Europe:Erasmus Mundus MACLANDS Scholarships

MACLANDS is a Master Degree in territories’ sustained development and management for and through heritage and cultural landscape.

MaCLands is a European university training truly original and unique worldwide thanks to both its global approach and its methodology applied to current international development issues, as well as to sustainable management of territories for and through heritage or cultural landscape.

The three MaCLands universities

MaCLands provides this alternative training, first and unique to this day, thanks to three perfectly complementary universities.

Saint-Etienne Jean Monnet, a young thirty-year old university; Naples Federico II, oldest university in Europe and Stuttgart University, with technology expertise.

Application procedure

The following documents have to be provided with your application form :

•a certified copy, with certified French translation of the required diploma requested to enter an Erasmus Mundus Master
•the diploma of your language level (DALF C1 in French, CELI 3 in Italian and ZD in German) or all documents that proves that the candidate has started a language training before arriving in Europe.
•a detailed CV in French or English with 3 photos
•a motivation letter
•2 letters of recommandation in one of the Consortium language.
•the student research/study project in accordance with the motivation letter. This project should be presented in a scientific way (references, bibliography,etc..) and should help the jury on the quality of the student and on the quality of his application.
•the completed and signed application form.


The following documents must also be sent per email to the following address contact@maclands.fr

•Application form
•CV
•Motivation letter
•Student project

Scholarship

There is a new organization as non-Europeans who have spent more than 12 months in an eligible applicant country in the last 5 years as well as European students can also receive scholarships.

Two different categories

CATEGORIE A

If you are a non-European student, and if you have are not resident nor have carried out your main activity for more than 12 months in an eligible applicant country* in the last 5 years, you can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. These scholarships are granted on merit, based on the excellence of your application.

The amount of the scholarship is €23,500 per academic year (a total of €47,000 for the duration of the MACLANDS Master course, i.e. 24 months).
The scholarship covers your MACLANDS registration fees, travel, housing and living costs.

CATEGORIE B

If you do not fulfil the Categorie A criteria, either because you are an European or because you have spent more than 12 months in the last 5 years in one of an eligible applicant country, you can benefit from a categorie B scholarship.
The amount of the scholarship is 8500 €/year:

•6000 € for daily expenses
•from 2500 € as a contribution to registration fees.
Please note that a student cannot apply to more than 3 Erasmus Mundus Masters.
Categorie A scholarship only is considered as a full scholarship. Categorie B is considered as a financial contribution to students.

16 ERASMUS MUNDUS scholarships will be available for both categories (the number of scholarships can be modified).

Information

Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne
contact@maclands.fr

Source: http://www.maclands.fr/gb/24_erasmus_mundus_maclands.html

Belgium:VLIR-UOS Master Degree Scholarships for Developing Countries 2011/2012

VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from developing countries so that they can follow a master programme in Belgium. These scholarships cover all related expenses. Every year, VLIR-UOS awards up to 180 scholarships to first-year master students.

VLIR-UOS funds and facilitates academic cooperation and exchange between higher education institutions in Flanders (Belgium) and those in developing countries, which aims at building capacity, knowledge and experience for a sustainable development. As part of the Flemish Interuniversity Council, VLIR-UOS is responsible for managing and dispersing the university development cooperation funds of Belgium’s Minister of Development Cooperation.

Field of Study and the the Programmes

International Training Programmes 2011

• AudioVisual Learning Materials – Management, Production and Activities (AVLM)
• Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation
• International Training Programme in Food Safety, Quality Assurance Systems and Risk Analysis
• Lib@Web – Management of Electronic Information and Digital Libraries
• Technology for Integrated Water Management

International Master Programmes 2011-2012

• Master of Development Evaluation and Management
• Master of Globalisation and Development
• Master of Governance and Development
• Master of Human Settlements

International Master Programmes 2011-2013

• Master of Aquaculture
• Master of Biology – Specialisation Human Ecology
• Master of Biostatistics
• Master of Environmental Sanitation
• Master of Food Technology
• Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (Oceans & Lakes)
• Master of Molecular Biology (IPMB)
• Master of Nematology
• Master of Nutrition and Rural Development,Main Subject: Human Nutrition
• Master of Physical Land Resources
• Master of Water Resources Engineering

Only residents and nationals of the following countries are eligible for a VLIR-UOS scholarship:

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Palestinian Administered Areas, Philippines, Vietnam

Latin America

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, Surinam

Applicants applying for both academic admission and a VLIR-UOS scholarship need to consider both the admission requirements and the scholarship criteria.
Applicants applying for academic admission but not for a scholarship simply need to fulfill only the admission requirements of the host university running the programme.

The host university is in charge of the academic admission of applications. Study results will be taken into consideration during the selection, but the most important academic selection criteria are relevant professional experience and prospects for applying the acquired insights after return to the developing country. The academic admission requirements are specific to every programme. Please peruse the requirements from the relevant programme.

A joint selection committee of VLIR-UOS and the host university is responsible for selecting scholarships. The host university – not the applicant – forwards the scholarship applications to the VLIR-UOS secretariat if the academic admission requirements are met. The VLIR-UOS scholarship criteria relate to the qualifications required of all scholarship applicants and selection criteria evaluated by the selection committee. Download the VLIR-UOS scholarship criteria at the bottom of this page.
All applicants receive an acknowledgement of receipt of their applications. Applicants whose proposals are deemed academically admissible and who are awarded a scholarship for the academic year 2011-2012 will be contacted by VLIR-UOS and the host university by e-mail in May and June 2011. Applicants whose proposals are deemed academically admissible will be notified by the host university.

This is how you apply for the academic year 2011-2012

You can apply for a VLIR-UOS scholarship from the 1st of October 2010.

You must fill in the pre-screening form at the bottom of the page of the programme you want to follow. You may only choose one programme. If you apply to more than one programme your details will be entered more than once in our central database and all your applications will be inadmissible.

So you must follow the correct and complete procedure below.

1. Apply on the VLIR-UOS website via the pre-screening form: fill in name, birth date, country, etc…;
2. Receive a VLIR-UOS application/file number by return e-mail from VLIR-UOS;
3. Apply on the website from the host university through the link mentioned in the return e-mail from VLIR-UOS;
4. Write the received VLIR-UOS application/file number on the application file from the host university;
5. Send a printout of your application file along with all required documents (diploma transcripts, motivation, etc…) to the International Office of the host university, not to VLIR-UOS.

Applications that are incomplete, illegible or that reach the host university’s International Office after the deadline will be automatically rejected.

The deadline to apply for a scholarship from VLIR-UOS for a master programme is the 1st of February 2011.

Read more: http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/index.php?language=EN&navid=244&direct_to=Home

New Zealand:Sir Neil Isaac Scholarship in Geography/Environmental Science

Description

The Sir Neil Isaac Scholarship was founded in memory of Sir Neil Isaac (1915-1987) who had a lifelong enthusiasm for enhancing relationships between people and the environment. The scholarship was established by the Isaac Wildlife Trust in 1987, and on the Golden Jubilee of the Department of Geography.

Eligibility

The scholarship candidate will be required to undertake geographical research on the relationships between people and the environment as part of a Master's degree (by thesis or thesis and examination) in the Department of Geography at the University of Canterbury.

Amount	$12,000, plus research and thesis expenses of $3,000, and tuition fees at the New Zealand domestic rate
Tenure	1 year
Closing Dates	30 Nov 2010
	Please note that applications forms are only available from approximately 8 weeks ahead of the closing date. For external scholarships, please refer to details on the External Web Site below.
Regulations	isaac.pdf (pdf, 16.5KB)

New Zealand:Murray and Company Investment Banking Scholarship

Description

Murray & Company is a Christchurch based investment bank with three divisions: corporate finance, wealth management and private equity. Corporate finance activities include mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and corporate advice.

Eligibility

Studying at University of Canterbury, University of Otago or Lincoln University in their third or fourth year whose full-time course of study includes one or more 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 level Finance papers.
Amount $1,500
Tenure n/a
Closing Dates 01 Sep 2011
Please note that applications forms are only available from approximately 8 weeks ahead of the closing date. For external scholarships, please refer to details on the External Web Site below.

Regulations	Murray_Info_2010.pdf (pdf, 29.5KB)
External Email Address	Murray + Company website

New Zealand Post Management Science Scholarship

Description

The scholarship was established in 1993 by New Zealand Post.

Eligibility

Awarded to a full-time student enrolled at 300 level of the BSc(Hons) or the final year of a BA, BCom, or BSc degree in Management Science at the University of Canterbury.

Amount	$4,500
Tenure	1 year
Closing Dates	31 Mar 2011
	Please note that applications forms are only available from approximately 8 weeks ahead of the closing date. For external scholarships, please refer to details on the External Web Site below.
Regulations	nzpost.pdf (pdf, 39.1KB)

New Zealand:Development of electrocatalytic anodes for Alkaline Water electrolysers (PhD project)

Description

Funded project in the field of Chemical engineering, Materials Science, electrochemistry, Energy and Hydrogen

Eligibility

BE(Hons), BSc(Hons), ME, MSc (should have either a chemical engineering, physical chemistry or material science background)

Abstract

Water electrolysis is a reliable method of producing high purity hydrogen suitable for use in fuel cells or other industrial processes. In order to improve the efficiency of water electrolysers, the cell voltage must be decreased towards the theoretical potential of 1.48 V (thermo-neutral potential). In this project we aim to achieve this by applying thin electrocatalytic layers to low-cost nickel foam substrates. The electrocatalytic layer will increase the electrolyser performance in several ways [1]:
1. Increased surface area (more reaction sites per unit geometric area)
2. Increase electrocatalytic activity (exchange current)
3. Improved reaction mechanism
4. Improved gas - electrode -electrolyte interface
These electrocatalytic layers will be deposited using several methods. The standard method to deposit the oxygen evolution electrocatalytic layer will be by thermal decomposition [2-3]. This method has been applied to many electrocatalysts with great success due to the ease and controllability of the preparation method [4]. The second approach to deposition the anode and cathode electrocatalytic layers will be by electrodeposition. Cobalt oxide layers prepared by this method have shown good activity for the oxygen evolution reaction [5] and we believe the surface area (and thus performance) can be enhanced even further by using a templated electrodeposition process [6] to create a nanostructured oxide layer. Both the thermal and templated electrodeposition method can be carried out at industrial scale easily and cheaply.
The electrodes will be investigated using electrochemical techniques, electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction. The electrochemical techniques will include cyclic voltammetry, half-cell polarisation curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). EIS is particularly powerful as we can assess the performance, surface area, ohmic resistances and any mass transport behaviour at the electrocatalytic layers while the electrodes are operating under industrial conditions. The performance and electrochemical behaviour of the electrode will be examined in standard aqueous electrochemical cells and in pilot scale water electrolysers.

References
1. Zeng, K. and D. Zhang, Recent progress in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production and applications. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. In Press, Corrected Proof.
2. Singh, S.P., et al., Preparation of thin Co3O4 films on Ni and their electrocatalytic surface properties towards oxygen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 1996. 21(3): p. 171-178.
3. Battisti, A.D., et al., Preparation and characterization of oxide film electrodes. Can. J. Chem., 1997. 75: p. 1759-1765.
4. Trasatti, S. and G. Lodi, Oxygen and Chlorine Evolution Reactions on Conductive Metallic Oxide Anodes, in Electrodes of Conductive Metallic Oxides Part B. 1980, Elsevier scientific publishing company. p. 521.
5. Dinamani, M. and P.V. Kamath, Electrocatalysis of oxygen evolution at stainless steel anodes by electrosynthesized cobalt hydroxide coatings. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2000. 30(10): p. 1157-1161.
6. Elliott, J.M., et al., Platinum microelectrodes with unique high surface areas. Langmuir, 1999. 15(22): p. 7411-7415.

For more information or to apply for this project contact:
Dr Aaron Marshall (aaron.marshall@canterbury.ac.nz)
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
+64 3 364 2987 extn 4292

Amount	$25,000 + fees per year
Tenure	3 years
Closing Dates	Open Until Filled
	Please note that applications forms are only available from approximately 8 weeks ahead of the closing date. For external scholarships, please refer to details on the External Web Site below.
External Email Address	Dr Aaron Marshall

New Zealand:Gates Cambridge Scholarship

In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington, USA announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust.

This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.

About the scholarships
The Trust expects there to be of the order of 230 Gates Cambridge Scholars studying at the University at any one time. Although there may be variation in the actual number of awards made each year, the Trust seeks to elect approximately 100 new scholars annually.

In selecting Gates Cambridge Scholars, the Trust looks for students of exceptional academic achievement and scholarly promise for whom advanced study at Cambridge would be particularly appropriate. The Trust expects a good match to be made between the applicant's qualifications and aspirations and what Cambridge has to offer. Successful applicants will have the ability to make a significant contribution to their discipline while in Cambridge, with a strong aptitude for research, analysis and a creative approach to defining and solving problems.

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded only to students who gain admission to the University through the University's regular procedures.

The Gates Cambridge Scholarships offer a substantial number of awards each year for the following full time courses of study:

Who is eligible
Candidates for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship:
may be citizens of any country outside the United Kingdom.
may apply to study any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
must apply to pursue one of the following full-time residential courses of study:
Research leading to the PhD degree
One-year post-graduate courses (e.g. MPhil, LLM, Diploma, MBA etc.)
2 year MSc degree
Second Bachelor degree as an Affiliated Student
MBBChir Clinical Studies


must be admitted to Cambridge through the University's normal academic procedures. The Trust cannot admit students.

must have a first class or high second class honours degree, or its equivalent, from a recognised university. For universities which work according to the North American pattern, candidates will be expected to have excellent transcripts with high GPA scores showing evidence of sustained achievement in study, together with the type of academic references which speak of the candidate's leadership potential, social commitment, intellectual ability and why further study at Cambridge is particularly appropriate. The Gates Cambridge Trust does not require candidates to take a GRE test, although some Departments in Cambridge may do so; candidates should check the relevant section of the Graduate Studies Prospectus.

must be well prepared for the Cambridge course for which they are applying and must meet the academic criteria for admission specified by the University. Some courses may have particular requirements for admission, and details of these can be found in the relevant sections of the Graduate Studies Prospectus for graduate applicants, or the Undergraduate Prospectus for affiliated applicants.

Value of the scholarship
A Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers the full cost of studying at Cambridge, namely:

the University Composition Fee and College fees at the appropriate rate1
a maintenance allowance for a single student (£12, 250 for 12 months at the current 2008-09 rate; pro rata for courses shorter then 12 months)
the cost of the most economical airfare from the scholar's normal country of residence to the UK at the beginning of their course and the cost of the most economical airfare from the UK to the scholar's normal country of residence at the end of the course
A discretionary contribution towards the costs of supporting dependants at Cambridge (upon application)
Once in residence, Gates Scholars may apply for financial help with the costs of attending conferences, undertaking fieldwork and other activities.

Conditions
You can find out about graduate courses at Cambridge from the Graduate Studies Prospectus. Affiliated students can find information about undergraduate courses in the Undergraduate Prospectus.

For further information visit www.gatesscholar.org

Graduate Studies Prospectus packs are available on line at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus.

Deadline:15/12/2010

New Zealand:Murray King Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship was established in 1998, as a memorial to the late Mr Murray King, who was a pioneer in the development of soil conservation programmes in the Wairarapa. The funds are provided from a Trust fund, contributed to by individuals, local and regional authorities, interest groups, and charitable organisations.

Purpose
The purpose of the award is to enable Wairarapa students to attend a New Zealand university and obtain degree qualifications, with particular emphasis on, but not exclusive to, soil conservation, soil and land management, indigenous forest management, and conservation management.

Selection Criteria
1.Students who have completed part or all of their secondary education in the Wairarapa, or who live in the Wairarapa at the time of applying for the scholarship are eligible. Wairarapa includes all areas under the administration of the Masterton, Carterton, and South Wairarapa District Councils.

2.Indicative graduate courses that may further assist potential applicants are:
BApplSci - majoring in Agribusiness, Agriculture, Forestry, or Natural Resource Management;
BSc - majoring in Agriculture Science

3.Preference will be given to students who are eligible to enter the third year and beyond, of an appropriate degree course, with applicable course subjects. Postgraduates are eligible to apply.

4.Previous holders of the scholarship may not apply for subsequent scholarships.

5.In awarding the scholarship the following factors (in no particular order of precedence) may be considered: academic ability, personal attributes, relevance of course study, community associations, and potential for future career success.

Value
Up to $2,000 is currently available for award each year either as one scholarship or divided into several scholarships. This is at the discretion of the Board, but generally one per year.

Tenure
Tenable for one year, payment to be paid half yearly during the academic year. The second instalment will be forwarded on receipt of a brief half yearly report.

Selection
The Murray King Memorial Trust Board. The Trust Board will draw up a short list of applicants to be interviewed. The decision will be announced early in February. All applicants will be notified by mail.

Conditions of the Award
Recipients of the scholarship will be required to engage in full time study, and take up the scholarship at the commencement of the academic year following the closing date. Awards will not be made retrospectively.

Further Information
Further information can be obtained from Mr D J Cameron, Regional Land Management Officer, Greater Wellington Regional Council, P O Box 41, Masterton or;
Mr J K Pottinger, Morris Road, R D 6, Masterton.
Alternatively, email: mking.scholarship@mstn.govt.nz
Phone (06) 378 9666 or fax (06) 378 8400.

Guidelines and Application Forms:
Application must be made on the approved Application Form, and accompanied by a letter.

Murray King Memorial Scholarship
C/o Masterton District Council
P O Box 444
MASTERTON
Alternatively, email: mking.scholarship@mstn.govt.nz
Phone (06) 378 9666 or fax (06) 378 8400.

Closing date
31 December each year.

University of Westminster Scholarships For International Students

The University of Westminster has the most generous scholarship scheme for international students of any British university. These scholarships are normally awarded on the basis of three criteria: academic excellence, development potential, and financial need. For more information visit westminster.ac.uk/scholarships

You must have an offer of a place at the University before you can apply. The application deadlines are:

• for October start courses – 31 May
• for January start courses – 1 November

You will find out if your application is successful about one month after the deadline. These are highly competitive scholarships and we receive many more applications than we can fund, so you should also prepare other ways to fund your studies.

The IBM Center for Advanced Studies in Portugal (IBM CAS – Portugal) Funding At Doctoral And Postdoctoral Level

In accordance with the Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualification of Human Resources (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento2010), the IBM Center for Advanced Studies in Portugal (IBM CAS – Portugal) opens a call for funding of individual grants of the following type:

Doctoral Grants (BD)
Post-Doctoral Grants (BPD)

These are one-year grants, renewable for up to total of three consecutive years, as long as interim evaluations are positive. The grants cannot be awarded for periods of less than one uninterrupted year.

Period of the Call

The call will be open from July 1^st to September 30^th and will include two evaluation cycles. The fist cycle will evaluate all applications sealed before 6pm on August 31^st, 2010. The second cycle will evaluate all applications sealed before 6pm on September 30^th, 2010.

Applications

The individual applications must be submitted in English using the Application Form available at the website, and sent to ibmcas@fe.up.pt.
Approved grants may start not before September 20^th 2010.

Evaluation

The evaluation takes into account the merits of the candidate, and his/her motivation to work in the pre-selected project. Until September 15^th (October 15^th, for 2^nd cycle) the evaluation panel will produce an ordered list of candidates. Pre-selected candidates may have to undergo an interview.

Source:http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~ibmcas/announcements.html