PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Master’s and PhD degree scholarships in Agriculture and related sciences for the school year 2013-2014.
Study Posts:
SEARCA scholars may study at any of the following universities:
• Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia
• Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
• Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Kasetsart University, Thailand
• University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños, Philippines

Other reputable universities outside the University Consortium but within the Southeast Asian region may also serve as study posts of scholars under special arrangements and project agreements.
　
WHO MAY APPLY
The SEARCA Graduate Scholarship is open to nationals of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam who are regular employees of academic, research or government institutions and not more than 35 years old at the time of application.

REQUIREMENTS
　
Interested parties may submit their accomplished SEARCA Scholarship Application form together with other original application requirements to their countries respective Ministries of Education, which will screen and endorse applications to SEARCA not later than 30 July 2012.

The applicant’s topic of research for thesis/dissertation must be in line with any of SEARCA’s priority thrusts, namely: Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Competitiveness.

Deadline for receiving of SEARCA scholarship applications will be set by the respective ministries.

Downloadable SEARCA Scholarship application forms and the complete list of requirements may be found in the SEARCA website at http://www.searca.org.

CONTACT INFORMATION

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP DEPARTMENT
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
Telefax: (63-49) 5367164
Email: gsd@agri.searca.org or ecc@agri.searca.org

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is a capacity building program designed to strengthen the skills, knowledge, and networks of proven human rights defenders at the grassroots level. Applicants from high-income countries will not be considered except for those representing marginalized communities.

The 2012 HRAP will begin in the latter half of August and run until mid-December 2012. To be considered, participants must commit to full preparation for and complete engagement in the Program.

WHO MAY APPLY
The Program is designed for lawyers, journalists, doctors, teachers, social workers, community organizers, and other human rights activists working with NGOs on issues including sexual and gender-based violence, domestic violence, minority rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, migration, health, social exclusion, environmental justice, and corporate social accountability.

Participants are selected on the basis of their previous work experience in human rights, commitment to the human rights field, and demonstrated ability to pursue graduate-level studies. Full-time students or government officials will not be considered.

Advocates must work at the grassroots level. Applicants from high-income countries will not be considered except for those representing marginalized communities.

FUNDING OR GRANT
ISHR makes every effort to provide full fellowships to cover program costs as well as travel and housing. A reasonable stipend is also provided to cover basic costs. ISHR staff will work with interested candidates who have been wait listed for the Program to identify potential funding sources in cases where ISHR has not secured the resources to provide a full fellowship.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please email further questions to hradvocates@columbia.edu.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Fellowships to Filipino academics and professionals to lecture and/or conduct research in the United States. Grants are awarded for a period of three to five months.

WHO MAY APPLY AND REQUIREMENTS

Philippine Citizenship
Doctoral degree or equivalent professional training or experience
Proficiency in English appropriate to the proposed lecturing or research project to be carried out in the United States
A detailed statement of proposed activity for research or lecturing at a US institution
Certification of good health
NBI Clearance secured not earlier than 6 months prior to application
Individuals holding dual citizenship, are permanent residents and/or are presently studying in the US are not eligible.

AWARD
Awards cover travel, tuition, stipend, books, and professional activities, and health and accident insurance. All fields are eligible except medicine, nursing, engineering, applied mathematics, and applied sciences.

CONTACT
Manila Office:
PAEF-Educational Information and Advising Center
10/F Ayala Life-FGU Center-Makati
6811 Ayala Avenue
1226 Makati City

Tel Nos:
(632) 812-0919
(632) 812-0945
(632) 812-5890

Fax No:
(632) 812-0822

E-mail:
fulbright@fulbright.org.ph

Preference is given to those without recent experience in the US. Grants are not for the principal purpose of attending conferences or completing doctoral dissertations.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The aim of the course is to strengthen the capacity of managers working in the media sector (in programme and/or journalism management) to contribute to organisational development in a changing media environment.

Broadcast management: a discipline in it’s own right

More than ever broadcast managers have a crucial role to play in ensuring the success and the future of their organisations. Whether working for state, public, private or commercial broadcasters managers face the challenge of having to help their organisations adapt and thrive in an increasingly competitive media industry. Characteristic of the industry are rapid technological change, fragmented and fickle audiences able to choose from a growing number of media outlets, and a complex, shifting political and legislative environment.

Traditionally broadcast managers have been either promoted from the ranks of programme-makers and journalists or appointed from management positions outside the broadcast sector. In both cases they often find themselves not well-equipped for the specific challenges of broadcast management in which a proper understanding of the creative process and the production pathway has to be combined with the ability to manage limited financial and technical resources, and give innovative leadership to a group of highly creative and articulate individuals. Where once it was enough to have a background in either media or in some form of management, broadcast management is now increasingly seen as a discipline in its own right, requiring professionalisation; broadcast organisations now need to be committed to ensuring their managers develop and continue to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to be effective and successful.

WHO MAY APPLY
All RNTC’s courses are targeted at media professionals from developing countries and countries in transition. If you are working for a media organisation, or an organisation working with the media, you can apply.

For all our courses, the following requirements apply:

you have a minimum of three years working experience in the media
you have followed secondary education, and professional education or training in media
you are used to work with computers
your speaking and writing skills in English (the course language) are sufficient
There are no restrictions on the age of the applicants or on the maximum number of participants from one given organisation or country.

Specific target group for this course

This course is open to managers working in programme/editorial management at organisational or departmental level in the state, public, private or commercial broadcast sector. Applicants are expected to have at least three years experience of working in broadcasting and should be currently working in management.

REQUIREMENTS
To apply, click here

FUNDING INFORMATION
To cover the costs of participation, you have three options:

You or your organisation covers the costs. Upon request, we’ll provide you with detailed information about the costs involved of the course of your choice (info@rntc.nl)
You’ll find a sponsor or a grant to participate (for more information, visit: www.grantfinder.nl)
You’ll apply for a Fellowship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)
What is NFP? (fellowships)
Netherlands Fellowship Programme
The Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) is a demand-driven fellowship programme designed to foster capacity building within organisations by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members. NFP-fellowships cover your travel costs, accommodation and course fee. NFP is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development co-operation, and run by NUFFIC, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education. Half of the available fellowships are awarded to women, and simultaneously, half of the available budget is spent on candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from this, priority is given to candidates from deprived groups and/or from marginalized regions.

Who is eligible for NFP?
To be eligible for a scholarship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes you must meet the following criteria:
You are a a national of one of the following 60 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
You are not applying for more than one course with the same NFP application deadline
You are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organisation
You have not already received two NFP fellowships for short courses in the past
You have not already received an NFP fellowship for a short courses in the year prior to this fellowship application.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Worldwide, the broadcast industry is undergoing radical change. The pace of technological innovation is breathtaking. The digitalisation of information is forging new types of media. Private broadcasting companies, local, national, regional or global, are mushrooming. Competition is increasing. Professional mobility is on the rise and new staff is employed every day. Moreover, there are a growing number of non-traditional media-professionals (e.g. from non-governmental organisations, international organisations and national ministries.)

These changes have brought about a reassessment of the important contribution of training to the viability of broadcasting organisations. At the same time, however, the nature and pace of the changes make heavy demands on the existing training resources of broadcasting organisations. These resources are faced with a run on their services, a growing demand for a wider range of training topics, an increasingly heterogeneous client group and a clamouring for new types of training delivery. And, notwithstanding the renewed interest, budgets allocated to training are under pressure.

In the light of these developments, trainers, training organisers and educators, working in or for the broadcasting industry in developing countries, have to review, explore and exploit traditional and new methods of organisation, design and delivery of training activities. New training solutions are needed.

WHO MAY APPLY
All RNTC’s courses are targeted at media professionals from developing countries and countries in transition. If you are working for a media organisation, or an organisation working with the media, you can apply. For all our courses, the following requirements apply:

you have a minimum of three years working experience in the media
your employer supports your participation in the training
you have followed secondary education, and professional education or training in media
you are used to work with computers
your speaking and writing skills in English (the course language) are sufficient
There are no restrictions on the age of the applicants or on the maximum number of participants from one given organisation or country. For most of our courses, we have additional requirements, related to the course content.

Specific target group for this course
This course is designed for mid career trainers, training organisers and educators working for broadcasting organisations, training providers (departments, centres, institutes), schools of journalism and broadcasting, or media and communication departments at universities.

REQUIREMENTS
To apply, click here

FUNDING INFORMATION
To cover the costs of participation, you have three options:

You or your organisation covers the costs. Upon request, we’ll provide you with detailed information about the costs involved of the course of your choice (info@rntc.nl)
You’ll find a sponsor or a grant to participate (for more information, visit: www.grantfinder.nl)
You’ll apply for a Fellowship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)
What is NFP? (fellowships)
Netherlands Fellowship Programme
The Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) is a demand-driven fellowship programme designed to foster capacity building within organisations by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members. NFP-fellowships cover your travel costs, accommodation and course fee. NFP is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development co-operation, and run by NUFFIC, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education. Half of the available fellowships are awarded to women, and simultaneously, half of the available budget is spent on candidates from sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from this, priority is given to candidates from deprived groups and/or from marginalized regions.

Who is eligible for NFP?
To be eligible for a scholarship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes you must meet the following criteria:
You are a a national of one of the following 60 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
You are not applying for more than one course with the same NFP application deadline
You are not employed by a multinational corporation, a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, a bilateral or multinational donor organisation, or a large national and/or commercial organisation
You have not already received two NFP fellowships for short courses in the past
You have not already received an NFP fellowship for a short courses in the year prior to this fellowship application.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The seminar is divided into three phases. In the first part, participants are given materials to read to deepen their knowledge and are encouraged to discuss via an online forum their thoughts and insights. Participants will then be asked to write an essay. Based on their contribution, IAF will invite select participants for the second and third phases. The second part is a preparatory phase for the on-site seminar (third phase) in Gummersbach, Germany to continue the discussions from 04 – 16 December 2011.

It does not require participants to be online at all times. They have the flexibility to work at their own pace provided they meet the deadlines assigned to each task.

WHO MAY APPLY
Young and active representatives and leaders of political youth organizations

REQUIREMENTS
Please send letters of intent and short CVs to application@fnst.org.

DEADLINE
The deadline for submission of applications is 12 noon of Friday, 26 August 2011. Please note that we will only contact short listed candidates.

FNF Philippines can only evaluate applications of Filipinos. If you are not a Filipino, please contact the FNF office in your country or region.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The rare Charitable Research Reserve is a 913-acre property in Cambridge and North Dumfries, Ontario at the
confluence of the Grand and the Speed Rivers. The goal of rare is to protect this environmentally sensitive
landscape intact, in perpetuity, and to promote the use of the property for education and research. The property
includes a broad range of habitats including riparian zones, upland and lowland deciduous forest (old-growth
and second-growth), savanna, cliffs, coldwater streams, deciduous swamps, marshes, hedgerows, agricultural fields and old fields.

The rare Scholarship in Graduate Research is valued at $4,000 and is open to all Canadian and International
graduate students who will conduct research on rare property between May 2011 and April 2012. The field of
study is open and could include, but is not limited to, research in ecology, zoology, geology, restoration ecology,
hydrology, botany, soil science, archaeology, agriculture and education. The Scholarship will allow students to study in a relatively undisturbed, yet highly accessible site. The monetary award will help ensure successful candidates have the necessary resources to conduct and report on their research at rare. It will also allow the student to give an oral presentation at a conference in their discipline.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Applications can be submitted until 5:00 pm on Monday, April11th, 2011
2. Students will be required to provide a final report to rare by Monday, May 7th, 2012.
3. The successful applicant will be notified by May 4th, 2011. A sum of $3,500 will be awarded shortly
thereafter while the remaining $500 will be awarded in May, 2012, upon successful completion of the
requirements of the scholarship (including the final report and conference presentation).
4. The recipient will retain all intellectual property rights
5. The research will be required to go through the normal rare Research Application approval process.

Submission Details:
1. Please include your name, telephone number and email address, the name of your supervisor,
department and university where the research will be completed;
2. Please submit current university transcripts from all institutions you attend or attended as an
undergraduate or postgraduate student;
3. Include the names, telephone numbers and email addresses for two references who can best assess
your academic credentials.
4. Provide an outline of the proposed research (3-5 pages) including:
a) the problem the research is addressing;
b) your hypothesis;
c) your sampling design, field equipment and statistical tests that will be employed;
d) the length of time fieldwork will be conducted at rare;
e) the areas at rare where you will be sampling (give specific habitats and/or precise locations if possible);
f) details on how the results will be made available to academics and the general public.
5. Submit all documents to:
Peter Kelly, Research Director
rare Charitable Research Reserve
1679 Blair Road
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3H 4R8

CONTACT INFORMATION
Peter Kelly at 519-650-9336 x126 or peter.kelly@raresites.org
Website: www.raresites.org

WHO MAY APPLY
International students enrolled in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate program at the time of application

Students whose GPA in the last semester is above 80 out of 100

Students whose TOPIK score is above 4th grade (students who have already received similar scholarships from the Government of Korea, university or other organizations are not considered)

CONTACT INFORMATION
CHO Chris
Tel : 032-860-7034
Email : chris@inha.ac.kr

The course includes modules that examine the steps involved in strategic litigation, such as case selection, client care, and forum choice, as well as the specific legal stages of admissibility, exhausting domestic remedies and preparing substantive arguments. Case studies will examine how to build a strong evidential record in support of the case, how to develop campaigning and advocacy to raise awareness of the issues involved, and how to implement a successful judgment.

A faculty of human rights practitioners from the Open Society Justice Initiative and academics from Central European University will be joined by visiting experts, creating a wide body of expertise. Workshops will focus on key skills such as advocacy in support of ligation, human rights research, legal drafting, communications, and dealing with the ethical problems that arise in human rights cases. Modules in specific subject areas will allow participants to examine key issues in their field, including citizenship and statelessness, discrimination, legal empowerment of the poor, national security, and torture and ill-treatment in detention.

WHO MAY APPLY

The course invites applications from human rights activists, policy workers and litigators, with 3 years’ working experience, who are seeking to enforce the rights of the individual against the state. Some participants will have a legal background, and will be involved in bringing cases before the courts. Some will have a policy background, with an interest in seeking to persuade governments to effect reforms. Some may be professionals wishing to develop their skills in these new areas, but will bring experiences of other forms of human rights work. Participants from Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia will be particularly encouraged to attend.

REQUIREMENTS
Pre-requisites

Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered.

Language requirements

The language of instruction is English; thus all applicants have to demonstrate a strong command of spoken and written English to be able to participate actively in discussions at seminars and workshops. Some of the shortlisted applicants may be contacted for a telephone interview.

Below is the list of the documents you need to prepare or arrange for submission:

Completed online SUN Application Form
Letter of recommendation
A full curriculum vitae or resume, including a list of publications, if any
Statement of Purpose
Writing sample in English related to the course theme (max. 10 pages)br>
Optional attachments:
A copy of an English language proficiency certificate (if available)

FINANCIAL AID
x Financial aid is available in the following categories:
- tuition waiver
- accommodation grant and stipend
- travel grant (full or partial)
x Participants from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia, as well
as those coming from emerging countries worldwide can apply for financial aid in all categories
listed above.
x Participants from developed countries are expected to pay tuition fee. However, there are a
limited number of tuition waivers available on a competitive basis. Those who wish to apply for
a tuition waiver should send a separate cover letter specifying their reasons.
x Participants are NOT eligible to receive financial aid if they attended two CEU funded faculty
initiative activities (i.e., CRC, SUN) within a four-year period.
x In case an applicant is accepted to two courses, which is only possible if the two courses
are run consecutively, financial aid is only available for attending one course.

CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail for inquiry and correspondence: summeru@ceu.hu
Tel: (36-1) 327-3811, Fax: (36-1) 327-3124
Skype (free Internet telephone): ceu-sun

GRANT

Full scholarship offers a stipend of P2,000 per month for 10 months per school year for students from the University of the Philippines at Los Baños plus tuition, matriculation and miscellaneous school fees; P1,800 per month for 10 months per school year for students from other agricultural universities in the Philippines plus tuition, matriculation and miscellaneous school fees.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Scholastically promising
• Economically needy
• Field of specialization: agriculture
• Proficient in English
• Should pass the UPCAT and NSAT exams
• Of good moral character

Basis of selection and relative weight of each

• Financial/economic condition
• Secondary/high school grades
• English proficiency
• UPCAT and NSAT exams

Financial condition

Local applicants

Family income of P900 and below 40 points
Family income of P901- P1100 30 points
Family income of P1101-P1300 20 points
Family income of P1301-P1500 10 points
Family income of P1501 and above 0 points

Foreign applicants

The financial condition needs to be certified by a government agency/institute in applicant’s country. This institute will likewise determine the standard of living in this particular country specifically the area where the applicant comes from. Information on the occupations and salaries of parents, brothers and sisters of the applicant will also be determined.

Grades
High school honor graduate or belonging to the upper 5% of the graduating class.

The educational standard of the applicant’s country shall be considered. Through the country’s education agency/institution, the UPCAT exam shall be given to the applicant.

Supporting papers needed
• Application form previously filled up and signed
• Photocopy of secondary school grades or transcript of records
• Certification from the school’s principal that the applicant belongs to the upper 5% of the graduating class if not an honor student or is an honor student.
• Results of UPCAT and NSAT exams
• Results of English proficiency exam
• Certification of financial status from the state or photocopy of income returns of preceding year
• One page typewritten essay on the topic: Why do you want to study agriculture and what benefits do you expect from it for yourself and your country?

Requirements for Maintaining the Scholarship

• The grantee shall get a weighted average of at least 2.5 from at least 15 academic units per semester with no grades below 2.75 in both academic and non-academic subjects.
• The grantee shall submit his grades to the scholarship committee at the end of each semester, within one week after the final examination period, for evaluation.
• The grantee shall consult the designated adviser and the committee regarding plans for dropping a subject. The committee reserves the right to approve or disapprove dropping of subjects. The grantee will not be allowed to retain less than 15 academic units during a semester, except during the grantee’s last semester in college.
• The grantee shall not transfer to another school or college, nor change course, without consultation with and approval of the scholarship committee.
• The grant will be enjoyed for a period of 5 years or until the grantee graduates, whichever is shorter.
• The grantee shall automatically lose his scholarship, should he fail to meet the grade and number of credit requirement.

After graduation, the grantee is requested to keep the committee informed of his intellectual pursuits and progress once every 2-3 years.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Romeo Visperas
r.visperas@cgiar.org