Social Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 200

Academic Fellowship Program Mobility Fund 2011 in Budapest

The Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) Mobility Fund is designed to support visits between AFP partner departments or former AFP Resource Departments.  Faculty members may use the mobility grant to consult with colleagues on issues of curriculum, teaching or research, such as developing a new course or revising an existing one.  Goals of the visit should be well-defined, based on concrete outcomes, and align with the departmental development strategy.Recipients of the grant are encouraged to give a guest lecture or lead a discussion in their area of expertise while visiting the host university.

Application materials may be submitted any time until . but must be received at least two months prior to the proposed visit.  The application and budget forms are available for download below.  Proposals are evaluated on a rolling basis, and results are announced within 45 days of receipt of project proposal. Funding is limited, so partner departments are encouraged to apply as early as possible in the academic year to ensure availability.All faculty members (not only AFP Returning Fellows) at AFP partner departments are eligible to apply.An AFP partner department may qualify for up to three mobility grants per academic year, one of which must be awarded to an AFP Returning Fellow, and one of which should support a team visit.

Scholarship Application Deadline: June 30, 2011

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PhD Scholarship at FASoS Graduate School, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Our PhD Programme focuses primarily on offering you education, training and supervision to enable you to become an excellent researcher. The emphasis is on the acquisition of research skills, intensive supervision and collaboration with other PhD candidates and senior staff inside and outside the Faculty. There will be room for other activities, such as teaching or organising a conference. You will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of academic skills.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 23 March 2011

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Postgraduate Studentship in Agriculture and Rural Development 2011/12 at a University in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland

Each year the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland (DARD) offers a limited number of Postgraduate Studentships for a three year period of research normally leading to a PhD qualification at a
University in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.  Funding is provided for full-time students only. Part-time study will not be supported. The DARD Postgraduate Agricultural and Food Studentships competition is aimed at students wishing to undertake Doctoral programmes by research.

Numbers are determined by Departmental priorities and budget availability.  Support is available to provide approved fees and maintenance grants to students being trained in methods of research.  Proposals must be aligned to our priority research themes. For the 2011 Competition applicants should also demonstrate how their project meets one of our evidence and innovation gaps and priorities.  No more than two research studentships will normally be provided in any one project area.  PhD Research Studentships may be held in Higher Education Institutes in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.

Awards are not tenable abroad but, exceptionally, consideration may be given to a student spending part of his/her research training or course of study overseas, if the subject is one which can best be studied abroad. Preferably the request for such training should be included in the application for an award.  The award is not means tested.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 25 February 2011

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