Grants and Fellowships | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 70

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Career Development Fellowship in Public Health Research, UK

The UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) is one of 5 Centres of Excellence in Public Health Research. CEDAR is driven by the overall goal of developing effective public health interventions for changing population level diet and physical activity behaviours.
CEDAR invites applications for a number of Post Doctoral Research Associate positions. The roles will follow the model of the MRC Career Development Fellowship Scheme which provides post-doctoral scientists with a fixed term training position to improve their research and transferable skills.
Successful applicants will have completed doctoral studies in a relevant discipline and have a background or interest in public health research. The wide breadth of partners within CEDAR provides and excellent environment for research training and development.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 8 March 2011

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Teacher Scholar Doctoral Fellowship Program, Canada

As part of the University of Saskatchewan’s commitment to advance teaching and learning excellence and to enhance the graduate student learning experience, the College of Graduate Studies and Research (CGSR) in partnership with the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (GMCTE), initiated the shared University Graduate Teaching Fellowship program in the 2009/10 academic year. That program will continue for the 2011/12 academic year with some modifications: – The program is renamed the Teacher Scholar Doctoral Fellowship program. – Allocations will be made by open competition rather than by allocation to Colleges/Schools. – Applications for the Fellowships will be submitted by the teaching partnership team (graduate student teacher, faculty mentor, and Department/School/College).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 16 March 2011

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Visiting PhD Fellowships at USC for International Students, USA

Resisting the Path to Genocide,a College 2020 Research Cluster at the University of Southern California (USC), offers funding for one visiting Ph.D. candidate per semester, beginning in Spring of 2011 through Spring 2013.The grant will be up to $4000 and shall allow the candidate to conduct research at USC for four weeks.
We are accepting international applications from Ph.D. candidates at any university, from any relevant discipline, who are working on a subject relevant to the cluster’s activities.
An interdisciplinary committee of faculty members involved with the research cluster will select the candidate, who will be chosen on the basis of:

  • how closely the candidate’s research relates to the topic of genocide resistance, and can contribute to scholarly discussion of genocide resistance within the cluster
  • the extent to which the use of USC’s resources will enable the candidate to further his or her ongoing research, or to conduct a smaller research project during the length of his or her stay at USC

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 February 2011

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