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Funding Opportunities for Postgraduates International Excellence Awards, UK: Geotechnics, Environmental Forensics

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The Department of Civil Engineering/David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability is offering scholarships to attract the very best students to our innovative MSc and MRes courses. MPhil degrees are also eligible.Strathclyde is a leading technological University and the Department of Civil Engineering has unique postgraduate programmes on offer: the MSc in Environmental Entrepreneurship is the first in Europe; the MSc in Environmental Forensics is supported by the best-equipped environmental forensics labs in the UK; and the syllabus of the MSc in Geotechnics has been designed in consultation with industry to incorporate the most modern methods of analysis, using industry-standard software, such as PLAXIS, ReWard and GeoSlope.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Last may  2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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The Howard Crew Green Cheese Scholarships in Humourous Creative Writing in 2011 US

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Introduced in honour of Howard Crew, General Secretary of BUNAC for 25 years, the Green Cheese Awards
consist of the Green Cheese Scholarships and the Green Cheese Prizes and are awarded on a competitive
basis. The unique nature of the awards reflects the personality and sense of humour of Howard Crew.

The Green Cheese Scholarships are intended to assist students and other eligible young people wishing to
take part in a BUNAC work exchange programme to North America. Three scholarships of up to £1000 each
are awarded annually. The amounts awarded to the winners will be credited towards the cost of participation
on one of BUNAC’s programmes. (NB.The value of the scholarships cannot be taken in cash or credited to any
other use.)

Applicants for the scholarships must:

• complete and submit this Green Cheese Scholarship Application Form;
• submit a piece of original writing on a travel related topic with an element of humour, and
• provide a letter of support (testimonial) for your application from a university lecturer,
teacher or employer.
Please note that you may only submit one entry and previous Green Cheese Scholarship or Prize winners may
not re-enter. The judging panel will base their decisions on the overall quality of presentation, the ability to
convey humour and the originality of the entry. Submissions which have previously been published elsewhere
will not be accepted.

Entries should be typed and of no more than 1500 words in length.

Application Deadline:11th February, 2011.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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Scholarship in Integrative Zoology for PhD Studies, Sweden

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Regulations for employment as a postgraduate student can be found in the Swedish Statute Book (SFS 1998:80). Only those admitted to postgraduate studies can be appointed to such a position. When appointing applicants to such a position, first and foremost their ability to benefit from postgraduate studies must be taken into consideration. In addition to pursuing postgraduate studies, the doctoral student may also perform other duties, including research, teaching and administration, according to the specific regulations.

Eligibility/Entry Requirements

The applicant?s undergraduate education should include sensory biology and/or neurobiology. Previous experience of behavioral work, image analysis and MatLab Software (or equivalent) is highly desirable.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 2011-02-21

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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