Masters Degree | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 123

2011 ALA General Scholarship Program in Library and Information Studies, USA

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ALA has general scholarships that are open to all applicants who have applied for admission to a formal program of library and information studies leading to a master’s degree.  ALA also has scholarships people from underrepresented groups, for library support staff, and scholarships for speciality or practice area. All ALA Scholarships can be applied for through the ALA Scholarship Program. ALA General Scholarships include: Marshall Cavendish  – this general scholarship of $3,000 was established from donations from the Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Tarrytown, NY, publishers of illustrated reference books for libraries. David H. Clift – this general scholarship of $3,000 was named for a former director of the American Library Association. Christopher Hoy/ERT – this general scholarships of $5,000 was named for a long time ALA staff member who was Director of ALA Conference Services for over 20 years.  This scholarship was established with donations from Christopher J. Hoy and the Exhibits Round Table (ERT) to honor his memory. Applicants for ALA General Scholarships must be a U.S. or Canadian citizen or permanent resident; must attend an ALA accredited master’s program; must not have completed more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of the year awarded; and must submit a complete application.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 June 2011

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Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Information Technology, Masters Degree, Social Science Tags: , , , , ,

2011 Commonwealth Shared Scholarship at Sheffield Hallam University, UK: Bioscience , Physiotherapy, Health and social care, Environment, Hospitality and tourism, Human resources , Business

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Sheffield Hallam University participates in the CSSS Scheme and welcomes applications from students for this prestigious award. The award covers tuition fees, living and travel costs for the duration of a Masters course. Sheffield Hallam University participates in the CSSS Scheme and welcomes applications from students for this prestigious award. The award covers tuition fees, living and travel costs for the duration of a Masters course. In 2011/12 Sheffield Hallam University is going to allocate three CSSS scholarships. Three CSSS scholarships are available for the academic year 2011/12 (September intake). The deadline for applications is 15 April 2011 Guidance on how to apply can be found on the CSSS website. To apply, follow the link ‘Click here to access the system’ which can be found near the bottom of the page. Please ensure that all necessary documents are included in your application as failure to do so will delay your application and reduce your chances of success.

Eligibility: To meet Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) eligibility criteria, candidates must

  • be nationals of (or permanently domiciled in) a Commonwealth developing country, and not be currently living or studying in a developed country
  • hold a first degree at either first or upper second class level
  • be sufficiently fluent in English to pursue the course
  • have not previously studied for one year or more in a developed country
  • not be employed by a government department (at national level) or a fully/partially state-owned corporation/government agency (employees of universities are normally acceptable however)
  • be able to confirm in writing that neither they nor their families would otherwise be able to pay for the proposed course of study

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 June 2011

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Filed Under: Finance & Accounting, Managerial Science, Masters Degree, Medical Science, Physical Science, Social Science Tags: , , , , , , ,

TEAM Programme for MSc Students, PhD Students and Postdoctorals, Poland

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The overall objective of the programme is to increase engagement of young scientists in research performed by the best teams and in the best laboratories in Poland. The projects may be carried out in one of the three main thematic areas: Bio, Info, Techno.

The programme is addressed to research teams’ leaders intending to engage students, PhD students or young PhDs (up to 4 years after the PhD) in the project. The students, PhD students and young PhDs must be selected in an open competition procedure that iscarried out on international level. The number of research team members selected trough such a competition should not be lower than 6.

The main evaluation criteria are the following:

* team leader’s scientific record as well as experience in implementing projects (achieved within the last 4 years),
* scientific or innovative quality of the projects, which will be realized by the selected team members.

The very important element to evaluate the projects is the planned international cooperation of the team (here the minimum guarantee of the intended future collaboration will be the letter of intent signed by the foreign partner, enclosed to the application form).

Scholarship Application Deadline:15 March 2011 and 30 September 2011.

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Filed Under: Doctorate Degree, Engineering, Information Technology, Masters Degree, Physical Science, Post Doctoral Tags: , , , ,
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