overseas students | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 2

Kent Law School Taught Masters Overseas Scholarships 2011 in UK

Kent Law School offers a limited number of scholarships to students who are liable to pay overseas students’ fees. The scholarships are open to all overseas applicants on the LLM programmes offered at the Canterbury campus. The scholarships will provide tuition fees at the full overseas rate. For the academic year 2010/11, the overseas rate was £10,850.The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

Applicants for study on an LLM programme at the Kent Law School in Canterbury may apply to be considered for an Overseas Scholarships.The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic excellence.
Where candidates are rated equivalent in terms of academic excellence, their financial circumstances will (if possible) be taken into account in deciding on an award. The number of scholarships to be awarded will be at the discretion of the Law School.An applicant should make a case for the award of the scholarship to them, as outlined below. Applications should be submitted to the KLS Postgraduate Officer, by post, to the addresses given for correspondence below.

In order to be eligible for consideration for a scholarship, a candidate must have received an offer of a place on an LLM degree programme. The scholarships will take the form of a full reduction in tuition fees for that programme.
In order to take up a scholarship, it will be necessary for an applicant to meet all of the conditions specified in their offer of a place on the programme of study.Scholarships may not be deferred.Applicants who are unsuccessful, or who are unable to take up the offer of a scholarship, may apply for funding in subsequent years.Any scholarship offered should be accepted within one month of date of offer.


Scholarship Application Deadline:
29th April 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Lee Kong Chian Graduate Scholarships 2010, National University of Singapore, Singapore

The Lee Kong Chian Graduate Scholarships (“Scholarships”) were established from donations received from the Lee Foundation and are the University’s most prestigious scholarship awards for graduate students.

The selection of candidates will take place once a year, in time for the start of the academic year in August. Up to 5 new Scholarships will be given each year. Not all Scholarships will be awarded unless there are candidates of sufficient merit.

Eligibility
The Scholarships are open to students of all nationalities who gain admission to any Ph.D. programme at the University. In keeping with the donor’s wishes, the Scholarships will be awarded to well-rounded individuals showing exceptional promise who have an appropriate balance of intellect and character. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and a commitment to service.

Award Amount

* A monthly stipend of S$3,300;
* Tuition, examination fees and other approved fees at NUS;
* An annual book allowance of S$500;
* A one-off air travel allowance of 2 return tickets of up to S$4,000 (only for overseas students subject to a maximum of S$2,000 per ticket); and
* A one-off laptop allowance of S$1,500.

Award Period
The award is tenable for 1 year in the first instance; but subject to the scholar’s satisfactory progress, it may be renewed annually. The maximum period of award is 4 years.

Application Procedure
Apart from the other supporting documents required for Ph.D. admission, candidates interested in the Scholarship must also submit a personal essay and a record of co-curricular activities or community service. Short-listed candidates will be invited to an interview either in Singapore or their home country.

Notification of Award
Successful candidates will be informed of the outcome of their applications sometime in April.

Application Deadline 15 November2010

President Graduate Fellowships 2010, National University of Singapore, Singapore

The PGF is open to full-time candidates of all nationalities. Incoming Ph.D. students and current NUS Research Scholars (with the exception of SMA and NGS students) who have passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination (QE) are eligible to be considered for the award.

Award Amount
* A monthly stipend throughout the period of award as follows:

International Student S$3,000
Singapore Permanent Resident S$3,200
Singapore Citizen S$3,300

* Tuition fees at the University;
* A one-off air travel allowance for 1 one-way ticket of up to S$750 (only for overseas students); and
* A one-off settling allowance of S$1,000 (only for overseas students).

Award Period
The award is tenable for an initial 1 year and, subject to the awardee’s satisfactory progress, renewable annually up to a maximum of 4 years. For candidates who were transferred from a NUS Research Scholarship to a PGF, the total period of their tenure on both schemes must not exceed 4 years.

Application Procedure
Incoming Ph.D. students will have to indicate their interest in the PGF via the NUS Graduate Research Programme Application System. Current NUS Research Scholars who have passed the Ph.D. QE and wish to be considered for the award will have to apply to their respective departments.

Notification of Award

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications sometime in May (for August intake) or October (January intake).

Application deadlines:
15 November 2010