international affairs | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans

The Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists from Developing Countries, USA

The Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund accepts applications from journalists of the developing nations of Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean to cover the United Nations General Assembly beginning in September each year. The fellowships offer a unique opportunity for promising young journalists from developing countries to see the United Nations at work and to report on its proceedings for news media in their home countries.

Eligibility

Applicants must demonstrate an interest in and commitment to international affairs and to conveying a better understanding of the United Nations to their readers and audiences.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowship is open to individuals who:
* Are native of one of the developing countries of Africa, Asia, South America or the Caribbean. For 2011 only, the Fund will not accept applications from the countries of the 2010 Fellows — Nepal, Peru, South Africa and Togo — in an effort to rotate recipient countries.
* Currently live in and write for a publication in a developing country.
* Are between the ages of 25 and 35. Have a good to excellent command of the English language since United Nations press conferences and many documents are in English only. Are currently employed full-time as professional journalists for bona fide print, television, radio or internet media organizations.
* Have approval from their media organizations to spend up to three months in New York reporting from the United Nations.
* Receive a commitment from their media organizations that the reports they file during the term of the Fellowship will be used.
* Are prepared technically to file their news stories over WIFI, whether broadcast or print.

Scholarship Application Deadline:Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) Bachelors and Masters Scholarships 2011 for International Students: International Studies, Business Administration

The Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA), Government of Azerbaijan, is a school of International Affairs located in Baku, at the center of an increasingly significant part of the world, has offered scholarships for foreign students for Bachelor or Master studies for the Academic Year 2011-12. The details are as under:

Programs Offered:
Bachelors Program:
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS)

For either degree, the curriculum is divided into two components:
General Education: Year 1 and 2
Specialized Education: Year 3 and 4

The applicants who are selected in ADA will take one-year Intensive English Language Program (IELP). Those who pass the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) at the end of the IELP start their study in the first year of the four year bachelor program.

Masters Program:

Master in Diplomacy and International Affairs (MADIA)
Specializations:
· International Security and Conflict Resolution
· Caspian Basin Studies specializations

Scholarship Application Deadline:1 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme: International affairs, development studies, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics

The Institute is pleased to welcome academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of one semester.

Candidates are invited to apply to the programme. Successful applicants will be able to take advantage of their period in residence to update their teaching curricula, participate in teaching courses, further their research projects and contribute to enriching the intellectual life of the Institute.

Priority will be given to university teachers – with a preference for women and junior academics – who will seek to apply the benefits of their stay at the Institute upon returning to their own institutions.

Thanks to the generous support of a Swiss foundation that wishes to remain anonymous, the Institute will welcome three participants each semester who will spend between three and five months at the Institute.

Objectives

Academics participating in this programme will be able to take advantage of their stay at the Institute:

  • To update and strengthen the curriculum of their course through close contact with colleagues working in the same discipline or area of expertise;
  • To further a personal research project by taking advantage of the plethora of expertise available in the Institute’s research centres and programmes, as well as the library’s resources, one of the most important European repositories in the field;
  • To participate in teaching courses (depending on the needs of the study plan, they may be called upon to teach a course for the entire semester);
  • Interact with the Institute’s students and faculty, as well as with international, public and private-sector actors from the Geneva area.

Benefits

Academics will benefit from the following advantages:

  • The Institute will cover the costs of travel and visas for participants as well accommodation costs;
  • It will offer a monthly stipend to compensate for the loss of income in the institution of origin and to cover subsistence costs in Geneva;
  • Participants will be provided with a work space, and access to the Institute’s library and IT facilities.

Conditions for applications

Candidates must hold a PhD and have a full time tenure-track or tenured position in an academic institution in Africa, Asia, or Latin America.

Their teaching and research activities and interests must fit with the Institute’s disciplines and fields of expertise (international affairs, development studies, development economics, sociology and anthropology of development, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics).

Procedure

The deadlines for applications are 1 March, for the autumn semester (mid-September to mid-December), and 1 October for the spring semester (mid-February to end May).

Applications must be sent to the Director by e-mail (in-residence@graduateinstitute.ch) or regular post:

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Director
Global South In-Residence Scholars
Rue de Lausanne 132

PO Box 136
CH-1211 Geneva 11

They must include:

  • A letter of motivation stating the reasons for the application, the preferred semester, and the Institute’s discipline or area of expertise in which the candidate is interested;
  • A work plan detailing the proposed activities to be completed during the candidate’s time at the Institute (update of teaching curriculum, research project, etc.);
  • A curriculum vitae and a list of published works;
  • Two letters of recommendation.