International Scholarship At the University of Abertay Dundee, UK

Description
This scholarship fund is open to students living outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Area, who are liable to pay overseas tuition fees and whom the University of Abertay Dundee believes would bring to the University additional personal and academic qualities. It will support individual scholarships based on academic merit, and/or personal achievement in either sports or music. They will be available for students enrolling for study at Abertay in September 2012.

The value of each scholarship award will be directly related to the quality of the individual’s academic merit and/or his or her personal achievements in sport or music.

The following are the list of the scholarships' value:

• Academic Merit Award (between £1,000 and £2,500)
• Academic Excellence Award (between £2,500 and £5,500)
• Outstanding Academic Merit Award (between £5,500 and £8,000)
• Exceptional Award (between £8,000 and £9,500)
• Personal Achievement Scholarships (between £1,000 and £2,500)
• Excellent Achievement Award (between £2,500 and £5,000)
• Outstanding Achievement Award (between £5,500 and £8,000)
• Exceptional Award (between £8,000 and £9,500)

Eligibility

1. You can only apply for a scholarship if you have submitted an application for a place on a degree or postgraduate programme at Abertay.
2. The Academic Merit Scholarships will be available to those with outstanding academic merit, based on their proven academic record at school and/or college and/or university at the point of application.
3. The Personal Achievement Scholarships will be available to those applicants whose personal achievements in sport or music demonstrate a commitment and determination to excel in other aspects of life.

Application Procedure
Applications for scholarships must be completed in full and all required documents must be submitted with the completed scholarship application form.

If possible applications should be scanned and submitted electronically as attachments. They should be sent to sro@abertay.ac.uk with the subject heading Scholarship Application. You can also mail it to:
Scholarships
Student Recruitment Office
University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG, United Kingdom

You can apply online at www.abertay.ac.uk/applying/overseas/

Submission Deadline
31st January 2012
30th April 2012
31st July 2012

Website Link
http://www.abertay.ac.uk/media/Overseas%20Scholarship%20Booklet%202012.pdf

PhD Position in Management at Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Netherlands

Description
Under the personal supervision of internationally acclaimed top researchers, our PhD candidates are encouraged to do pioneering and innovative research. They are trained in one of five key fields of management: Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems; Organisation; Marketing; Finance & Accounting; or Strategy & Entrepreneurship.

ERIM offers its PhD candidates excellent research facilities, including a state-of-the-art behavioural lab and advanced survey technology. In addition, a special support programme pays for research expenses like conference visits, international research visits, and data collection.

All ERIM’s PhD students are paid a competitive salary. Also, we support the further development of our students’ academic careers, for example by financing an international job market visit.

Eligibility
Potential PhD candidates hold a Master’s degree in a discipline relevant to their PhD project, have obtained excellent study results, and are highly motivated to do scientific research.

Application Procedure
The application needs to be submitted online and, after this, to be sent by regular mail. For the online application, you will need to upload several files. Note that you will have to have electronic versions available of most of the required documents, for example, scans. Only one file per required document is allowed, so that you may have to merge several documents into one. Uploaded files are preferably in the pdf format (a free pdf printer can be found at CutePDF), although MS Word and jpeg is also accepted.

Detailed information of Application process at:

http://www.erim.eur.nl/ERIM/Doctoral_Programme/PhD_in_Management/How_to_Apply/Application#axzz1lJarSwOx

Submission Deadline
15 March 2012.

Website Link
http://www.erim.eur.nl/ERIM/News/News_Details?p_item_id=7331957&p_pg_id=93#axzz1kw

Postdoctoral Position in business administration At Lund University, Sweden

Description
The holder of the position should be competent and experienced in at least one of the fields of business studies. Scholarly proficiency is the main requirement for employment. The position involves a limited amount of teaching (the equivalent of one course a year and some supervision of Bachelor and Master's Theses).

Eligibility

• The candidat should have a PhD awarded no more than three years ago (unless the applicant has been on parental leave of leave due to illness).
• For appointment, the candidate must have demonstrated a high degree of research expertise and also shown teaching skills.

Additional criteria

• extensive international experience, including experience of work and study at a non-Swedish institution of higher education;
• relevance and viability of the research plan;
• other results and distinctions which attest to the applicant’s ability to do research;
• ability to engage and inform society at large about research;
• work-related experience of the research field.

Application Procedure
Please apply online on the website link.

Applications should be written in English. Applications must include:

• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Research plan
• Publications including publication list
• Certificates, references etc

Submission Deadline
31 March 2012

Website Link
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=437941&Type=E 

Competitive Scholarship and Last Dollar Grant, USA

Description
The Last Dollar Grant is a need-based award for Baltimore City public high school graduates whose expected family contribution and financial aid package total less than the cost to attend college. Students who are awarded a CollegeBound Foundation Last Dollar Grant are eligible to receive a grant up to $3,000 per year, renewable for up to five (5) years of college or the maximum amount of $15,000. These Grants are gift money that does not have to be repaid. Approximately 60 awards are given each year.

Eligibility

1. Must be a 2012 graduate of a Baltimore City public high school.
2. Family income must not exceed $75,000 annually, and applicants must be eligible to receive a Pell Grant.
3. Student must contribute at least 15% of college cost of attendance through ‘self-help’ (student loans and/or work study).
4. Be accepted to and attend a four-year Maryland college/university.
5. You MUST attend the Transition to College Workshop and the Annual Scholars’ Luncheon, both in the summer 2012.
6. You also MUST attend any other retention program events scheduled throughout the year.

Application Procedure
Please submit the following documents:

• Student Aid Report (SAR) (for a copy, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov or call 1-800-4-FED-AID/1-800-433-3243).
• Acceptance letter from the college/university you will attend.
• Financial Aid Award Letter (FAAL) from the college/university you will attend.
• Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Notification Letter if applicable (go to www.mhec.state.md.us or call 410-260-4500 for a copy).
• Recent high school transcript through the first semester of your senior year.

Online application portal: http://scholarships.mycbf.net/STARS

Submission Deadline

• All STARS Online Last Dollar Grant applications must be completed by March 1st
• All supporting documents must be submitted by July 1st

Website Link
http://www.collegeboundfoundation.org/students/highschool/starsonline.html

College Bound Foundation Scholarship, USA

Description
The CollegeBound Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and enabling Baltimore City public school students to go to college. One method by which we accomplish our mission is by awarding scholarships to worthy students. Together with the generosity of the individuals, organizations, foundations and businesses sponsoring these awards, CollegeBound hopes to lighten the burden of financing a college education.

Eligibility
The CollegeBound Foundation seeks to lower the cost of a college education for Baltimore City public school students. Competitive scholarship applicants must excel academically, show exceptional leadership potential and make an impact on their communities through service to others.

To be eligible, applicants must be seniors at a Baltimore City public high school. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Current college students are not eligible to apply.

Application Procedure
The scholarship should be applied online at: http://scholarships.mycbf.net/STARS

Submission Deadline
March 1, 2012

Website Link
http://www.collegeboundfoundation.org/students/highschool/starsonline.html

The Harkness Fellowships In Health Care Policy and Practice, USA

Description
The Commonwealth Fund invites promising mid-career professionals—academic researchers, clinicians, managers, government policymakers, and journalists—from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, to apply for a unique opportunity to spend up to 12 months in the United States as a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. Fellows work with leading U.S. experts to conduct a research study that addresses a critical issue on the health policy agenda in both the U.S. and their home country. A rich program of seminars organized by the Fund throughout the year further enhances the fellowship experience

Fellowships provide up to U.S. $107,000 for terms up to 12 months, with a minimum stay of ten months in the United States required. Individually tailored, the fellowships allow flexibility to accommodate professional commitments and personal circumstances. A peer-reviewed journal article or policy report is the anticipated product of each project.

Eligibility
Applicants must demonstrate a strong interest in health policy issues and submit a formal application that includes a research proposal which falls within the scope of The Commonwealth Fund's goals to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.

Application Procedure
You can access the application form in this link: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Fellowships/Harkness-Fellowships/Harkness-Application.aspx

Submission Deadline
For applicants from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom: September 17, 2012
For applicants from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland: November 19, 2012
For Applications from Canada is March 12, 2012

Website Link
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Fellowships/Harkness-Fellowships/Overview-and-Brochure.aspx 

Job Opportunity As assistant professorship in Modern Culture with special focus on Cultural Policy Studies, Denmark

Description
The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Copenhagen University, Denmark invites applications for an associate, alternatively assistant professorship in Modern Culture with special focus on Cultural Policy Studies to be filled by 1 August 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.

An assistant professorship is a three-year, fixed-term academic position involving research and teaching. The person appointed to the post will be obliged to complete a course in university teaching devised especially for assistant professors, and is expected to be able to take part in all the activities of the Department, including examinations and administration. At the end of the three-year period, provided the appropriate funding is secured, a post as associate professor will be advertised for which the assistant professor may apply.

Eligibility
Applicants must document research qualifications at international level in cultural policy studies as well as in relevant theories in this context. Emphasis will furthermore be placed on the applicants´ competences in the wider field of studies that characterizes the MA programme in Modern Culture.

The following professional qualifications and personal competences are furthermore required:

• Research qualifications, which will be assessed in relation to the period of active research and the degree of originality and production
• The applicant´s scientific record, academic breadth and depth, rigour, thoroughness and accuracy as well as academic relevance in relation to the advertisement for the position
• Documented teaching qualifications
• Documented administrative qualifications
• Research management
• Participation in networks - national and international

Application Procedure
Please click on the "Apply online" icon at the bottom of website link.

The application must be written in English and include the following enclosures:

1. Application letter/cover letter 
2. Curriculum Vittae
3. Documentation of qualifications (examination certificates/PhD diploma, etc.).
4. Complete and numbered list of publications. The enclosed publications must be marked with.
5. Research plan, including a short description of previous research and a plan for the coming years that includes an account of involvement in organizing research, establishment of research seminars, symposia and congresses, etc.
6. Documentation of teaching qualifications and research dissemination (organisation of classes, materials, courses and other forms of teaching).
7. Publications. Applicants may choose a maximum of five publications for assessment, of which at least three of the selected works must have been published within the five years immediately preceding the deadline for applications. Publication dates must be clearly marked on the publication list. The publications selected must be uploaded as attachments and named from 1 to 5.

Submission Deadline
March 12. 2012.

Website Link
http://www.ku.dk/english/available_positions/vip/