Advance Africa NewsletterA free e-zine bringing you inspirational articles, great tips on studying abroad as well as jobs and scholarships alerts. July 03 2008, ISSUE #080.
July 2008 Part I"I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I've learned, is to be awake to the moment." - Doug Hall Adams
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A: Scholarships The scholarship provides promising student from the Great Lakes Region of Africa with the full financial assistance needed to attend College of the Atlantic (COA). The scholarship covers tuition, room, board, books and health insurance. 60 fully-funded scholarships are available for prospective international students to study at Zhejiang University. The scholarship covers tuition and fees, CNY 1,400 per month living allowance, CNY 600 per year for medical services plus CNY 600 one-off settlement subsidy for new students after registration. Each year the Australian National University offers several scholarships that cover tuition fees and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) premiums for international students who are immediate school leavers. Scholarships of up to €21,000 per year(for two years) are availabe to study European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics course at any of the 6 universities on Erasmus Mundus programme. The scholarship covers the living costs, insurances, travel costs and subscription fees. Applications for IFS Research Grants are welcome from young scientists in developing countries to do research on the sustainable management, use or conservation of biological or water resources. MUNDUSFOR offers a master degree in higher education to professionals that wish to orient their careers toward the field of education. The scholarship of up to €42,000 covers travel, living expenses and tuition in Europe for the full duration of the course. Ernst Mach grant are for students from non-European countries to study a master degree programme (fulltime) at an Austrian university of applied sciences. The scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation and a monthly grant of up to €1040. For each student the scholarship amounts to 21,000 Euro per academic year. This includes 10 monthly grants of 1,600 Euro and a fixed amount of 5,000 Euro for fees, travel expenses, relocation costs, etc. Students from all over the world are welcome to join the programme. The North-South-Dialogue Scholarship Programme offers scholarships for selected master programmes. The scholarship covers travel expenses, accommodation plus a monthly scholarship of up to EUR 940. MA Scholarships are available for the MA Program in Peace and Conflict Studies at European University Center for Peace Studies. Grant covers tuition, accommodation and travel costs for students from developing countries. European Commission grants Scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students and scholars to; students to follow the NOHA Mundus Masters Course, to scholars to carry out teaching and research assignments and scholarly work in the NOHA universities participating in the Course. Each year, the Directory hosts an international Young Photographers Competition, for which photography students are invited to submit work. The shots Directory are now inviting entries from photography students studying degree-level courses around the world. A PhD studentship is available in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Wolverhampton University. This is an opportunity to conduct research on statistical shape analysis of the human back. The fellowship program is designed to help graduate students formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are competitive in fellowship competitions. If awarded a fellowship, the airfare, hotel, meals and ground transport will be paid for by the Social Science Research Council. The Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship provides assistance to Canadian and developing country graduate students with a university degree in Agriculture, Forestry or Biology, who wish to undertake post-graduate, applied on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a graduate program at a recognized university in Canada or in a developing country for the duration of the award period. University of Oxford invites applications for a President Museveni scholarship of £10000 to support Africans wishing to pursue economic research at the University for the degree of D Phil. The Gender and Diversity program invites applications for the fellowships under the AWARD Program.The fellowship will support African agricultural women scientists with PhD degrees, including those in post-doctoral positions, and women scientists with MA/MSc/MPhil/BA/BSc degrees.
The IWP seeks to promote the advancement of women’s rights and gender equality in law and practice, and the empowerment of women to ensure participation in the democratic processes. Organizations can apply for one to three year grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000. The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) seeks to demonstrably improve the lives of children living in poverty in developing countries by achieving large scale and sustainable impact. The AWDF funds local, national, sub-regional and regional organisations in Africa working towards women's empowerment. In addition to awarding grants, the AWDF attempts to strengthen the organisational capacities of its grantees. Organisations can apply for grants of up to $40,000. Africa Grants Program seeks to increase women's access to skills and economic opportunities that will help them gain greater control over their lives. In addition, the program tries to help women participate more fully in their households and communities as equal decision-makers.
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