Student Scholarships For Third Country Students The Erasmus Mundus Scholarships for non-Europeans aim at strengthening European co-operation and international links in higher education by enabling students and visiting scholars from around the world to engage in postgraduate study at European universities.

In the EMLE programme, this means that each year a number of non-European students will receive a grant of  24,000 € per selected student.

Who is eligible?
In principle any student from a non-European country is eligible. The distinction between 'European Students' and 'Third Country Students' is made in accordance with the criteria of the European Union. For more information, please check the Application Procedure on this website.

THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 IS OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2010.

Symantec plans to begin accepting applications for the 2011 Fellowship in July 2010. The application deadline is December 18, 2010. Award decisions will be made in February 2011.

• Symantec will award Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowships to outstanding Ph.D. and M.S. students who meet the eligibility criteria listed below. A key goal of the program is to fund innovative research that has real-world value, in areas of Symantec’s business interests in information security, availability, and integrity.
• Fellowship participants also gain first hand research and development experience through guidance and mentorship from a top scientist of Symantec Research Labs during the fellowship period. Each participant is also encouraged to spend a summer working with their mentor at Symantec on a research project in their area of interest.

Provisions of the Award

• In the US, the fellowship award will cover 100% of tuition and fees for the recipient’s graduate school in the US. A stipend is provided to cover living expenses while in school
• In Europe, a stipend is provided to cover research and living expenses while in school.
• Mentors from Symantec Research Labs are paired with award recipients. The mentor is a top researcher who can provide ongoing technical guidance on the recipient’s research, during their graduate training as well as during summer internships at Symantec.
• All recipients will be encouraged to take a salaried summer internship with Symantec Research Labs (Mountain View, CA, Culver City, CA, or Sophia Antipolis, France).
• Each recipient will be given a laptop preloaded with Symantec software.
• Fellowships are awarded to recipients for one academic year and may be extended for a second year, based on the award recipient's continued exceptional academic standing, progress and achievement. Any such extensions will be granted solely at Symantec's discretion.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applying students must attend a U.S. or European university in a Ph.D. or Master’s program focused on technology research. Exceptional graduating undergraduate seniors may also apply and final award is contingent on their acceptance to a graduate program.
• Preference will be given to students with a desire to work in an industrial research lab and those working on research projects likely to have real-world practical value to customers, in areas related to Symantec’s businesses of information security, availability, and integrity.
• Recipients will also be selected based on their overall potential for research excellence and their academic progress to-date as evidenced by publications.
• The scholarship awards will be made through the university and are not transferable to another academic institution.

Required Application Information
Applications should be submitted as a single compressed file (.zip file) and must include the following:

• A completed fellowship application form including a personal statement of research interests not to exceed 500 words. Applicants are strongly encouraged to articulate the practical value to customers of their proposed research areas.
• A C.V. and thesis proposal (optional).
• Three letters of recommendation from professors or industry researchers who can evaluate the applicant's scientific aptitude and potential for research (may be sent confidentially, please see application form for instructions).
• Incomplete applications cannot be considered and we cannot guarantee notification of incompleteness. Please make sure applications are complete.

Application Dates and Process

• Fellowship applications will be accepted beginning July 2010.
• Application deadline will be December 18, 2010.
• As part of the application process, some candidates may be contacted for telephone interviews.
• The final award decisions will be announced in February 2011.

Questions?
Please direct any additional questions about the Symantec Graduate Fellowship Program to: SRLFellowship@Symantec.com

Source: www.symantec.com/about/careers/college/fellowship.jsp

The “la Caixa” savings bank Foundation and the Barcelona GSE offer 14 fully-funded scholarships to students from emerging and developing countries (*) with excellent academic backgrounds who will return to their home countries at the end of their professional training process to implement their knowledge.

This award covers:

• master program tuition
• medical insurance
• round-trip airfare from the student's country of residence
• monthly stipend for expenses during the student's stay in Barcelona

(*) Note: “Emerging and developing countries” is an expression used to name all countries not included on the following 2008 IMF list of “advanced economies”: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America. 
 
“La Caixa” Foundation is the institution which manages the resources that Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, "la Caixa", devotes to its social and cultural work. Among its priorities are cooperation with developing countries and promotion of higher education. “La Caixa”, based in Barcelona, is the leading European savings bank.

For application form and more info, visit: www.barcelonagse.eu/Scholarship_Sponsors.html

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 33 fellowships for the 2011/2012 academic year. It proposes 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 Programme builds on the strong reputation of the Institutes for Advanced Study for promoting the concentrated, self-directed work of excellent researchers within the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international group of fellows.

EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in natural and exact sciences, if their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities. The diversity of the 14 participating IAS —which have agreed on a common selection procedure— offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars . Applicants select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising scholars at an early stage of their careers as well as from established senior researchers. During their fellowship, EURIAS fellows benefit from the high-quality research environment and working conditions provided by the host Institute. All IAS have agreed on common standards for EURIAS fellows, including the provision of a living allowance (in the range of € 26,000 for a junior fellow and € 38,000 for a senior fellow), accommodation (or a mobility allowance), a research budget, plus coverage of travel expenses.

Application and deadline
– Applications are submitted online via www.eurias-fp.eu. You will find detailed information regarding
    the content of the application, eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc.
– The deadline for application is September 10th 2010. Late applications will not be considered.

Selection procedure
– Scientific assessment by two international referees
– Preselection by EURIAS international and interdisciplinary Scientific Committee
– Final selection by the IAS academic boards
– Publication of results in December 2010.

For further information on the Programme, please consult our website: www.eurias-fp.eu
For further information on the IAS and their working conditions: www.eurias-fp.eu/ias 

ESMT continues development of scholarship program to promote diversity on the MBA

- Regional scholarships available for applicants from all continents
- Full scholarships available for exceptional female applicants Anzeige

ESMT European School of Management and Technology has continued the development of its MBA scholarship program for 2010-11. The MBA program at ESMT is built on both faculty and peer-to-peer learning, and the school is committed to diversity in the classroom. "The current Full-time MBA class at ESMT is made up of participants from 21 countries," said Nick Barniville, Director of MBA Programs. "Our aim is to further increase this diversity."

The majority of all ESMT scholarships are now clustered according to region. Financial support is being offered in the form of merit-based partial scholarships to applicants from the Americas, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Two full scholarships for women will also be provided this year (value 38,000 EUR each). "We already have 35% women in the MBA class, and we are committed to doing everything we can to further increase this figure," adds Barniville.

The school is also introducing an Academic Excellence Scholarship, giving financial support to an exceptional applicant with a GMAT score of over 700. In addition, applicants for the Full-time MBA have the opportunity of applying for the ESMT Corporate Fellowship Program. The program combines a full scholarship with attractive internship opportunities and mentoring at one of ESMT's founding companies after graduation.

Tuition and fees for self-sponsored participants of the Full-time MBA program are 38,000 EUR. This includes 9,000 EUR for learning materials, office supplies, food and drinks on campus on weekdays while the program is running, and the international field seminar.

This year, for the first time, some scholarship funding will also be made available to self-financing participants on the school's Executive MBA program beginning October 2010, which carries a tuition fee of 57,500 EUR.

Application deadlines are August 2010 (for Executive MBA beginning October 2010) and mid-November 2010 (for full-time MBA beginning January 2011).

Press contact
Martha Ihlbrock, Tel.: +49 (0)30 21231-1043, martha.ihlbrock@esmt.org

More information for applicants
Stephanie Kluth, Tel.: +49(0)30 21231-1400, stephanie.kluth@esmt.org

About ESMT
ESMT European School of Management and Technology was founded in October 2002 by 25 leading global companies and institutions. The international business school offers Full-time MBA and Executive MBA programs, as well as executive education in the form of open enrollment and customized programs. The School also features in-house research-oriented consulting services in the areas of competition and regulation. ESMT is a private university based in Berlin, Germany, with an additional location in Schloss Gracht near Cologne.

Martha Ihlbrock | Source: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Further information: www.esmt.org
www.esmt.org/info/scholarships

Erasmus Mundus scholarships allow third-country graduate students to follow the whole programme, i.e. they will receive a scholarship for the whole duration of the GEMMA programme. The GEMMA Consortium decides who receives an Erasmus Mundus scholarship on the basis of CVs, study and academic merits, motivation, recommendations, language skills, etc. The European Commission confirms this selection and officially assigns the grants.

Eligibility:

• Only candidates who have applied to and have been accepted by the GEMMA Consortium in accordance with its specific students' application and selection criteria, are eligible for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship in GEMMA.
• Students can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to the Erasmus Mundus master’s programme of their choice but the number of applications must be limited to maximum three different programmes.
• Scholarships can be awarded to students selected by the GEMMA consortium who come from a country other than the EU Member States, the EEA-EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, and Lichtenstein), Turkey, the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia)* and Switzerland, and who are not residents nor have carried out their main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries.
• Scholarship candidates must have already obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognized equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices.
• Individuals who have already benefited from an Erasmus Mundus scholarship are not eligible for a second scholarship in order to follow the same or another Erasmus Mundus programme.
• Students benefiting from an Erasmus Mundus scholarship cannot benefit from another Community grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
• Erasmus Mundus students scholarships are awarded exclusively for a full-time enrolment in one of the GEMMA editions.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: In the framework of the Western Balkans Window, students from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo (under UNSC Resolution 1244/99), Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey are eligible to apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the fourth edition of the GEMMA programme (2010/2012).

Scholarship amount:
Under the ERASMUS MUNDUS II each student scholarship amounts to a maximum of 48.000 Euro for the two years of the programme. It consists of:

1. Contribution to travel, installation and any other type of costs (4.000 Eur per academic year)
2. Contribution to the programme participation costs, including insurance coverage (max. 4.000 Eur per semester)
3. Monthly living allowance, including travel costs (1.000 Eur)

The Erasmus Mundus scholarship covers the programme’s tuition fees and maintenance expenses; however, only the amounts under points 1 and 3 are transferred directly to the student. The Erasmus Mundus GEMMA Consortium pays the grants to students according to specific payment arrangements which are communicated to the grantees in advance.

GEMMA students holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship must:

• Commit themselves to participate in the masters programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Student Agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the scholarship;
• Spend their study period in at least two of the consortium partner countries. These two countries must be different from the country in which the scholarship holder has obtained his/her last university degree; the mandatory mobility periods cannot be replaced by virtual mobility, neither can they take place in institutions outside the consortium.

Application
You can find the application form and instructions here (click)

Available Master Programs

• MSc in Economics and MSc in Finance
• MSc in Competition and Market Regulation
• MSc in the Economics of Science and Innovation
• MSc in International Trade, Finance, and Development
• MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Market

Degree
The Master programs in Competition and Market Regulation; the Economics of Science and Innovation; International Trade, Finance, and Development; and Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets lead to a Master of Science degree awarded jointly by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The Master programs in Economics and in Finance lead to a Master of Science degree awarded by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Campuses
Four of the Barcelona GSE masters (Economics, Finance, Competition and Market Regulation, and International Trade, Finance, and Development) are based at the Ciutadella campus, at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in central Barcelona. The Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets and the Master in the Economics of Science and Innovation are located at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) campus at Bellaterra, about a thirty-minute train ride from the city center.

Click here for an online Application Form

Admission Criteria
There are four main criteria for admission: academic preparation, English language requirement, quantitative skills (GRE/GMAT), and letters of recommendation.

The specific requirements listed below should be considered orientative rather than absolute. Excellence in one area may compensate for a shortcoming in another. In the end what is evaluated is the whole file.

Please note that there are always many more applicants than slots available, and possession of the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee that you will be offered admission.

Academic Preparation:

• Undergraduate/bachelor's degree or the equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Outstanding academic record - download country-specific guidelines [pdf]
• Most common undergraduate degrees: Economics, Finance, Engineering, Sciencies, Mathematics.

English Language Requirement:

• All Barcelona GSE master programs are taught entirely in English.
• No proof of language skill is required if:
  • your first language is English
  • the language of instruction of your previous degree was English.
  • Students with a previous degree taught in English in a non-English speaking country, should provide official evidence from the relevant university that the degree was taught entirely in English to gain an exemption from this requirement.
• All other students must provide recent evidence that their spoken and written command of the English language is adequate.

Scholarships
The “la Caixa” savings bank Foundation and the Barcelona GSE offer 14 fully-funded scholarships to students from emerging and developing countries (*) with excellent academic backgrounds who will return to their home countries at the end of their professional training process to implement their knowledge.

This award covers:

• master program tuition
• medical insurance
• round-trip airfare from the student's country of residence
• monthly stipend for expenses during the student's stay in Barcelona

(*) Note: “Emerging and developing countries” is an expression used to name all countries not included on the following 2008 IMF list of “advanced economies”: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Application Deadline : 15 July 2010

Website: www.barcelonagse.eu/Programs.html

There  will be a limited number of scholarships available covering full tuition for 2 years of the programme. All qualified applicants will be automatically considered for a scholarship, no special application form is required. Applicants must submit the application form with all supporting documents by the indicated deadline:  Non - EU - April 15, EU - June1.

Additionally, a stipend of 200 EUR/month will be granted in the course of studies to students with the best academic results. Information about this stipend will be made available by a programme manager to admitted students upon arrival and beginning of their degree studies.

More information about the program: www.ut.ee/semioticsma.

The European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics (EM-ABG) offers high quality training, both in terms of scientific knowledge as well as didactic skills, provided by six excellent university groups within the EU. The EM-ABG is a response to the need of highly qualified graduates in the internationally operating area of farm animal breeding and genetics.

Why choose this programme?
If you are well motivated and interested in animal breeding, statistical genetics and genomics, you have completed a BSc or equivalent degree in Animal Science or related fields and good knowledge in English, the EM-ABG is perfect for you!

What will you gain?
The EM-ABG is a two-year MSc programme which starts with an orientation period for all students in Wageningen. Subsequently, you will conduct the major part of the training at two of the participating universities of your choice which offers you the opportunity to have access to a broad range of subjects.
Successful students are awarded two nationally recognized masters degrees (double degree). Graduates will be able to contribute to the development of sustainable (farm) animal breeding, in and outside Europe, either in their country or in a national branch of an international breeding organization.

Which Universities are involved?
The European Master in Animal Breeding is accepted by the European Union as an Erasmus Mundus MSc programme for a five-year period starting in 2007. In 2007, 24 students started the program followed by 22 students in 2008 and 24 students in 2009. The universities participating in the EM-ABG are Wageningen University (the Netherlands), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Austria), Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Germany), AgroParisTech (France), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) and The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway). These groups have a long tradition of collaboration and a strong profile in the area of Animal Breeding and Genetics.

Fees and Funding for EU students?
The consortium has eight scholarships (category B) available for:

• Students from EU countries, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein
• Students living outside EU but with a EU nationality
• Student from outside of EU who stayed in EU for at least for 12 months in the past 5 years
• Scholarships cover fees and living expenses (€500/month) for 24 months.

For European students, the tuition fee is €2,000 per academic year. European students can also make
use of existing Erasmus-Socrates exchange programmes. More information and the application form can
be found at www.emabg.eu.

Deadlines for applications: April 15th
Application deadline for students who want to participate in EMABG in the upcoming academic year.

For more information and application, please contact:
EM-ABG secretary, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, NL
6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands,

Email: emabg@wur.nl