Humanities | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 30

UNSW International Research Scholarships, Australia: Engineering, Business, Science or Humanities

/ January 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

The University of New South Wales offers the following prestigious scholarships to international students of exceptional research potential to undertake a higher degree by research at the University of New South Wales in 2011
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS)
Scholarships available for PhD and Masters by Research in all disciplines
University International Postgraduate Award (UIPA)
Scholarships available for PhD and Masters by Research in all disciplines
Tuition Fee Scholarship plus a Faculty Research Stipend
Scholarships available for PhD, Masters by Research and for Masters of Philosophy (in selected disciplines depending on Faculty research areas)
Tuition Fee Scholarship
Scholarships available for PhD, Masters by Research and Masters of Philosophy (in selected disciplines depending on Faculty research areas). This scholarship is only available to students who are sponsored by their home country with a living allowance/stipend with a minimum value of $10,000 per annum.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Applications will start in late January

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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Utrecht Excellence Scholarships for Master’s Programmes, Netherlands

/ January 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Utrecht Excellence Scholarship offers a number of highly talented prospective students the opportunity to pursue a degree in a selected number of fields at Utrecht University:

International Bachelor’s programmes:

* Economics and Business Economics
* Liberal Arts & Sciences at University College Utrecht

International Master’s programmes offered by the following Graduate Schools:

* Graduate School of Geo sciences
* Graduate School of Humanities
* Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance
* Graduate School of Life Sciences
* Graduate School of Natural Sciences
* Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

The scholarship programme is highly selective. Only candidates showing the highest achievement and promise may receive a scholarship.

Duration and number of scholarships

Selected students receive a scholarship for the duration of the degree programme, which is a maximum of two years for a Master’s degree and three years for a Bachelor’s degree. Approximately 55 scholarships are awarded each year. The scholarship will only be renewed for the second (and third) year if the student is making satisfactory progress towards the degree.
Amount of scholarship

Selected students are awarded a scholarship between 5 000 and 27 300 euro per year. Students should be aware that the grant is not necessarily a full scholarship, and that it may be necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance study and stay completely. As one of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands, students from abroad must prove to the IND (immigration and naturalisation office) that they have sufficient financial means. Read more about the budget the University advises.
Eligibility criteria

The applicant must meet the eligibility criteria in order to be considered for this scholarship. The applicant should:

1. Not have the Dutch or an EU/EER nationality;
2. Hold a non-Dutch secondary school diploma;
3. Have been admitted to an International Master’s programme within one of the Graduate Schools mentioned above, the Bachelor’s programme in Economics and Business Economics or to University College Utrecht;
4. Hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree (for a Master’s programme) or secondary school diploma (for a Bachelor’s programme), or an equivalent thereof;
5. Be able to comply with the conditions to obtain a Dutch visa;

Failure to meet one or more of these criteria automatically means the student is not eligible for this scholarship.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 March 2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application

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PhD Positions at ILLC, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands: Humanities and Science

/ January 18, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation is a research institute of the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate. Its central research area is the study of fundamental principles of encoding, transmission and comprehension of information. Research at ILLC is interdisciplinary, and aims at bringing together insights from various disciplines concerned with information and information processing, such as logic, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence and philosophy. Research is organized in three research groups: Logicand Computation (LoCo), Logic and Language (LoLa) and Language and Computation (LaCo). For the research done in the different groups, please have a look at “Research at ILLC” (below). For the research done by the individual staff members of ILLC, see People at ILLC (below). and check their personal webpages.

Tasks

* Complete and defend a PhD thesis within the official appointment duration (see text below).
* Regularly present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals
* Collaborate with the researchers in relevant other parts of ILLC
* Participate in the organization of research activities and events at ILLC, such as conferences, workshops and joint publications
* Assist in teaching activities of ILLC (depending on your appointment)

The PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam will be appointed for 4 years fulltime under de terms of the employment currently valid for the Faculty. A contract will be given in the first instance for 1.5 years, with an extension for the following 2.5 years on the basis of a positive evaluation.

Requirements
* A Master’s degree with excellent grades in a relevant field, such as logic, computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy or cognitive science
* Good academic writing and presentation skills
* Good social and organizational skills

Scholarship Description: 15 March 2011 (for the FNWI position) or February 1, 2011 (for the FGw positions). Candidates who wish to be considered for all three positions should follow the FGw deadline.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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