Engineering | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 190

CDC Fellowship for Carrying Out Live Consulting Projects, India

To provide Fellowships to students for carrying out live projects/assignments relating to consultancy by associating with consultancy firms/agencies/institutions leading towards enhancing capacity building and professional development in the field of consulting.
Eligibility Criteria
• Students with atleast 80% marks in 10+2.
• Students those who are currently enrolled in B.E. / B.Tech / MBA or equivalent courses from AICTE/UGC approved institutions / colleges / universities.
• The project is to be done in individual capacity and group projects will not be considered.
Scope
The live consulting projects may be from either engineering or management consulting, aiming towards helping the students in developing skills and competencies on consulting processes, design and development, innovativeness, tools, methods, diagnosis, documentation and presentation.
The project would qualify as a consulting project if it is based on some problem (from either Engineering / Management disciplines) identified by a company / organization / institution and assigned to the student for suggesting consulting solutions.
Amount of Fellowship
Fellowship amount of Rs.10000/- (Rupees ten thousand) would be provided to only those students whose reports are accepted by the Centre as per the guidelines given under the Evaluation Process.

Scholarship Application Deadline: It is an Ongoing scheme

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Postdoctoral Fellowships, Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication , Germany

The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communications offers young scientists postdoctoral fellowships . The center includes an outstanding group of faculty members at Stanford’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and Saarland University.

The program begins with a preparatory 1-2 year postdoc phase (Phase P) at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, followed by a two-year appointment at Stanford University (Phase I) as a visiting assistant professor, and then a position at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics as a junior research group leader (Phase II). However, the program can be entered flexibly at each phase, commensurate with the experience of the applicant.

Who should apply
Applicants to the program must have completed an outstanding PhD. Exact duration of the preparatory postdoc phase is flexible, but we typically expect this to be about 1-2 years. Applicants who completed their PhD in Germany may enter Phase I of the program directly. Applicants for Phase II are expected to have completed a post-doc stay abroad and must have demonstrated their outstanding research potential and ability to successfully lead a research group.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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JRF Positions in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

The positions are temporary initially for a period of one year and tenable only for the duration of project. The selection committee may offer lower or higher designation and lower or higher salary depending upon the experience and performance of the candidate in the interview. Candidate should apply online , if there is any problem applying online, send in the prescribed Application.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2011

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