PhD | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 83

Trek Excellence Scholarship, Canada

Trek Excellence Scholarships are offered to students in the top 5% of each year in each undergraduate faculty or school. Domestic students receive an award of $1,500 and international students receive an award of $4,000. There are also awards of $1,000 given to international students in the top 5% to 10% of their year in their faculty or school.

Scholarship Application Deadline: There is no application required for Trek Excellence Scholarships. Students will be automatically considered based on grades for the prior session. Notification starts in mid-July and continues into September.

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Career Development Fellowship in Population Health Career Development 2011 in Australia

These fellowships are available for public health and health service delivery research.

Fellowships can be taken full-time or part-time. Part-time fellowships are available for researchers who want to maintain an active role in the delivery of public health services or the development of public health policy.

Part-time fellowships are available for 30-70% of a full-time position, with the value of the award pro-rated accordingly. Applications for part-time fellowships must be justified in professional terms. Applicants must plan to combine their public health or policy development practice work with their research and be able to demonstrate an interface between the two.

Qualifications:

Applicants at CDF Level 1 will normally have at least 2 and less than 7years post-doctoral experience from the date of the letter advising that their doctoral thesis was passed (as at 31 March of the application year) unless exceptional circumstances exist (refer to Section 7.3 Exceptional Circumstances).

Applicants at CDF Level 2 will normally have at least 7 and less than 12years post-doctoral experience from the date of the letter advising that their doctoral thesis was passed (as at 31 March of application year) unless exceptional circumstances exist (refer to Section 7.3 Exceptional Circumstances).

Applicants qualified to apply at CDF Level 1:

May additionally apply at CDF Level 2, in which case two separate applications will need to be submitted (each of which will assessed independently of the other).

Are able to apply at CDF Level 2 only if they wish to do so.
Applicants who do not hold a PhD but can demonstrate an equivalent research qualification (eg a professional doctorate) may also be eligible toapply.

Current or Former CDA or CDF Holders

Prior to the 2007 application year (for awards commencing in 2008), CDAs were a single level award of 5 years duration. Those who have held or currently hold one of these ‘old scheme’ CDAs:

  • Are not eligible to apply at CDF Level 1; and
  • May apply at CDF Level 2 if they are qualified to do so.
  • Applicants who have held or currently hold a CDA/CDF Level 1 award:
  • Are not eligible to apply for a CDF at Level 1; and
  • Are eligible to apply for a CDF at Level 2 if they are qualified to do so.
  • Applicants who have held or currently hold a CDA/CDF Level 2 award are
    not eligible to apply for a CDF Level 1 or CDF Level 2.

Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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Full-time PhD Scholarships for Chinese Students: Communication and Information Technology , Agriculture, Life Sciences and Public Health ,Materials Science and New Materials ,Energy and the Environment, Engineering ,Applied Social Science

Up to twenty scholarships will be available for PhD study to candidates who are citizens and permanent residents of the People’s Republic of China at the time of applying for entry for the academic year 2011-2012.Candidates should have satisfied all English language requirements and have received an offer of admission from the University of Edinburgh to study on a full-time PhD degree programme by the time the University puts forward their list of endorsed applications (Tuesday 1 March 2011).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 March 2011

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