment for them. I’m . . . not sure I could do what they’ve done.”

Jane Burdick says the boys’ dad directed the boys’ schooling through seventh-grade, while she worked full time at Fauquier Hospital; after that, she took over.

“We are so grateful to these organizations for the opportunities they’re giving the boys to fund their education,” she says. “And for families that may be contemplating homeschooling, especially high school homeschooling, this shows that — it can be done! Your kids can be selected to attend their school of choice, they can qualify for scholarships — athletic as well as academic. You can do it!”

Scholarships for Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey

Description : Erasmum Mundus Scholarships for a MSc course in MathMods (Mathematical Modelling in Engineering: Theory, Numerics, Applications). Several Erasmus Mundus scholarships are offered by the European Commission to non-European students. These scholarships amount to a maximum of EUR 42,000.00 to cover the two-year expenses and are granted to the most promising applicants. A limited number of scholarships are dedicated to applicants from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey.

Homepage : MathMods
Category :

Contact address : Bruno Rubino MathMods Programme Facoltà di Ingegneria University of L’Aquila Piazzale E. Pontieri, 2 67100 L’Aquila (AQ) Italy

Keywords : Scholarships. mathematics, engineering, physics, erasmus mundus, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey

Name : Bruno Rubino
Email : info@mathmods.eu