London School of Economics Financial Support 2011 for Diploma, LLM, MA, and MSc Programmes

There are a range of awards available for study at this level. Approximately 19% of taught masters offer holders are successful in obtaining some form of financial support from the School. The value of support ranges in value from 10% of the tuition fee to a full fees and maintenance award.

Graduate Support Scheme

LSE’s major financial support scheme for study at taught masters level is the Graduate Support Scheme (GSS). This scheme is open to all applicants, with the exception of those undertaking specific modular or executive programmes such as the MSc in Finance (Part time) or the MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management.

Around £2 million is available annually in the form of awards from the Graduate Support Scheme. The Scheme is designed to help students who do not have sufficient funds to meet all their costs of study. GSS awards range in value from £3,000 to a maximum of £10,000, and have an average value of £6,000.

Application to the Graduate Support Scheme is via the LSE Graduate Financial Support Application form. This form will be made available to you once you have submitted an application for admission to the School.

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Facebook Fellowship Program 2011-2012, USA

For this fellowship, students must be enrolled during the academic year that the Fellowship is awarded

Study Subject: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture
Employer: Facebook
Level: PhD
We are interested in a wide range of academic topics, including the following topical areas:
Computational Advertising
Computer Vision
Compiler Technology
Computer Architecture
Computer Networking
Computer Security
Databases
Data Mining
Distributed Computing
Fault Tolerance
Human-Computer Interaction
Internet Economics
Machine Learning
Machine Translation
Natural Language Processing
Search
Smart Datacenters
Social Computing

Eligibility Criteria

Full-time Ph.D. students in topical areas represented by these fellowships who are currently involved in on-going research.

Students must be studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, System Architecture, or a related area.

Students must be enrolled during the academic year that the Fellowship is awarded.

Students must be nominated by a faculty member.
 
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Erasmus Mundus Asiaregional (EMASIAREGIONAL) Action 2 LOT 1 Scholarships for Undegraduate, Masters, Doctoral and PostDoc

he Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (EMA2) is a co-operation and mobility scheme in the area of higher education co-operation launched by Europe Aid cooperation Office and implemented by the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA).

EMA2 LOT 11/Strand 1 – EMA2 Lot 11 – ASIA

Lot 11 – ASIA is a partnership of 6 European and 14 universities from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Maldives, Philippines, Thailand and North Korea with ample experience in international co-operation. The mobility scheme proposed for the project foresees a mobility of students and academic staff of 115 persons within the consortium. Mobility takes place only from Asian countries to Europe.

The exchanges will be organised for:

* Undergraduates

* Masters and Doctorates

* Post docs and academic staff

The partnership will reach vulnerable groups, with little access to conventional means of calls for mobility, due to their refugee condition, or to difficult social and economic circumstances, through their partner institutions and the networks to which they belong.

The Call is opened. DEADLINE: January 31st 2011, 00:00 hr CET (Central European Time)

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International Scholarship Programme ENS Cachan 2011-2012, France

nternational Scholarship Programme 2011-2012

The International Scholarship Programme of the ENS Cachan is open to foreign students performing or who have studied and obtained their last degree abroad. This programme is aimed at students wishing to apply for a second year Research Master (RM2) or for a PhD in order to follow or pursue their research training in one of the departments or laboratories of the ENS Cachan. Priority is given to students who wish to undertake a complete second year of Research Master or a joint PhD (“cotutelle”).

The amount of the grant is 1000 euros per month and duration of stay is 6 to 12 months.

The selection procedure comprises two stages: “pre-selection” and “final selection”.

To participate, you must first apply online. Before you begin, please read very carefully Rules of the International Scholarship Programme at:http://www.ens-cachan.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?CODE_FICHIER=1290426343395&ID_FICHE=8005 

The application form must be completed carefully. We advise you to go first every page of the application online and rate the items you need (by clicking OK, you go to the next page). When you have prepared the information needed for the nomination, it will be easier to complete the record.

If your application online is the selection criteria of the ENS Cachan, you will be prompted (e) to attend the final selection stage.

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Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Scholarships (OCISS)

Scholarship for Islamic students and developing countries students only

These scholarships have been established by the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies to allow graduates to pursue study of benefit to the Muslim world.

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is a Recognized Independent Centre of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1985 to encourage the scholarly study of Islam and the Islamic world. The Centre provides a meeting point for the Western and Islamic worlds of learning. At Oxford it contributes to the multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary study of the Islamic world. Beyond Oxford, its role is strengthened by an international network of academic contacts.

Am I eligible?

Candidates should be applying to start a new graduate course at Oxford.

Open to British Muslim students and students from the following developing countries in Asia and Africa: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Djibouti,

 Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia,

Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen Arab Republic.

Scholarship Deadline: 7 January 2011

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University of Sydney Master Scholarships in Human Rights and Democratisation

Applications are now being accepted for study and for scholarships in the Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific) (MHRD).

The MHRD is a unique Master degree program in which students undertake a foundational semester of study at the University of Sydney, and then a second semester at one of the four partner universities:

Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia)

Mahidol University (Thailand)

Katmandu School of Law (Nepal)

University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Graduates of the course will gain an interdisciplinary understanding of human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific, and will have opportunities to research and examine the application of human rights and democratisation in the field with the partner institutions.

Course Structure

In the first semester at the University of Sydney, students will undertake a foundational course in social science, legal and political approaches to human rights and democratisation. During the second semester students will follow two core units of study complemented by either supervised research, an internship at an in-country organisation specialising in human rights/democratisation or undertake further specialised electives. Students must select one of the four partners universities listed above to undertake their second semester study.

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Master Scholarships in Tourism Management

Erasmus Mundus European Master in Tourism Management (EMTM) is a two-year world-class integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges in contemporary tourism.

Study Subject:Tourism Management

Employer:Erasmus Mundus

Level:Masters

Scholarship Description:Tourism is a total social and economic phenomenon, which calls for a holistic approach to tourism education where broader aims of the industry and society are explicitly addressed in tourism curricula. The European Master in Tourism Management (EMTM) provides students with a far-reaching and integrated understanding of the multiple disciplines and paradigms concerned with the subject which are bound together through the framework of sustainability.

The EMTM is a fully integrated two-year joint European programme promoted and tailor-made by three university partners: The University of Girona (Spain), known for its research and pursuit of teaching excellence in tourism product innovation and destination management; the University of Southern Denmark (Denmark), internationally recognized for its research and education in the field of sustainable tourism development; and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), renowned for its excellence in tourism policy design and tourism environmental management and economics. The medium of instruction is English.

Scholarship Application Deadline:

Erasmus Mundus Category A scholarship: 5th December 2010

Erasmus Mundus Category B scholarship: 5th January 2011

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