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Carnegie Corporation Research Scholarships for Doctoral Students, South Africa: Molecular and Cell Biology

/ February 8, 2011 Leave a Comment

The scholarships are funded by the Carnegie Corporation and form part of a grant established to recruit and support Doctoral students who have an intention to remain in academia. The intention is to develop a cohort of trainee academics and thereby contribute to growing the next generation of academics and to strengthen higher education in Africa.

Applications are invited from candidates who are suitably qualified and who are registered in the 1S‘, 2″”, 3” or 4“‘ year of Doctoral study, or who intend to register for full-time study at the University of Cape Town for the Doctoral degree in Department of l\/lolecular and Cell Biology, on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of human infectious diseases.
Preference will be given to B/ack Africans and previously disadvantaged South Africans. Conditions of Award and Eligibility: Successful candidates may undertake part-time employment that is related to the research being undertaken. Such employment may only be undertaken with the permission of the Supervisor and Project Director and must be limited to no more than 15 hours per week.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 9 February 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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Entrepreneurial Scholarship

/ September 28, 2010 Leave a Comment

Scholarship for those students who are United States citizens or permanent resident of African-American or Hispanic descent

Job Description: The Coleman Entrepreneurial Scholarship was established as a testament to the importance of higher education. Furthermore, the scholarship strives to promote entrepreneurship as a career choice amongst ethnic college students. It is the vision of The Coleman Entrepreneurial Scholarship to be a leading scholarship program that assists future generations of African?American and Hispanic entrepreneurs in fulfilling their dreams.

About GlobalHue:
GlobalHue is a full?service marketing communications agency with total market and cultural expertise. The agency handles total market for Jeep, MGM Grand Detroit and the Bermuda Department of Tourism, and for decades has been acknowledged for its multicultural expertise. Most recently, GlobalHue was recognized as the “Multicultural Advertising Agency of the Decade” by Adweek. The agency also has four divisions that together provide clients
with a flexible approach to marketing to ethnic?specific segments and the total market: GlobalHue Africanic; GlobalHue Latino; GlobalHue Asian; and GlobalHue Next.

Our offices are in Detroit (Southfield) and New York, as well as satellite offices in other key markets. The agencies have more than 390 employees who handle full?service marketing, advertising, media planning and buying, digital, events and promotions, and public relations for many clients. In 2009, GlobalHue’s capitalized billings were $833.7 million. GlobalHue boasts several blue?chip clients, including Verizon, Walmart, Chrysler Group LLC, U.S. Navy, Bermuda Department of Tourism, U.S. Census Bureau, FedEx, MGM Grand Detroit and Subway.

Application:
Interested students must complete the application and mail it, along with a current, complete transcript of grades, to Scholarship Management Services postmarked no later than February 28, 2011. Grade reports are not acceptable. Online transcripts must display student name, school name, grade and credit hours earned for each course and term in which each course was taken. Applicants will receive acknowledgment of receipt of their application. If an acknowledgment card is not received within three weeks, applicants may call Scholarship Management Services to verify that their application has been received.

Applicants are responsible for gathering and submitting all necessary information. Applications are evaluated on the information supplied; therefore, answer all questions as completely as possible. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. All information received is considered confidential and is reviewed only by Scholarship Management Service.

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Master’s Degree Scholarship at AUC

/ July 28, 2010 5 Comments

The African Graduate Fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master’s degree at AUC.  Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for full-time study (9 credits or more) in any of the graduate programs offered at AUC.

Eligibility

  • African nationals
  • B.A. or B.Sc. degree with grade not less than “Very Good”, an overall GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent.
  • TOEFL with TWE score of at least 550 and 4.5, (580 and 5.0 for ECLT & TEFL) or equivalent.
  • Applicants for the MBA have to submit a recent score on the GMAT and have at least two years of relevant work experience.
  • Applicants for the Economics program, the Economics in International Development program and the Journalism and Mass Communication program are required to obtain an acceptable score on the GRE.
  • Applicants for the MA in Arabic Studies must submit evidence of proficiency in literary Arabic.

Duration:
Fellowships are awarded for two academic years and the intervening summer session.

Award
The fellowship covers:

  • A waiver of tuition fees.
  • A monthly stipend of LE 850.
  • Student services and activities fee.
  • Graduation fees.
  • Medical service and health insurance fees.
  • A monthly housing allowance of LE 1250.
  • In support of their professional training fellows are assigned 18 hours per week of related academic or administrative work.

To Apply
Download the graduate application form.
No fellowship application form is required to apply to the African Graduate Fellowship.
Applications should be submitted together with all supporting documents by December 15 for fellowships beginning the following September.
Selection is made in April.

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