The program also encourages students to choose nontraditional study abroad destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia. This congressionally-funded program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the US Department of State, and is administered by the Institute of International Education. Through a competitive selection process awards of up to $5,000 are made for US citizen, undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one academic year.

The award may be used for tuition and fees, room and board, books, local transportation, health insurance and international airfare. Candidates must be undergraduate students at a US 2-year or 4-year college or university and currently receiving the Federal Pell Grant at the time of application.

Candidates cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a US Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba. Approximately 15% of applicants are selected to receive the Gilman Scholarship with a total of 360 awards made in two cycles each year.

The deadline for the Fall application cycle is April 15 and the deadline for the Spring application cycle is September 22. For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online application please contact the Gilman office directly by writing to

Gilman International Scholarship Program, Institute of International Education – Houston, 520 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 740, Houston, TX 77027, calling 1-888-887-5939 x25 or 1-713-621-6300 x25, sending a fax to 1-713-621-0876, sending email to gilman@iie.org or visiting the Gilman Program web site at www.iie.org/gilman.

The Institute of International Education (IIE) also administers two other national study abroad scholarship programs: the National Security Education Program/David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship (study abroad outside of Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) and the Freeman-Asia Scholarship (study abroad in Asia).

http://www.iie.org/gilman

Funded by The Swire Educational Trust
MSc Environmental Science
College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen

Applications are invited for the James Henry Scott Scholarship, starting in September 2009 (the academic year 2009/10).

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. The scholarship is open to candidates who satisfy the following conditions:

• Students must be commencing a one-year Master of Science degree (MSc) in Environmental Science at the University of Aberdeen in September 2009.
• Students must be from the People’s Republic of China, or Hong Kong

The scholarship will cover:

1. Full International Postgraduate Tuition Fees for the 2009/10 academic year of £11,500
2. A maintenance award of £12,940
   • The recipient of The James Henry Scott Scholarship shall also receive one economy airfare from their place of residence to the University of Aberdeen – this is to be arranged directly between the scholarship recipient and the Swire Educational Trust

To apply, please submit the following:

• a CV including grades achieved to date, and a covering letter. (Please include your Application ID number on the covering letter).
• a personal statement detailing what you plan to do once you complete your studies.

Please send completed applications to: Miss Michaela Schumann, Senior Postgraduate Secretary, Postgraduate Office, University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences, Room 112, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Miss Michaela Schumann (Tel: +44 (0) 1224 272686,

email: m.schumann@abdn.ac.uk)

Application deadline (closing date) is 30 April 2009

For more information on the MSc in Environmental Science, please view our website:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/graduateschool/prospective/masters_courses.php

Important information
Please note: To be considered for The James Henry Scott Scholarship you will need to have applied to the University of Aberdeen for a place starting in September 2009. (Please go to http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sras/international/apply.shtml for information on applying for postgraduate study. Application forms to study at the University are available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/sras/postgraduate/apply.shtml)

The awards will be announced in June 2009.

Correspondence and information requests may be sent to:

The World Bank
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
MSN J2-204
1818 H St. NW
Washington DC, 20433, USA
email: jjwbgsp@worldbank.org
fax: (202) 522-4036

The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat initiated discussions with partner universities about cost-sharing arrangements. The goal is to reduce tuition expenses and, hence, increase the number of JJ/WBGSP scholarships. Host universities, by entering into such arrangements, recognize and appreciate the contribution of the Government of Japan to the JJ/WBGSP.

Application form

http://info.worldbank.org/etools/wbisp/appl_08/index.html

• have completed or expect to complete an undergraduate degree equivalent to an Australian Bachelor degree with an overall mark of 65% and no fails;
• fulfil all academic requirements for the degree (including English language requirements):

  http://www.uts.edu.au/international/prospective/about/study.html#9128

• submit an International Student Postgraduate Application form prior to or at the same time as submitting the Masters Scholarship for Outstanding International Students application form.

The scholarships are available for the following courses:

• Master of Engineering Studies;
• Master of Engineering Management;
• Master of Software Engineering Management;
• Master of Environmental Engineering Management.

Click here to view and download:

• Scholarship Poster
• Application Form

Closing Date and Application:
Applications for Autumn Semester (February intake) 2009 close 8 December 2008.

Scholarship Details:
The scholarships consist of a total of $2,500 per student. The amount will be paid directly towards students’ tuition fees after the commencement of their studies.

The International & Enterprise Development Office hosted a morning tea to congratulate recent scholarship recipients – click here for more information on the scholars.

Note: Sponsored students are not eligible for this scholarship.

UTS Contacts:
All official correspondence to the University of Technology, Sydney relating to the MSOIS should be addressed to:
Manager, International and Enterprise Development Office
Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123 Broadway
NSW 2007 AUSTRALIA

UK/EU Master’s Scholarships
Eight scholarships will be available to UK/EU students who have been accepted to study on a full-time Master’s programme in any discipline. Candidates will require a first-class honours degree or overseas equivalent in order to be considered. The scholarship will amount to £3,000 deducted from the tuition fee. Further details can be found here

UK/EU Postgraduate Adult Returner Bursaries
Six bursaries with a maximum value of £3,000 will be offered to mature postgraduate UK/EU students returning to higher education. The bursary will be available to help towards the cost of registered or formal childcare, particularly for single parents. Further details can be found at:

http://www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/uk/returner_bursary.htm

The University of Edinburgh International Master’s Scholarships
The Unversity will offer 16 Master’s scholarships for students from a number of international countries. As previously indicated, the number of countries covered by these scholarships for 2007 has been considerably extended. Full details can be found here

The scholarships will be awarded to UK / EU citizens who are accepted for admission to full-time for an MBA program or post-graduate studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Applicants must already have been offered a place at Edinburgh University and have fully accepted the offer or intend to do so.

Criteria

The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit with the candidates asking for a first-class degree from a British university, or equivalent overseas.

Application Procedure

Applicants can download an application form in Rich Text Format (RTF) or PDF (which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), or request one to be sent to them from:

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL

E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Fax: +44 131 651 4066
Telephone:+44 131 651 4070

A completed scholarship application form, together with a copy of your degree transcript and two academic references, should be received by the Scholarships and Student Finance Office by the closing date of 1 May 2008 in order to be considered for the scholarship.

Selection Procedure

A Selection Committee will meet in late May 2008 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarship will be announced in early June 2008.

Each university is awarded a maximum of five scholarships. In agreement with Siemens, the university awards these grants to excellent candidates supported by the country.
Middle East and Eastern Europe:
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic States, Russia, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
Asia:
China, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh and India.

Academics are eligible to participate in one of the master’s courses jointly identified and to meet the criteria for applying to university.

In addition to financial contributions, we offer seminars and special training (language courses, intercultural seminars), to provide on-the-job assignments, supported by researchers in the creation of their master thesis and offer comprehensive supervision and counselling.

The Siemens master’s program aims to promote highly talented students from abroad, increasing the potential of experts and senior executives of Siemens and help them develop their full potential. In addition, it contributes to the internationalization and competitiveness of the German university and start networking.

Siemens selects candidates on the basis of the following documents:

1. Full CV (curriculum vitae)
2. Detailed explanation of the reasons for participation in the Master’s course favorite (letter),
3. Conditional acceptance letter from PGE,
4. Two reference letters from professors of his country of origin
5. Bachelor’s degree or a diploma certificate (copy of the original or certified translation)
6. High-school certificate or diploma equivalent school certificate (copy of the original and certified translation).

Fellows receive different types of support: It is limited to a maximum of 24 months and paid in the form of a monthly grant of subsistence. The fellowship begins on October 1 of the first academic year. The monthly financial support is EUR 755. In addition, each researcher receives money starting to 600 euros. School fees will not be paid. In addition, researchers will take part in four weeks of intensive German language courses, which takes place before the end of the study. Siemens pays the fee for the course, accommodation and pocket money of 400 euros for each participant. Several weeks after the start of the study, Siemens invites participants to a session opening in Munich. The event allows researchers to better understand the business, make contacts with other researchers and to start network. In addition, each researcher is also invited to a regional meeting students from other programs.

Below is any further information on the international Generation21-Website.
http://w4.siemens.de/generation21/international/pages/university_projects/master_scholarships.php

Send if interested, all the documents needed in a Word file to the e-mail address: info@gpe.tu-berlin.de until the deadline, which is April 30.
We accept only online applications. All documents must be in the correct order as indicated above. Documents to be scanned, you can scan in an appropriate quality and insert them to the Word File. Make sure the size of this file does not extend 9.5 MB.

Siemens Master Scholarship to Foreign Bachelor Graduates and enabled them to study in Germany.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission to full-time for an MBA program or post-graduate studies at the University of Edinburgh from the following countries:

Africa Mexico Canada Middle East China Norway Hong Kong Russia India Singapore Japan Taiwan Korea Thailand Malaysia USA

Applicants should have a place offered at the University of Edinburgh and would have noticed that his offer or intend to do so.

Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded largely on the basis of scientific merit. The candidates have, or expect you, a British 2:1 or first class honours undergraduate studies at the international level or equivalent.

In addition to the above-mentioned academic qualifications, the jury will also take into account the financial situation of the applicant to ensure that so far as possible, a student of the financial situation does not impede a university education at the University of Edinburgh.

Application Procedure

Applicants can download an application form in Rich Text Format (RTF) or PDF (which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), or request one to be sent to them from:

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL

E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Fax: +44 131 651 4066
Telephone:+44 131 651 4070

A completed scholarship application form, together with a copy of your degree transcript and two academic references, should be received by the Scholarships and Student Finance Office by the closing date of 1 April 2008 in order to be considered for the scholarship.

Selection Procedure

A Selection Committee will meet in late April 2008 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarships will be announced by the end of April 2008.