Concordia University Undergraduate Entrance Bursary in Canada, 2018

Concordia University is inviting applications for Undergraduate Entrance Bursary Program for the 2018-2019 academic year.

This award program is open only to new students who have applied for admission to bachelor’s programs for Summer or Fall 2018, on the basis of completion of CEGEP or high school/college or equivalent.

Bursary is designed to help students in financial need who are admitted to university studies for the first time in Summer or Fall 2018.

Concordia University is welcoming, engaged, and committed to innovation and excellence in education, research, creative activity and community partnerships. It dares to be different and draws on its diversity to transform the individual, strengthen society and enrich the world.

Scholarship Description:

• Application Deadline: June 2 2018
• Course Level: Bursary is available for pursuing undergraduate degree at Concordia University in Canada.
• Study Subject: Bursary is awarded in the course offered by the university.
• Scholarship Award: The Undergraduate Entrance Bursary program is primarily intended for students in financial need who are seeking / receiving governmental assistance in Fall/Winter 2018-2019 from Quebec, other Canadian provinces and territories, or through the U.S. Loans program.
• Number of Scholarships: Not given
• Nationality: Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents, International students
• Scholarship can be taken in Canada

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

• Eligible Countries: Canadian citizens or Permanent Residents, International students can apply for this bursary.
• Entrance Requirements: The Undergraduate Entrance Bursary Program is restricted to:
  • New Students who have applied for admission to a Bachelor’s program for Summer or Fall 2018 in any discipline of study
  • Candidates must be coming from CEGEP, Canadian High School or College, or equivalent
  • Students admitted and registered in Bachelor’s programs for Winter 2018 on the basis of CEGEP, Canadian High School of College or equivalent, are eligible to apply to be considered for Fall 2018.
  If you meet the above criteria but have not yet applied for admission to Concordia University, please submit your admission application first, and wait 24 hours before attempting to apply for the Entrance Bursary program.
  The Undergraduate Entrance Bursary program is not available to newly admitted students with previous University studies, with the exception of Mature Entry Program candidates seeking admission for Summer or Fall 2018 based on Independent studies at Concordia University.
• English Language Requirements: Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Application Procedure:

How to Apply: To access the online application system, log on to your Student Center account and click on the “Apply for Bursaries or Scholarships” link on the left side. Once you are in the online applications section, choose “Aid Year 2019” and begin completing your Aid Declaration / Needs Analysis, and lastly the Entrance Bursary application itself. The online system will automatically save your application as you progress from one field to the next.

Once you have all sections of your application completed, make sure you proceed to the very end of the application and click on the “I Agree” button in order to finalize your submission and make it available to the Financial Aid and Awards Office.

Do not click the “I Agree” button until your application is fully completed and you are ready to submit it – clicking this button will lock your application and you will not be able to make changes to it unless the Financial Aid and Awards Office unlocks it for you.

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CBIS Fully-Funded International PhD Studentships at Imperial College London in UK, 2018

The Imperial College London is offering up to 8 x 3.5-year, fully-funded PhD Studentships for outstanding students and researchers from around the world. The PhD studentships will be across some of the Centre’s Clinical Priorities, which reflect the most significant conditions arising from blast injury.

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its founder, Prince Albert, envisioned an area composed of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall, and the Imperial Institute.

If English is not your first language then you will need to show that your English language skills are at a high enough level to succeed in your studies.

Scholarship Description:

• Application Deadline: April 4, 2018
• Course Level: Studentships are available for pursuing PhD programme.
• Study Subject: The PhD studentships will be across some of the Centre’s Clinical Priorities, which reflect the most significant conditions arising from blast injury. These include: Musculoskeletal and extremity injury (neck, spine, pelvis, amputations, foot, ankle, skin, muscle, nerves),  Heterotopic ossification, Hearing loss, Head and brain injury, Causes of death / next level of survivors / clinical scoring and civilian correlates and  Torso injury.
• Scholarship Award: Studentships cover three years of Home-EU tuition fees and provide a 3.5-year, tax-free stipend at the standard Research Council United Kingdom rate (£16,777 per annum for 2018-19). In addition, a generous allowance is provided for research consumables and conference attendance.
• Number of Scholarships: Up to eight CBIS studentship positions
• Scholarship can be taken in the UK

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

• Eligible Countries: Home and EU candidates can apply for these scholarships.
• Entrance Requirements: Home and EU candidates who meet the College’s PhD programme entry requirements are eligible to apply. Entry onto the PhD programme requires an undergraduate degree at 2:1 level or higher and, normally, a master’s degree with merit or higher (or non-UK equivalents) in engineering, any of the physical sciences, mathematics, biological sciences, physiology or medicine.
• English Language Requirements: If English is not your first language then you will need to show that your English language skills are at a high enough level to succeed in your studies.

Application Procedure:

How to Apply:

To apply to the PhD programme at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, please visit the College’s admissions webpages to view the instructions and complete the Bioengineering Research – Academic Year 2018/19 application form by 04 April 2018.

Within your application you will be asked to upload a personal statement/research plan. As part of this, please provide a ranked order of your top three preferences for research areas from the clinical priorities listed above and a research statement of up to 2 pages that covers the following:

• A description of the research areas and techniques that you are most interested in, naming any potential CBIS supervisors whom you would like to work with;
• Any initial ideas you have for pursuing research in the highlighted areas;
• A description of how your experience to date would make you an ideal candidate to undertake a PhD within CBIS in one or more of the research areas described.

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Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program, 2018-2019

Applications are invited for Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarships Program (JJ/WBGSP) from the nationals of developing countries. Scholarships are awarded for studying only at a master program that has been granted “preferred” status by the JJ/WBG Scholarship Program.

The program has awarded over 5000 scholarships selected from over 65,000 applicants, and disbursed over US$200 million in funding from the Japanese government.

Established in 1987 with funding from the Government of Japan, the Joint Japan / World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) has helped create an international community of development professionals through the Program’s financing of graduate and post-graduate studies.

Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) earned before 2013, be under 45 years old on the application deadline date, and have at least 3 years of recent development-related experience since earning a Bachelor’s degree. Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Scholarship Description:

• Application Deadline: April 12 , 2018
• Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing masters degree at Preferred University.
• Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded for studying only at a master program that has been granted “preferred” status by the JJ/WBG Scholarship Program.
• Scholarship Award: The JJ/WBGSP scholarship provides the recipient with the following benefits:
  • Economy class air travel between your home country and the host university at the start of your study program and immediately following the end of the scholarship period. In addition to the two-way air travel, scholars will receive a US $500 travel allowance for each trip;
  • Tuition for your graduate program and the cost of basic medical insurance usually obtained through the university.
  • A monthly subsistence allowance to cover living expenses, including books. The amount of the allowance varies depending on the host country.
  Please note all JJ/WBGSP scholarships cover the duration of the graduate program or two years, whichever is less.
  The JJ/WBGSP scholarship does not cover:
  • VISA application(s) costs
  • Expenses to bring and/or support a scholar’s family members;
  • Extra-curricular courses or training;
  • Language training not provided by the graduate program;
  • Additional travel during the course of the study program;
  • Expenses related to research, supplementary educational materials, field trips, participation in workshops/seminars, or internships; or
  • Educational equipment such as computers.
  Note: The JJ/WBGSP scholarship may only supplement, and does not duplicate, any other source of financial support/fellowship you might have. If selected as a finalist or if you are awarded a scholarship, you must inform the JJ/WBGSP if you have other sources of scholarship funds. The JJ/WBGSP stipend may be withdrawn completely or partially if during the scholarship period the Program has evidence of additional sources of support.
• Number of Scholarships: JJWBGSP offers scholarships for over 200 Preferred Programs (.xlsx 49 KB) spanning a wide array of development topics and for 14 Partner Programs (.xlsx 15 KB) at universities in U.S., Africa and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.
• Nationality: Students of developing countries can apply for this scholarship.
• Scholarship can be taken in Scholarships are available for preferred university masters programs that is listed on the JJ/WBGSP website and that is located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence.

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

• Eligible Countries: Students of developing countries can apply for this scholarship.List of Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus,  Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. of, Congo, Rep. of, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Rep, Ecuador, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, The Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, FYR of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, F.S., Moldova, Mongolia,  Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau,  Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe
• Entrance Requirements: Broadly speaking, Developing Country nationals must:
  • Be a national of a World Bank member developing country;
  • Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
  • Be in good health;
  • Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
  • Have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree;
  • Be employed in development-related work in a paid full- time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application.  The only exception to this criterion is for developing country nationals from a country that will be on the updated list of Fragile and Conflict States provided to applicants in the Application Guidelines for each call for scholarships.
  • On or before the Scholarship Application Deadline date, be admitted unconditionally (except for funding) for the upcoming academic year to at least one of the JJ/WBGSP preferred university master’s programs and located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence listed at the time the call for scholarship applications open.
  • Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of appointment of the World Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term “close relative” defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew; *Please note: All eligibility criteria are strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made. Eligibility criteria WILL NOT change during an open call for applications. However, this information is subject to change between the close of one application process and the opening of the next.
• English Language Requirements: Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Application Procedure:

How to Apply: Applicants can apply for scholarships to both Preferred and Partner Programs. The process to apply to a Preferred Program and to a Partner Program differs:

ATTENTION:  The call for applications for a JJWBGSP Scholarship to one of our Preferred Programs is now open from February 22 to April 12 , 2018. Guidance for this call for applications, including this call’s: (i) instructions and requirements to submit an application, the eligibility criteria applicants must meet; and the selection process are provided  in the Application Guidelines, FAQs, and the complete list of JJ/WBGSP Preferred (.xlsx 49 KB) Master Degrees currently offered. Please read these documents before starting your application.

Once you are familiar with the application requirements and processes, click here to apply, and refer to the “Accessing your online application” and “Navigating your online application” to navigate step-by-step the online application.

Those seeking a JJ/WBGSP Partner Program scholarship (.xlsx 15 KB) must first apply for admission to one or more of the Partner Masters Degree Program(s). Inquiries on how to submit an admissions application to a partner program should be submitted to the respective university.

After reviewing submitted applications, each Partner Master Degree Program will identify a short list of eligible candidates who will then be invited by the JJWBGSP Secretariat to apply for a JJ/WBGSP scholarship.

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