Medical Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 136

ESSKA Scholarship for International Applicants: Orthopaedic sports medicine, Arthroscopy

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The ESSKA Scholarship programme is reserved to young colleagues from Eastern Europe (10 candidates each year) and from throughout the world (5 candidates each year), who strongly wish to enlarge and improve their knowledge and competencies in orthopaedic sports medicine, knee surgery and arthroscopy.

The scholarship allows the scholars to visit highly qualified teaching surgeons and recognized sports medicine centres in Western Europe for several weeks.

Candidates must be, at the time of application, below 40 years of age. The scholars will be notified of their selection during the month of June of each year. The scholarship lasts 1 month and the exact date of the scholarship will be chosen by the Head of the selected Centre in accordance with his availability.

The scholarship can only be won once. Applicants who have not been selected are allowed to apply again.

The amount of the grant is 1.700 EUR, which will have to cover all expenses of the applicant who, during his stay, will be lodged at his own expense.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 May 2011

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Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship, UK: Engineering, Medicine, Sciences

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You can apply for this scholarship if you
are a national of (or permanently domiciled in) Africa, India or one of the countries of the Commonwealth listed below* and are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes and already hold an offer to start a full-time Masters degree programme (including MRes) at Nottingham in 2011 – Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences and Faculty of Science, plus some courses in the School of Geography, Institute for Science & Society, Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, and courses allied to Operations Management in the Business School

Scholarship Application Deadline: 6 April 2011

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Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students, Switzerland: Life Sciences and Technology

/ January 12, 2011 5 Comments

The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will offer an intensive research training opportunity to 25 undergraduate students interested in research careers in life sciences. This program will run from July 4th to August 26th 2011. (Earlier or later arrivals and departures can be arranged on a case-by-case basis between individual group leaders and participating students, however the student must be present for the core 8 weeks of the program. Any additional charges incurred by the change of dates must be covered by the student and/or lab.). Each participant will be required to submit a formal written report and present the results of their research at a student symposium held at the end of the program which provides an opportunity for participants to experience presenting their data to their peers and the scientific community at the EPFL.

Benefits to the Students
The participants will:

*Gain hands-on research experience and training with exposure to cutting-edge research.
*Experience what it is like to be a member of a research community working at the forefront of science, medicine and biotechnology.
*Have the opportunity to apply what was learned in the classroom to understanding and solving actual research problems in the laboratory.
*Acquire a better understanding of the scientific process and the application of the knowledge gained from basic science research and state-of-the-art techniques to solve complex problems in biology and medicine.

*Improve their critical thinking skills, including learning how to evaluate scientific information, design experiments, formulate ideas and test hypotheses.

*Explore career opportunities in academia by experiencing the excitement, frustration, and challenges of scientific research and gain an insight into what a career in the science entails.

*Prepare for future independent research projects and advanced research in graduate school.

Scholarship Application Deadline: February 15th 2011

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