Scholarship Award for Master Students In International Relation - Hedley Bull Scholarships At Australian National University, Australia

Description
The Graduate Studies in International Affairs program offers up to four Hedley Bull Scholarships each year for full-time study in the Master of Arts (International Relations) commencing in semester one. Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Master of Arts (International Relations).

Eligibility

1. MA (International Relations) (MAIR) and Master of International Affairs (MIA)
2. Scholarship Applicants for the MAIR and MIA should normally have obtained at least a Distinction average in their bachelor degree, or the equivalent. The degree should be in any discipline of the social sciences or the humanities. Those with a bachelor degree with Distinction average in a non-cognate discipline will be admitted to the Master’s Foundation program for a semester. As a guide, Distinction refers to an A/B+ average, 2(1) Honours in the British system, and 14/20 in the French system.

Application Procedure
When applying for the MA (International Relations), eligible applicants for the Hedley Bull Scholarship award should include a covering letter indicating their interest in being considered for the scholarship and making the case for being granted one. The covering letter together with the application for the MA (International Relations) (including transcripts and three academic references) will be considered as the full application for the scholarship. There is no need to provide a separate application. The scholarship provides a full-fee waiver for three full-time sessions (semesters). This amounts to 48 units of graduate coursework and a 24-unit thesis session

All International scholarship applications for the graduate coursework qualifications must be made directly to ANU Apply online at ANU Apply Online

Submission Deadline
31 October 2012

Website Link
http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/ir/gsia/scholarships/

(Scholarship for College) The Community College Scholarship Program SR Education Group, USA

Description
The scholarship award will be funded by SR Education Group. This scholarship asks students to complete a series of short essays (each essay should be between 300 and 500 words).  The scholarship committee will be judging essays on the following factors: persuasiveness, how compelling they are, and the quality of writing. The selected applicants will recieve $2,000.

Application Procedure 

The online application link can be seen at the web link below

The scholarship grant committee will be judging essays on the following factors: persuasiveness, how compelling they are, and the quality of writing.

Please provide your answer for the following questions:

• How will you apply your degree in the future? What do you anticipate for your first five years outside of college?
• Describe your previous educational experiences. How have those experiences influenced your decision to attend community college?
• Describe an experience from your life and explain how it has influenced your personal development.

Submission Deadline
August 31, 2012

Website Link
http://www.sreducationgroup.org/scholarships/community-college-scholarship

Master and PhD Scholarship for Non-Czech University Students

Description
Programme Scholarship for foreign students supports foreign students from the third countries out of European Union who want to study at one of the universities in the South Moravian region in the Czech republic, in the Czech study programmes.

The scholarship will cover:

1. Scholarship (monthly 6000 Czech crown - approx. 220EUR) for the first study year - to cover basic living costs (if students achieves good study results during the first study year, they obtain scholarship straight from the university in the following years). There is no tuition fee for students attending study programs in Czech language.
2. Free administrative assistance and consultancy – help with university entrance exams procedure and during the first study year in the South Moravian region (diploma recognition, information service, visa, study matters etc.)

Eligibility
Foreign students from the third countries out of European Union, who wish to study a follow-up master or Ph.D. study programs in Czech language, at partner universities in the South Moravian region of the Czech republic. Preferably in technical and natural science field of study (applicants for other study programmes are welcomed as well, however their chance to obtain scholarship is much lower). Applicants, who have already studied at any of the Czech universities before, are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Application Procedure
Please find further info at: 

http://jcmm.cz/scholarship-for-foreign-university-students/how-to-submit-an-application.html

Submission Deadline

• Applications for the academic year 2013/2014 can be submitted from 1st December 2012 till 30th January 2013.
• Applications for the academic year 2012/2013 were accepted till 30th January 2012.

Website Link
http://jcmm.cz/en/scholarship-for-foreign-university-students.html

(Scholarship Award ) Go Global Equity Scholarship 2013 Provided By Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Description
The Scholarship Award provides a one off cash payment of $3,000 to assist with costs associated with participating in the Go Global program.

Eligibility

• Be able to demonstrate financial hardship
• Be enrolled part time or full time at Curtin University, Bentley Campus
• Must have a status of Good Standing
• Must have a Course Weighted Average of 60.00 or more
• Be completing the penultimate undergraduate year or first postgraduate year of study

Application Procedure
Please find further at the web link below

Submission Deadline
30/07/2012

Website Link
http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/scholarship.cfm?id=997

(Scholarships Grants) Japan-WCO Human Resource Development Programme 2013, Japan

Description
The Japan-WCO Human Resource Development Programme (Scholarship Programme) provides a grant Scholarship covering travel, subsistence, admission, tuition and other approved expenses to enable promising young Customs managers from developing countries to undertake Master’s level studies at the Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in Tokyo, Japan.

Eligibility

• The candidates should be in good health, preferably below 40 years of age as of 1 April 2013.
• The candidates should be Customs officers fully proficient in English
• The candidates should have at least 3 years of work experience in Customs and should have assessed potential for advancement.
• After the completion of the Programme, the candidates should continue to work in their home Customs administration for 3 years at least and, after 3 years, they should report to the university indicating the post they occupy in their home administration and how they have been utilizing the experience they acquired in Japan.

Application Procedure
The AGU requests online scholarship applications for admissions for the 2013-2014 Sch Programme.  ID and Password for the online application will be obtained by sub Entry Form on the Web site by 23 August 2012 (http://www.aoyamasmiprp.jp/).

Submission Deadline
23 August 2012

Website Link
http://www.cbec.gov.in/deptt_offcr/training/wco-masters-SM-IPR-admin-prov.pdf

(Scholarships and Grants) Research Grant in Information and Decision Support Systems at INESC-ID, Portugal

Description
The position holder is expected to develop scientific research preferably within these topics, and will be encouraged to start their own projects in coordination with colleagues. Excellent candidates in related areas are also strongly encouraged to apply. INESC-ID is an equal opportunity employer that implements the principle of equal treatment and training irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment.

Successful candidates will be integrated in an existing research group at INESC-ID and will conduct research in:

1. Programming models, languages, tools, and processes to develop complex software systems,
2. Architecture of communication networks and mobilty aspects of communication,
3. Algorithms, middleware and communication support to build complex and dynamic distributed applications.

Eligibility
Applicants should hold a PhD, be fluent in English and show evidence of autonomous research abilities. They should be willing to work in a team and also have a strong publication record. The successful candidate should propose an innovative research project with relevance for the research area where she/he will be integrated.

Application Procedure
Application details: INESC-ID invites eligible individuals to submit their expressions of interest, which must include an scholarship application letter, a detailed CV, a 1-page outline of a proposed research program, and is highly recommended to include reference letters. All documents should be sent by email to applications@inesc-id.pt and/or snail mail to: Direcção INESC-ID, R. Alves Redol, 9, 1000-029 Lisboa, Portugal.

Submission Deadline
July 15th 2012

Website Link
http://www.inesc-id.pt/intranet/bolsas/list_fellowships.php

International PhD Scholarship Grant in Sociology at Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

Description
The scholarship grant and their amount are specifically assigned every year: for specific information about the number of scholarships available and about their amount, please download the file related to the specific Call of the Year. Admission test to Ph.D. Programs is divided in two stages: in the first stage the Examining Committee evaluates the qualifications for compliance with the criteria established by the Ph.D. Faculty Committee; in the second stage the candidates are interviewed by the Ph.D. Faculty Committee, in order to ascertain their preparation, skills and aptitude for scientific research and personal motivation. The interview also aims at verifying the applicant’s knowledge of the educational and academic areas specified for the Ph.D. and includes the applicant’s formal presentation of the research project(s) he/she proposes to conduct. (*For those foreign students who are not able to reach Milan for the interview, special on-line interviews will be set, by request).

Eligibility

• For Italian students a Laurea Quadriennale or Laurea Magistrale is required. These Italian titles are M.A. equivalents. B.A. equivalents will not constitute minimum requirements for admission.
• Foreign students must hold an academic qualification that has been declared to be equivalent to an Italian Laurea Quadriennale or Laurea Magistrale (i.e. an M.A. equivalent; B.A. degrees do not constitute minimum requirements for admission). In case their degree has not yet been declared equivalent to an Italian Laurea Quadriennale or Laurea Magistrale, candidates may apply to the Faculty committee of the Ph.D. program of interest for a declaration of equivalent value. Applicants who expect to graduate within the date of the first meeting of the Examining Commitees (the meeting is finalized to the evaluation of qualifications) are eligible to apply for admission to the Graduate School. A good command of English is required.

Application Procedure
Please find further info at the web link below. Scholarship application can be seen at the link.

Submission Deadline
31 July, 2012

Website Link
http://www.graduateschool.unimi.it/call_2012_13.html