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2012/2013 Call for Application for EURIAS Fellowship Programme: Humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 14 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyons, Nantes, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers. Based on the 2011/2012 application campaign, the EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly competitive. To match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues.

Scholarship Application Deadline:May 31st, 2011

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Newcastle University Foundation Scholarship for International Students, UK: Business and Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Biomedical Sciences

The Newcastle University announced ten scholarships for a variety of International Foundation Programmes created to assist international fee-paying students who need to complete a Foundation programme before enrolling on a Newcastle University undergraduate degree.
There are ten scholarships available for the following International Foundation Programmes:
-Foundation pathway in Business and Management
-Foundation pathway in Humanities and Social Sciences
-Foundation pathway in Physical Sciences and Engineering
-Foundation pathway in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Scholarships cover a total of one year’s tuition. You will receive the first half of the scholarship while on your pathway programme, and the second half when you begin your degree at Newcastle University. The Value of award will be from £11,490 -£12,990, depending on chosen Foundation pathway.
All international fee-paying students can apply for this scholarship. The candidate who have completed 12 years of schooling (or the local equivalent to meet the same standard) with good grades is eligible to apply. Applicant must have a minimum English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 5.5 for specified degree programmes and must be a minimum of 17 years old.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 July 2011

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Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowships – Announcement 2011, Germany: Section A: Humanities and Educational Research Section B: Economics, Social and Spatial Sciences Section C: Life Sciences Section D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering Section E: Environmental Research

‘Leibniz – DAAD Research Fellowships’ is a new programme implemented by the ‘ Leibniz Association’ (Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz), and the ‘German Academic Exchange Service’ (DAAD). The fellowships offer highly-qualified recent foreign postdocs the opportunity to conduct special research at institutes of the Leibniz-Association in Germany.

The DAAD is a joint organisation of Germany’s higher education institutions and is mandated to promote international academic relations, especially through exchanges of students, academics and scientists. It is the internationalisation agency of Germany’s higher education institutions and simultaneously serves as a “mediator organisation” in the government’s foreign policy, European policy, development policy and higher education policy. With a total budget of almost 348 million euro in 2009 the DAAD run over 250 programmes which were predominately funded by Germany’s federal government.

Leibniz Association

The Leibniz Association is the umbrella organisation for 87 institutions conducting research or providing scientific infrastructure. Some 7,100 scientists and scholars work in the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences as well as in mathematics, the natural and engineering sciences and in environmental research. Altogether, more than 16,000 people are employed at Leibniz Institutes, which have an annual budget of 1,3 billion euro.

 

At the time of their application, applicants for a Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowship should

* be able to prove their outstanding study or research achievements,
* have completed their studies with a PhD or equivalent degree (no more than two years should have passed since graduation),
* have an excellent knowledge of English.

A knowledge of German is advantageous.

:20 June 2011.

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