This is an invitation to young, vibrant, deserving, of good character and needy Malaysian Students for “NG BEE CHAI FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2008”.
The scholarship will be given to deserving individuals seeking financial assistance to pursue their first degree or professional courses in Malaysian Local Universities.
Only offered to Malaysian Students from Klang Valley area.
Closing date is on May 31, 2008.
For more information and applications for the scholarship, contact Janet Tey at 03-33430008 ext 13/15.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
[UK] 4 Scholarships & Award at University of Liverpool
The Duncan Norman Research Scholarship at the University of Liverpool was established in 2004 following the receipt of a generous donation from The Duncan Norman Charitable Trust in memory of the late Mr Duncan Norman.
The objective of the Scholarship is to enable academically gifted students who also have the personal qualities to make them leaders in society, to pursue MPhil/PhD study at the University of Liverpool. The Scholarship may be used to fund research in any University department.
The University has established an Advisory Panel of internationally renowned persons to oversee the award of the Scholarship. The Scholarship is available to all prospective full-time postgraduate research students, irrespective of nationality or tuition fee status (i.e. whether UK, EU or overseas).
To be eligible for consideration, prospective students must have had their application for MPhil/PhD research approved by the University by the application deadline.
Deadline : Monday 31 March 2008, 5pm
The University of Liverpool International Scholarships - Undergraduate
Unlimited scholarships offering 25% fee reduction for students achieving AAB in A level examinations or the international equivalent. To be eligible, you must have an offer for a full-time, non-clinical, undergraduate programme and be classified as an international student. You do need to make an application for this scholarship and, in addition, you will need to choose Liverpool as your firm choice through UCAS (accepted our offer as your first choice). The scholarship will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress (normally min 60% average each year).
Deadline: 2 May 2008 and 4 July 2008
The University of Liverpool International Scholarships - Postgraduate
Up to thirty scholarships offering 25% fee reduction are available for international students applying for full-time, non-clinical, postgraduate taught masters courses. These scholarships will be awarded primarily on the basis of academic merit and will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress.
Deadline: 2 May or 4 July 2008
International Baccalaureate Award
Unlimited scholarships offering a 25% fee reduction for students achieving 36 points. To be eligible, you must have an offer for a full-time, non-clinical, undergraduate programme and be classified as an international student.
You should be registered at an IB School and taking the full IB Diploma. You do need to make an application for this scholarship and, in addition, you will need to choose Liverpool as your firm choice through UCAS (accepted our offer as your first choice). The scholarship will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress (normally min 60% average each year)
Deadline: 2 May 2008
The objective of the Scholarship is to enable academically gifted students who also have the personal qualities to make them leaders in society, to pursue MPhil/PhD study at the University of Liverpool. The Scholarship may be used to fund research in any University department.
The University has established an Advisory Panel of internationally renowned persons to oversee the award of the Scholarship. The Scholarship is available to all prospective full-time postgraduate research students, irrespective of nationality or tuition fee status (i.e. whether UK, EU or overseas).
To be eligible for consideration, prospective students must have had their application for MPhil/PhD research approved by the University by the application deadline.
Deadline : Monday 31 March 2008, 5pm
The University of Liverpool International Scholarships - Undergraduate
Unlimited scholarships offering 25% fee reduction for students achieving AAB in A level examinations or the international equivalent. To be eligible, you must have an offer for a full-time, non-clinical, undergraduate programme and be classified as an international student. You do need to make an application for this scholarship and, in addition, you will need to choose Liverpool as your firm choice through UCAS (accepted our offer as your first choice). The scholarship will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress (normally min 60% average each year).
Deadline: 2 May 2008 and 4 July 2008
The University of Liverpool International Scholarships - Postgraduate
Up to thirty scholarships offering 25% fee reduction are available for international students applying for full-time, non-clinical, postgraduate taught masters courses. These scholarships will be awarded primarily on the basis of academic merit and will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress.
Deadline: 2 May or 4 July 2008
International Baccalaureate Award
Unlimited scholarships offering a 25% fee reduction for students achieving 36 points. To be eligible, you must have an offer for a full-time, non-clinical, undergraduate programme and be classified as an international student.
You should be registered at an IB School and taking the full IB Diploma. You do need to make an application for this scholarship and, in addition, you will need to choose Liverpool as your firm choice through UCAS (accepted our offer as your first choice). The scholarship will be tenable for the duration of the programme of study, subject to good academic progress (normally min 60% average each year)
Deadline: 2 May 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Australian Postgraduate Award, Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research, The University of Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) - Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research: Donation and Regulation in Australia
This scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage-Projects grant and will provide support for 3 years on a full-time basis for a research project leading to a PhD. The objective of the research project is to explore the bioethics of research oöcyte donation for Australian stem cell research. Research will involve policy analysis, interviews with oöcyte donors, clinical and scientific staff and other stakeholders as well as bioethically informed social analysis of the issue. The aim of the project is both to produce scholarly research and to develop a socially sustainable, bioethically sound approach to somatic cell nuclear transfer research in Australia. The successful applicant will be supervised by A/Professor Catherine Waldby, International Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and A/Professor Ian Kerridge, director of the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine (VELIM), Sydney University.
Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2A degree in social science, gender studies, science studies or bioethics and have some experience with empirical qualitative research. Experience with research in clinical settings and knowledge of stem cell research would be an advantage. Applicants must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. The scholarship stipend is $26, 140 p.a. in 2008 (tax exempt), and the position will begin in July 2008.
Please note that this scholarship is conditional on the University signing an agreement with the Partner Organisation named in the grant.
For further information, contact Associate Professor Catherine Waldby (Phone: 02-90367206 E-mail: catherine.waldby[ at ]arts.usyd.edu.au).
Applications, including letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of the applicant’s writing, copy of an academic transcript, proof of citizenship or permanent residency, and the names and contact details of at least two referees, should be sent to:
Associate Professor Catherine Waldby
Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
A26, The University of Sydney NSW 2006.
Australia
Closing Date: March 1 2008.
This scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage-Projects grant and will provide support for 3 years on a full-time basis for a research project leading to a PhD. The objective of the research project is to explore the bioethics of research oöcyte donation for Australian stem cell research. Research will involve policy analysis, interviews with oöcyte donors, clinical and scientific staff and other stakeholders as well as bioethically informed social analysis of the issue. The aim of the project is both to produce scholarly research and to develop a socially sustainable, bioethically sound approach to somatic cell nuclear transfer research in Australia. The successful applicant will be supervised by A/Professor Catherine Waldby, International Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and A/Professor Ian Kerridge, director of the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine (VELIM), Sydney University.
Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2A degree in social science, gender studies, science studies or bioethics and have some experience with empirical qualitative research. Experience with research in clinical settings and knowledge of stem cell research would be an advantage. Applicants must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. The scholarship stipend is $26, 140 p.a. in 2008 (tax exempt), and the position will begin in July 2008.
Please note that this scholarship is conditional on the University signing an agreement with the Partner Organisation named in the grant.
For further information, contact Associate Professor Catherine Waldby (Phone: 02-90367206 E-mail: catherine.waldby[ at ]arts.usyd.edu.au).
Applications, including letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of the applicant’s writing, copy of an academic transcript, proof of citizenship or permanent residency, and the names and contact details of at least two referees, should be sent to:
Associate Professor Catherine Waldby
Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
A26, The University of Sydney NSW 2006.
Australia
Closing Date: March 1 2008.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Australia: Australian Postgraduate Award, Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research, The University of Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) - Human Oöcytes (ova) for Stem Cell Research: Donation and Regulation in Australia
This scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage-Projects grant and will provide support for 3 years on a full-time basis for a research project leading to a PhD. The objective of the research project is to explore the bioethics of research oöcyte donation for Australian stem cell research. Research will involve policy analysis, interviews with oöcyte donors, clinical and scientific staff and other stakeholders as well as bioethically informed social analysis of the issue. The aim of the project is both to produce scholarly research and to develop a socially sustainable, bioethically sound approach to somatic cell nuclear transfer research in Australia. The successful applicant will be supervised by A/Professor Catherine Waldby, International Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and A/Professor Ian Kerridge, director of the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine (VELIM), Sydney University.
Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2A degree in social science, gender studies, science studies or bioethics and have some experience with empirical qualitative research. Experience with research in clinical settings and knowledge of stem cell research would be an advantage. Applicants must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. The scholarship stipend is $26, 140 p.a. in 2008 (tax exempt), and the position will begin in July 2008.
Please note that this scholarship is conditional on the University signing an agreement with the Partner Organisation named in the grant.
For further information, contact Associate Professor Catherine Waldby (Phone: 02-90367206 E-mail: catherine.waldby[ at ]arts.usyd.edu.au).
Applications, including letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of the applicant’s writing, copy of an academic transcript, proof of citizenship or permanent residency, and the names and contact details of at least two referees, should be sent to:
Associate Professor Catherine Waldby
Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
A26, The University of Sydney NSW 2006.
Australia
Closing Date: March 1 2008.
Source: www.scholarshipnet.info
This scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage-Projects grant and will provide support for 3 years on a full-time basis for a research project leading to a PhD. The objective of the research project is to explore the bioethics of research oöcyte donation for Australian stem cell research. Research will involve policy analysis, interviews with oöcyte donors, clinical and scientific staff and other stakeholders as well as bioethically informed social analysis of the issue. The aim of the project is both to produce scholarly research and to develop a socially sustainable, bioethically sound approach to somatic cell nuclear transfer research in Australia. The successful applicant will be supervised by A/Professor Catherine Waldby, International Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and A/Professor Ian Kerridge, director of the Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine (VELIM), Sydney University.
Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2A degree in social science, gender studies, science studies or bioethics and have some experience with empirical qualitative research. Experience with research in clinical settings and knowledge of stem cell research would be an advantage. Applicants must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens. The scholarship stipend is $26, 140 p.a. in 2008 (tax exempt), and the position will begin in July 2008.
Please note that this scholarship is conditional on the University signing an agreement with the Partner Organisation named in the grant.
For further information, contact Associate Professor Catherine Waldby (Phone: 02-90367206 E-mail: catherine.waldby[ at ]arts.usyd.edu.au).
Applications, including letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of the applicant’s writing, copy of an academic transcript, proof of citizenship or permanent residency, and the names and contact details of at least two referees, should be sent to:
Associate Professor Catherine Waldby
Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
A26, The University of Sydney NSW 2006.
Australia
Closing Date: March 1 2008.
Source: www.scholarshipnet.info
Sunday, March 11, 2007
2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship Essay Competition
Top Essays To Be Awarded $2,500 (Students) or $10,000 (Untenured Faculty)
The Independent Institute is pleased to announce the 2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship Essay Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded to outstanding college students — and untenured “junior” faculty — from around the world through a competitive essay contest.
The 2007 Garvey Fellowship Prizes will be awarded for the best essay on the topic: “Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?”
A panel of three judges will look for the best essays related to the topic — original essays distinguished by their clarity, rigor, and eloquence. The essays need not be technical or demonstrate hyper-specialized scholarship, although they should be serious in content, tone, and style. Held biennially, the Garvey Fellowship is intended to encourage and reward scholarship pertaining to the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberties.
STUDENT DIVISION: College students up to the age of 35:
First Prize: $2,500
Second Prize: $1,500
Third prize: $1,000br />
FACULTY DIVISION: Junior faculty members up to the age of 35 and not yet tenured:
First Prize: $10,000
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $1,500
ELIGIBILITY:
1. Student Division: Any student 35 years or younger enrolled at a recognized college or university anywhere in the world.
2. Junior Faculty Division: Untenured college or university teachers, Assistant Professor or higher, 35 years or younger.
LENGTH: Student essays must not exceed 3,000 words. Teacher essays must be 5,000 to 8,000 words long.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2007
For more information, including eligibility requirements, a suggested reading list and examples of past winning essays, see http://www.independent.org/students/garvey/
The Independent Institute is pleased to announce the 2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship Essay Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded to outstanding college students — and untenured “junior” faculty — from around the world through a competitive essay contest.
The 2007 Garvey Fellowship Prizes will be awarded for the best essay on the topic: “Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?”
A panel of three judges will look for the best essays related to the topic — original essays distinguished by their clarity, rigor, and eloquence. The essays need not be technical or demonstrate hyper-specialized scholarship, although they should be serious in content, tone, and style. Held biennially, the Garvey Fellowship is intended to encourage and reward scholarship pertaining to the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberties.
STUDENT DIVISION: College students up to the age of 35:
First Prize: $2,500
Second Prize: $1,500
Third prize: $1,000br />
FACULTY DIVISION: Junior faculty members up to the age of 35 and not yet tenured:
First Prize: $10,000
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $1,500
ELIGIBILITY:
1. Student Division: Any student 35 years or younger enrolled at a recognized college or university anywhere in the world.
2. Junior Faculty Division: Untenured college or university teachers, Assistant Professor or higher, 35 years or younger.
LENGTH: Student essays must not exceed 3,000 words. Teacher essays must be 5,000 to 8,000 words long.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2007
For more information, including eligibility requirements, a suggested reading list and examples of past winning essays, see http://www.independent.org/students/garvey/
[UK] Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (OSR/ORSAS) at Newcastle University
The Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORS or ORSAS) grants awards on a competitive basis to international postgraduate research students of outstanding merit and research potential.
The number of scholarships available at Newcastle under this scheme varies, but the University’s success rate in recent years has been very good (in 2004, 24 awards were given to Newcastle students).
Awards are made:
* for full-time research programmes only
* initially for one year but may be extended up to a maximum of three years
What does the scholarship cover?
* the difference between the tuition fee for a home (UK) postgraduate student, and the fee chargeable to an international postgraduate student
* and does not cover living expenses.
Eligibility
You could be eligible for the ORS scholarship if:
The number of scholarships available at Newcastle under this scheme varies, but the University’s success rate in recent years has been very good (in 2004, 24 awards were given to Newcastle students).
Awards are made:
* for full-time research programmes only
* initially for one year but may be extended up to a maximum of three years
What does the scholarship cover?
* the difference between the tuition fee for a home (UK) postgraduate student, and the fee chargeable to an international postgraduate student
* and does not cover living expenses.
Eligibility
You could be eligible for the ORS scholarship if:
- you have been offered a place on any full-time research degree programme, in any field of study (except an Integrated PhD programme)
- you have been assessed as overseas for fees purposes, and are wholly or partially self-financing
- you intend to register to start your studies during the 2007-08 academic year
Existing students in their first year of study are also eligible to apply for one of these awards. Students in the first year of an Integrated PhD programme are eligible to apply for an ORS award. Students entering the third year of their research programme will not generally be eligible to apply for an award.
The only selection criteria are outstanding merit and research potential. Other factors such as finance, nationality, proposed field of study are not taken into account.
You can read profiles of some of our recent ORS Scholarship winners:
How to apply
If you are eligible, you will automatically be sent application details from the month of December onwards.
The final closing date for completed application forms is 28 February 2007. However, you are advised to submit your forms as soon as possible for them to be checked and references obtained.
An application form is available on request from the Financial Support Team (international-scholarships@ncl.ac.uk), or you can download a Rich Text File of:
- The ORS Application Form
- The ORS Guidelines for Students
- The ORS Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
If you need any of these documents in another format, please contact us.
Contact Details
If you have any queries please contact:
Student Welfare Service
(Financial Support Team)
Newcastle University
6 Kensington Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 191 222 5537/5538
Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 6139
E-mail: international-scholarships@ncl.ac.uk
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Two MU students earn national fellowships
In 2001, Andrew Cox was a corporate worker with a solid paycheck. He wasn’t satisfied, though. He knew he hadn’t found what he really wanted to do yet. So he scrapped his corporate job, tried a few things out, went back to school and embarked on a career studying birds in the woods — about as far from cubicle life as you can get.
That’s passion, and passion is a requirement for a life in science. It’s also one reason, among many, that MU doctoral student Cox won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The same goes for fellow doctoral student Corey Costello. Cox and Costello are two winners among about 1,000 in the country who earned the selective fellowship.
In return for their passion and their promising work, they earn more than $30,000 in stipends, plus other benefits.
Lab life by example
For Costello, the fellowship means she can skip some of the usual grad student tasks — teaching assistantships or side jobs, for example — to spend more time in the lab. Costello does her doctoral research in bioengineering with Assistant Professor Sheila Grant, and she focuses on hernia repair materials.
Hernias, or ruptures in the abdominal fascia, can be painful ordeals. Unfortunately, so can their treatment; sometimes the polypropylene material surgeons implant to repair hernias causes problems of its own, including chronic pain or infections.
Costello studies why these materials fail in the body. Additionally, she tests alternative materials, including an MU-developed nanomaterial, that could be better options. That practical potential may have helped her earn the NSF fellowship, she says.
Costello also thinks her previous work as an NSF K-12 Teaching Fellow helped. In that program, she worked with junior high school students doing hands-on projects designed to get them interested in science and engineering. “It was basically to expose the kids to a real-life engineer,” Costello says. “They have a very stereotypical view — some crazy scientist in a lab — unless they are exposed to real examples.”
For the birds
Cox also highlights the importance of working with children. In fact, interacting with kids at zoos and during his early fieldwork helped him make the decision to pursue science as a career. Now, he and fellow MU students are starting an outreach program to promote science to kids in Columbia schools.
Working with kids is Cox’s way of giving back to the community, but it also keeps him grounded. “Kids at a certain age, they just soak up everything you have to say and get so excited about it,” he says. “That reminds you of why you were excited about it.”
Cox gets excited about birds. He uses the NSF fellowship to support his doctoral research in biological sciences. Working with Professor John Faaborg, he studies birds and the animals that prey upon their nests. Specifically, Cox studies how the way people use land affects the types of animals that prey on nests and, in turn, how that relates to the reproductive success of the birds.
In the past, researchers could theorize about these changes only indirectly, but Cox is using a direct technique: digital video recorders. Cox places recorders near nests to watch predatory activities and compile data. The work involves a lot of time in the field and a lot of time spent watching video recordings. Lucky for Cox, that’s part of his newfound passion.[source]
That’s passion, and passion is a requirement for a life in science. It’s also one reason, among many, that MU doctoral student Cox won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The same goes for fellow doctoral student Corey Costello. Cox and Costello are two winners among about 1,000 in the country who earned the selective fellowship.
In return for their passion and their promising work, they earn more than $30,000 in stipends, plus other benefits.
Lab life by example
For Costello, the fellowship means she can skip some of the usual grad student tasks — teaching assistantships or side jobs, for example — to spend more time in the lab. Costello does her doctoral research in bioengineering with Assistant Professor Sheila Grant, and she focuses on hernia repair materials.
Hernias, or ruptures in the abdominal fascia, can be painful ordeals. Unfortunately, so can their treatment; sometimes the polypropylene material surgeons implant to repair hernias causes problems of its own, including chronic pain or infections.
Costello studies why these materials fail in the body. Additionally, she tests alternative materials, including an MU-developed nanomaterial, that could be better options. That practical potential may have helped her earn the NSF fellowship, she says.
Costello also thinks her previous work as an NSF K-12 Teaching Fellow helped. In that program, she worked with junior high school students doing hands-on projects designed to get them interested in science and engineering. “It was basically to expose the kids to a real-life engineer,” Costello says. “They have a very stereotypical view — some crazy scientist in a lab — unless they are exposed to real examples.”
For the birds
Cox also highlights the importance of working with children. In fact, interacting with kids at zoos and during his early fieldwork helped him make the decision to pursue science as a career. Now, he and fellow MU students are starting an outreach program to promote science to kids in Columbia schools.
Working with kids is Cox’s way of giving back to the community, but it also keeps him grounded. “Kids at a certain age, they just soak up everything you have to say and get so excited about it,” he says. “That reminds you of why you were excited about it.”
Cox gets excited about birds. He uses the NSF fellowship to support his doctoral research in biological sciences. Working with Professor John Faaborg, he studies birds and the animals that prey upon their nests. Specifically, Cox studies how the way people use land affects the types of animals that prey on nests and, in turn, how that relates to the reproductive success of the birds.
In the past, researchers could theorize about these changes only indirectly, but Cox is using a direct technique: digital video recorders. Cox places recorders near nests to watch predatory activities and compile data. The work involves a lot of time in the field and a lot of time spent watching video recordings. Lucky for Cox, that’s part of his newfound passion.[source]
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