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Erasmus Mundus Master in Technology, Heritage, Territories Industry: History, Valorisation, Didactic(TPTI)

TPTI (Techniques, Heritage, Industry Territories): scientific quality in service training in technology history, heritage and areas of the industry.

Master TPTI is a inter-university diploma which is coordinated by the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, in collaboration with two other European universities, the University of Evora in Portugal and the University of Padua in Italy.

This diploma is the Erasmus Mundus program established by the European Commission to make Europe a pole of excellence in training and research capable of attracting the best students at European universities and researchers worldwide.

Master Erasmus Mundus TPTI offers training in two years, and is designed for students or professionals wishing to develop in methodology, theory and practical heritage. It focuses on both historical analysis and analysis of land and give it an extra dimension of pure research and action research. Thus, it leads to either a doctoral or professional applications (expert, consulting, business culture). Each candidate selected by the Consortium received a grant from the European Commission.

TPTI remains on the account that hundreds of Masters Erasmus Mundus European Commission, one of the few degrees that are aimed at the Francophone world and which makes French the main language of work, even though English is accepted as second language.

TPTI training is designed to provide its students with knowledge of high scientific quality, while enabling them to gain practical experience through internships, learning multiple languages (English, French, Portuguese and Italian) and mobility through various European and non-Europeans who prepare research or professional life.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

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Community Fellowship Program 2011, USA: Public and Community service fields

The Open Society Institute-Baltimore is accepting applications for its 2011 class of Community Fellows. OSI-Baltimore will award up to 10 fellowships to individuals committed to improving the circumstances of Baltimore’s underserved communities. Fellows will receive $48,750 over 18 months.
Through its Community Fellowships Program, OSI-Baltimore hopes to encourage more entrepreneurial individuals to join the public and community service fields and to promote initiatives that will empower struggling communities to improve the quality of life for residents. Since 1998, over 100 Community Fellows have applied their educational and professional experiences in innovative projects serving marginalized communities in Baltimore. Past fellows have made exceptional accomplishments in a wide variety of areas such as HIV awareness, community-managed open spaces, youth outreach, community art and juvenile justice.
Interested individuals may either apply for a fellowship to work under the auspice of a nonprofit organization or apply for a fellowship to work independently.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 21 March 2011

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Returning Scholars Fellowship Program, USA: Social Sciences and Humanities

The Returning Scholars Fellowship Program, as part of a conscious strategy to combat “brain drain” in the social sciences and humanities, supports talented young scholars who, after earning a postgraduate degree abroad, seek university positions and academic careers in their home countries.  The program operates in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine.
Securing the services of such scholars is essential to the revitalization of academic departments and the sustainability of higher education reforms, to which Academic Fellowship Program also contributes. The program offers scholars financial, institutional, and professional development support, as well as opportunities for further professional growth as program alumni.
Returning Scholars and partner departments also benefit from the presence of Academic Fellowship Program-supported International Scholars, who provide expert mentorship in such areas as professional development, curriculum development and reform, research methods, and teaching/learning methodologies specific for their discipline.
The program supports scholars from the aforementioned countries who have received (or will receive by the start of the fellowship) eligible degrees in the following fields: anthropology, area/cultural studies, economics, gender studies, history, human rights & public law, international relations, journalism/media studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy/ environmental studies, public policy/public health, social work, and sociology. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, and business.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 April 2011

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