Medical | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 16

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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The Beth Yarrow Memorial Award In Medical Science, Australia: Understanding, early detection, treatment and cure of ovarian cancer

The Scholarship is established to support the study and research of cancer, at the Postgraduate level. It is hoped that the Scholarship recipient will make a contribution to the understanding, early detection, treatment and cure of ovarian cancer. Applicants must be proposing to undertake, or be undertaking, full-time Postgraduate Research in the understanding, early detection, treatment and cure of cancer. Applicants will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and on potential to contribute to the understanding, early detection, treatment or cure of cancer. The award recipient may simultaneously hold another scholarship or award such as an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship or UNSW-funded Postgraduate Research Scholarship. This Scholarship is tenable for one year only. Previous recipients may re-apply. Completed application forms and any supporting documentation should be scanned and emailed (preferably as a single pdf document) to the Graduate Research School on scholarships.grs@unsw.edu.au by the specified closing date.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 18 February 2011

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The Harvey Carey Memorial Scholarship, Australia: Medical Sciences/Women’s & Children’s Health/Medicine

The Scholarship is established to encourage students to undertake research in the Faculty of Medicine in either reproductive endocrinology, infertility, hypertension of pregnancy, menstrual disorders, oral contraceptives, menopause, or polycystic ovarian disease/hirsuitism. Selection will be based on academic merit. Applicants must be currently undertaking or proposing to undertake full-time research in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW. The Scholarship is tenable for one year only. Completed application forms and any supporting documentation should be scanned and emailed (preferably as a single pdf document) to the Graduate Research School on scholarships.grs@unsw.edu.au by the specified closing date.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 18 February 2011

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