Bachelors Degree | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 63

University of the Witwatersrand Postgraduate Merit Award 2011, South Africa

University Postgraduate Merit Awards will be awarded on the basis of academic merit..Students who register for postgraduate diplomas, BEd, LLB degrees or GDE are not eligible for University Postgraduate Merit Awards.

Please note that the normal maximum tenure of a postgraduate merit award is:
a) Doctors (Post-Masters) – three years
b) Doctors (Post-Honours) – four years
c) Masters – two years
d) Honours – one year

A postgraduate merit awardee/bursar is obliged to work for a minimum of six and a maximum of nine hours per week in the University Department/School.

There is a minimum academic requirement for a University Postgraduate Merit Award and applicants should consult the rules.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 April 2011 for July/September enrolment

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ISOPE Scholarship for Outstanding International Students: Offshore Mechanics, Ocean, Arctic, and Related Engineering fields

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) encourages students to study and/or to conduct research in any of Offshore Mechanics, Ocean, Arctic, and Related Engineering fields, or to participate in the annual ISOPE Conferences. For this purpose, ISOPE grants scholarships of $1,000 each to outstanding graduate students and entering new graduate students for the academic year 2011?2012. Three to five scholarships were granted each year. The recipients are encouraged to join the ISOPE student
membership.
Each scholarship offered is a competitive one. Sex, race, age, religion, nationality, etc. are not factors for consideration. The awardees are selected by the ISOPE Award Committee vote. The committee members are balanced in geopolitical distribution. No more than one scholarship shall be awarded in the same year to the applicants from one university.

Scholarship Application Deadline: April 15, 2011

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2011 Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship at University of Pittsburgh, USA

To apply for the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship, complete the Advanced Nursing Traineeship application. Submit your application and copy of your current IRS Income Tax Return to: Nicole Gannon, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, 3500 Victoria Street, 239 Victoria Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. If for some reason you did not file a federal income tax return, please submit a notarized statement explaining the reason. Summer Term Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2011. Please note that applications for the new academic year 2011-2012 are not yet available, as grant approval is pending. Please check back in July for updates or contact the Student Services Office located at 239 Victoria.
Eligibility: Students must be enrolled full-time or part-time in a graduate program in nursing. Part-time students must be scheduled to graduate within the next 12 months. RN – MSN students must be in graduate portion of the program. Traineeship funds will be awarded to students with demonstrated financial need and consideration will be given to other financial aid awarded. Anesthesia students are eligible during the first year of the full-time program only. Students must be a citizen of the United States, non-citizen national or foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011

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