Masters and PhD College Student Scholarships in History

The College Student Scholarships university is accredited in the United States and Hungary. Our students come from 100 countries and our faculty from more than 40.

The Department of History offers College Student Scholarships interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives on Central, Southeastern, and Eastern European as well as Ottoman and Middle Eastern history. The curriculum covers the main historiographical traditions from the early modern period to the present and introduces students to a range of scholarly topics from the social sciences and humanities, including sociology, economics, anthropology, art history, religion and philosophy. College Student Scholarships Specializations are available in Jewish studies and Religious studies.

Graduates of the department find employment as researchers with governmental and non-governmental organizations, as academics at leading universities, and also as journalists.

Degrees Offered

Master of Arts in Central European History (one year)

Master of Arts in Comparative History: Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe 1500-2000 (two years)

Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Central, Southeastern and Eastern European History

More information: www.history.ceu.hu.

Financial Aid and Tuition

The majority of CEU students receive internal or external financial aid. Various types of funding packages are available for Master’s degree students: CEU fellowships, tuition waivers, external scholarships, financial aid.

Nearly 90% of the doctoral students receive a full CEU fellowship that covers all tuition fees and a generous living allowance for up to three years.

College Student Scholarships Application Deadline: April 30, 2011

Application must be submitted complete with proof of English proficiency.

Admissions Requirements

Detailed description of the general applications requirements: www.ceu.hu/admissions/requirements

Applying to CEU

To apply, complete and submit CEU’s online application form: www.ceu.hu/admissions/apply

General Inquiries

For questions, contact:

student-info@ceu.hu

Further Information

Application Deadline : 30 April 2011

Positions at Translational Health Science College Student Scholarships

Tyrosine Kinases in the Lifecycle of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Dengue Virus, Investigating the Role of Mazf Toxins in Pathogenesis and Persistence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Towards the Characterization of Multiple P-Loop Gtpases in Mycobacteria, India

Study Subject: Investigating the role of Tyrosine Kinases in the lifecycle of Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Dengue virus, Investigating the role of MazF toxins in pathogenesis and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Towards the characterization of multiple P-loop GTPases in mycobacteria
Employer: Translational Health Science And Technology Institute
Level: Master’s and PhD

Scholarship Description: Translational Health Science And Technology Institute (THSTI) is an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. THSTI has been developed as a part of the interdisciplinary Health biotech Science cluster to be located at Faridabad which is a part of the National Capital Region. The Institute is being mentored by globally recognized National Institute of Immunology (NII) and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HMHST). THSTI is designed to be a dynamic and interactive organization with a mission to conduct innovative translational research and develop research collaborations across disciplines and professions to accelerate the development of concepts into tangible products to improve human health. The other members of the cluster include The Regional Centre of Biotechnology (RCB) under the aegis of UNESCO and the NII with which the THSTI will have a seamless collaboration to achieve the interdisciplinary expertise. The cluster will have access to the state of the art experimental animal facility and the platform technology center for the sophisticated instrumentation. The permanent laboratories of the centre will come up in Faridabad within 3 years. The interim laboratories of the centre are functioning from Gurgaon in the South of Delhi area with adequate housing, transportation and schooling facilities. Campus housing may be available when the centre moves to Faridabad.Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Center (VIDRC) has been set up as a mission center of the THSTI to study infectious disease and pathogens with the aim to generate translational knowledge for developing prophylactic and therapeutic measures against diseases prevalent in India.
Eligibility: RA : Doctorate (PhD/MD) or an equivalent degree or 3 years of research experience after MVSc / MPharm.
SRF: Post Graduate Degree in Life Sciences with 2 years research experience or MBBS.
JRF: Post Graduate Degree in Life Sciences.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 26 April 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Scholarship for ScienceTeachers from US and Abroad

Subject: Science
Employer: National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Level: PostGraduate
Scholarship Description: The NARST teacher scholarships have been established for the following purposes:
1. To encourage science teachers who collaborate with NARST members in research projects to participate in and present papers at the NARST annual conference.
2. To demonstrate NARST’s commitment to connecting research and the practice of science education, by financially supporting science teachers to attend the annual conference.

What do the scholarships cover?

Scholarships are not meant to cover the full cost associated with attending the NARST conference. They are rather intended to defray some of the cost of attending the conference. The scholarships may be used for air travel, ground transportation, and conference registration fees. All applicants will need to register and pay for the fees before attending the conference. Reimbursement of expenses will be made after the conference attendance when a paper has been presented.
Number of scholarships and scholarship amount
We plan to offer 10 scholarships at a maximum amount of $500.00 per scholarship. The total amount of this scheme is $5,000.
Who is eligible to get the scholarships?
Science teachers, either from the US or abroad, are eligible to receive the NARST Teacher scholarships, on the following conditions:
1. The teacher should be still practicing at the elementary, secondary or tertiary level at the time of the Annual Meeting 2011.
2. The teacher should actively work together or have worked together, with one or more NARST members in a research project. The project is either still going on, or has been finished not earlier than April 2010.
Preferably, a presentation (in any format) about this project should be accepted for inclusion in the program of the NARST Annual Meeting 2011. To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants need to demonstrate a need for support and indicate that they have attempted to get support from other sources to attend the conference. Preference will be given to applicants from developing
countries, and those who have not received a scholarship in a previous year

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Details Scholarship Information and Application
http://www.narst.org/applications/scholarships.cfm

college student Scholarship for International Students, Denmark

Scholarship for International Students, Denmark

Job Description: The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in February 2011. We are interested in applications that focus on one or more of the research areas below.

Efficient solutions to computationally hard problems, algorithms for searching and analyzing of large amounts of data, databases and data mining, sensor networks and data management, algorithm engineering, experimental performance studies.

Automated reasoning, categorical logic, type theory, coordination languages, electronic voting, logical frameworks, models for concurrency, distributed and mobile computation, programming languages semantics, modular program verification, programming languages, static analysis of programming and modelling languages, work flow languages.

Computer supported cooperative work, science and technology studies, health care IT, organizations and IT, globalization and technology, mutual shaping of culture, organizations, people, and technologies, through practices of design and use.

Advanced and innovative communication trends, design and development of interactive technologies for senior citizens, methods of pragmatic inclusive design, user modeling, design and evaluation of assistive technology-user interface history, emerging body-centric and perception-centric techniques for human-computer interaction based on mobile tracking of eye-gaze, body posture, hand gestures, and everyday object manipulation and society.

General information:
A successful applicant will be an excellent student capable of conducting research under supervision from the IT University’s faculty members at the highest international level.

The PhD scholarships run for a period of 3- or 4-years depending on the university degree level of the applicant.

The following qualifications are required. If you apply to be enrolled you have 2 options:

• 3 year programme, you must be able to present a Master’s degree i.e. 5 full time years of University Studies, divided into 3 full time years of bachelor level exams plus 2 full time years of Master level exams of 180 + 120 ECTS points

• 4 year programme: A Bachelor degree i.e. 4 full time years of University Studies, divided into 3 full time years of bachelor level exams plus 1 full time year of Master level exams 180 + 60 ECTS points.
The one year of 60 MA-level ECTS points must be possible to fit into one of the Master programs at the IT University.

Application deadline: 6 October 2010

Further scholarship information and Application

college student scholarships Postdoc and Junior-researcher Positions in Semantic Search, Linked Data

Postdoc and Junior-researcher Positions in Semantic Search, Linked Data, and Adaptive Web
The Web Information Systems group in TU Delft (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) concentrates in its research on large-scale information systems, specifically information systems that involve Web and Semantic Web technology. Main topics in the group's research activities are:

- engineering and science of the adaptive web, including semantics-based adaptation and personalization,
- semantic search and retrieval,
- semantic integration and linked data.

The objective is the development of and experimentation with techniques for semantic search, creation and use of linked data, and adaptive web applications. Candidates should have a solid background in Computer Science or related disciplines and be interested in Web and Semantic Web technology.

They should have good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing, and candidates are expected to realize research ideas in terms of software tools. Applications are invited for Postdoc positions as well as Junior-researcher positions on one or more of the above topics. The group offers the chance to perform high-quality and cutting-edge research in an international environment. Successful candidates will work in European and/or national projects, in close collaboration with the members of the WIS group.

The position of postdoc is available for a period of 1 year with the possibility to extend, depending on the fit with specific projects. The postdoc candidate should have a relevant background and experience in the field, demonstrated by a PhD and publications, and is expected to help lead junior-researchers, PhD-students and MSc-students perform their research.

Postdoc candidates will have the opportunity to perform independent research on the topics of the group, which qualifies them for an academic career and allows them to establish themselves as an independent researcher in the research community.

The position of junior-researcher is available for candidates with a relevante MSc-degree for a period of at least 6 months, preferably 1 year. The junior-researcher candidate should have a relevant background in research and software development, with an MSc in Computer Science or related disciplines, and is expected to assist in the group's research mainly in tool development. Junior-researcher candidates will receive guidance and support in developing the necessary skills to produce high-quality research necessary to earn a PhD degree: depending on the performance and the fit with projects, a junior-researcher candidate could become a PhD-student in the group.

Candidates can express their interest by sending an email with a CV, a motivation letter indicating also the group's topics they are most interested in, as well as copy of their MSc/PhD thesis (as pdf) to prof.dr.ir. Geert-Jan Houben at wis@ewi.tudelft. nl (mentioning the subject "PositionsJune2010" . More information can be found at wis.ewi.tudelft. nl. The deadline for applications is July 10th, but applications will be processed as they are received.

Dublin City University Grants and scholarships

Dublin City University Grants and scholarships

DCU announces High Achievers Undergraduate and Postgraduate Scholarships for students from India and China.

One Full Tuition Fee Scholarship and 5 Tuition Fee Scholarships worth €3,000 are available for new undergraduate students from India and P.R. of China commencing their studies in Dublin City University in September 2010. The undergraduate scholarships are for the first year of study. However, scholarship recipients who are consistently high achievers may benefit from a fee reduction in subsequent years. 5 Tuition Fee Scholarships worth €3,000 are available for students from India and P.R. of China commencing a Taught Postgraduate Masters in Dublin City University in September 2010.



In order to apply for a scholarship you must

* Hold a conditional or unconditional offer of a place on a full time undergraduate or taught postgraduate degree programme at Dublin City University from September 2010 and have accepted that offer by July 9th, 2010

* Be classified as a ‘non-EU’ student for fee purposes

* Complete our online application form - Click Here

* Submit your application form by 14th July 2010

Some programmes may remain open until mid-August. However in this case late applications are excluded from applying for a scholarship.

For more informations please visit : www.dcu.ie