Scholarship Graduate Program for Asia

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA)

Application deadline : December 10, 2009 for the 2010-11 academic year.

Target countries: Under current program guidelines, candidates must be a national of one of the following countries:

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Work: Candidates should also currently work for one of the following or related agencies:

central bank, ministry of economy, ministry of finance, ministry of planning/development, ministry of trade/commerce, tax administration, or national statistics bureau. The program will also consider officials working in other areas of government that have a significant impact on the formulation or implementation of macroeconomic policy.

Education background: Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent with at least 16 years of formal education. Names of schools and attending dates beginning from primary school must be listed in the application. In some cases, 15 years of formal education may be accepted if there is an official explanation (a country’s particular educational system or other exceptional circumstances).

English proficiency: Applicants must have an English language proficiency, which needs to be demonstrated as equivalent to or more than an official TOEFL score of 550, CBT213, or iBT79-80. If TOEFL scores are not available, then an overall IELTS score of at least 6.0 can be substituted.

Application procedures

1. Completed application form: The applicant for the partnership track is requested to apply through the online application system. (The on-line application will be made available by the mid-October, 2009.) The blank application form Blank application form: PDF Version can be reviewed for reference only.

2. Official transcripts and official copies of diplomas or degree certificates from all undergraduate and graduate schools: An official copy means a certified copy of the original document with an official seal obtained from the administration office of the university attended. Copies attested by organizations/persons not having notarized/legal bearing will not be accepted.

3. Two reference letters: References should be from applicants’ supervisor at work and/or an academic advisor or professor.

4. TOEFL/IELTS certificate (if available): The TOEFL/IELTS test score must be from an examination taken after December 10, 2007. If a score is unavailable, the applicant will be requested to sit for a TOEFL/IELTS examination prior to receiving a final decision on the scholarship award.

All submitted application material must be presented in English or be accompanied by an official English translation. The material will be considered under the control of the IMF and provided to the relevant school(s) and the Government of Japan as it sees appropriate. None of the material will be returned to applicants.

Application and further information : http://www.imf.org/external/oap/jispa_review09.htm

Scholarship Graduate Program at UK universities (Chevening)

Chevening Scholarships applications for 2010/2011 was opened in 1 August 2009.

Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships are highly prestigious awards funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and administered by the British Council. The programme offers outstanding graduates and young professionals, for international students who wish to study in the United Kingdom (UK) universities.

The awards are made for one year’s formal study for a postgraduate qualification or for a shorter period of not less than three months to pursue private study or research at a university or similar institution in the UK.

Includes:

* a return economy airfare to the UK from any Australian city

* all compulsory academic fees

* monthly stipend

* book allowance

* thesis allowance

Candidates should have a strong undergraduate degree (emphasis is placed on applications with First or Second Class Honours). Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Chevening scholarships are targeted towards a broad range of fields and disciplines. Priority is given to the following areas:

* Science and innovation

* New and renewable energy resources and energy security

* Global environmental issues

* Science policy

* Sustainable development

* Human rights

* Political science

Application Deadline: 18 October 2009

Application

* Applications for Chevening Scholarships for study in the 2010/11 academic year open on Saturday 1 August. The application deadline is midnight Sunday 18 October.

* Applications will ONLY be accepted via the new online application system. For further details on how to submit your application, and to complete the online application procedure, please go to https://www.chevening.fco.gov.uk/CheveningApplications/ca_start.aspx

* No late applications will be accepted.

* In your application you will be asked to list contact details for two referees. Note, referees should be professional and/or academic.

* A Medical Form is only required once an award has been made.

Scholarship Graduate Program at Tilburg University

Scholarship Ph.D Program in Service Science at Tilburg University

The European Research Institute in Service Science (ERISS, http://www.eriss.org), part of the department of Information Management, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, is seeking a highly motivated and dedicated PhD candidate to work on a exceedingly challenging, interdisciplinary research project focusing on modelling and simulating networked service systems, applying theories and models from computer science, information systems, management and business administration.

You will have the opportunity to work in an international environment and collaborate with and visit a number of high-profile researchers from universities and research institutes all over Europe.

The research project focuses on various areas including: analysis and design of interactions between service network partners, simulation of behaviour of network partners and the network, and enactment and management service networks with software services.

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

* An excellent Masters degree (avg. over 8/10) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Management or a closely related field.

* Expertise in Operations Management, particularly, service operations management and system dynamics.

* Programming skills in simulation tools (VemSim, IThink) and languages such as Java, PHP, Perl and/or C++.

* Strong formal background (mathematics, system dynamics, etc.).

* Very good communication and writing skills in English.

* Knowledge and experience within the fields of SOA, business process management and (process) simulation, and software modeling and development skills will be highly rated.

* Candidates should be able to work in a collaborative environment with a strong commitment to achieving research excellence.

Interested candidates are requested to send their application by October 16th, 2009 to Alice Kloosterhuis, including:

1. A cover letter describing yourself and your interests.

2. Soft copy of your publications (e.g. master or PhD thesis, conference/workshop/journal papers).

3. Your CV.

4. Your transcripts.

5. Proof of proficiency in English (e.g. TOEFL test or IELTS) if English is not your first language.

Contact Person

Ms. Alice Kloosterhuis

mailto: a.m.kloosterhuis@uvt.nl

Scholarship Graduate Program at IMT Lucca Italy

Scholarship Ph.D. Programs at IMT:

Computer Science and Engineering

Economics, Markets, Institutions

The program aims at dealing 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 to educate 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 cooperation with Politecnico di Torino

The program trains both researchers and professionals, able to operate at the highest levels of management of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, in both public and private institutions. The program integrates concepts and methods from several domains (humanities, economics, law, information technologies, material sciences) in the analysis of cultural heritage and landscape. The program provides a consistent multidisciplinary path where students are provided with competencies which nowadays cannot be obtained but through particular self-training initiatives. The job market today has to rely on various professional figures - thus incurring conflicts and standstills in the decision-making process - or is forced to choose only one competence among all the needed ones. A distinctive feature of the program is the involvement of Ph.D. students in projects, both on local and international scale, so as to make them familiar with the complex management of cultural heritage and landscape.

Political Systems and Institutional Change

The Ph.D. in Political Systems and Institutional Change is a multidisciplinary course analysing, in a comparative perspective, institutions in their historical, political, sociological, economic and legal features. Special attention will be devoted to processes of institutional change. The Ph.D. 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 2010.

Deadline

The deadline for applications is December 4, 2009 at 18:00 (Italian time).

Call:

http://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/call_for_applications/index.php

Application Online:

https://www.imtlucca.it/phd_programs/open_applications/login.php

Scholarship Graduate Program at Montclair State University

PhD Program in Environmental Management
Department of Earth & Environmental Studies
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Stipend and tuition waiver included.
Start: January 2010

Deadlines: For Spring Semester, October 15

The student will participate in a three year NASA-funded research project
that will use remote sensing data to assess vegetation in arctic tundra,
in collaboration with researchers at Boston University, the USGS, and
Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University. Previous
experience in remote sensing, ecology, modeling, GIS, and statistics is
essential. Highly developed quantitative and programming skills are
advantageous.

Applicants should e-mail a CV and a brief cover letter outlining research
interests and academic background to Dr. Mark Chopping
(chopping@pegasus. montclair. edu).

Formal application and details click here :
http://www.csam. montclair. edu/environ/ academic/

Program Director: Dr. Dibyendu Sarkar (sarkard@mail. montclair. edu).

Scholarship Graduate Program at Australia Griffith University

The GUIPRS is designed to attract and support highly ranked international grants and scholarship as well as college loan consolidation applicants during the University’s annual postgraduate research grants and scholarship round. The scheme extends the provision of tuition fees scholarships beyond the University’s allocated International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS). The GUIPRS covers tuition fees for the student and overseas student health cover (OSHC) for the student and dependant(s).
Grants and scholarship as well as college loan consolidation application Deadline: 31 October 2009

Grants and Scholarships' Eligibility

The IPRS is available to international students only (including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, etc). Applicants must have completed, or expect to complete, four years of higher education studies at a very high level and be intending to enroll full-time in an approved doctoral or research masters program.

Part-time awards may be offered to students who, for social or medical reasons, are unable to study full-time.

Grants and scholarship as well as college loan consolidation's duration:

The IPRS may be held for up to two years for a research masters program and up to three years for a doctoral program. A six month extension may be granted to doctoral students in certain circumstances.
How to apply for grants and scholarship as well as college loan consolidation:

Applicants must submit the following to the Griffith Graduate Research School.

New applicants

New applicants must submit:

• a research higher degree and scholarship application form (includes two academic referee reports)
• certified or original transcripts
• 500 word statement
• curriculum vitae (CV)

Current students must submit:

• a covering letter
• a research higher degree and scholarship application form (includes two academic referee reports)
• updated research outline
• copies of publications (where applicable)

Closing date

Applications for the Annual grants and scholarship round must be submitted by 31 October. Applications may be submitted at anytime before this date, however cannot be considered until after 31 October.

For further information regarding grants and scholarship as well as college loan consolidation, please visit: http://www.griffith.edu.au/research-higher-degrees/Scholarships/government-funded/endeavour-international-postgraduate-research-scholarships

Scholarship graduate program at West Virginia University

Advanced Power and Electricity Research Center in Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) is seeking research assistants with competitive monthly stipends starting in January 2010/August 2010. Students with good academic records and research interests matching the below listed broad areas in power systems are encouraged to apply for Ph.D. and Masters degrees.

1. Smart grids
2. FACTS
3. Power System Control
4. Power System Stability
5. Power System Optimization
6. Intelligent Applications in Power Systems

The Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering has 33 tenure-track faculty members, 420 undergraduates, and 300 graduate students. The department offers BS degrees in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Biometric Systems; offers Masters degrees in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Electrical Engineering; and offers Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. The Department conducts approximately $5.5 million annually in externally sponsored research, with major research activities in the areas of biometric systems, bioengineering, information assurance, nanotechnology, power systems, software engineering, virtual environments, and wireless networks. The department is aggressively upgrading its laboratory facilities, including a recently completed 4000 square foot clean room facility. The Department is home to a university-wide interdisciplinary research center, the Advanced Power & Electricity Research Center (www.aperc.wvu.edu).

WVU is a comprehensive land grant institution of over 26,000 students with medical, law, and business schools. The University has Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive standing. The Department has a close working relationship with, and receives funding from, a growing list of government and industry sources such as DOE, DOD, NASA, NIOSH, and the FBI Fingerprint Identification Center .

WVU located in Morgantown is in close proximity to Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Washington DC, Columbus (Ohio), Richmond (Virginia), Raleigh (North Carolina), Knoxville (Tennessee) and within 400 miles of New York.

Send your resume and statement of research with detailed academic background (preferably by email) to:

Dr. Sarika Khushalani Solanki
Assistant Professor
Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
West Virginia University
835 ESB, P O Box 6109
Morgantown , WV 26506-6109
304-293-9142, 304-293-8602 (fax)
Sarika.Khushalani-Solanki@ mail.wvu.edu
http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~s khushalani-solanki/

For further information on admissions to WVU please browse through http://www.arc.wvu.edu/
http://www.admissions.wvu. edu/ and http://www.graduateeducati on.wvu.edu/

For information on research work, go through
http://www.aperc.wvu.edu/ and power faculty webpage available at http://www.lcsee.cemr.wvu. edu/faculty/index.php

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Dr. Sarika Khushalani Solanki