Arts | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 14

2011 Vocational Scholarship Program, USA: Culinary Arts, Medical Or Dental Assistant, Electrician, Real Estate, Auto Mechanic

Vocational Scholarship winners receive up to $3,000 ($1000 annually) for specialized training in such fields as culinary arts, medical or dental assistant, electrician, real estate, auto mechanic, certified IT/computer education, cosmetology, or massage therapy, etc. Eligible programs can be of a nine-month to three-year duration.
The APWU National Executive Board established the Vocational Scholarship to help students interested in programs of study leading to trade, technical, industrial or vocational occupations that can include: Culinary, Medical or Dental Assistant, Electrician, Real Estate, Auto Mechanic, Certified I/T?Computer Education, Massage Therapy or Cosmetology. Five recipients from among the five postal regions will receive $1,000 per year for up to three consecutive years of school.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 March 2011

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University of Nanyang, Fellowship in History in 2011, Singapore

Cross-disciplinary research on the history of science, technology, and medicine, and/or business history, particularly in the context of modern and contemporary Asia.
Supervisor: Prof Liu Hong

Postdoctoral fellowships are for one year, renewable for a second year, subject to satisfactory performance. Postdoctoral fellows may be required to assist in teaching, up to the equivalent of one semester-based course per academic year.

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, consistently ranks among the top 100 universities in the world in the current university league tables. It offers attractive remuneration and benefits. For information about the University. For information concerning the postdoctoral fellowships.

Application Deadline: 31 Mar, 2011

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Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award 2011, USA

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Graduate Arts Award enables students or recent alumni with exceptional artistic or creative promise and significant financial need to pursue up to three years of study at an accredited graduate institution in the US or abroad.  Awards can be as much as $50,000 annually.  In 2011, the Foundation will select 10 recipients for this award.
The award provides funding for tuition, room and board, required fees, and books.  Scholarships amounts vary based on several factors, including costs at the institution each recipient attends and other grants and scholarships the student receives.
Students interested in the program must be nominated by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Faculty Representative at their school, and may not apply directly to the Foundation. Each college or university may nominate two students to be considered for this award.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Mid February 2011

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