Swedish Institute Study Scholarship

The Swedish Institute Study Scholarship provides a number of full scholarships for master’s programmes in Sweden. The programme is open to students who are citizens of countries on the OECD/DAC list. The programme offers a unique opportunity for future leaders to develop professionally and academically, to experience Swedish society and culture and to build a long-lasting relationship with Sweden and each other.

Read more about the scholarship, eligibility and how to apply at the Swedish Institute’s website.

MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (MIS)

The Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS) is an initiative by the Malaysian Government to attract the best brain from around the world to pursue advanced academic studies in Malaysia. This scholarship aims to support Malaysian Government's effort to attract, motivate and retain talented human capital from abroad. Talented international students with excellent academic records and outstanding co-curricular backgrounds are welcomed to apply for this scholarship and further their studies in any selected and well-established Malaysian public and private universities

For more information, please contact:
Scholarship Division
Ministry Of Higher Education Malaysia
Level 2, No 2, Tower 2
Jalan P5/6, Precinct 5
Federal Government Administrative Centre
62200 Putrajaya
Email:international_scholar@mohe.gov.my
http://www.mohe.gov.my/ 
 Tel.: 03-8870 6000 ext 6368 / 6337 / 5409

MALAYSIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME (MTCP)

The MTCP Scholarship Award provides opportunities for students to pursue advanced academic study in Malaysia. This scholarship is a Government-to Government scheme without any bond imposed by Malaysia. Scholarships are intended for promising men and women who may be expected to make a significant contribution to their own countries on their return from study abroad. The Malaysian Government offers up to 40 MTCP Scholarships each year. The scholarship are available for post-graduate studies at Masters and Ph.D level tenable at any Malaysian public university, and are available to citizens of the MTCP participating countries. The duration of the award is 36 to 42 months for Ph.D and between 12 to 24 months for Masters programme.

For more information, please contact:

Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia,
Wisma Putra,
No. 1, Jalan Wisma Putra,
Precint 2,
62602 Putrajaya
Malaysia

Website: http://mtcp.kln.gov.my/
Email: mtcp@kln.gov.my.
Contact Person:
Mr. Mohd Zamani Bin Harun
03-8870 6321
zamani@mohe.gov.my.

Mdm. Nureezan Binti Daud
03-8870 6315
nureezan@mohe.gov.my.

Mdm. Asnira Binti Mohtar
03-8870 6692
asnira@mohe.gov.my.

MyMaster under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)

Qualification:

Malaysian Citizen

Offered by Ministry of Higher Education

Open throughout the year beginning 1 December 2010 through MOHE’s website

Online offers will be carried out every year in 4 phases : January, April, July and October

Contact:
Scholarship Division
Ministry of Higher Education
Level 2, No. 2, Tower 2, 
Road P5/6, Precinct 5
62200 Putrajaya
MALAYSIA
 (u.p.: Program MyMaster)
Tel.: 03-8870 6000
Email: mymaster@mohe.gov.my 
https://payloan.mohe.gov.my/MyBrain15

MyPhD under the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)

Qualifications:

Malaysian Citizen

Offered by Ministry of Higher Education

Open throughout the year beginning 1 December 2010 through MOHE’s website

Online offers will be carried out every year in 4 phases : January, April, July and October

Contact

Scholarship Division
Ministry of Higher Education
Level 2, No. 2, Tower 2, 
Road P5/6, Precinct 5
62200 Putrajaya
MALAYSIA
 (u.p.: Program MyPhD)
Tel.: 03-8870 6000
Email: myphd@mohe.gov.my 
https://payloan.mohe.gov.my/MyBrain15

Bright Sparks Scheme University of Malaya /Skim Bright Sparks Universiti Malaya (SBSUM)

Application for BSP is open to all qualified candidates who fulfill the established criteria irrespective of whether the candidate is a student/graduate of UM or other universities.
The age of the candidate must not exceed 35 years at the time of application.
The qualified candidate may apply for the BSP through one of the following pathways:

• A candidate who has completed his/her Bachelor’s degree with distinction.

• A candidate who is currently pursuing a PhD or has recently completed his/her Master's degree and has published in high quality ISI journals.

• A post PhD candidate (internal or external) who has published in high quality ISI journals.

Contact:

Bright Sparks Unit 
Level 3, Chancellory
University of Malaya 
50603 Kuala Lumpur 
MALAYSIA
Tel : +603 7967 4524/ 6999
Fax : +603 7967 6268

Website :
http://www.um.edu.my/brightsparks
Email :
brightsparks@um.edu.my/
brightsparksum@gmail.com 

Online Application :  
http://brightsparks-online.um.edu.my

Maybank Shariah Sponsorship Award 2013

Achieve your aspirations with the Maybank Shariah Sponsorship Award 2013. This award aims to assist deserving high potential students to pursue the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) qualification at the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Features

• Sponsorship to pursue the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) qualification at the International Centre of Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)
• Covering tuition fees and living allowance
• Employment with Maybank Islamic Berhad after studies

Requirements

• For Postgraduates: Completed degree in Islamic Finance, Shariah, LLB with Shariah or Islamic Economics
• Minimum CGPA of 3.50 or equivalent
• Leadership experience in co-curricular activities
• Able to read and converse in Arabic
• Not a recipient of other sponsorships or service contracts upon graduation
• Open to all Malaysians and extended to students from Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam

How to Apply

Click here for Application Form. 

Send your application form with certified true copies of supporting documents to: 
shariahsponsorship@maybank.com.my

or

Maybank Shariah Sponsorship Award
Resourcing Centre
Group Human Capital
44th Floor, Menara Maybank
100, Jalan Tun Perak
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Closing Date: 16 August 2013

Incomplete applications or applications received after closing date will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Graduate Studies at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology

Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST) is a research-oriented graduate school in South Korea that offers programmes in the following academic schools and departments:

• School of Information & Mechatronics
• School of Environmental Science & Engineering
• School of Material Science & Engineering
• Department of Nanobio Materials & Electronics
• School of Life Sciences
• Graduate Programme of Photonics & Applied Physics
• Graduate Programme of Medical System Engineering

* For a full list of GIST’s graduate programmes, please refer to this link.

GIST also provides full financial support to all qualified students, including:

1. Airfare to GIST
2. Full tuition
3. Free dormitory housing
4. Monthly stipends
5. Additional scholarship opportunities

Applications for the Spring Semester are open until October 15 and eligible students are encouraged to apply.

For further information about GIST and the application process, please refer to their website or contact GIST at admis@gist.ac.kr. 

World Federation of Scientists Scholarship

The World Federation of Scientists (WFS), based in Geneva, Switzerland, promotes international collaboration in science and technology between scientists and researchers from all parts of the world and has more than 10,000 members from all parts of the world.

The scholarship is awarded to Malaysian nationals to support scientific research activities in Malaysian universities, under the supervision of a local scientist. Each scholarship has a duration of maximum one year and is valued at about 2400 swiss franc (about RM 6,600). Applications are invited from post graduate students at all Malaysian universities (both at Master’s and PhD level). The research activities must be linked to one of the Planetary Emergencies as set out by the World Federation of Scientists (seewww.federationofscientists.org  In Malaysia, priority will be given to research in the fields of  :

• environmental pollution
• water resources
• soil
• energy  
• food
• climate change
• medicine
• biotechnology
• sustainable development

Up to 10 scholarships (per country) can be awarded in any one year. The scholarship brochure and application form are attached.

This scholarship is open to students who have no other scholarship or have only partial support from elsewhere. It is also only open to postgraduate students who are doing research. Those doing their postgraduate degree by coursework are not eligible. The scholarship is open only to Malaysians doing research in Malaysian universities.

If you know anyone who might be interested in applying for this scholarship, please forward this email and its attachment to them and do ask them to contact person in charge below. Applications are processed twice a year. Deadlines 30 April and 30 October.

Dr G Balamurugan

WFS Scholarship – National Representative

c/o ERE Consulting Group Sdn Bhd

9, Jalan USJ 21/6

47630 Subang Jaya, MALAYSIA

Tel : 603-80242287

Fax : 603-80242320

email : gbm@ere.com.my

URL : www.ere.com.my

The Sumitomo Foundation

The Sumitomo Foundation is offering grants to researchers conducting studies in the field of social sciences or humanities that are related to Japan. The programme, aimed at promoting mutual understanding between Asian countries and Japan, is open to all Asian researchers (except those of Japanese nationality) living outside of Japan.

The grant period is for one year (March 2011 – March 2012) and approximately 55 million yen has been budgeted for the programme, whereby about 70 projects will be selected by the Foundation’s Selection Committee.

The application period for the grant is from 1 September 2010 – 31 October 2010, and interested researchers are encouraged to apply.

Application forms and guidelines may be obtained from the Foundation's website at http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/.

For further enquiries on the programme, the Foundation, its activities please refer to:

The Sumitomo Foundation
1-12-16 Shibadaimon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0012
Japan

Tel: 81-3-5473-0161
Fax: 81-3-5473-8471
E-mail: sumitomo-found@msj.biglobe.ne.jp

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme for the 2011/2012 academic year. The scheme is aimed at bringing top students from around the world to Hong Kong to undertake PhD studies in a wide range of fields.

Applicants should be those seeking admission as new full-time PhD students in one of 8 Hong Kong institutions, namely:

• City University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Lingnan University
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• The University of Hong Kong

Successful applicants will receive a monthly stipend of HK$20,000 (approx. US$2,600) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approx. US$1,300) per year for a period of 3 years.

For more information regarding the Fellowship and application procedure, kindly refer to the leaflet (link) or the Hong Kong Research Grants Council's website at www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd. Further enquiries should be directed to the committee at HKPF@ugc.edu.hk.

IDRC Fellowships and Awards

This Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) provides assistance to Canadian and developing-country graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country.
In principle, IDRC supports research on all parts of the developing regions of the world. At this time, Fellowships and Awards is not supporting awards which involve research in Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Eastern Europe or Central Asia.
Projects should evaluate and/or promote the use of fertility enhancing plants, such as leguminous forages, shrubs, cover crops, and grain legumes in small farms. The intent is to seek ways to increase the yield of food crops, improve farmers' livelihoods, and improve soil fertility.

For more information, please visit http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/03/idrc-fellowships-and-awards.html

European Business School Scholarship

International Student Centre informed that the EBS, Germany is offering up to 20 new scholarships to applicants applying for entry to EBS Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. For more information please log on to www.ebs.edu/studentfinance

Ajinomoto Foundation scholarship programme

Ajinomoto Malaysia is offering scholarships for post graduates.

For more information, please visit here or Ajinomoto website

Fellowships at The National Gallery of Canada

Competitive fellowships are offered in the fields of Canadian Art; Indigenous Art; and History of Photography.

The fellowships are open to international competition.Fellowships are tenable only at the National Gallery of Canada. The term of full-time residency must fall within the period 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2011. Awards can be up to $5,000 a month, including expenses and stipend, to a maximum of $30,000. Fellowships are not renewable.

For more information, read here

Harold White Fellowships

The National Library of Australia offers annual fellowships to established researchers and writers. Established by the Council of the National Library of Australia in 1983 as the National Library Fellowships, the first Fellows commenced their research at the Library in 1984. The fellowships were renamed in honour of Sir Harold White CBE (1905-1992), the first National Librarian, in 1985.

The fellowships scheme aims to promote the Library as a centre of scholarly activity and research, encourage scholarly and literary use of the Library’s collections and production of publications arising from that scholarship, and to promote the Library’s rich and varied collections. Four to seven fellowships, of periods from three to six months, are awarded annually.

For more information, read here

Japan/World Bank Scholarship

The mission of the World Bank Group is to reduce poverty and improve living standards through sustainable development and investment in people. The World Bank Institute (WBI) is at the forefront of the Bank's efforts to promote learning and deliver to the stakeholders, the best thinking and experience emerging from around the world on issues crucial to reform and socio-economic development. Through its management of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) and the Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSM Fellowships), WBI supplements its training programs by providing opportunities for graduate study to promising professionals from developing member countries. The objective of the Scholarship and Fellowship Programs is to help create an international community of highly-trained professionals working in the field of economic and social development. The community will actively participate in the capacity building efforts in the developing countries.

For more information, read here

IDS-FunMat Scholarships

IDS-FunMat is an International Doctoral Programme in Functional Materials funded by the ERASMUS MUNDUS Programme of the European Union.Our school offers scholarships for PhD projects in Functional Materials Science, carried out in co-supervision between universities from two different countries (see list of partners). In most projects an industry partner is also involved. The PhD candidates must spend at least 6 months in each university. The projects start around October and take 3-4 years.

The European Union finances each year a number of ERASMUS MUNDUS PhD scholarships in our school, and in addition we have PhD projects funded by other sources.

Scholarships for PhD projects in Functional Materials Science which are carried out in co-supervision between universities from two different countries (see list of partners). In most projects an industry partner is also involved. The PhD candidates must spend at least 6 months in each university. The projects start around October and take 3-4 years. For more details see under 'Key Elements of PhD's'.

Readmore:

http://www.idsfunmat.u-bordeaux1.fr/

http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/01/ids-funmat-scholarships.html

Master Scholarships at QFIS

QFIS is to become a locus of thought and dialogue that leads research and debate in all that relates to Islam andMuslims, be that contemporary concerns or issues of heritage; and that produces scholars who are strongly‐grounded in Islamic faith, practice, and civilization, and who are open for engaging with all that their civilization produced, and with the wisdom and thought of other civilizations.
QFIS offers several highly competitive scholarships that are designed to attract the best and the brightest graduate students fom around the world. Our graduate programs aim to provide you with knowledge and skills based on Islam’s rich legacy as well as its growing contemprary contributions in a variety of academic fields. Scholarship recipients are expected to make valuable contributions to their program of choice and the Faculty more broadly. We believe that this mutual commitment will produce leaders who are grounded in Islamic values of plurality, tolerance and diversity and as such who are able and willing to serve humanity through infinite paths for dialogue and action.

For more information, please visit here

PhD Scholarships at The IT University of Copenhagen

The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number of PhD scholarships starting in September 2010. We are interested in applications that focus on one or several of the subject 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, workflow languages.
For more information, please visit here