Faculty for the Future is accepting applications for 2011 Fellowships from September 1st to November 30th 2010

The Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or post-doctoral studies in the physical sciences and related disciplines at top universities abroad.

The Faculty for the Future program grows each year and has become a powerful community that today stands at 142 pioneering women scientists from 43 countries.

Ultimately these women return home to become leaders, to strengthen their faculties, contribute to the socio-economic development of their countries and serve as powerful role models to attract more young women into the sciences.

Faculty for the Future grants are in the range of USD 25,000 to 50,000 per year and may be renewed through to completion of studies subject to performance, self-evaluation, and recommendations from supervisors. Final grant amounts are agreed with award recipients subject to actual costs of study and living in the given location.

Candidates should have applied to, have been admitted to, or be currently enrolled in a university abroad when submitting their Faculty for the Future grant request. Candidates must be able to evidence their commitment to teaching, must demonstrate active participation in faculty life and outreach to encourage young women into the sciences and hold an excellent academic record.

All information about the Faculty for the Future fellowship program and application facilities are found at www.foundation.slb.com/fftf

If you are eligible, apply on-line as of September 1st 2010.

*Awards in biological sciences are limited to interdisciplinary research between physical and biological sciences.

Clarendon Scholarships are awarded to students with the best proven and future potential who will be starting a new graduate course at Oxford. Clarendon Scholarships cover tuition and college fees in full and a generous grant for living expenses, which this section gives details about.

Eligibility
Clarendon Scholarships are highly competitive, with less than 10% of applicants selected for the scholarship. This section has information about the eligibility criteria of the Clarendon Scholarships, which are open to international graduate students in all subject areas who will be starting a new course.

Application
This is done at the same time as you apply to the University of Oxford for graduate study. The deadline is in January of the year you wish to begin your studies. The next opportunity to apply to the Clarendon Fund will be for entry in 2011-12 and applications will be accepted from September 2010. For entry in 2011-12 the deadline will be in January 2011.

Get more information through these links:

• How to apply
• Eligibility

Source: www.clarendon.ox.ac.uk/about

The scholarships are offered in collaboration with Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited and are intended for students from developing countries who are pursuing courses of research leading to the degree of PhD at University of Cambridge.

Host Institution(s): University of Cambridge, UK

Field of study: Any PhD research programme in technological and scientific subjects offered at the University

Number of Scholarships: One scholarship offered annually

Target group: The scholarships are intended for students from developing countries.

Scholarship value/inclusions:
The scholarship will normally cover up to:
•  the University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate
•  approved College fees
•  a maintenance allowance sufficient for a single student

Eligibility:
Applicants  must be from a developing country and must be admitted to Cambridge through the University’s normal academic procedures. They must apply to a PhD research programme in technological and scientific subjects offered at the University.

He/she must have a first class or high second class honours degree, or its equivalent, from a recognised university. Those who are not native speakers of English are required by the Board of Graduate Studies to provide the results of an English language test and to meet the minimum standard of proficiency required for admission to Cambridge (see ‘Entry requirements‘)


Application instructions:
First submit the on-line GRADSAF form at least two weeks before the course deadline and then submit the hard copy supporting documents so they arrive in Cambridge no later than the course deadline.  For non-UK students, your GRADSAF is also your application to the Cambridge Trusts if you are made an offer to study.

Students CAN apply for funding before securing an offer of study and indeed most students apply for admission and apply for funding concurrently. All candidates are advised to apply as early as possible after the opening date of 1 September 2010 for admission and funding. Applications are accepted until 15 December 2010

Visit the official website
www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/funding/overseas/countries/schlumberger.html for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Contact information:
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and Cambridge Overseas Trust
PO Box 252
Cambridge
CB2 1TQ

Website www.cambridgetrusts.org
Email info@overseastrusts.cam.ac.uk
Fax + 44 (0)1223 760618 (CCT/COT)

The APS Grant for Intercultural and/or International Projects encourages and supports innovative projects that have an intercultural and/or international focus and is to be used for the establishment and implementation of a successful and sustainable project. Projects may aim either to further the intercultural agenda of the Society within the confines of Australia's national boundaries, or to establish and maintain links between the Society and its members and psychology and psychologists in countries where psychology is an emerging discipline.

Projects may be related to any scientific and/or professional aspects of the discipline, provided that they are consistent with the Society's mission statement: "To represent, promote and advance psychology within the context of improving community wellbeing and scientific knowledge". The Grant is not intended to support research projects unless there is a clearly demonstrable outcome in relation to the aims of the Grant. Student research projects are unlikely to be eligible.

Eligible projects may include, but are not restricted to, those that:

• Address scientific and/or professional issues that have intercultural significance for the Australian community, or involve intercultural collaborations amongst Australian psychologists
• Provide further education and training opportunities for psychologists from countries where psychology is an emerging discipline
• Support psychologists from developing countries to attend international conferences in psychology or other relevant events
  or
• Foster collaborations between the Society and psychologists overseas who are seeking support to establish and build scientific and professional psychology within their own country or region.

The grant may be used to support any aspect of a successful and sustainable project, including travel, living allowance, training fees and charges, books and equipment, or other costs associated with the project, provided that the funds are expended in accordance with the budget as approved by the selection committee.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a grant, the grantee shall be:

• an elected member of the Society; or 
• a psychologist or association from a developing country, nominated by an elected member of the Society.

The Grant application In order to be considered, the grant application shall include:

1. A statement of rationale, including the project's aims and objectives and how these reflect the Society's mission statement;
2. A proposed budget that includes a breakdown of how the funds will be used if the grant application is successful;
3. An acknowledgement that a report suitable for publication in InPsych will be provided to the Society at the completion of the nominated project. The report should encompass any anticipated future engagement or ongoing relationship with the Society arising from receipt of the grant.
4. Supporting documentation, including at least one reference that addresses:
   • the eligibility and suitability of the applicant and/or nominee to be the recipient of the grant
   • the applicant and/or nominee's ability to carry the project to completion
   • the intercultural and/or international importance of the project, and
   • the relevance of the project for the Society.

Applications, including the completed application form, should be no longer that five A4 pages, plus supporting documentation.

Administration of the Grant

1. The APS Grant for Intercultural and/or International Projects is the responsibility of the Board with the assistance of the Manager, Public Interest in the Society's National Office.
2. A call for nominations will be published each year in InPsych.
3. Nominees should submit four copies of all documentation to the Manager, Public Interest by the due date for applications. Electronic applications are also acceptable.
4. The Public Interest Advisory Group will appoint a selection committee to recommend an appropriate recipient of the Award to the Board. The selection committee may recommend that the funds for the Grant be shared between a number of recipients.
5. The selection committee may seek additional information in the form of external assessor or referees' reports, letters of support from participating psychology associations or groups, or other independent advice to assist it in choosing the recipient of the Grant. 
6. The recipient must confirm their acceptance of the Grant in writing. 
7. The successful recipient will be published in InPsych information, along with a short feature on the successful project.
8. The selection committee, through the Public Interest Advisory Group, may recommend to the Board that the Grant should not be awarded in any one year, if it has formed the opinion that there is no grant application that meets the eligibility criteria and is considered to be of sufficient merit.

Value The value of the Grant is $10,000, which can be divided into smaller Grants for two or three separate projects.

Closing date and application form Closing date for applications: Thursday 30 September 2010
Download application form  (56kb) Four copies of the completed application form with required attachment(s) should be sent to:

The Manager, Public Interest
Intercultural/International Projects Grant
The Australian Psychological Society Ltd
PO Box 38
Flinders Lane VIC 8009

For enquiries or to submit applications electronically please email: h.gridley@psychology.org.au

The joint International Master in Rural Development (IMRD), part of the European Erasmus Mundus program, offers the opportunity to study the European vision on rural development in its diversity of approaches and applications, on a scholarship provided by the European Union (as of 2010-2011 also for European students). 

The objective is to train specialists in integrated rural development, focussed on socio-economic and institutional aspects, not only from the European Union but also from developed, developing and transition countries outside the European Union through a 2 year master program (120 ECTS) jointly organised by seven European leading institutes in agricultural economics and rural development.

The Master program is offered by Ghent University (Belgium), Agrocampus Ouest (France), Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), the University of Cordoba (Spain), in collaboration with Wageningen University (The Netherlands), the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia) and the University of Pisa (Italy). As of 2010-2011 these will be joined by universities in China, Ecuador, India and South Africa.

The methodology consists of a combination of basic and specialised training in technical, economic and social sciences, a case study of one month, an individual master thesis and a high extent of student and scholar mobility.

Click the following links for more information:

• Course structure Mobility
• Scholarships
• and fees
• Application for non-EU Students
• Application for EU Students

The deadline for applying for Academic year 2011-2013 (IMRD Program 2011-2013) is December 31, 2010.

As an international student, you will travel thousands of miles from home in search of a quality education and a multi-cultural experience. Before you commence the college search, you need to answer one essential question.... What do you want from a U.S. college experience? Some of the answers may be Challenging Education, nurturing environment, opportunities to mingle with a Challenging Education, freedom to explore, memories to last your life. Choose Albright College as your home away from home and you'll find all that... and more.

Challenging Education
Founded in 1856, Albright has long enjoyed a tradition of academic excellence. As a nationally ranked, private liberal arts college, Albright is committed to educating students who are well prepared to adapt to a rapidly changing world. Dual majors and interdisciplinary degrees are very easy to attain while studying at Albright. This multi-focus provides breadth as well as depth. Our academic program is made up of 32 classes: the general liberal arts requirements make up a third of these. Between 11 -13 classes are required of majors. The rest of the classes are up to you to choose.

Part of an international experience is not only learning about the host culture but also meeting people from other parts of the world as well. At Albright, our students hail from the United States and 17 different countries.

Scholarships & Financial Aid
Based on a student's academic ability and financial need, scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 are awarded. If awarded, the scholarship is renewable for up to four years. At the start of each semester, half of the scholarship amount is applied to the student's bill twice a year.

On campus jobs may be available but will not be a significant source of income. Student can work no more than 20 hours a week and will usually earn less than $1,500 a year.

Office of Admission
13th & Bern Streets
P.O. Box 15234 Reading, PA 19612-5234

Phone: (610) 921-7512
FAX: (610) 921-7294
Email: international@ alb.edu

www.albright.edu/admission/international-ad.html

International students are eligible for need-based and merit-based financial aid, and are encouraged to apply for a variety of awards that acknowledge students who have reached a high level of academic achievement throughout their high school career. With the exception of the Wesson Honors Scholarship, there is neither a separate application, nor deadline for these scholarships. As part of our rolling admissions
process, students will be informed of the award decision at the point of acceptance. For international students, the admissions committee will recalculate your GPA based on equivalent letter and number grades from the Official High School Transcript you submit.

- Wesson Honors Scholarship - up to $68,000 over four years
- Founders Scholarship - up to $64,000 over four years
- Presidential Scholarship - up to $56,000 over four years
- Chargers Scholarship - up to $48,000 over four years

Colby-Sawyer also offers additional merit-based scholarships
www.colby-sawyer.edu/admissions/financial_aid/merit.html to incoming students based on their high school academic record, leadership qualities and community service involvement. These awards are not based on need and are renewable each year as long as the student remains in good academic standing. Students are eligible to apply for merit awards at any point, including prior to being accepted.

For more information, visit: www.colby-sawyer.edu/admissions/international/finaid.html

The XXVI cycle of Research Doctorate courses is hereby instituted, with administrative headquarters at the Università degli Studi di Torino, starting date January 1st 2011.

The competitive public competition, by examination, is hereby announced for the purpose of admission to the Research Doctorate courses listed below.

Information on Research Doctorates can be consulted on the websites:
www.unito.it/accessorapido/dottorati_postdottorati and www.unito.it/accessorapido/phd_competition

All available study grants are entitled as follow:

1. study grants funded by the University of Torino ( in the following called UNITO);
2. study grants funded by the "Compagnia di San Paolo" Foundation;
3. study grants funded by the "CRT" Foundation – type A. They are co-funded by CRT and the University of Torino for students with foreign citizenship earning their degree abroad and aiming at developing specific research project;
4. study grants funded by the "CRT" Foundation – type B: they are co-funded by CRT and other Institutions aiming at developing specific research project. A compulsory internship in charge of the Funding Institutions of at least 6 months is foreseen in the last year of the PhD programme for students granting this kind of fellowship;
5. study grants entitled "Progetto Giovani", financed by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) as part of the "Fondo per il sostegno dei giovani e per favorire la mobilità degli studenti" (fund for the support of young people and for encouraging student mobility). Such grants are linked to specific research projects.
6. study grants entitled "Progetto Lagrange", financed by CRT Foundation and aiming at developing specific research projects.
7. Study grants funded by Public and/or Private Institutions: if linked to specific research projects, it will be mentioned on the "Additional information" on the internet web site.

Further information about these and other study grants, as well as about available research projects will be published on the websites: www.unito.it/accessorapido/dottorati_postdottorati and
www.unito.it/accessorapido/phd_competition. These information will be continuously updated until the date of the examination, so we recommend a constant attention.

Get details for these positions and contact info at:
www.unito.it/unitoWAR/page/istituzionale_en/phd/call_deadlines_application1

or download the brochure at:
www.unito.it/unitoWAR/ShowBinary/FSRepo/Area_Portale_Pubblico/Documenti/R/research_doctorate_26cycle.pdf

Competitions for admission are open in the following Ph.D. Programs at IMT:

Computer Science and Engineering

The Doctoral Program aims at preparing researchers and professionals with a wide knowledge of the foundations of informatics. It seeks to explore applications to a variety of systems that are changing the perspective of other existing technological applications and that are target of very active research in the international scene. The research activity focuses on key aspects of these systems, such as open-endedness, autonomy, resource sharing, security, and concurrency.

Economics, Markets, Institutions

The program seeks to deal with issues in political economy, applied public economics, the functioning of industries and markets, the impact of macroeconomics on productivity and growth.

A distinctive feature of the Ph.D. program is the integration of theoretical, technical, and practical expertise, aimed at educating highly qualified professionals, who analyze, plan, and manage concrete interventions of political economy.

Theoretical methodologies and models are generated and tested, through the systematic investigation of the real world, with a distinctive focus on concrete observation of markets and their actors. At the end of the program, students are able to identify commonalities as well as distinctive characters of economies, markets, and industries.

Management and Development of Cultural Heritage
Ph.D. in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino

The Program aims at formalizing in a consistent multidisciplinary course, the specific know-hows needed by researchers and professionals operating at the highest levels of management of culture. The PhD course focuses on the following disciplines: History and Art History; Economics and Management of immaterial goods; Legislation on Cultural Heritage; Technology. Doctoral students will also be given elements of physics and chemistry, strictly related to the field of conservation and analysis of materials. The PhD program integrates a theoretical approach with technical and practical ones, in order to educate both highly qualified professionals operating in the concrete field of cultural policy and researchers who will be active in the field of cultural heritage.

Political Systems and Institutional Change

The PhD in Political Systems and Institutional Change is a multidisciplinary course which analyses, in a comparative perspective, institutions and their historical, political, sociological, legal and economic features. Special attention will be devoted to processes of institutional change. The PhD aims at forming political analysts able to: plan and manage collaborative and integrated processes at the international level; analyse and assess policies and institutional settings at a supranational, national and regional level; confront the specific problems of countries in transition towards democracy and a market economy.
Duration: 3 years

Language: Courses and seminars are held in English. Foreign Ph.D. students are required to attend an Italian Language and Culture Course.

Classes begin in March 2011.

The deadline for applications is October 28, 2010 at 18:00 (Italian time).

More info and contact details at www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/call_for_applications/index.php

Fellowships of up to $15,000 for graduate or undergraduate study Humane Studies Fellowships are awarded to graduate students and outstanding undergraduates planning academic careers with liberty-advancing research interests.

The fellowships are open to students in a range of fields, such as economics, philosophy, law, political science, anthropology, and literature.

The program began in 1983 as the Claude R. Lambe Fellowships, and in 2010 we awarded more than 190 fellowships ranging from $2,000 to $15,000.

Past fellows have researched a variety of topics that explore historical and contemporary ideas that maximize freedom of action and support the rule of law:

• market-based approaches to environmental policy
• the legal development of privacy and property rights in 18th-century England
• the role of patient autonomy in bioethics
• impediments to economic growth in developing countries
• the relationship between U.S. presidential politics, fiscal policies, and economic performance
• Review the research interests of the 2010 fellows

Research and Discussion Colloquia Select winners are invited to present and discuss their research at the annual Research Colloquium and to attend the Friedrich Hayek Discussion
Colloquium. Click here to learn more.

Fellows also join a network of more than 10,000 IHS academics committed to the ideas of liberty and intellectual freedom.

IHS considers applications from those who will be full-time graduate students or undergraduate juniors or seniors during the 2011-12 academic year and who have a clearly demonstrated research interest in the
intellectual and institutional foundations of a free society.

Applicants are evaluated based on three primary criteria:

• academic or professional performance
• potential for success in chosen field
• relevance of work to the advancement of a free society

Please note the following stipulations:

• Fellowships are awarded for one year, and students may reapply in subsequent years.
• Fellowships take into account the tuition at the recipient’s institution and any other funds received by the recipient.
• Full scholarships will not be awarded to students who will receive full-tuition scholarships or stipends from other sources, although these
  students may be considered for partial awards.
• Award decisions by IHS and its trustees are final and not subject to appeal.

All applicants will be considered without regard to race, gender, religion, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, or disability. Although IHS considers applications from outside the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, fellowships are generally awarded to applicants who live or study in those countries.

Deadline: Dec. 31, 2010

Source: www.theihs.org/node/116