Undergraduate Summer Scholarships - Excellence Summer Scholarships in Climate System Science at the University of New South Wales, Australia

Description
The ARC Centre of Excellence Summer Scholarships in Climate System Science are highly competitive scholarship awards intended to provide undergraduate students from Australian universities an introduction to cutting-edge climate system research at the UNSW Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC).

Up to five scholarships are available for domestic students to conduct supervised research at the CCRC for an eight-week period during the summer break from November to February, with a break around the holidays. The scholarships are valued at $4,000 for the eight-week research project. To be eligible, applicants must be Australian/New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents.

Eligibility
Students should be in their second, third, or post-honours year and interested in pursuing a postgraduate degree in climate system science. Current CCRC honours or PhD students are not eligible for this scholarship.p to five scholarships are available for domestic students to conduct supervised research at the CCRC for an eight-week period during the summer break from November to February, with a break around the holidays. The scholarships are valued at $4,000 for the eight-week research project. To be eligible, applicants must be Australian/New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents.

Application Procedure
Students interested in applying for a scholarship should provide a package containing:

• a cover letter explaining their interest in the scholarship program and a shortlist of the projects they are keen to work on,
• a current academic transcript, and
• a short CV with particular focus on their computational skills.
• This package should be sent to E.vanSebille@unsw.edu.au

Submission Deadline
15 October 2012.

Website Link
http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/news/news/2012-09-12_summerscholarships.html

Postdoctoral Fellowship of Princeton Society of Fellows In Humanities, Social and Natural sciences, USA

Description
The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2013-2016 Fellowship competition. Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for the academic year 2013-14 will be approximately $78,000. In addition, fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5000 a year, access to university grants, benefits and other resources.

Please learn further of the relevant subjects of this scholarship fellowship below:

• Humanities and Social Sciences: Open to all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows.  In each of the first two years, the successful candidate pursues research half-time and teaches the equivalent of two courses, either team-taught or self-designed, in the host department or in an interdisciplinary Program.
• Humanistic Studies: This fellowship is sponsored jointly by the Humanities Council and Society of Fellows, and is open to candidates in all relevant disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. The position offers an opportunity to collaborate with faculty across many departments. For the first two years the Fellow joins faculty from different disciplines in teaching the interdisciplinary year-long sequence, Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern Period, and pursues research half-time.
• East Asian Studies (EAS): This fellowship is sponsored jointly by the Mellon Foundation and the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, with East Asian Studies as both the host department and affiliated program. The successful candidate will pursue research, contribute to the Society’s activities, and collaborate to team-teach for two years in an interdisciplinary seminar course aimed at rethinking the intellectual and cultural history of early modern East Asia, 1500-1800.
• Race and/or Ethnicity (RE): This fellowship is sponsored jointly by the offices of the President and Dean of the Faculty of Princeton University, and the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to pursue research that explores the discursive forms and meanings of concepts of race and ethnicity in one or more selected disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The selection committee particularly welcomes applications from candidates whose scholarship is driven by innovative, interdisciplinary, and historical ways of thinking, including interests in pre-modern and non-western cultures.

Eligibility

1. PhD degree requirements. Please note the Society's dates of degree eligibility. These are firm dates with no exceptions: a) Candidates already holding the PhD degree at time of application: You must have received your degree between January 1, 2011 and October 1, 2012. The receipt of the PhD is determined by the date on which you fulfilled all requirements for the degree at your institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation. b) Candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation) at time of application: If you will not meet the October 1, 2012, deadline for receipt of PhD but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree, including defense and filing of dissertation, by June 15, 2013, you may still apply for a postdoctoral fellowship provided you have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation (approximately half). We ask that you include in your dossier a letter confirming your “progress to degree” from either your Department Chair or your Director of Graduate Studies (see details of letter below).
2. Please note that candidates awarded a fellowship will be asked to provide a document from either the Registrar or Dean of their Graduate School by June 15, 2013, to confirm completion of all requirements for the PhD.
3. Recipients of doctorates in Education (EdD or PhD degrees), doctorates of Jurisprudence, and holders of PhD degrees from Princeton University are not eligible to apply.
4. If you have already applied to the Princeton Society of Fellows, you may not apply a second time. We therefore recommend that candidates wait until they have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation (approximately half) before applying.
5. Fellowships will be awarded to candidates at the beginning of their academic career. Candidates must have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. Their work should also show evidence of unusual promise. The Society has a particular interest in fostering innovative interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences.
6. US citizens and non-citizens, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, are eligible to apply.
7. Fellows must reside in or near Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship term in order that they can attend weekly seminars and other events on campus.

Application Procedure
Please complete scholarship online application at the link below. Submit the following supporting documents:

• Completed application form
• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• For ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates only:  letter of “Progress to Degree” from either department chair or director of graduate studies (see text below)
• Dissertation abstract
• Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published article
• Research proposal
• Two course proposals

Submission Deadline
October 1, 2012

Website Link
http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships/

Kaplan International Colleges Scholarhip Awards For Nigerian Applicants, UK

Description
Kaplan International Colleges provide a year of foundation study to prepare international students for entry to some of the UK’s top universities.  One of KIC’s successful students is Chineze Agbu from Lagos, who has completed her Foundation Certificate in Science and Engineering at Sheffield International College and has achieved a Progression Scholarship to study Mechanical Engineering at The University of Sheffield in September.

The scholarship winner will recieve a total of £150,000.00. GBP 500 (£500) will be awarded for every A grade and GBP 300 (£300) for every B grade a student earns to a maximum number of 6 subjects.

Eligibility
The scholarship awards will be awarded to high-achieving Nigerian students accepted to study at Sheffield International College or Glasgow International College.

Application Procedure
Please visit the link below to find further information this scholarship.

Submission Deadline
There are several deadline. Please contact the scholarship provider.

Website Link
http://www.kic.org.uk/pathways/news/merit-scholarships-011

TWAS-USM Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, Malaysia

Description
TWAS-USM Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in the departments, institutions and laboratories of the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for a minimum period of twelve (12) months to a maximum period of three years and are awarded to young scientists from developing countries (other than Malaysia) to enable them to pursue advanced research in the natural sciences. USM will provide a standard monthly allowance which should be used to cover living costs, such as accommodation and food. The language of instruction is English.

Eligibility
Applicants for these fellowships must meet the following criteria:

• be nationals of a developing country (other than Malaysia);
• hold a PhD degree in a field of the natural sciences;
• apply for the fellowship within five years of having obtained a PhD degree in a field of the natural sciences;
• be regularly employed in a developing country (other than Malaysia) and hold a research assignment there;
• provide an official Acceptance Letter from a department, laboratory or institute at USM (see sample Acceptance Letter in the application form). Requests for acceptance must be directed to the Dean, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, USM (Prof. Roshada Hashim: by e-mail twasusm@gmail.com) who will facilitate assignment of a host supervisor.  In contacting Prof. Hashim applicants must accompany their request for an Acceptance Letter with copy of their latest CV and a short write-up of research proposal (maximum 3 pages);
• provide evidence of proficiency in English;
• be financially responsible for any accompanying family member.

Application Procedure

• Applicants should submit the acceptance letter from a USM department/laboratory to TWAS and USM when applying or by the deadline at the latest. Without preliminary acceptance, the application will not be considered for selection.
• Reference letters: Referees must send signed letters as attachment via e-mail directly to TWAS and USM. The subject line must contain: USM/ PDoc/the candidate’s surname.  Alternatively, letters should be sent by post in sealed envelopes. Only signed reference letters can be accepted.
• Applicants to the TWAS-USM Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme should send their application to TWAS and USM (by post, fax or email). 
• PDoc  Application Form  and PDoc PDoc Application Guidelines

Submission Deadline
The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 September of each year.

Website Link
http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fells/fells-pdoc/usm-pdoc