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Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme: International affairs, development studies, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics

scholarshipnigeria / February 9, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Institute is pleased to welcome academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of one semester.

Candidates are invited to apply to the programme. Successful applicants will be able to take advantage of their period in residence to update their teaching curricula, participate in teaching courses, further their research projects and contribute to enriching the intellectual life of the Institute.

Priority will be given to university teachers – with a preference for women and junior academics – who will seek to apply the benefits of their stay at the Institute upon returning to their own institutions.

Thanks to the generous support of a Swiss foundation that wishes to remain anonymous, the Institute will welcome three participants each semester who will spend between three and five months at the Institute.

Objectives

Academics participating in this programme will be able to take advantage of their stay at the Institute:

To update and strengthen the curriculum of their course through close contact with colleagues working in the same discipline or area of expertise;
To further a personal research project by taking advantage of the plethora of expertise available in the Institute’s research centres and programmes, as well as the library’s resources, one of the most important European repositories in the field;
To participate in teaching courses (depending on the needs of the study plan, they may be called upon to teach a course for the entire semester);
Interact with the Institute’s students and faculty, as well as with international, public and private-sector actors from the Geneva area.

Benefits

Academics will benefit from the following advantages:

The Institute will cover the costs of travel and visas for participants as well accommodation costs;
It will offer a monthly stipend to compensate for the loss of income in the institution of origin and to cover subsistence costs in Geneva;
Participants will be provided with a work space, and access to the Institute’s library and IT facilities.

Conditions for applications

Candidates must hold a PhD and have a full time tenure-track or tenured position in an academic institution in Africa, Asia, or Latin America.

Their teaching and research activities and interests must fit with the Institute’s disciplines and fields of expertise (international affairs, development studies, development economics, sociology and anthropology of development, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics).

Procedure

The deadlines for applications are 1 March, for the autumn semester (mid-September to mid-December), and 1 October for the spring semester (mid-February to end May).

Applications must be sent to the Director by e-mail (in-residence@graduateinstitute.ch) or regular post:

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Director
Global South In-Residence Scholars
Rue de Lausanne 132
PO Box 136
CH-1211 Geneva 11

They must include:

A letter of motivation stating the reasons for the application, the preferred semester, and the Institute’s discipline or area of expertise in which the candidate is interested;
A work plan detailing the proposed activities to be completed during the candidate’s time at the Institute (update of teaching curriculum, research project, etc.);
A curriculum vitae and a list of published works;
Two letters of recommendation.

Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Finance & Accounting, Law, Social Science Tags: Africa, Anthropology, geneva area, History, international affairs, international economics, Law, PhD, Sociology

The John Harvey Whiteside Scholarship, University of Toranto: Art or Commerce

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This scholarship has been established to provide continuing funding for a Trinity College student who is registered in an Honours Bachelor of Arts or Commerce programme, and who is not also receiving another significant continuing scholarship. Candidates are to have strong academic records and good records of community participation. The award is given each year to a student entering second year and is renewable for the third year and fourth year of study as long as the recipient maintains aminimum 3.50 AGPA each year on a minimum of 4.0 credits, and remains positively involved in the College and/or University and/or community; special consideration may be given to renewal for a student whose AGPA or course load falls below the minimums above in any given year as a result of circumstances that have disrupted his/her academic work.
Criteria:
Applicants must:
1. Have been newly admitted to degree studies in 2010-2011 and be entering second year in 2011-2012.
2. Have a minimum 3.50 AGPA in their first year on a minimum of 4.0 credits.
3. Demonstrate active College/University/community involvement (sports, arts, student societies,volunteer work, etc.) and the intention to continue to be involved in these areas.
Value:
One award with a value of $15,000 per year. This award is eligible for renewal twice, for third and fourth years, provided the renewal conditions are met.

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 18, 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Bachelors Degree, Finance & Accounting Tags: Arts, bachelor of arts, degree studies, john harvey, trinity college, university of toranto

2011-2012 Connaught International Scholarships for Doctoral Students, Canada

scholarshipnigeria / February 8, 2011 Leave a Comment

The primary purpose of the Connaught International Scholarships for Doctoral Students is to assist graduate units in recruiting and supporting outstanding international scholars to the University of Toronto’s graduate programs. The effective value to each student in 2011-2012 will be $35,000.00 total (including tuition). Value · The department will cover the cost of tuition at the domestic student rate plus the normal minimum funding in the graduate unit of $15,000 or higher (using the normal combination of Research and Teaching Assistantships, UofT Fellowships, etc.). · The Connaught Program will cover “top-up” funding to bring the total funding to $35,000 from the normal minimum in the graduate unit ($15,000 or higher). · Scholarships will continue in the same form throughout the normal period in the funded cohort (4 or 5 years, according to the standard duration of the department’s funding package Eligibility · Nominees must be new international applicants applying to full-time doctoral or doctoral-stream programs within the funded-cohort (M.A., M.Sc., MASc, PhD). · Nominees must begin their program in the 2011-2012 academic year (no later than fall 2011) and cannot have been previously registered within UofT.

To apply for scholarship : apply to an eligible graduate program at UofT – in order to do this, they you must follow the admission instructions on the website of the UofT dept. you’re interested in

Scholarship Application Deadline: February 22, 2011