African Humanities Program Scholarships for African Students

August 10, 2013

The African Humanities Program (AHP) Fellowships Program

Course(s) Offered: Humanities & related fields
Course Level: Graduate (PhD, postdoc, fellowships)
Provider: ACLS / Carnegie Corporation of New York
Country to Study in: Africa

Scholarship Description
The African Humanities Program (AHP) seeks to revitalize the humanities in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda through fellowship competitions and meetings associated with them.

Through the activities of the African Humanities Program, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) promotes local and international cooperation among humanities scholars at all stages of career, with the aim of developing a self-sustaining continent-wide network of African humanities scholars.

The African Humanities Program is inspired by a commitment to the humanities as a core component of higher education and research in Africa, essential to progress and development. The AHP is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), with financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, announces competitions yearly for the AHP.

Eligibility
Fellowship Details:

• Applicants must be nationals and residents of a country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a current affiliation at an institution in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Funding is available for dissertation completion and for postdoctoral research and writing.
• Applicants for Dissertation-Completion Fellowships should be in the final year of writing the dissertation at a university in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, or Uganda.
• Dissertation-Completion Fellowships are not available in South Africa.
• Applicants for Early Career Postdoctoral Fellowships must be working in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda and must have completed the Ph.D. no more than eight years ago.
• Projects must be in the humanities and must be carried out in sub-Saharan Africa. AHP fellowships may not be used for travel outside the continent.

Eligible groups
Citizens and residents of a country in sub-Saharan Africa

Participating Institutions
Any recognized institution in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda.

The AHP organizes meetings in Africa in cooperation with host institutions to publicize the fellowship program and to discuss new trends in humanities research. In the past three years of the program, meetings were held at universities in Ghana (University of Ghana-Legon), in Nigeria (University of Ibadan, Bayero University Kano, and Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria), in South Africa (University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, the East London campus of Ft. Hare University, the University of the Western Cape and University of Cape Town in Cape Town), in Tanzania (the University of Dar es Salaam), and in Uganda (Makerere University in Kampala).

Fields of study
The ACLS defines the humanities as the study of human cultures, languages, and histories through the use of qualitative approaches. Among the disciplines contributing to humanities scholarship are anthropology, archaeology, history, studies of the fine and performing arts, musicology, languages and linguistics, literature studies, religious studies, and philosophy.

Number of awards
Approximately forty (40) fellowships will be awarded annually

Sponsorship duration
Whole duration of program

Scholarship benefits
Stipends are $9,000 for dissertations and $16,000 for postdoctoral work.

Fellowship awards to promising African scholars are the centerpiece of the African Humanities Program. An initiative to publish the best manuscripts produced under the terms of AHP fellowships is now being established. All fellows will be encouraged to submit their completed manuscripts to the African Humanities Series, which will be a cooperative venture between AHP and a major African university press.

Method of Application
ACLS encourages the submission of applications via email. Application forms and instructions are available on the ACLS website. Application can be submitted by email to ahp@acls.org or mailed to the ACLS New York offices.

For further details on eligibility, submission of applications, and selection criteria, see the current 'Competition Announcement (PDF document)' as well as 'Instructions and Application materials' on the official website (link to it is below).

DEADLINES:
Completed applications must be submitted by the announced deadline date which is usually November 1st of each year. Deadline date for the previous year (2012/2013) program was extended to November 15, 2012.

PLEASE NOTE:
Applicants will be notified of competition results in May 2014.

Application Deadline: 1 November 2013
Open to International Applicants: No (ONLY Africans as above)

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SYLFF Fellowships for UK/EU and International Students at University of Sussex in UK, 2014

August 07, 2013

Tokyo Foundation offers SYLFF fellowships for UK/EU and international students. Fellowships are available for pursuing postgraduate master’s degree level at University of Sussex in UK. Total three fellowships are offered in which two fellowships for Home/EU students of up to £6,000 reduction in fee and one fellowship for a non-EU student of up to £13,500 reduction in fees. The application deadline is 31 March 2014.

Study Subject(s): Fellowships are provided in the field of Anthropology of Development & Social Transformation, Anthropology, Contemporary European Studies, Development Economics, Environment, Development & Policy, Gender and Development, Gender Studies, Global Political Economy, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, International Economics, International Relations, Science and Technology Policy and Technology & Innovation Management at University of Sussex.
 
Course Level: Fellowships are available for pursuing postgraduate master’s degree level at University of Sussex.
 
Scholarship Provider: Tokyo Foundation
 
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Eligibility:
-UK, Europe (Non-UK), International (Non-UK/EU) Students can apply.
-Students are eligible to be considered for a SYLFF Fellowship if they are national of and resident of Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia (Russian Federation), Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.


Scholarship Open for International Students: The students of UK/EU and international students can apply for these scholarships. (Applicants are eligible to be considered for a SYLFF Fellowship if they are national of and resident in one of the countries: Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia (Russian Federation), Serbia and Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan)

Scholarship Description: Under a trust funded by the Tokyo Foundation, three fellowships at the University of Sussex are being offered with the objective of educating graduate students who have high potential for future leadership in international affairs.

Number of award(s): There are three Fellowships for tuition fees:
-Two Fellowships for a Home / EU students of up to £6,000 reduction in fees
-One Fellowship for a non-EU student of up to £13,500 reduction in fees

Duration of award(s): Not Known

What does it cover? Total offer is for Tuition Fees.

Selection criteria: The scholarships will be awarded for who have high potential for future leadership in international affairs.

Notification: Both the successful and non successful applicants will be informed by email of the outcome of their application by 10th June.

How to Apply: Applicants will need to have returned the application form to the Student Funding Team.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 31 March 2014.

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Google Research Awards ($150000) in Sciences and Engineering for Academic Institutions Worldwide

August 06, 2013

Google Research Awards in Sciences and Engineering

Course(s) Offered: Sciences, Engineering, related fields
Course Level: Graduate (research)
Provider: Google Inc.
Country to Study in: Any country

Scholarship Description
Google is committed to developing new technologies to help users find and use information. As part of its vision to maintain strong ties with academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in core areas relevant to our mission, the Google Research Awards program aims to identify and support world-class, full-time faculty pursuing research in areas of mutual interest.

Google Research Awards are one-year awards structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world. Faculty members can apply for Research Awards by submitting a proposal to one of two 2013 funding rounds.

Eligibility
Who is eligible to apply for a Faculty Research Award?

Institutions:

• We accept applications from full-time professors at universities around the world. Our funding is focused on supporting PhD students, so we do allow applications from professors at research institutions that award research degrees to PhD students. We do not allow applications from professors, researchers, or faculty members at non-degree-granting research institutes. Researchers at such institutes who are also professors on the faculty of a university may apply through that university.
• Our funding is structured as unrestricted gifts to universities. We cannot process awards to other institutions (e.g. not-for-profits institutions, hospitals, non-degree-granting research institutes, etc) even if they are affiliated with a university. A PI must apply in his or her capacity as a university professor and must be able to accept an award through that university.

Principal Investigators (PIs):

• Each PI on a proposal must be a full-time professor at a university or a degree-granting research institution.
• We allow assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors to apply. We do not allow applications from professors on behalf of students, postdocs, or others who are not eligible to apply themselves--the research must be directed primarily by a full-time faculty member.
• We understand that titles may differ globally. In order for someone without the title of professor to apply, he or she must be a full-time faculty member at an eligible institution and serve as a formal advisor to masters or PhD students, and the funding requested must go to support students (see below for clarification on eligible expenses). We may, at our discretion, provide funding (in the form of student salary costs) for PIs who advise undergraduate students at colleges that do not award advanced degrees.
• The same eligibility requirements apply to both the primary PI and any co-PIs. We do not allow students, postdocs, or non-professor researchers who do not meet the criteria above to serve as PIs or co-PIs.
• The primary PI on a proposal is the point person for all communications regarding the proposal, including funding decisions. All emails regarding the application will go to the primary PI, who is responsible for notifying any co-PIs and university administrators if needed.
• There are no limits on the number of proposals that can be submitted by different PIs (or co-PIs) from the same university.

Past Applicants:

• An applicant may only serve as PI or co-PI on one proposal per round.
• If an applicant’s proposal was not selected for funding the previous round, they are welcome to apply with a new proposal (or substantively revised proposal) the following round.
• If an applicant’s proposal was funded through a Research Award (as a PI or a co-PI), we ask that he or she wait at least one year from the application deadline of the round where he or she received funding before applying again. For example, in a year where the application deadlines are April 15 and October 15, we ask that a PI or co-PI who is funded through the April 15 round not submit an application to the October 15 round.
• We ask that PIs not submit the same proposal to multiple rounds of the Research Awards. If a proposal is not selected for funding and the PI resubmits it the following round without substantive revisions, we will not fund it. If a PI is submitting a revised proposal, he or she should check the appropriate box on the application form to let us know.

Restrictions:
All award payments and recipients will be reviewed for compliance with relevant US and international laws, regulations and policies. Google reserves the right to withhold funding that may violate laws, regulations or our policies.

Eligible groups
Institutions from ALL countries of the world

Participating Institutions
All accredited academic institutions worldwide pursuing innovative research in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering and related fields

Fields of study
The intent of the Google Research Awards is to support cutting-edge research in Computer Science, Engineering, and related fields. Applicants are to categorize their proposals into one of the following broad research areas of interest to Google:

• Economics and market algorithms
• Geo/maps
• Human-computer interaction
• Information retrieval, extraction, and organization
• Machine learning and data mining
• Machine perception
• Machine translation
• Mobile
• Natural language processing
• Networking
• Policy and standards
• Privacy
• Security
• Social networks
• Software engineering
• Speech
• Structured data and database management
• Systems (hardware and software)

Number of awards
Not specified, several will be given

Scholarship benefits
Faculty members can apply for up to 150,000 USD in eligible expenses, but actual award amounts are frequently less than the full amount requested. Most awards are funded at the amount needed to support basic expenses for one graduate student for one year.

Method of Application
The application process for the Research Awards includes filling out an online form requesting basic information and uploading a PDF proposal via the form. As part of the online form, you will be asked to select a topic area from among the 18 areas listed above. Please select carefully, as this will determine which of the review committees will review your proposal.

To apply for a Google research award, faculty members should use the general guidelines on the official website (link to it is below) for proposal submission.

DEADLINES:
The application submission deadline(s) are April 15th (passed) and October 15th, 2013.

A submission link will be posted on the official website by October 4th, 2013.

PLEASE NOTE:
Recipients are selected through a comprehensive internal review process and notified of their awards within 4 months of the initial submission.

Application Deadline: 15 April / 15 October 2013
Open to International students: Yes

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Stafford Loan for US Students

August 05, 2013

Student loan is one of the financial aid which helps the students in pursuing their educational dreams. Student loan plays a vital role in achieving higher education goals and helping students in paying their essential college fees and other educational expenses. Students repay their loan borrowed after completion of their studies and getting a job.

There are two types of loans which can be availed by US students. These are Private student loans which are financed by private lenders or by the educational institutions where the students undergo education and the Federal student loans which are provided by the federal government. Federal student loans are more beneficial to students as its rate of interest may be low or free.

Stafford Loans are one of the Federal student loans offered to college and university students. In the honor of U.S. Senator Robert Stafford for his work and contribution on higher education, Congress in 1988 renamed the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program to the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan program. Stafford loans may be subsidized by the U.S. Government or unsubsidized depending on the student’s need. Stafford Loans can be used to cover a student’s total Cost of Attendance (COA) which typically includes tuition, room and board, books and other education-related expenses required by the university. Both on and off-campus housing can be covered by Stafford Loans. As of July 1, 2012, only unsubsidized Stafford loans are available to graduate students and however, subsidized Stafford loans are still available for undergraduates.

Subsidized loans: Subsidized Stafford loans are awarded based on financial need. The federal government “subsidizes” (or pays) the interest during these times and students will not be charged interest before beginning repayment or during periods of deferment.

Unsubsidized loans: These are based on financial need. Any eligible student can take out Unsubsidized Stafford Loans. Interest accrues from the time the loan is disbursed, to the time the loan is repaid in full.

Stafford Loan Eligibility: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident or eligible non-citizen. They must have accepted for enrollment or attending a school that participates in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Furthermore applicants must have submitted a FAFSA to be eligible for a Stafford loan. For subsidized Stafford, students must have financial need as determined by their school. Applicants must be enrolled or plan to enroll at least half time.

Stafford Loan Benefits: The fixed interest rate is one of the most important benefits of Stafford Loans. The interest rate will remain fixed for the life of the loan until repayment is complete. Rates have been fixed to 3.4% for subsidized undergraduate stafford loans, while their unsubsidized complements have a fixed rate of 6.8%. It also includes some added remuneration of No credit check, No payments until after graduation and Increased borrowing limits – up to $20,500 per year depending on degree status and years in school.

Stafford Loan Fees: Stafford loans that have been disbursed on or after 7/1/2010 carry a 1.0% origination fee.

Repayment options for a Stafford Loan: The standard repayment term for this loan is 10 years but students may be able to extend repayment by deferring or consolidating the loans. The following options are available:
-The Standard Repayment Plan which requires paying a fixed amount each month based on principle and interest but will be no less than $50 or the interest that has accrued.
-The Graduated Repayment Plan allows students to make a monthly payment that starts out low and then increases over time until the loan is paid in full. The required monthly payment is calculated on loan debt and interest rate, but it will never be less than the amount of interest that accrues each month.
-In Income-Based Repayment Plan, students can make monthly payment on the basis of their yearly income and loan amount. Payments may change as the income varies.
-The Extended Repayment Plan is for borrowers with loans of more than $30,000. This plan offers a choice of fixed or graduated payments over a period of up to 25 years.

How to apply for Stafford Loan:
-Complete the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA (for returning students).
-Receive financial aid award letter from school in the mail or by email. This letter will state all the financial aid students are eligible to receive including the Stafford Loan.
-Contact financial aid office to accept loans.
-Sign any associated paperwork such as the Master Promissory Note (MPN)
-Once the above steps are completed, school will disburse the funds in student’s account each semester.

Stafford Loan application deadlines: Stafford Loan application is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA deadlines differ by both state and school, though application season typically runs from January 1 through June each year. Hence, there is no specific deadline to request Stafford Loans once application is submitted.

Stafford Loan is the most common student loan usually availed by the US students. It not only helps the students but also improve the credit rating of students. So, without worrying for their educational expenses, students can fulfill their educational dreams.

Further information on Federal Stafford Loans can be found by following this link.

Priyanka Gupta

SOURCE:- http://scholarship-positions.com/blog/stafford-loan/201306/

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