[UK] The University of Westminster Undergraduate Scholarships for International Students

The University of Westminster provide several scholarship for undergraduate students.From 2007/8 for the first time, the University will be offering a number of partial scholarships, £2,000 fee waiver, for exceptionally well qualified students from outside the UK/EU area.

These will be for each year of the undergraduate degree, subject to satisfactory academic progress. In the case of courses with a placement year, no scholarship is payable in that year as the University does not charge fees.

Amount: £2,000 fee waivers.

Eligibility: International students holding an offer for a full-time undergraduate degree at the University.

Criteria: Academic excellence.

Deadline: 31 May 2007.

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[Qatar] Fellowships Available to ATTEND Islamic Art Symposium at VCU

Fellowships Available to ATTEND Islamic Art Symposium at VCU, Qatar

RICHMOND, Va.— Fellowships for travel and accommodation are available for scholars of Islamic art to attend Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture at VCU’s Qatar campus Nov. 4-6, 2007.

The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Arts are offering 15 Hamad Bin Khalifa travel fellowships.
The Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art strives to foster the development of an international community of researchers and scholars in Islamic art and cultures. The fellowship provides financial support for conference attendance and recognition of scholars from diverse geographic and cultural areas, including those from the less developed and less well-funded countries.

Many scholars, who more characteristically conduct research for years with minimal support, are having a hard time believing that these generous fellowships are merely to attend the symposium, and not to present papers, as is usual with travel fellowships.
Thirteen speakers from around the world from a variety of disciplines will explore the theme of water in the Islamic lands from southern Europe to South Asia from the 7th century to the present. Topics range from the supply and distribution of water to its role in religion and popular culture.


Attendance at the Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture Symposium in Doha, Qatar is an opportunity for advanced students and other scholars from around the world to meet and interact with one another. The fellowship will also allow students and scholars to visit Doha, one of the fastest-growing Islamic Art centers in the Middle East.
Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, shared holders of the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art at VCU and the Norma Jean Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College, and curators of the acclaimed current exhibition of Islamic art Cosmophilia, are convening the conference.

Online fellowship applications are due June 1, 2007. Complimentary symposium registration will be available July 2007. For more information contact Diane Tepfer at dtepfer@vcu.edu and click http://www.islamicartdoha.org/

Website: http://www.islamicartdoha.org/

[Netherlands] Leiden University Fund (LUF) Scholarship 2007-2008

Each year the organisation of alumni, Leiden University Fund (LUF) awards LUF scholarships to outstanding foreign students pursuing a Masters Degree at Leiden University (See the list of eligible Masters programmes on www.postgraduate.leidenuniv.nl).

For 2007-2008, two scholarships are available for MA students in the Faculties of Theology, Archeology, and Philosophy together, and two scholarships each for the larger Faculties (Social and Behavioural Sciences, Arts, Law, Medicine, and Mathematics and Natural Sciences).

The LUF scholarship is open to talented students from all countries of the world except the Netherlands.

The scholarship consists of € 10.800,- for one academic year.

Applications can be made by sending the completed form (which is available at: http://www.luf.nl/default.asp?paginaid=306) to the Leiden University Fund.

Deadline: 1 April 2007.


Requirements for eligibility:

1. The applicant has been admitted to an English language Masters programme of Leiden University on the basis of prior education outside the Netherlands.
2. The applicant must have obtained excellent results in his/her previous studies and be for instance in the top 10% of students in his/her programme.
3. The applicant’s studies in the Netherlands must constitute a deepening and broadening of his/her previous studies in the home country.

Contact details LUF:
Leiden University Fund (LUF)
Rapenburg 61
2311 GJ Leiden
The Netherlands

Tel.:+31-71-5120503
Fax:+31-71-5140841

E-mail: info@luf.leidenuniv.nl
Website: www.luf.nl / www.leidenalumni.nl

Applicants will be informed about the result in the last week of June 2007 by LUF.

Official Announcement

[UK] PhD Studentships in Psychology, University of Birmingham

The School of Psychology is offering up to 10 University and Research Council funded research studentships for students wishing to start a research degree in October. The studentships pay the tuition fee and a maintenance allowance currently £12,300 per annum. Home and international students are eligible to be considered for these studentships. Tuition fees for overseas applicants will be paid at the home tuition fee rate.

Research within the School is divided into three main groupings:

• Applied Social and Health Psychology: highlights forensic psychology, new Centre for neuro-developmental disorders, social cognition
• Behavioural Neuroscience: highlights functional brain imaging, neuroscience of ageing, EEG/ERPs of perception, action, epilepsy, neuropsychology, pain
• Peception, Cognition and Language: highlights mechanisms of depth perception, eye movements in reading and object naming, cognitive development, dyslexia

Applications and further details can be obtained from: Mrs Parveen Chahal, Course Administrator, telephone: 0121 414 4906 or email: p.k.chahal@bham.ac.uk

Applications are accepted at any time until end of July, but it is recommended that students submit applications sooner so that they are considered for the full quota of studentships that are available.

[Germany] International Call for Research School Fellowships, Ruhr-University

The Research School is open to applicants from any scientific discipline and nationality who would like to realise a doctoral research project within one of the 11 Thematic Priorities. Following the publication of the International Call for Application, suitable candidates for Research School fellowships are selected in a two stage process.

To qualify for a Research School scholarship, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

1. A clearly above-average university degree (top 25%), such as Diploma, State Exam, M.Sc., M.A. or equivalent (e.g. B.Sc. or B.A. + successful 1-year qualifying phase at faculties offering fast-track options). This has to be documented by the completed and signed application form, which includes a short research proposal or exposé, as well as the relevant degree certificates and transcripts



2. An adequate knowledge of German and/or English, depending on the doctoral research subject. If the candidate is not a native speaker and the previous degree course was not taught in English or German, this has to be documented by relevant language tests (e.g. TestDaF/DSH or TOEFL/IELTS).
3. Two letters of recommendation of scientific experts in the field.

Details on the research fields and admission procedure can be obtained at www.rub.de/research-school/application.html

[UK] MPhil/PhD Research Studentship in Corporate Social Responsibility at University of Central Lancashire

The potential and limits of Corporate Social Responsibility Lancashire Business School - Department of Journalism University of Central Lancashire

Reference No RS/06/15

A full-time MPhil/PhD research studentship is available in the above Department. The studentship commences 1 July 2007 and is tenable up to three years (subject to satisfactory progress). The studentship will cover the cost of tuition fees and pay a maintenance grant (currently £12,300 per annum). Applications are welcome from UK/EU and overseas applicants. Applicants should hold a minimum of an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

This project critically examines the content and context of contemporary understandings of Corporate Social Responsibility and locates them within the extant body of research dealing with business-society relations, in particular the concept of business legitimacy.


Applicants will be required to submit a two-page outline research proposal for their research degree, AND a sample of their written work taken from their previous higher education. (eg chapter from dissertation, or essay) along with their completed application form

For informal project related enquiries please contact
Professor Andrei Kuznetsov
Tel 01772 894695
Email : akuznetsov@uclan.ac.uk

Further particulars and application forms can be obtained (quoting the above reference number by contacting the Research Support Office.
Tel 01772 894287
Email : researchdegrees@uclan.ac.uk

Closing Date: 31 March 2007

[Denmark] PhD Student/Doctoral Fellowships at The Danish Centre for Epigenetics

The Danish Centre for Epigenetics is seeking highly motivated and skilled co-workers for an ambitious research programme aimed at identifying and understanding the significance of chromatin modifications, the protein complexes catalysing the modifications and the upstream regulatory signalling networks in epigenetic regulation of gene expression.

Objectives include:

• Proteomic analyses of chromatin modification
• Identification of epigenetic regulators catalyzing, binding or removing specific histone modifications
• Genome-wide mapping of histone modifications and epigenetic regulators
• Unravelling signal transduction pathways impinging on chromatin-associated proteins

The Danish Centre for Epigenetics includes 4 groups headed by:

• Professor Kristian Helin (director), BRIC, University of Copenhagen
• Professor Ole Nørregaard Jensen, University of Southern Denmark
• Associate professor Morten Frödin, BRIC, University of Copenhagen
• Associate professor Anders H. Lund, BRIC, University of Copenhagen

The Danish Centre for Epigenetics was established on a grant from the Danish National Research Foundation. For information on project details, open positions and contact persons, please visit http://www.bric.dk