The Chen Foundation Scholarship Programme, 2017

The Chen Foundation Scholarship Programme, 2017

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The Chen Foundation is focused on helping economically-challenged youth fulfill their dreams of obtaining higher education. The scholarship is renewable, allowing scholarship recipients to receive an additional $2,000 award for the Fall quarter/semester of their 2nd year of college if they maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and active service in the community. 

Eligibility:

• ·         High school seniors who reside in California
• ·         Plan to attend a California State University or California Community College as a 1st year full-time student in the Fall of 2017 (if selected, must submit college acceptance letter for verification)
• ·         Have a minimum cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0
• ·         Have a household income at or below California State/County Low Income Level (must be able to show 2015 or 2016 tax return should applicant be selected for award)
• ·         The scholarship is open to all majors and there is no ethnicity requirement
• All materials must be received by 11:59pm – Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Anything received (whether mailed, emailed, or faxed) past that date and time will NOT be considered, regardless of the postmark. Application and recommender forms MUST be submitted online – Hard copies will NOT be accepted.

 How to apply

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2017, Glaxo Smith Kline Africa Open Lab Research Awards for African Scientists

2017, Glaxo Smith Kline Africa Open Lab Research Awards for African Scientists

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GSK is pleased to announce a call for research proposals from outstanding African scientists based in research institutions or universities in Cameroon, Côte D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal or Tanzania.

Awards offer up to two years of funding, with up to £100,000 available per award to cover the cost of an appropriate research project. A minimum of 10 awards will be funded.

Award Objectives

Awards objective is

• To encourage research that will further the understanding of the specific variations of NCDs in African settings, to subsequently inform their prevention and effective management in African patients.
• To provide support for researchers from African institutions at an early stage of their research career to develop their own competitive, independent research programmes and  careers as outstanding independent researchers.

Subjects:

 The programme’s aims are to fund rigorous, high quality research that will address disease mechanisms, epidemiology, pathophysiology and aetiology, or prevention and treatment of primary disease and associated complications in at least one of the following priority NCD areas: cardiovascular disease, oncology, chronic respiratory disease, chronic kidney disease and diabetes

Eligibility: 

The applicant:

• ·         Will be the principal investigator and must be an early career researcher, defined as a basic biomedical scientist, clinically qualified investigator or public health researcher, who has not previously competed successfully as principal investigator for a major research grant, and is no more than ten years from their highest degree of study (career breaks and time out of academic research will be taken into consideration).
• ·         Must be currently employed by an eligible academic, health or research institution in Cameroon, Côte D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Senegal and Tanzania for the duration of the project.
• ·         Must hold a PhD or equivalent higher degree (e.g. DrPH) in a health related discipline. Applicants pursuing a clinical academic career, who have not obtained a PhD, must have completed their specialist training in a relevant aspect of medicine and demonstrate relevant research experience (e.g. MSc with a research component).
• ·         Must not currently hold positions above lecturer level or equivalent.
• ·         Must demonstrate that they have a track record and ongoing commitment to health-related research and the skills and experience required to carry out the proposed work. Evidence of research output, including publications in peer reviewed journals and/or presentations at scientific conferences, is required.
• ·         Must have a career development plan showing commitment to NCD research in Africa, of which support from relevant supervisors and mentors will be an important component.

 How to apply

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2017/2018 Federal Ministry of Education Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award

2017/2018 Federal Ministry of Education Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award

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The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2017/2018 Nomination Interview for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award for:

i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Japan, and

ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, e.t.c.

2.0 All qualified candidates are advised to:

a. Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng and click on READ MORE on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page:

 b. Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online

c. Print the completed Application Form

d. Submit two sets of the Printed Application Forms at the venue of the interview as scheduled below.

NOTE/Warning: Double Entries will be disqualified!

3.0 FIELDS OF STUDY

a. Undergraduate level - Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), etc; and

b. Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and Ph.D) in all fields.

4.0 CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY

A. UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP:

All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Five (5) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secoundary School Certificate, WAEC (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language and Mathematics. Certificates should not be more than Two (2) years old (2015 & 2016). Age limit is from 18 to 20years.

B. POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP:

 All applicants must hold a First Degree with at least 2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants who are previous recipients of Foreign Awards must have completed at least two (2) years post qualification or employment practice in Nigeria. All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40years for Ph.D.

NOTE (For all Applicants):

i) Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one year foreign language of the country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction; and

ii)All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship must visit the website:  http://www.stipenumhungaricum.hu/ before 10st February 2017 Complete the application form online

• Print the completed form and bring to the venue in addition to 2.0 above.

5.0 VENUE OF INTERVIEW:

 All eligible applicants are to report for interview at the venues scheduled for their respective Zones of origin for proper identification. Two sets of completed application

forms should be submitted at the various interview centres with the following attachments:

i. Two sets of Photocopies of Educational Certificates and Testimonials of previous schools attended with the originals for sighting;

ii. Only one certificate is accepted i.e WAEC of May/June;

iii. Two copies of Birth certificate from National Population Commission;

iv. State of Origin/LGA certificate duly signed, stamped and dated;

v. Four (4) colourede passport sized photographs on white background; and

vi Postgraduate applicants will be required to submit Academic transcripts and NYSC certificates.‎

British government successfully shuts down several fake degree awarding websites

British government successfully shuts down several fake degree awarding websites

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Good news to all prospective students, especially those applying from outside the UK, as several bogus degree awarding websites were successfully shut down during a huge crackdown on false universities awarding students such bogus certificates.

This is coming as the head of an investigatory body warns of the danger of “degree selfies”.

Following the crackdown, Higher Education Degree Datacheck (Hedd) was able to identify 220 bogus higher education institutions universities which sell fake degree certificates and non-existent courses.

While delivering her speech, Jayne Rowley, deputy chief executive of Prospects, said they are particularly worried by what she termed the “Twitter selfie problem”.

“This plays into the hands of fraudsters,” Ms Rowley told The Telegraph. “If someone wants to copy the certificate, they will be able to tell what colour the certificate is, what it looks like, the Vice Chancellor’s signature and so on.”

“In the summer we spent a lot of time contacting universities to tell students not to pose with their certificates and then put the pictures of social media.”

Accordingly, Hedd, which has received funding from the Department for Education since June 2015 to screen and scrutinise possibly fraudulent operations, has so far been able to shut down 40 bogus websites being.

Any potentially illegal activity is referred on to Trading Standards or the police, if it is based in the UK. For overseas outfits, Hedd alerts the relevant authority in that particular country.

Ms Rowley further said: “Some are copycat websites, where they have a similar name to an existing universities, like Cambridgeshire University or Manchester Open University.

“Some advertise ‘distance learning’ courses and send fake coursework assignments by email. People are being conned out of thousands, thinking they are actually studying.”

While fake university sites in the UK tend to be individuals running them out of their homes, there are far more sophisticated operations overseas and in some cases are multi-million pound businesses.

Recall how a company based in Pakistan was shut down after allegedly making millions of pounds from selling fake university degrees.

Government of Japan Scholarships for Young Nigeria Teachers

Government of Japan Scholarships for Young Nigeria Teachers

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The Embassy of Japan is pleased to inform you that the Government of Japan will provide scholarship for Nigerian Primary/Secondary school teachers who desire to take teacher training course and Japanese language training in Japan.

Requirements: 

·                     The scholarship is open to graduates of universities and teachers training colleges no more than thirty-four (34) years of age (must be born on or after April 2, 1982), who have worked as teachers at primary/secondary schools or teacher training college for at least five years in their home countries at the time of application.

·                     The Embassy will like to use this opportunity to attract Nigerian Schools that wish to start Japanese Language class or course at their school. Beneficiaries shall upon their return, help to promote Japanese Language education in Nigeria.

Scholarship Worth: 

·                     Allowance： 143,000 yen per month. (In case that the recipient researches in a designated region, 2,000 or 3,000 yen per month will be added. The monetary amount each year may be subject to change due to budgetary reasons.)

·                     Transportation to Japan： The recipient will be provided an economy-class airplane ticket, according to his/her itinerary and route as designated by MEXT,from the international airport nearest to his/her home country residence,where in principle is in the country of nationality, to the Narita International Airport or any other international airport that the appointed university usually uses when they enter to Japan. Expenses such as inland transportation from his/her home address to the international airport, airport tax, airport usage fees, special taxes on travel, or inland transportation within Japan including a connecting flight will NOT be covered. (*Although the address in the home country stated in the application form is in principle regarded as the recipient’s “home country residence,” if it will be changed at the time of leaving from his/her home country the changed address will be regarded as “home country residence.”)

                   Transportation from Japan

： The recipient who returns to his/her home country within the fixed period after the expiration of his/her scholarship will be provided, upon application, with an economy-class airplane ticket for travel from the Narita International Airport or any other international airport that the appointed university usually uses to the international airport nearest to his/her home address, wherein principle is in the country of nationality. (Note 1) Any aviation and accident insurance to and from Japan shall be borne by the recipient. (Note 2) Should the recipient not return to his/her home country soon after the end of the scholarship period to resume his/her duties, the transportation fee for the return to the home country will not be provided.

        Tuition and Other Fees：

Fees for the entrance examination, matriculation and tuition at universities will be paid by the Japanese Government.

How to Apply 
Interested candidates can access application forms are on this link http://www.ng.emb-japan.go.jp/mext%20education.html
Completed application forms should be submitted in person or by special mail to:

Education Officer
Embassy of Japan in Nigeria
9, Bobo Street, Maitama District
Abuja

Note: Application forms not received on or before January 31, 2017 will not be processed.

2017, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Excellence Scholarships at the University of Queensland, Australia

2017, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Excellence Scholarships at the University of Queensland, Australia

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The University of Queensland is offering Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Excellence Scholarships for the 2017 intake. Scholarships are open to Australian and international students to pursue the undergraduate programme.

The purpose of the scholarships is to encourage and assist first-year students in studying information and communications technology.

In order to gain entry to an academic program at UQ, applicants will have to demonstrate they have the appropriate level of English language skills.

Course Level:

Scholarships are available for pursuing the undergraduate programme.

Study Subject:

 Scholarships are awarded in the areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.

Scholarship Award: 

Each scholarship worth $3,000

Eligibility: 

The scholarship is open to current Year 12 and gap year students who:

·         are Australian students or Permanent Residents of Australia, or

·         are international students who have completed years 11-12 in Australia; and

·         do not hold another similar scholarship; and

·         intend to enrol in one of the following programs in the year of the award:

·         Bachelor of Information Technology; or

·         Bachelor of Multimedia Design; or

·         Bachelor of Engineering; or

·         Bachelor of Engineering (Honours); or

·         a dual program which includes any of the above programs.

Please note - students enrolling in either the Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) must be enrolled in one of the following fields to be eligible for consideration for one of these scholarships:

·         Computer Science; or

·         Electrical Engineering; or

·         Electrical and Biomedical Engineering; or

·         Electrical and Computer Engineering; or

·         Mechatronic Engineering; or

·         Software Engineering

Selection criteria

The scholarship is awarded to the applicant showing the greatest merit based on –

·         academic achievement in secondary school studies; and

·         an interest in studying ICT, as evidenced by a cover letter, short personal statement and a resume; and

·         personal qualities, including leadership skills and extra-curricular activities; and

·         any other matter that the selection committee considers to be relevant to the applicant’s future success in the ICT profession.

 How to apply

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2016/2017 Shell (SPDC) Joint Venture University Scholarship Award Scheme

2016/2017 Shell (SPDC) Joint Venture University Scholarship Award Scheme

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The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (Operator of the NNPC/SHELL /TEPN/AGIP Joint Venture) Scholarship Scheme offers first year students in all Nigerian universities the opportunity to study with an annual grant from the SPDC JV for the full duration of their course. The scholarship aims to promote academic excellence and improve the skills of young Nigerians.

 SPDC JOINT VENTURE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP AWARD SCHEME

Who Can Apply

• The merit-based scholarship is in two categories - the National Merit Award (NM) and the Areas of Operation Merit Award (OM)

1.) National Merit Award (NM)

• Is open to all Nigerians.

2.) Areas of Operation Merit Award, (OM)

• For Nigerians who are indigenes of SPDC’s operational area in Abia, Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers States.

Eligible Applicants Must

• Be citizens of Nigeria, currently enrolled in an accredited course in an NUC approved university in Nigeria.
• Have gained admission during the 2015/2016 academic session, and pursuing a first degree programme.
• Have a minimum of seven O/Levels credits, including Mathematics and English.
• Be enrolled full-time, in a university in Nigeria at the undergraduate level with a minimum grade point average of 3.5 at the time of application (attach transcripts or official records).

General Requirements
1.) Every applicants should have their personal valid email accounts (for consistent communication).

2.) Candidates who meet the above eligibility criteria should apply. Scanned copies of the following documents should be attached to the application:

• A recent passport-sized photograph of the applicant (i.e. jpeg format, not more than 200kilobytes);
• University or JAMB Admission Letter;
• Jamb Score
• 'O' Level Result(s); and 'A' Level /OND /NCE Result(s) as applicable; and
• Letter of Identification from State (showing Local Government) of Origin.

3.) Applicants for the Operational Area Award must also upload Scanned copies of letters of identification, (which must be duly stamped and signed) by:

• The Paramount Ruler of the Community; and
• The Chairman of the Community Development or Executive Council (CDC or CEC) is also required of applicants for the Operational Area Awards (OM).
• The letters should be addressed to The Manager, Social Investment, Shell Petroleum Development Company, Prodeco 5, Room 10, Shell Industrial Area, Rumubiakani, Port Harcourt.

How To Apply
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Note:

• Each scanned document size must not exceed 200KB and the image format must be JPEG.
• Shell does not demand payment from applicants. The application is FREE of charge.
• Shell does not assign 'Representatives'/'Agents' to assist applicants’ process applications.
• Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
• Beware of the fraud websites when applying for scholarships online Such websites will ask you to pay for the programme, in some cases, even before submitting their application. These are completely faux sites which should be avoided.

 Application Closing Date

2nd December, 2016