March, 2011 | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 157

CCAPS Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 2011-2012, Austin

The Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program will offer up to three pre-doctoral fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year. The CCAPS pre-doctoral fellowship program aims to stimulate the development of the next generation of researchers and thought leaders on the topic of climate change and political stability in Africa. Pre-doctoral fellows are encouraged to present their research within and outside the Center, collaborate on papers or projects with other fellows and faculty, participate in the research activities of CCAPS, attend and take an active role in CCAPS and Strauss Center seminars and conferences, and immerse themselves in the greater University community during their appointment. Pre-doctoral fellowships are available to advanced PhD students from all disciplines, including both the social and natural sciences, as they pertain to relevant topics to the CCAPS program

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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2011 Summer Internships for Students at FBK, Italy: Speech Recognition/Machine Translation/Content Processing

The internship includes some financial support. Applications should be sent to the contact point of the area of interest, by specifying the code of the call. The assignment of internships will be based on a selection process. The call we be updated every month and closed once available positions and funding are assigned. Please, put the string HLT Application in the subject of your e-mail.
Financial support for sponsored internships consists of: (i) free lodging at the university campus, (ii) free lunches at to FBK’s canteen on working days, (iii) refund of traveling, local transportation, extra meals upon presentation of receipts, up to a maximum of 17Euro x duration-of-stay . For extra meals, students will have access to the canteens of the University of Trento, at the price of 6,50€ per meal.

Scholarship Application Deadline:30 April 2011

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RA and SRF Positions in Plant Breeding and Plant Physiology, IIPR, India

“Walk-in-Interview” will be held at Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kalyanpur, Kanpur for the following positions on Contractual basis. Eligible and desirous candidates fulfilling all the requirements should bring their application giving full details of academic records and experience(s) alongwith attested photocopy as well as original copy of the relevant documents and a passport size photograph. Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), is a national institute established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to carry out basic strategic and applied research on major pulse crops. Besides generating basic knowledge and material, the Institute also develops appropriate production and protection technologies, production and supply of breeder seeds of improved varieties, demonstration and transfer of technologies and strategic coordination of pulse research through wide network of testing centers across the country.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 22 March 2011

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