Grants and Fellowships | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 10

C V Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers 2011, India: Science and Technology

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Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has initiated C V Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers under new Science & Technology initiative to promote scientific cooperation with Africa. This prestigious fellowship is aimed at further strengthening the bond between Indian & African nations through Science & Technology collaboration. This fellowship is a follow up action of the new Science & Technology initiative for African countries announced at the highest level during the India-Africa Forum Summit of April 2008.

Objective
The objective of the C V Raman International Fellowship is to provide opportunities to African researchers to conduct, under the guidance of their host in India, collaborative research with leading research groups in universities and other Indian institutions in various areas of Science & Technology.
Types and number of fellowships offered
Each African country will have 8 slots of fellowship totaling approximately 416 fellowships under this programme.
(a) Post Doctoral Fellowship – Duration 6 months. Maximum 2 fellowships of 6 months duration each or one fellowship thereof subject to total 12 man-months.
(b) Visiting fellowship – Duration 3 months. Maximum 3 fellowships
(c) Senior Fellowship – Duration 1 month. Maximum 3 fellowships

Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is the Coordinating Partner for C V Raman International Fellowship. FICCI, on behalf of Department of Science & Technology, invites applications from African researchers for the award of C V Raman International Fellowship to conduct research in Indian research laboratories/institutes in chosen areas of Science & Technology.

Scholarship Application Deadline: July 31, 2011

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2012-2013 IAH Fellowships at College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina, USA: arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences

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IAH Faculty Fellowships provide semester-long fellowships on campus for UNC faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences to pursue research and projects for publication, exhibition, composition and performance. The program provides funding for each Fellow’s department to cover their semester leave and pays for the weekly seminar, during which the IAH provides a meal for each class of eight to 12 Fellows to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines. IAH Fellowships support work related to the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences.
Eligibility: IAH Faculty Fellowships are awarded for proposals that are related in some important way to the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences. Professors in tenure-track positions of all ranks are encouraged to apply. The Institute seeks a blend of ranks and disciplines for each class of Fellows. Faculty members may apply for an IAH Fellowship as early as their second year at UNC-Chapel Hill. Persons holding fixed-term appointments who are in at least their fourth year are also eligible if they will be returning to their department the following semester Past Fellows may apply for an IAH fellowship in the fifth year after their previous award. Joint proposals from two faculty members are also accepted.

Scholarship Application Deadline: September 30, 2011.

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Junior Research Fellowships, The Society of Fellows, Harvard University, USA

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Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves. A letter of nomination should include an assessment of the candidate’s work and promise, complete contact information for the candidate, including current residential addresss and email address, and the names, mailing addresses, and email addresses of three additional people who agree to write letters of recommendation by the end of September at the latest. Men and women interested in any field of study are eligible for these fellowships. Nominees should be of the highest calibre of intellectual achievement, i.e. comparable to the most successful candidates for junior faculty positions at leading universities.

Please note: If still pursuing the Ph.D., Junior Fellows should be at the dissertation stage of their theses and be prepared to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows. If already a recipient of the degree, they should not be much more than a year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship commences. Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start of the fellowship.

Scholarship Application Deadline:September 2, 2011.

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