International Master Scholarship In in Media Practice for International Development, UK

Description
The School of Media, Film and Music is delighted to offer a £5,000 scholarship award to UK/HEU and non EU students who have been accepted on the MA in Media Practice for International Development, starting in September 2013.

The scholarship award is offered as a reduction in tuition fees of £5,000 and will be awarded to the student who possesses the highest academic ability and potential (not made on the basis of financial need).

Eligibility

• Applicants must have been offered a place on the above Masters degree.
• Applicants must commence the degree in September 2013 (awards cannot be deferred to subsequent years).
• Current Sussex undergraduate students are eligible to apply.

Application Procedure
Applications should be made on the attached application form. Please visit the official site to find further.

Submission Deadline
1 May 2013

Website Link
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/funding/opportunities/view/80

The Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Program in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Description
Each year by September, PhD supervisors from academic institutions in EMEA submit their proposals for collaborative research projects with Microsoft Research Cambridge. Applications are then peer reviewed and approximately 20 projects are selected for funding. PhD students are appointed to the selected projects and begin their research in the following academic year under the supervision of their academic supervisor, with co-supervision from a researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge.

Eligibility
Only PhD supervisors should apply. If their project is selected, the supervisor has up to one year to find the best possible student for the project. We usually consider only one application per university department or per laboratory of a national research institution.Only applications from institutions in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will be considered. For an application to be considered, the proposed research must be closely related to the research carried out at Microsoft Research in Cambridge.

Application Procedure
Interested applicant must provide the following documents:

• An online web form that includes contact details of supervisor(s) and possible reviewers.
• Ideally, one of the suggested reviewers should be from Microsoft Research. If no suitable Microsoft researcher can be identified, it may mean that the proposed research project is too far from our areas of interest.
• A project proposal of maximum six (6) A4 pages in 10-point font, including references.
• Accepted formats: plain text (.txt), .pdf, or Microsoft Office Word (.doc or .docx) only.

Submission Deadline
20 September 2012

Website Link
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/global/apply-europe.aspx

The Ian Parry Scholarship, A photographic Scholarship

Description
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2012 is currently being offered to  young photographers who are either attending a full-time photographic course or are under 24. This scholarship is named in honor of Ian Parry, a “photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989?. If you are applying, you must submit examples of your work from your portfolio and a brief synopsis of a project you would undertake if you won. The top prize is £3,000 (about $4900 in USD) and £500 (about $820) for runners-up.

Eligibility and Application Procedure
For further information about the scholarship, interviews and images please contact Rebecca McClelland Creative Director at rebecca@ianparry.org and visit www.ianparry.org

Website Link
http://www.ianparry.org/main/?page_id=2 

Traineeships scheme of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

Description
These rules govern the official traineeships scheme of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound). This scheme is addressed mainly to young university graduates, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained a university diploma and are at the beginning of a new professional career.

Aims
The aims of the official in-service training with Eurofound are:

• To provide fresh university graduates with a unique and first hand experience of the workings of Eurofound within the wider European context.
• To enable such trainees to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of Eurofound units and sections.
• To provide the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multiethnic environment, contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance.
• To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship.
• To provide the opportunity to recent university graduates to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies, and in particular in their specific areas of competence.
• To introduce these graduates to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.

Eligibility

1. Member States of the European Union (27 member state) and of candidate countries
2. Candidates must have completed the first cycle of a higher education course (university education) and obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications.
3. Candidates from Member States must have very good knowledge of at least two Community languages, of which one should be the working language of Eurofound (English). Candidates from non-Member States must have very good knowledge of English, the working language of Eurofound.
4. have already benefited or benefit from any kind of in-service training (formal or informal, paid or unpaid) within a European institution or body, or who have had or have any kind of employment within a European institution

Application Procedure
Applications should be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Eurofound’s HR Unit. All necessary instructions are published on the Website. Only applications submitted through Eurofound’s on-line recruitment system will be considered. Attempts to submit applications after the deadline on the closing date will be rejected automatically. No additional documents or justifications will be accepted after reception of the application.

Website Link
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/about/vacancies/traineeshipsrules.pdf

IWT- doctoral scholarships for EU-citizens At Gent University, Belgium

Description
The IWT is a Flemish organisation stimulating and supporting innovation. IWT offers financial support to companies for executing industrial research and development projects; to research institutes for projects in strategic basic research, collective research and technology transfer; and to individual researchers for support in their doctoral and postdoctoral research projects.

The IWT doctoral Scholarships (“Strategische Onderzoeksbeurzen”) are available to young researches who intend to obtain a Ph.D. degree by research at a Flemish institution.

Eligibility
Applicants must citizens of an E.U. member state, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway or Switzeland, and be 2nd-cycle graduates. They must have graduated with a “Distinction” degree (Honours Degree) at 2nd-cycle or masters’ level no more than 5 years before applying for the doctoral scholarship.

Application Procedure
The applications, in Dutch or English, must be submitted on-line. Candidates must also give an oral defence of their proposal to a committee of experts, this presentation will have to be done in the language of the application. Upon termination, the scholarship holder may receive a doctoral bonus if the Ph.D. degree is obtained during the period of the scholarship or within a maximum period of six months following the end of the second term.

Submission Deadline
1 August and 15 September

Website Link
http://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/phd/iwtsb.htm

European Transport Scholarship at Institute For Transfort Studies, Leeds University, UK

Description
The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, is offering a full-fees Masters scholarship, to provide a unique opportunity to a student of outstanding ability, achievement and potential. The European Transport Scholarship 2012/13 will fund the fees for an EU (non-UK) student to undertake a Masters programme at ITS, on a one year full-time basis.   The scholarship forms part of the ITS mission to advance the understanding of transport globally via the development of skills and best practice.   It is anticipated that after completing the Masters programme, the scholarship recipient will apply their new skills to an area of identified need within the European Union. 

Value of the scholarship
The scholarship is a full-fees waiver for the 2012-13 academic year, to the value of £4900.

Eligibility

• Applicants must first hold an offer (conditional or unconditional) of an academic place for an ITS Masters degree for the academic year commencing September 2012.
• Applicants must be designated as ‘Home fee status’ by the University of Leeds, and be domiciled in the European Union, excluding the UK. 

Application Procedure

• complete and submit the relevant scholarship application form, to include: i) a statement of up to 500 words which details an important transport debate (policy, technical, social, economic) in the applicant’s home country and how a Masters degree from ITS would enable the applicant to contribute to that issue. ii) evidence of the applicant’s outstanding ability, achievement and potential; iii) an outline of the applicant’s career aspirations.
• Provide a supporting statement from a referee (the scholarship referee should be additional to the academic referees)

Submission Deadline
29th June 2012.

Website Link

http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/masters/scholarships/