DAAD-Scholarships 2009-2010 for Professionals Postgraduate with Relevance to Developing Countries

Beasiswa DAAD-Scholarships for Selected Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries 2009-2010 is provided by The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) – supports a range of postgraduate courses at German universities which aim at providing academically educated young professionals from Developing Countries (including Indonesia) with further specialised studies.
University graduates who have been working for two years in the public or private sector in technical, economical or agricultural fields, in education or development planning are eligible for these grants. The 42 courses differ in respect to fields of study, language and entry requirements. The age limit for the courses is 32 for Doctoral and 36 years for Master programme.

The funds for these scholarships are provided by the Federal Ministry for Economics Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Due to the limited number of DAAD scholarships for its courses, not all applicants accepted for studies by the German universities can be supported. Therefore, institutions are also encouraged to nominate candidates, whose studies they are willing to finance out of their staff development budget. In this case, an accompanying letter with according statements is necessary for the applicant.
The DAAD supports these selected programmes with a certain quota of scholarships and with financial assistance for a special tutoring system. At the end of the course (programmes run 12 to 36 months, depending on the particular institution) participants can obtain an internationally recognized Master’s or in some courses PhD degree.

Target group: Professionals holding an academic degree and with at least two years of experience in the public or private sector in technical, economical, or agricultural fields, in education or development planning.
Language of instruction : German or English, depending on the degree course.

Application conditions:
- Age limit: 36 years of age at the time of application (for some courses 32 years)
- Academic degree (min IPK 2,75 for Master candidates and 3,00 for Doctoral candidates) and at least two years of professional experience after completing S1 degree.
- Confirmation of employment from the candidate‘s employer in the home country and where possible a guarantee of re-employment upon his/her return to the home country
- Two letters of recommendation of recent date
- A statement of motivation for participation in the postgraduate course with emphasis on the relevance to his/her occupation (1-2 pages)

List of DAAD-Scholarships 2009-2010 Study Programs offered

For postgraduate courses held in English: International TOEFL-Language test of a minimum of 550 points (course at FHTW Berlin 580 points) or IELTS-Test Volume 6.0.

Closing date for applications is 4th September 2008 at the DAAD Jakarta Office

Course Commence: September/October of the following year (preceeding German-language course from April or August).
Course Duration: 12 to 36 months, depending on the postgraduate course (see annex).
Special Remarks:
- Participants in postgraduate courses in which English is the language of instruction receive a scholarship for a two-month intensive German language course.
- Participants in postgraduate courses in which German or German/English is the language of instruction receive a scholarship for a six-month intensive German language course. Please note that the candidates must have certain German language certificate at the time of application.

Form and documents to be submitted
1. DAAD Scholarship Form Application
2. Accompanying documents (PLEASE SET IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER)
a) Curriculum Vitae (please use the europass specimen form at Europass)
b) A Statement of motivation for participation in the postgraduate courses with emphasis on the relevance to his/her occupation
c) Two letters of recommendation of recent date, each from supervisor at your company/institution, and from your previous academic supervisor
d) Confirmation of employment from the candidate’s employer in the home country and where possible, a guarantee of re-employment upon his/her return to the home country
e) Academic Degree Certificate (certified copies of original) in Bahasa Indonesia and English/German translation
f) Academic transcript, covering the complete duration of academic studies (certified copies of original) in Bahasa Indonesia and English/German translation
g) Secondary School Leaving Certificates/ijazah SMA (certified copies of original) in Bahasa Indonesia and English/German translation
h) English language certificate for postgraduate courses held in English request an international TOEFL of a minimum of 550 points (course at FHTW Berlin 580 points) or IELTS-Test Volume 6.0. Please do not submit “prediction TOEFL”. For postgraduate courses held in German: please see the details on the course list. Certain level of German language exam may be required before admission to the course.

Applications must reach DAAD Jakarta Office before the deadline. Any incomplete applications handed in after the deadline can not be taken into consideration.

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN TRIPLICATE

DAAD Jakarta Office
Summitmas I Building 19th Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 61-62
Jakarta 12190
Contact person: Endah C. Anggoro
E-mail: Endah@daadjkt.org

Tel.: (021) 520 0870; 525 2807
Fax.: (021) 525 2822
E-mail: info@daadjkt.org

Counseling hours: Monday to Thursday, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm.
You are welcome to make an appointment for personal counseling before you apply.

Beasiswa New Hall College, University of Cambridge Scholarship

New Hall College, University of Cambridge menyediakan bantuan dana beasiswa untuk kandidat siswa setiap tahunnya. Jika Anda telah memilih New Hall sebagai kampus pilihan pertama di formulir aplikasi, Anda berhak untuk mengikuti program beasiswa ini yang disediakan oleh The Korner studentship, New Hall Campus dan BP Centenary.

New Hall has generous funding available for graduates, especially in relation to the size of its graduate population. Gifts by BP enable us to offer support to a number of overseas candidates each year. The Körner studentship and the college’s own Overseas Bursaries provide further funding opportunities. For UK and EU students, we can fully support up to 2 PhD students through the University’s Domestic Research Studentship Schemes.
If you have selected New Hall as your College of first choice on your graduate application form and would like to apply for one of our BP Centenary Awards, a Stephan Körner Graduate Scholarship or an Overseas Bursary, please complete our online application form.

Further details of all these scholarship awards are given below.
1. BP Centenary Studentships
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Overseas students who select Murray Edwards as their College of first choice and are embarking on a PhD course.
Subject: Any
Value: £8000 per year
Number: 2
Notes: Preference will be given to students from Russia, Ukraine and countries of the former Soviet Union; China; the Middle East, particularly Egypt; Southern Africa and South Asia.

2. BP Centenary Bursaries (PhD)
Duration: 3 years (renewal subject to satisfactory progress)
Eligibility: Overseas students who select Murray Edwards as their College of first choice and are embarking on a PhD course.
Subject: Any
Value: £2000 per year
Number: 6
Notes: Preference will be given to students from Russia, Ukraine and countries of the former Soviet Union; China; the Middle East, particularly Egypt; Southern Africa and South Asia.

3. BP Centenary Bursaries (MPhil / LLM)
Duration: 1 years
Eligibility: Overseas students who select Murray Edwards as their College of first choice and are embarking on an MPhil or LLM course.
Subject: Any
Value: £2000
Number: 4
Notes: Preference will be given to students from Russia, Ukraine and countries of the former Soviet Union; China; the Middle East, particularly Egypt; Southern Africa and South Asia.

4. The Stephan Körner Graduate Scholarship
Duration: 1 or 3 years
Eligibility: Students who select Murray Edwards as their College of first choice and are embarking on an MPhil or a PhD course.
Subject: Philosophy, Classics and Law
Value: £3500 per year
Number: 1
Notes: The online application form (see above) should be submitted at the same time as the University GRADSAF, and should arrive no later than 1 April.

Each BP Centenary Award is matched by an equal grant from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust or Cambridge Overseas Trust, thus doubling the sums available. Please fill the online application form here.
Any queries about any of the above should be addressed to the Tutorial Administrator: graduates@newhall.cam.ac.uk

Geography Postgraduate Scholarship from University of Manchester

University of Manchester England prepare postgraduate scholarship bursary of £2,000, which is automatically deducted from student’s fee at enrollment. The full 2009-10 Overseas Fee for Masters program within the discipline of Geography is £10,800. Must be used for full time study in the 2009-10 academic year. This funding is available to international students, including Indonesia student.
Bursaries are for study on Postgraduate Taught Masters within the discipline of Geography, as detailed below:
- MA Human Geography
- MSc Environmental Governance
- MSc Environmental Monitoring, Modelling & Reconstruction
- MSc Geographical Information Science

This funding is available to students undertaking the following types of study Postgraduate taught only.

Academic requirements
- Second Class Honours, Upper Division or above, or overseas equivalent. Please contact the School’s Recruitment & Admissions office for equivalency information.
- Applicants whose first language is a language other than English must have 7.0 IELTS or equivalent from another recognized English Language test (TOEFL)

Closing date is 29 Jun 2009. Applications received after the 30th June 2009 will not be considered for the bursary. Successful applicants will be notified before the end of July

For more information you can contact details for enquiries:
Mr Paul Arrowsmith
Recruitment & Admissions Administrator
Tel: 0044 (0)161 275 0800
Email: paul.arrowsmith@manchester.ac.uk

[Sweden] Beasiswa S3 Bidang Biologi di Karolinska Institutet

PhD Studentships in Biology at Karolinska Institutet

Dental research will be supported within the Graduate School to create a network between the four Institutions, and research from medical and other faculties. A key aim is that graduate students will gain insight into both biomedical and clinical research, which will contribute to the establishment of a translational research environment.

Within this framework 2 PhD studentships are available at the Center for Oral Biology, to investigate; Nerve-target interactions in teeth and bone. Neural growth factors and mineralization.



Project 1: Nerve growth factors and mineralization
This project will test the hypothesis that neurotrophic factors, in addition to their roles in innervation, influence mineralization during dentinogenesis and osteogenesis. If so, malfunctions associated with these factors could cause disturbances both in sensory nerve functions and in hard tissue formation.

Project 2: Cellular and biomolecular interactions of osteoadherin with neurotrophic factors
Mineralizing tissue cells are reported to synthesize and secrete neurotrophic factors, and it has been hypothesized that in addition to their role in neural development, these factors may influence hard tissue formation. Candidate molecules for such an interaction include the small leucine-rich family of proteoglycans (SLRPs), which are recognized as not only having a part to play in maintaining shape and providing biomechanical strength to organs and tissues, but also exhibit direct and indirect cell signaling properties. In turn this can affect cell recruitment, proliferation, migration and differentiation. This project will investigate in detail the cellular and biomolecular interactions of nerve growth factors with the only recognized hard tissue-specific SLRP reported to date, osteoadherin (OSAD).

For more detailed information on the projects www.ki.se/odont

Contact:
Professor Kaj Fried
+46 8 524 878 53
Kaj.Fried@ki.se

Dr Rachael Sugars
+ 46 8 746 02 35
Rachael.Sugars@ ki.se

Last date of application: 15th December 2008

[Spain] Beasiswa S2 Bidang Ekonomi dan Finance di CEMFI

[Spain] Beasiswa S2 Bidang Ekonomi dan Finance di CEMFI

Scholarships for the Graduate Program in Economics and Finance at CEMFI, Madrid (Spain)

At CEMFI we train students for careers as professional or academic economists. Our graduates acquire the quantitative tools and research skills to work as economists in business, finance, government, and academia.

The basic graduate offering at CEMFI is its highly prestigious Master in Economics and Finance. Unlike many Master programs in the US and elsewhere, ours is self-contained and offers a well respected qualification.

CEMFI grants a subset of its Master students exemptions from the tuition fee and/or scholarships for living expenses amounting up to EUR 10,000 per year. They are granted according to academic merit. In previous years, the Fundación Carolina, in cooperation with the Fundación BBVA, has endowed several scholarships for Latin American students of the Master. If new grants are endowed, they will be announced on CEMFI`s web page.



An important distinguishing feature of our Master is that it lasts for two years, the second being essential for shaping the skills of our graduates. The first year consists of basic graduate coursework and some optional subjects. The second year includes specialized courses and research training through a Master thesis. Our ratio of students to faculty is between four and five. Thus we can devote a lot of attention to each student. This is particularly important for the Master thesis, where the faculty provides guidance to a unique degree.

Members of CEMFI`s faculty publish in top journals and are research leaders in their fields. They are also editors of prestigious journals and are key players at leading learned societies such as the European Economic Association and the Econometric Society.

Our Master students get very good jobs as economists. For example, in positions dealing with portfolio and risk management, macroeconomic forecasting, policy evaluation, or microeconomic consultancy. CEMFI has been building a reputation for more than 20 years and a degree from CEMFI provides a strong signal of quality, regularly confirmed by the market. Moreover, we run an experienced and efficient job placement service.

Students interested in furthering their research training, either because they aim for a professional career with a stronger research content or because they aim for an academic position, will continue to develop their research skills for another three years and complete the PhD program. Graduates from CEMFI`s PhD program have published papers from their dissertation in top journals and we have an excellent record in the PhD job market.

Admission to the PhD program at CEMFI is through the Master. All students admitted to the PhD program obtain a scholarship, either from an external source or from CEMFI. For more information on admission and scholarship applications, please visit: http://www.cemfi.es. For any queries, feel free to contact: admissions@cemfi.es.

Application has to be received by 6 April 2009.

[Denmark] Beasiswa S3 Bidang Ekonomi di Copenhagen Business School

[Denmark] Beasiswa S3 Bidang Ekonomi di Copenhagen Business School

PhD Scholarship - Department of International Economics and Management Copenhagen Business School

The Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the research areas of the department:

• Corporate Governance
• International Business
• Emerging Markets

Please visit the department`s profile at www.cbs.dk/int and please consult the general information on the CBS PhD Programme

Closing date: January 12, 2009



After consulting the relevant CBS websites and if there are specific questions on the position, you may contact Head of Department, Niels Mygind, nm.int@cbs.dk

General information:
CBS offers high scholarships and accepts only top applicants. To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English.

Enrolment in the PhD programme furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description, usually prepared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used.Indicative examples of research themes could be:

• The determinants and effects of board composition
• Private equity ownership: causes and consequences
• Causes of the current financial crises: leverage, board failure and compensation bias
• Managing innovation in Multinational Companies,
• Outward FDI from emerging markets
• The role of emerging markets in the global financial crisis

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a Master`s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master`s thesis).

All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of 840 work hours. The scholarship includes the waiving of tuition, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 24.118 up to DKK 29.125 depending on seniority plus a pension contributions totalling 17,1 % on 80 per cent of the base salary.

The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance`s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant`s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winner of the scholarship.

Please find compulsory application form, guidelines, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme.

The application must be submitted to:
Copenhagen Business School
Department of International Economics and Management
Porcelaenshaven 24
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Marked PhD 33-3357

Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration.
All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.

CBS focuses on innovation, partnership with the business community and internationalisatio n. As a Learning University CBS demands high quality in teaching, research and staff. CBS has around 15.000 students distributed among a wide range of degrees in social science and humanities including a very dynamic environment for executive programmes. CBS has around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees.

[Australia] Rio Tinto Scholarship Fund for Masters in Science, Commerce, and Social Science

[Australia] Rio Tinto Scholarship Fund for Masters in Science, Commerce, and Social Science

PT. Rio Tinto Indonesia in collaboration with Sampoerna Foundation provides one (1) qualified individual with the opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree in Science, Social Science or Commerce at the Universityof New South Wales (UNSW), Australia .

Upon completing the program, scholar is under a (n+1) binding program with PT. Rio Tinto Indonesia , where n = the number of years receiving the scholarship grant. The scholar must apply their knowledge and contribute significantly to PT. Rio Tinto Indonesia for (n+1) year.

Application deadline is January 30, 2009

Basic Eligibility

Applicant must satisfy ALL of the following conditions:

• Indonesian citizen who is under 35 years of age when lodging the application.
• Hold a local Bachelor’s degree from any discipline with a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale).
• Have a minimum of two-year full-time professional work experience after the completion of the undergraduate degree.
• Submit the required English language requirement (TOEFL/ IELTS) and the Graduate Admission Test as required by each program, after the applicant is selected as the scholarship finalists:
  • International TOEFL with a minimum score of 577 (PBT) or 233 (CBT) or 90 (IBT), OR
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) of minimum 6.5
• Adhere with the scholarship rules and regulations, particularly in the (n+1) binding program with PT. Rio Tinto Indonesia .
• Currently did not enroll in graduate or post-graduate program, or obtained a Master’s degree or equivalent.
• Did not enroll or graduate from an overseas tertiary institution, unless was on a full scholarship.
• Do not receive other equivalent award or scholarship offering similar or other benefits at the time of the award.
• Demonstrate that without the scholarship, applicant is not able to afford an Overseas Graduate Program.

Scholarship Value

The scholarship’s worth is approximately AUD 68,000.- depending on the program’s fee, for the duration of study. This covers the following:

• Graduate Admission Test and TOEFL/ IELTS reimbursement, one time only, based on original invoice, for the test taken no more than 6 months prior to the scholarship application;
• University application fee;
• Student visa application fee;
• Return airfares from Jakarta to Sydney
• Tuition fees, for the duration of study;
• Living allowance, to support living costs during period of study;
• Literature allowance, to purchase textbooks required for study.

How to Apply?

Download the application package (application, reference and health information forms) at http://www.sampoernafoundation.org/content/section/17/139/lang,en/,
or obtained it from:

Sampoerna Foundation
Sampoerna Strategic Square
NorthTower, 26th – 27th Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kavling 45
Jakarta12930

When submitting the application package, please write “Rio Tinto-S2” at the top right hand corner of the envelope. Sampoerna Foundation will consider the completed applications and will notify the short-listed applicants to attend the continuing stages of the selection process.

Interested applicants who meet the requirements must complete and return the application package by the deadline (January 30, 2009) to Sampoerna Foundation office. E-mail applications will not be considered.

Further Information

Prospective applicants are advised to directly contact the University of New South Wales (UNSW) directly or Australian Education Center (AEC) to find out about the admission process and requirements for an enrolment.

Applicants’ inquiries about the scholarship (requirements, conditions, coverage, etc.) should be directed to
Sampoerna Foundation
Phone: +62 21 5772340
Contact email: ella.cecilia@sampoernafoundation.org