Richard Plaschka Scholarship, Austria.

Area of study or research:

• Humanities and Theology
• Historical Sciences, Linguistics and Literature Sciences

Detailed type of grant:

• semester or one-year grant, research grant

Target Group:

• postgraduates
• PhD holders
• researchers

Authority awarding grant:

• OeAD-GmbH/ICM-Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility on behalf of and funded by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF)

Duration:

• 4 to 9 months

Quota:

• Maximum of 7 new awards per academic year! In case of successful research activities the scholarship can, on request, be renewed (total duration 18 months).

Grant benefit paid:

1. Monthly grant
   a) grant: 1040 EUR
   b) book allowance: 93 EUR
2. Accident and health insurance, accommodation
   a) If necessary, the ÖAD will take out an accident and health insurance on behalf of the grant recipient.
   b) The OeAD-GmbH will endeavour to provide accommodation (student hall of residence or flat) for recipients of grants who wish to get accommodation arranged by the OeAD. Monthly costs: 220 EUR to 470 EUR (depending on how much comfort the recipients of grants want). An administration fee of 18 EUR per month is payable to the ÖAD for arranging accommodation.
   The costs for insurance and accommodation have to be paid out of the grant by the recipient of the grant.
3. Recipients of grants are exempted from paying tuition fees.
4. Recipients of grants from non-European developing countries will also receive a travel costs subsidy of up to 730 EUR maximum.

Closing date for applications:

• 01. 03. 2011

Where to submit your application:

• New applicants:
  online at www.scholarships.at
• Applications for renewals:
  Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility (ICM)
  of the OeAD-GmbH
  A-1090 Wien, Alser Straße 4/1/14/1
  Tel.: 01/4277-28189
  Fax: 01/4277-28194
  e-mail: lydia.skarits@oead.at

Application form:

• at www.scholarships.at

International Young Eco-Hero Awards USA 2011

Action For Nature (AFN), a non-profit organization, has created the International Young Eco-Hero Awards to recognize and reward the successful individual environmental initiatives of young people ages 8 to 16. AFN encourages young people around the world to carry out individual environmental action projects. We believe that young people can have a positive impact on the environment and are vital in changing the way we live on our planet.

Winners are selected by a team of independent judges with experience in environmental issues.
Judging Criteria

The applications will be judged according to several criteria, including but not limited to:

originality
difficulty
organization
length of time devoted to the project
influencing/educating others
use of outside resources (e.g. library, experts, media, community leaders)
degree of success in reaching goals
the impact on the environment.

Application Requirements

The project concerns environmental health, advocacy, research or protection of the natural world.
The project is action-based and self-initiated, and not one assigned by a teacher or other adult.
The project has reached a significant stage or bas been completed the project within the last year.
Applicants must be between the ages of 8 and 16 on February 28, 2011.
Science Fair and Scouting Badge projects will only be considered if they include environmental action, educational outreach to others or extended studies beyond the Science Fair.

We do not accept (a) projects related to domestic or confined animals, (b) compositions or reports.

DEADLINE

If you meet these requirements, complete the application form available on International Young Eco-Hero Awards Web site www.actionfornature.org and mail or e-mail your completed application to Action For Nature by Feb. 28, 2011.

Note that applications must be postmarked by Feb. 28, 2011.
Award winners will be notified in May 2011

Indian Government Scholarships for Indonesian Students

Overview
The Government of India scholarships are provided by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) through its General Cultural Scholarships Scheme (GCSS) for the year 2011-12.

The scholarships are offered to meritorious Indonesian students to undertake higher studies in India under undergraduate (S1), post-graduate (S2) and Ph.D. (S3). Students can opt for any course in the fields of arts, performing arts, architecture, literature, commerce and science; degree courses in engineering and agriculture; and doctoral and post-doctoral courses in various disciplines. Government of India will provide living allowance, contingent grant, accommodation charges, tuition fee and other benefits, including expenses on medical treatment and study tour to the students selected for the scholarship. However, the cost of air passage to India and back for all students and expenses on laboratory chemicals and related incidentals for science stream students would have to be borne by them or by their sponsors. Scholarships are not provided for medicine (MBBS), dentistry (BDS), nursing & other courses related to medicine.

Applications for the 2011-12 academic year are now being accepted in the Embassy of India in Jakarta. Last date for acceptance of applications is 22 January 2011.

Eligible Candidates
To be eligible to apply for ICCR scholarship, you must:

be an Indonesian national;
be usually and currently resident in Indonesia;
not have permanent resident status for any other country;
be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of commencement of scholarship in India;
not currently hold a scholarship from ICCR under GCSS;
not availed of a scholarship from ICCR under GCSS;
priority will be given to candidates who have not had scholarships and have not been awarded scholarship previously to study in India;
be applying to commence a new course of study at a level higher than your current qualification;
be able to take up the scholarship in the year in which it is offered (2011);
for civil servants, be endorsed by your sponsoring organization, i.e. Ministry, Department, statutory authority, agency.

Mandatory requirements for GCSS Scholarships application*:

A record of high-level academic achievement (with GPA of at least 2.75) in the last qualifying examination at the School or the University
Syllabus of the last qualifying examination
Certified/sworn copies of all documents such as marks sheets etc. with English translations
To pass an English Proficiency Test to be conducted by the Embassy
For Students applying for doctoral/post-doctoral courses or architecture: Synopsis of the proposed area of research
Certificate of Physical Fitness, as prescribed in Appendix-2 of the Application Form
Medical certificate attesting that the candidate is free from AIDS
Curriculum Vitae in English (HP and e-mail required)
Certificate in English-language course/TOEFL score minimum 500
Recommendation letter from former School/University/Office

*Information above is only a summary. For detailed information, please refer to the Application Form and the detailed

Scholarships
Living Allowance (Stipend)
@Rs. 4,500 per month for Under-graduate courses
(BA/B.Sc./B.Com/BBM/BCA/BBA/B.Tech. etc.)
@Rs. 5,000 per month for Post-graduate courses
(MA/M.Com/MBA/MCA/MSc/ME/M.Tech. etc.)
@Rs. 6,000 per month for Research courses (M.Phil/Ph.D./D.Lit/Fellow)
@Rs. 6,500 per month for Post-doctoral research students

@Rs. 4,500 per annum for Under-graduate courses
@Rs. 6,500 per annum for Post-graduate courses
@Rs. 12,000 per annum for Research courses (M.Phil/Ph.D. in Humanities, S&T/M.Tech/ME)
@Rs. 15,000 per month for Post-doctoral research courses (Humanities, Engineering, Technology)http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Guidelines.
For detailed information on ICCR scholarships, please visit: www.indianembassyjakarta.com or www.jnicc.org or www.congendiamedan.or.id or contact:

Education Wing, Embassy of India, Jl. HR Rasuna Said, Kav. S-1, Kuningan, Jakarta

Tel: (62-21) 520 4150/52/57/526 4931 & 521 3775 Fax: (62-21) 520 4160 & 5265622

E-mail: ssedu@net-zap.com or edujkt@net-zap.com

www.indianembassyjakarta.com

Post-Doctoral Position in Computational Biology, Norway

A three year full-time position as Service Scientist/Post Doctoral is available at Uni Research AS, within the Computational Biology Unit (CBU) of the Uni BCCS department.

The position is part of the CBU Service Group, and is directed towards analysis of highthroughput information from technologies such as microarrays, NGS sequencing and proteomics. The successfull applicant will have the main responsibility for the information analysis collaboration between the Service Group and the research group of Prof Helga Salvesen at Haukeland University hospital, on the project “Molecular alterations for targeted therapy in metastatic gynecologic cancer”.


The ideal candidate has a PhD in a relevant discipline (eg. computer science, mathematics, molecular biology) and expertise and experience within bioinformatics, statistics and analysis of information from high throughput molecular experiments. Basic programming or scripting skills is necessary, experience in Python, R, Perl, different operating systems, knowledge of databases and web programming will be regarded as advantageous. they expect enthusiasm and independence as well as the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team surroundings. lovely knowledge of English is necessary.

Uni BCCS has approximately 50 employees counting more than 17 different nationalities. CBU conducts competitive bioinformatics research and expands the interface between bioinformatics and experimental biological and biomedical research. CBU is closely linked and co-located with bioinformatics groups at the University of Bergen. The CBU Service Group coordinates the national FUGE bioinformatics platform of the Research Council of Norway, and is tightly coupled with the Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC). It provides bioinformatics services to Norwegian researchers, particularly within the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, biomedicine, and microbiology. Services offered by the group include bioinformatics consultancy, data analysis and software development. The group currently consists of two scientists and two programmers.

Uni Research AS has employee pension and insurance agreement. The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.
Applications containing:

� cover letter
� detailed curriculum vitae (max. three pages)
� certified copies of certificates and diplomas
� contact information of two references

should be sent to HR Manager Monika Voit (monika.voit@uni.no) with cc to Service Group Leader Kjell Petersen (kjell.petersen@uni.no). Applications which do not include all the required documents will not be considered. It is assumed that we have the candidate�fs permission to contact the references named in the application.

The position remains open until a successful candidate is found. The evaluation of applicants will commence 15 Januar 2011.

For more information about CBU and Uni BCCS, please refer to http://bccs.uni.no/, or contact service group leader Kjell Petersen at +47 55584037.

For more information about the research of Prof Helga Salvesen, use contact email: helga.salvesen@uib.no
Application Deadline : 15 January 2011

Master Scholarships Position in Public Health at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

In an work to further the educational part of our mission, the middle for Global Health supports students who exhibit outstanding academic records & a powerful desire to pursue global health careers. Each year, two or nine scholarships are awarded to incoming MPH, MHS, & MS students in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. The scholarships are awarded through a competitive routine & are open to all domestic & international students.


Apply for a Global Health Scholarship
Learn more about applying to the Bloomberg School of Public Health at:
www.jhsph.edu

There is not a separate application for the Global Health Scholarship. in lieu, all admitted students in to the Bloomberg School of Public Health are thought about for the award. You can only be awarded the scholarship as a used student; returning students aren’t eligible. in the event you wish, you may mention your desire for the scholarship in your admissions essay. The scholarship covers full tuition for the 11-month MPH program & for one year of a two-year MHS or MS program.

Web Link: www.hopkinsglobalhealth.org

Norad’s Programme for Master Studies (NOMA) Scholarship 2010 - 2014, Norway

Call for applications to Norad’s Programme for Master Studies (NOMA) 2010 - 2014

The Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU) invites applications for grants to Master programmes to be conducted in English in the South. The call for applications is presented with reference to the NOMA Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and SIU, signed on 27 April 2006, extended with an addendum to 2014 and the NOMA Programme Document.

The overall aim of the NOMA is to contribute to the education of staff in all sectors in the following eligible countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nicaragua, Bolivia and other selected countries through strengthening capacity at the Master level in higher education institutions in the South.

Based on current Norwegian development priorities and identified needs of the cooperating countries in the South, following are the eligible academic fields for the NOMA programme:
- Education
- Environment, economic development and trade
- Gender
- Good governance, democratic development, human rights and migration
- Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Oil and Energy
- Peace and Conflict resolution

A Master degree programme eligible for support under the NOMA Programme is defined as full-time workload over two academic year’s equivalent to 120 credits according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

For the period 2010 – 2014, applications for Master programmes are limited to the following categories:

a) Bilateral Master programmes for a period of either two years (one student cohort) or four years (two student cohorts). NOMA funding is limited to maximum NOK 2,25 million for one student cohort and maximum NOK 4,5 million for two student cohorts and includes all relevant supportive activities.

Bilateral Master programmes should be based on cooperation between two partner institutions, one in the South and one in Norway. One academic staff member at each partner institution called project coordinator has the responsibility for planning, implementation and reporting. Bilateral programmes may have apart from the above mentioned, informal or formal cooperation with other institutions, without specific NOMA funding for such cooperation activities.

b) Multilateral Master programmes for a period of either two years (one student cohort) or four years (two student cohorts).

NOMA funding is limited to maximum NOK 3 million for one student cohort and maximum NOK 6 million for two student cohorts and includes all relevant supportive activities.

Multilateral Master programmes should have two main partner institutions, one in the South and one in Norway but may consist of additional partner institutions both in the South (it is a requirement for multilateral NOMA programmes to have minimum two South partners; one main partner and one additional partner). It may also have additional partner(s) in Norway. The role of additional partners should be clearly stated in the application. Each partner institution must have an academic partner contact person, and must endorse the application before submission.

NB! All programme activities must be finalised within 31.12.2014

Application procedures
A joint application should be submitted online to SIU http://espresso.siu.no , no later than 30 June 2009, GMT 1500 hrs.

Applying institutions in the South and Norway must submit a confirmation of their application(s), signed by the Head of their institution, Vice Chancellor/Rector/University Director. The signatures guarantee institutional commitment to support the additional student intake with additional core resources (basic infrastructure, academic staff, administrative services etc.) in order to secure the implementation.

When submitting the application, separate Cover pages will be available for printing by the project coordinators (at UiS and UiN). This document should be printed and duly signed by the project coordinators and heads of the respective departments and the Vice Chancellor/ Rector/University Director or similar. The signed Cover page should be submitted to the NOMA Institutional contact person/NOMA coordinating unit at the institution within 6 July 2009. The institutional contact person/NOMA coordinating unit should submit the signed cover pages to SIU together with the signed prioritised list of applications within 28 August 2009.

Please note that an application is not eligible without the Confirmation Page.

Selection procedures
The NOMA Programme Board will make the final selection of the projects to be supported in October 2009. The selection will be based on the following inputs from different actors;

* External evaluation by two evaluators – one from the South and one from the North
* Assessment and ranking made by the applying institutions

Source: official announcement

Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries 2010/2011 The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst – supports a range of postgraduate courses at German universities which aim at providing academically educated young professionals from Developing Countries with further specialized studies. The DAAD supports these selected programs with a certain quota of scholarships and with financial assistance for a special tutoring system. At the end of the course (programs run 12 to 36 months, depending on the particular institution) participants can obtain an internationally recognized Master’s or in some courses PhD degree.

TARGET GROUP

University teaching staff, researchers and professionals holding an academic degree and with at least two years of experience in the public or private institutions in the following areas:

* Economic Sciences / Business Administration/ Political Econom

CRITERIA FOR APPLYING

* Age limit: 36 years of age at the time of application (for some courses 32 years)
* Degree: Bachelor or Master
* GPA: min 2,75 for Master candidates and 3,00 for Doctoral candidates
* Work experience: at least two years after completing Bachelor degree.
* Language skill:
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For postgraduate courses held in English request an international TOEFL (minimum score: 550 paper based, 213 computer based, 80 internet based) or IELTS (band 6). Some courses may expect a different level. For detailed information see the website of the relevant course.
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For postgraduate courses held in German: please see the details on the course list. Certain level of German language exam may be required before admission to the course.


FURTHER DETAILS

Information and DAAD form are available from the:

DAAD Jakarta Office
Summitmas I, Lt. 19
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Kav. 61-62
Jakarta 12190

Consultation hours: Monday – Thursday, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Contact person: Ms. Muji / Ms. Dwi
Phone: (021) 520 0870 / 525 2807
Fax: (021) 525 2822
E-mail: info@daadjkt.org

Deadline : Aug 31, 2009

http://jakarta.daad.de/scholarships/scholarship_postgraduate.htm