University of Sussex, uK International Scholarships 2011

University of Sussex, uK International Scholarships - Up to forty Chancellor’s International Scholarships of £3,000 are available to new overseas fee paying students each year who are applying to study at Undergraduate and Postgraduate taught degree level. 

Students accepting a Chancellor’s International Scholarship may be required to undertake occasional promotional or support duties for the University of Sussex at times agreed between the student and the University.

The scholarships are available in the majority of Sussex Schools, and are awarded on the basis of academic performance and potential. The scholarships are offered for the duration of the degree programme, subject to satisfactory progress, and will be paid directly into your UK bank account or credited towards your tuition fees.

 Have applied for and accepted a place to start an Undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex (e.g., BA, BSc, BEng, LLB, MEng, etc), or a Postgraduate taught degree (e.g., MA, MSc, LLM, MRes, Postgraduate Diploma, and Graduate Diploma) excluding the following degrees:


* Programmes in the Institute of Development Studies, apart from the MA Gender and Development


* MSc in Social Research Methods + DPhil combined (1+3 degrees)
* BMBS degree in Medicine in the Brighton and Sussex Medical School
* International foundation years, International Year One Diploma in Business and Management, and Pre-masters

* Pre-Masters Degrees and Diplomas taught at partner colleges which are validated by Sussex.

•Be assessed as liable to pay fees at the “overseas” (namely the non-EU) rate.
•Have sufficient funds to meet your tuition fees and living expenses, after taking account of the possible award of a Chancellor’s International Scholarship.
Scholarship Application Deadline:1 May,2011, http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/funding/chancellorsinternational
•Note: Applicants for Research degrees (e.g., MPhil, DPhil/PhD, EdD), current Sussex undergraduate students (except those applying to start a master’s degree), are not eligible to apply.
Applications for places on our degree programmes must be made via UCAS for Undergraduate study, and on the Sussex website or Postgraduate Application form for Postgraduate study.
 This Scholarship is for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students.

USA Fellowships Awards 2011, Social Innovation

Our program is designed to provide a powerful toolkit for creating real and lasting impact. Fellows also gain increased visibility, access to a year-round community of peers in many sectors and a world-class network of experts and supporters.

The Social Innovation Fellows Program serves visionary change agents who are incubating high-potential solutions to pressing national, regional and global challenges. 

Before submitting a nomination, please read carefully the following eligibility criteria. Successful candidates:

•Work in critical fields such as energy, green technology, empowering adolescent girls in developing countries, distributed health diagnostics, healthcare modeling, the environment, performing arts, water, education and other areas with significant beneficial impacts.

•Are working with highly disruptive breakthrough innovations to solve previously intractable problems.

•Have a positive track record as leaders in social innovation.

•Work in organizations that are well positioned for sustainable growth and high impact.

The program is highly selective, with 10 to 20 Social Innovation Fellows selected annually from among hundreds of nominations.

Are passionate leaders with a high potential for collaboration and success.

Fellows may be working within various models – for-profit companies, not-for-profit organizations, hybrid efforts and open-source platforms. Fellows come from a wide variety of geographies, and international candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Fellows may be nominated by another individual or organization, self-nominated, or nominated from within the PopTech network.

Scholarship Application Deadline:March 31, 2011 @ http://poptech.org/call_for_nominations

Fellows nominated by another individual or organization, self-nominated, or nominated from within the PopTech network.

Study Subject:energy, green technology, empowering adolescent girls in developing countries, distributed health diagnostics, healthcare modeling, the environment, performing arts, water, education and other areas.

Cambridge University Research Scholarship Position

Cambridge University research scholarship - Applications are invited for a research position to work on the coupling of the land surface and atmosphere in the Amazon region in the context of land cover change.

Limit of tenure: 31 December 2013.

Closing date: 8 March 2011.

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University of Cambridge only advertises their own and college vacancies on this website; we do not advertise any external vacancies.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/jobs/vacancies.cgi?job=7665

 The successful applicant will have an excellent undergraduate and/or graduate degree in a related discipline, such as environmental science, physics, mathematics, or biology, and will have less than four years research experience since graduating. This position is only available to non-UK citizens.

Subject of study: Coupling of the land surface and atmosphere in the Amazon region in the context of land cover change