New Zealand Development Scholarships

The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to people from selected developing countries to study in identified priority fields in New Zealand.

The NZDS is available for full-time, tertiary level study at New Zealand education institutions.

Relevant link: NZDS Eligibility and selection criteria

Relevant link: NZDS Value of scholarship

Relevant link: NZDS Conditions of scholarship

The NZDS scholarships scheme has two categories:

New Zealand Development Scholarships - Public category (NZDS-Public)

The NZDS-Public scholarships scheme is a bilateral scheme available to candidates from selected partner developing countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The selection criteria is determined by the partner government in consultation with NZAID.

Shortlisted applicants, who are mostly public sector employees, are endorsed for a NZDS-Public scholarship by the partner government. Private sector and community sector employees may apply for the NZDS-Public in some countries depending on the country-specific selection criteria. Country-specific criteria also determines the level of study and the fields of study under which candidates can apply to study in New Zealand.

Relevant link: NZDS Public category - Country eligibility

Relevant link: NZDS Public category - Application process and timeline

New Zealand Development Scholarships - Open category (NZDS-Open)

The NZDS-Open scholarships scheme is a non-bilateral scheme available to candidates from selected developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific. Under the NZDS-Open scheme, candidates independently apply for a scholarship.

NZDS-Open scholarships are mostly available for private sector or community sector employees, including non-governmental organisations. In some countries or regions, public sector employees can also apply for a NZDS-Open scholarship depending on the country or region-specific selection criteria. Country or region-specific criteria also determine the level of study and the fields of study under which candidates can apply to study in New Zealand.

Relevant link: NZDS Open category - Eligible countries and application process

PhD Scholarship Flinders University Australia

Flinders University: Novel Platforms for the high-throughput analysis of cell-surface interactions

One CSIRO PhD scholarship of $25,000 p.a. is available to gain an understanding of material - stem cell interactions using novel microarray platforms. This interdisciplinary project will include fundamental experimental and theoretical studies of the influence of factors such as surface chemistry, roughness, topography and substrate elasticity on the behaviour of specific stem cells. Applicants should hold a good Honours degree in chemistry, biotechnology or nanotechnology. This scholarship is subject to approval by the CSIRO. Students already holding an APA or equivalent scholarship can receive a stipend "top up" of $7,000 p.a.

Further information is available from: Assoc Prof Nico Voelcker, School of Chemistry, Physics and Earth Sciences, phone (08) 8201 5338 or at the email address below.

WWW address: Novel Platforms for the high-throughput analysis of cell-surface interactions
Email address: nico.voelcker@flinders.edu.au

Closing date: 30-11-2006

AYF Fellowship-JAPAN (2007)

Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Program aims to nurture human networking among ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan.

The AYF preparatory course before entering Japanese Graduate School as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship student is offered by The Japan Foundation. AYF program is open to university graduates in the region who wish to contribute to regional cooperation after obtaining a Master and/or Ph. D. Degree in Japanese Graduate Schools as follows:

1. Features of the Asian Youth Fellowship Program

AYF consists of the following component:

Coordination of a host professor and research plan development during the preparatory course in Japan
Preparatory course (Japanese Language and other subjects/cultural activities)
Follow ups after completing the preparatory course
The scholarship grantees shall receive a preparatory course in the Japanese language and other basic subjects for approximately 7 months, at The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, Japan. Grantees are provided with dormitory by the Program. Accompanying family is NOT allowed during the preparatory course at Kansai.

*After completing the preparatory course, grantees will be proceeding to Japanese graduate schools as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship students (principally Research Student) from April 2008.

2. Field of Study

Any of the fields in Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural Science EXCEPT Japanese Studies or Japanese Culture Studies
Any field that should contribute to the region
* Technical training course is excluded.




3. Qualifications

Nationality: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam.
Age: under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2008 (i.e. born on or after April 2, 1973)
Academic Backgrounds: university or college graduates with a bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree
(those who will graduate from a university or college by the Registration Day of AYF may apply, but the grants may be CANCELLED if grantees fail to arrive in Kansai, Japan, by the Registration Day of AYF, 2007.)


Other requirements:
Those who have learned Japanese language and already acquired Japanese proficiency comparable to the Japanese Proficiency Test Level 3 are excluded.
Good proficiency in English is required.
Military men and military civilian employees registered on the personnel list are excluded.
Applicants should be in good health.
The applicant whose spouse has already won a Japanese Government scholarship will not be selected as a grantee, and likewise in the case of a couple applying at the same time.
The applicant who has been awarded a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship in the past will not be selected as a grantee unless he/she has had a few years' research or teaching experience after returning to his/her country.
4. Grant Coverage during the Preparatory Course

Expenses necessary for participation in the official curriculum (transportation, teaching material, etc.)
Meals during the program (partly in the form of cash allowances) and a set amount of allowances to cover miscellaneous living expenses.
Accommodation (a single room) at the Institute
Overseas travel insurance for disease and injury for the duration of the program
Round-trip, economy-class airline between the nearest International Airport from your residence and Kansai International Airport (Osaka, Japan) on the most direct and economical route.
Japanese visa as a trainee
*The above terms of the grant will be effective from the date of arrival in Kansai to March 2008. After completing the AYF Program, grantees will proceed to Japanese universities as the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship students. Allowances, accommodations, and other status are subject to Monbukagakusho’s regulations.

5. Selection

(1) Japanese diplomatic missions concerned will, in cooperation with the foreign governments concerned, select preliminary candidates from among applicants by means of a review of the documents submitted.

(2) Those who have been selected as the preliminary candidates will be recommended to Asian Youth Fellowship Committee, Tokyo, Japan. The Committee will select grantees from among the preliminary candidates by means of an interview made in their respective countries by a mission member assigned and dispatched by the Committee.

(3) Final announcement in writing will be provided by the Embassy of Japan after the AYF Committee. The grantees of the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship for 2008 will be finally selected after the university placement has been made, provided they have passed the final examination of AYF.

MORE DETAIL: http://www.asiaseed.org/ayfj/

Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan.

It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB's developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.

Upon completion of their study programs, scholars are expected to contribute to the economic and social development of their home countries.

The ADB-JSP enrolls about 300 students annually in 20 academic institutions located in 10 countries within the Region.

The ADB-JSP provides full scholarships for one to two years

More detail at: http://www.adb.org/JSP/default.asp

Graduate Student Position at KTH

The department of Electronics, Computer and Software Systems at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) seeks applicants for a graduate student position in the area of Software Engineering of Distributed Systems. The studies are initially directed towards the degree of T.Lic. with the intention to continue towards T.Dr. (Ph.D). The student will initially perform his/her studies in the context of the EU-IST funded project ROBOSWARM (Knowledge Environment for Interacting ROBOt SWARMs). Expected project start is November 2006.

The general objective of the project is to develop an open knowledge environment for self-configurable, low-cost and robust robot swarms usable in everyday applications. Advances in the state-of-the art of networked robotics are proposed through introduction of a local and global knowledge base using ontology and semantic for ad hoc communication within a low-cost swarm of autonomous robots operating in the surrounding smart IT infrastructure. The work will address the development of flexible, cost-effective, dependable, and user-driven robot swarms, which possess a higher intelligence collectively than each member of the swarm independently. The project`s part covered by the position includes work on universal semantically machine understandable representation and communication format, global robotic Web services, coordination and decision making.

The appointment will be full time for an initial duration of 24 months, with the possibility of renewal. It will include 80% research and 20% teaching assistance or other department duties.

Required Qualifications

A master or equivalent degree in computer science or a strongly related area is required. Knowledge of Semantic Web, Ontology, Web services and agent technology is desirable. To address its varied work, KTH aims to employ a diversity of talent and thus welcomes applicants who will add to the variety of the University, especially as concerns its gender structure. Knowledge of the Swedish language is not a pre-requisite.

Application

Application including CV and detailed information on education and a reference should be submitted to

Kungl Tekniska H gskolan ICT/ECS
R-M L venstig Electrum 229
S-164 40 Kista, Sweden.

Deadline for application is October 30, 2006
State the reference number I-2006-0754

Further information, please contact Professor Mihhail Matskin misha@imit.kth.se
Department`s Website: http://edag83bhf13k8w4r93f.usercash.com/