Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 24

SMA3 Graduate Fellowship, Singaporel: Strategic research programmes at the SMART Centre

The Singapore Ministry of Education has established a four-year fellowship scheme for new doctoral students at NTU or NUS who will conduct their research at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART Centre).
The establishment of this Fellowship Programme is intended to attract to NTU and NUS the best and most talented doctoral students from Singapore, the region, and beyond and educate them to be future leaders in science and technology for Singapore and beyond. The Fellowship will provide them with the opportunity to be involved in the strategic research programmes at the SMART Centre and provide them with the opportunity to be co-advised by an MIT faculty member. The student may spend up to six months doing research at MIT.

Scholarship Application Deadline: January 2012 Intake: May 17, 2011 through July 17, 2011

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Research Positions at British Medical Association 2011, UK: Heart disease

Around 10 research grants are administered under the auspices of the Board of Science, funded by past bequests to the BMA. Grants totaling £500,000 are awarded annually. All grants are for research in progress or prospective research and cover research areas from heart disease to schizophrenia.
The aim of the grants is to fund high-quality, innovative research projects that are likely to benefit patients, population health and or healthcare. The application process is now open.  Deadline for submitted online applications is 5pm 11 March 2011. The BMA Board of Science has developed CPD accredited learning modules in association with BMJ Learning, and funded by the BMA Research Grants, based on its annual Victor Horsley scientific lectures.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 March 2011

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National Award for Technology Business Incubators 2010, India

In order to recognize and reward the remarkable work done in the area of techno entrepreneurshipdevelopment through promotion of innovation driven, knowledge intensive,technology based start-ups by organizations such as Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park, Technology Parks, Technology Business Incubators, Innovation Centers, Software Technology Parks etc., the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has
instituted a National Award for Technology Business Incubators.

Who can apply: Applications are invited from Indian Organizations/Institutions engaged in incubating technology based start-ups and entrepreneurs through business incubation process and by way of providing specialised facilities, infrastructure support, value added business support, investment services, etc to the entrepreneurs in varied technological areas.

Award: A cash prize of ` 1 Lakh , a trophy and a certificate

Eligibility: Organizations should be in operation for at least three years. (This award is only for organizations and not for individuals. Application for award received from an individual would not be considered.)

Scholarship Application Deadline:28th February, 2011

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