Grants and Fellowships | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 65

KKLF Senior Research Fellowships, UK: Clinical Research

The principle objective of The Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund Senior Research Fellowship programme is to facilitate the careers of truly outstanding biomedical scientists who have already, or are likely to achieve international status as researchers in leukaemia or a closely related field. It is likely that the appointees will already have considerable experience in basic research.The appointment will normally be made at the level of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer on either clinical or non-clinical payscales as appropriate. The fellowship will cover the cost of the fellow’s salary for 5 years and may support up to 2 assistants, together with costs of laboratory consumables, but will not contribute to departmental overheads.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 April 2011

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Senior Research Fellow (Medical) at the Pediatric Biology Centre, THSTI, India

The project involves clinical interactions with pregnant women who are going to deliver at a clinical site (hospital). SRFs will enroll eligible women when they come to the antenatal clinic, into a research study and will follow up the enrolled women when they come to the labour room for their delivery; obtain clinical information and clinical samples and perform any other clinical/research activity for the project as determined by the investigators.
Qualifications required: The candidate should have a graduate degree of MBBS from an accredited Indian University, and should have a good academic record. Experience in one/more areas listed below is desirable but not mandatory.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics
Clinical trials

Scholarship Application Deadline: 01st March, 2011 at 11 AM

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Graduate Fellowship in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, USA

The fellowships are open to new doctoral students who have been accepted to the Ph.D. program in CSE for Fall 2011. Each fellowship provides a stipend of $23,000; an additional $7,000 is provided for covering tuition fees, health insurance, and other fees. Each fellowship is for up to three years of support, provided that academic progress is maintained. Specific details about fellowship requirements, obligations, and application process are provided below.
The department currently has 35 PhD students in the program and expects to increase the size to 50 over the next years. Students who wish to enter the Ph.D. program must possess a Bachelors (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in either computer science or computer engineering. The department will consider applications from students lacking this background if they show exceptional promise. Specific
admission and program requirements can be found at the following website: The Department will reimburse the application fees for admission for applicants with a GPA greater than 3.5 and a GRE Verbal + Quantitative score greater than 1,250 (with a GRE Quantitative score greater than 750).

Scholarship Application Deadline: March 15, 2011

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