Monday, October 3, 2011

[USA] Bachelor`s Degrees in the Arts, Sciences and Fine Arts at Colby-Sawyer College plus 5 more

[USA] Bachelor`s Degrees in the Arts, Sciences and Fine Arts at Colby-Sawyer College plus 5 more

[USA] Bachelor`s Degrees in the Arts, Sciences and Fine Arts at Colby-Sawyer College

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Bachelor`s Degrees in the Arts, Sciences and Fine Arts at Colby-Sawyer College

Overview
Colby-Sawyer College, an outstanding baccalaureate degree-awarding liberal arts and sciences college located in New London, New Hampshire. Colby-Sawyer is a dynamic and innovative liberal arts and sciences college located in the scenic Lake Sunapee Region of central New Hampshire. Their small class size (average 17 students) and talented faculty provide our students with personal attention and a challenging yet supportive academic environment. New technologies are integral to our students` education. On their wireless campus, every student creates an electronic portfolio that tracks their progress and achievements across their college careers. 98 percent their students gain vital pre-professional experience in their fields of study through one or more internships, which allow them to apply their knowledge and skills and build networks for future employment opportunities. Their students gain extraordinary access and opportunities in their first year, whether they want to host a radio show, join a leadership program, perform in a theatrical production or plan campus events.


[Europe] Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy

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Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy

Overview
The Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP) is a 2-year-long international Masters course funded by the European Commission. The European Commission`s Erasmus Mundus program provides scholarships to outstanding students from within and outside the European Uni0n to attend Mundus MAPP and to visiting scholars to participate in teaching and research. The Consortium universities also support these students by offering partial tuition fee waivers to Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients. Mundus MAPP equips graduates with the conceptual knowledge and hard skills that are necessary for understanding and decisively intervening in contemporary transnational policy problems, from climate change to international terrorism or financial regulatory failure. It provides a detailed and systematic understanding of how political institutions, processes and public policies operate and interact from the global political economy through to national and local levels with a direct focus on European engagements at these levels of governance. Inter-disciplinarity and practical application of conceptual knowledge are hallmarks of Mundus MAPP.


[Germany] Excellence scholarships for PhD students in “Global Food Security“ at The Food Security Center (FSC)

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Excellence scholarships for PhD students in “Global Food Security“ at The Food Security Center (FSC)

Overview
The Food Security Center (FSC) is a university center of excellence in development collaboration at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. FSC is one of five excellence centers of the pro-gram “exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation”, which is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany. FSC`s mission is to make effective and innovative scientific contributions in research, teaching, and policy advice to eradicate hunger and achieve food security in collaboration with partner research and education organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin Americaand national and international development and research organizations. Thematically, FSC`s activities deal with issues of sustainable food availability, food access, food use, and food utilization.


[Australia] PhD Research Scholarship in Quantifying uranium minerals at RMIT University

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PhD Research Scholarship in Quantifying uranium minerals at RMIT University

Overview
If you are interested in the proposed PhD project of the development of new methodologies for quantifying uranium minerals in complex uranium bearing ores, then this scholarship may assist you with a three-year stipend.

Value and duration
The scholarship pays $27,000 per year (for three years).
Top-up Scholarship of up to $10,000 per annum is available to doctoral students who gain an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship starting in 2012.

Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship you must:
Be either a local or international research student


[USA] Shorenstein Fellowships in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University

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Shorenstein Fellowships in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University

Overview
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies is pleased to announce its 2012–2013 Walter H. Shorenstein Fellowships. Made possible through the generosity of Walter H. Shorenstein, awards will be made to two junior scholars (recent PhDs must have degree conferral by August 31, 2012) for research and writing on Asia.

The primary focus of the program is contemporary political, economic, or social change in the Asia-Pacific region (including Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia), or topics in international relations and international political economy. Fellows must be in residence for the duration of the appointment, which begins the fall quarter of the 2012–2013 academic year. They must take part in center activities throughout the academic year, and are required to present their research findings in center seminars. Fellows also participate in the center`s publication program. The fellowship includes a stipend of $50,000 for 10 months, plus $3,000 for research materials.


[USA] Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences at Columbia University

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences at Columbia University

Overview
Columbia`s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the earth, environmental and ocean sciences. Candidates should have recently completed their Ph.D., or expect to finish by September 2012.

Lamont-Doherty researchers work to understand the dynamics of earth`s chemical, physical and biological systems, from its inner core to upper atmosphere, as well as its interactions with humans. Successful candidates have a record of scientific excellence and a clearly expressed plan to investigate problems at the forefront of earth science.


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