Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) Global Scholarships in The Netherlands

Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP)

Are you interesting in solving urban issues in your countries? If so, then a scholarship that provides you with full scholarships to study in The Netherlands is available to you. This scholarship is offered to global professionals in the world for studying urban development, and these offers are available for students from developing countries. Sponsored by Nuffic as well as the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the programmes aim is to provide practical contributions to global societies as part of sustainable and inclusive developments.

Three application rounds per year are available, and the application is only available for the following master programmes and short courses:

1. Urban Management: Good Governance in Complex Contemporary Cities (3-month short course)
2. Developing Social Housing Projects (3-week short course)
3. MSc Urban Management and Development
4. Master in Urban Governance (Master track offered in collaboration with Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences)

Scholarships Awards

As the scholarship is sponsored and financed by Nuffic and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs altogether, these scholarships are offered in full-scholarships.

Application Procedure

Step 1. Please be ensure about the scholarship eligibility criteria. To be eligible for the programme, you must meet all of these requirements:

• Be a professional and national of, and working and living in one of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Iraq (new), Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zambia.
• Have an employer's statement that complies with a prescribed format (template will be provided via invitation). All information must be provided and all commitments that are included in the format must be endorsed in the statement.
• Not be employed by an organization that has its own means of staff-development. Organisations that are considered to have their own means for staff development are for example:
• Multinational corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft)
• Large national and/ or a large commercial organisations
• Bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid)
• Multilateral donor organisations (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB)
• International NGO's (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care)
• Have an official and valid passport
• Knock-out criteria: Your background fits into one or more priority areas as mentioned in the "OKP country focus document". This is a knock-out criteria by the OKP programme as your fellowship application will not enter the assessment stage if you do not meet this criteria

Step 2. Check which IHS academic courses qualify for the current OKP deadline on this web page or in this programme calendar. Note the application deadline.

Step 3. Select your preferred IHS course and apply for it. To apply, visit the page of your chosen course and check the information on the Admission page under this course. Keep in mind that preparing your course application may take some time. We advise you to start on it well in time.

Step 4. Once admitted to the academic course, you will be invited by IHS via email invitation to apply for the OKP fellowship. Keep a close eye on your email. More details will be provided in your admission email.

Step 5. The fellowship outcome will be announced by email (check the programme calendar for the expected outcome date). IHS will send you your application outcome on behalf of Nuffic OKP programme. If you are awarded the fellowship, IHS will take care of the further pre-arrival arrangements for you.

Please kindly be ensure that the IHS academic deadline is on 28 February 2021, while the OKP application deadline is on 21 March 2021. For further information related to the scholarship can be followed by this Scholarship Link.

Fellowship Program in Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Program

As one of the most prestigious university in the United States (US), the University of California Los Angeles has been educating both US and international students to be one of the global leader. UCLA is considered as one of the country's Public Ivy university, which provides an excellent quality of education.

The UCLA International institute educates students, supports scholarship on the world at UCLA with innovative multidisciplinary research on specific world regions and pressing global issues. Academic-year and summer fellowships to support undergraduate and graduate students with training in modern foreign languages and related are or international studies.

FLAS Fellowship Requirements

To apply for a FLAS fellowships, students:

1. must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. New and continuing graduate students in all disciplines may apply for academic-year and summer awards
2. undergraduate students must be studying the target language at the intermediate or advanced level
3. the academic-year fellowship requires that students take one language and one area studies course for a letter grade each term during the award period
4. summer fellowships are for intensive language study only
5. fellowship recipients must be engaged in full-time study for the duration of their awards and must submit reports on the courses they pursue and the progress they make. Awards may be used for dissertation research, but this must be approved in advance and has the lowest priority

FLAS Fellowship Awards

The purpose of the program is to enrich the nation's pool of area and international specialists. Applicants should be planning to use their training to teach, to serve in government or international agencies, or to engage in other work that advances American understanding of other countries. The fellowships recipients will receive:

1. The academic-year graduate awards provide a $15,000 stipend as well as $18,000 in tuition and fees
2. The academic-year undergraduate award provides a stipend of $5,000 and up to $10,000 in fees and tuition
3. Summer awards provide a $2,500 stipend, up to $5,000 in fees and tuition

FLAS Application Process

All FLAS applications must be completed online. FLAS fellowships are awarded through the following UCLA International Institue centers. The application is available through the International Institute centers listed below:

Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Languages: Indonesian, Filipino/ Tagalog, Khmer, Thai, and Vietnamese
For more information please visit this Institute Link or email to Nguyet Tong (ntong@international.ucl.edu) - (310) 206-9613

Near Eastern Studies
Languages: Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish
For more information please visit this Institute Link or email to Johanna Romero
(romero@international.ucla.edu) - (310) 825-1181

The deadline for application is Monday, 24 February 2020. For detailed information and application requirements, please visit this Scholarship Link.

JAUW International Fellowship Program for Non-Japanese Women in Japan 2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
Japanese Association of University Women (JAUW), established in 1946, is a member of Global Women I, the world’s leading organisation for Women. JAUW shares IFUW’s mission together with its 50+ member associations around the globe.

The JAUW is pleased to provide financial assistance for women around the world to conduct research in Japan as well as in empowering the position of women in the world of science, technology, and research throughout International Fellowship Program.

Requirements
To be considered for this opportunity:

• Applicants must be non-Japanese women in the age below 45
• Applicants must live outside Japan at the time of application
• Applicants must hold a Master’s Degree or above
• Applicants need to identify an institution/ university in Japan where to conduct identified institution/ university before application. JAUW will not extend any help regarding this matter
• Applicants must submit application forms according to the Instructions.

Awards/ GrantsThe objective of this program is to allow promising researchers/ graduate students in any field to spend a period of time in residence in a graduate/ research institute in Japan. So, the awards:

• The program will allow maximum of 2 recipients, each winning between 500,000 Yen and up to 1,000,000 Yen to support transportation and from Japan, and cost her stay in Japan.
• The period of stay in Japan under this award is for 4 to 6 months between October 2020 and March 2021
• The program cannot be extended in any event

Application ProcessTo apply, applicants must submit the two application forms in either pdf and word (docx) format. For details of this program, please see the instructions, which is downloadable from below.

Instructions for 2020 JAUW International Fellowship Application (PDF)

To apply, you also require designated forms with both format (PDF and Docx). Downloadable files can be accessed from here:

2020 Personal Registration Information (Electric Data Format) – (PDF) and (Word)
2020 Application Form Part 1 (Personal Data) – (PDF) and (Word)
2020 Application Form Part 2 (Proposal and Related Data) – (PDF) and (Word).
2020 Form of a Letter of Acceptance (PDF) and (Word). Be sure to ask your host professor to use this form when writing a Letter of Acceptance. Other forms shall not be accepted.
2020 Form of Certificate of Health -- (PDF)

Please kindly be notified that the program is open to applications until 03 March 2020. For further information related to the fellowship programme, it is strongly advised to visit this Scholarship Link.

Postdoctoral Fellowships of The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

About the Scholarship/ and University
The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science is a unique postdoctoral program. It awards young researchers around the world with a generous personal grant, giving them the freedom to work on whatever topic they choose anywhere in the world, for up to five years.

This research fellowship is designed to support postdoctoral researchers after their PhD and before their first faculty appointment. The fellowship program was initiated and financed by the Swiss entrepreneur Dr. Branco Weiss, who passed away in October 2010. The program is based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).

Requirements
The ideal applicant has the competencies to design a surprisingly novel and scientifically rigorous research project which blazes new trails, profiting from the freedom uniquely offered by the fellowship. You are eligible for the 2020 campaign if:

• You officially hold a PhD on January 15, 2020
• You have obtained your PhD a maximum or five years prior to January 15, 2020
• You do not hold or have held a faculty-equivalent position (e.g. assistant professor or lecturer)
• Your project departs from the mainstream of research in your discipline
• You have a record of outstanding scientific achievement
• You demonstrate in the proposal a willingness to engage in a dialogue on relevant social, cultural, political or economic issues across the frontiers of your particular discipline

If you have applied before and were not selected, you are welcome to apply again. The following reasons for delays after attaining your PhD are acceptable due to the parental leave (max. one year per child) and inability to work due to illness or accident.

Applicants must explain their reasons for applying for an extension and provide relevant documents. The number of weeks that the research work was interrupted is accepted as an extension.

Awards/ Grants
Apply with a groundbreaking research idea to secure financial support for up to five years working at an academic institution of your choice anywhere in the world. The fellowship will support international applicants for CHF100,000 per year. It also covers all legitimate costs of research including salary and/ or equipment, travel expenses, consumables, and personnels.

Application Process
To be eligible as the applicants for this opportunity, international applicants need to enrol at any university in any subject or course you wish to study. Afterwards, the applicants are eligible to submit required material and documents for your online application starting October 2020. In applying the fellowships, applicants must submit required documents, which are:

1. Letter of motivation including a statement explaining why your research differs from the mainstream (max. 1 page)
2. Your proposed research project (max. 4 pages, including references)
3. Curriculum Vitae (max. 4 pages)
4. Copies of your three best publications
5. Application form (including a reasoning of why you believe that you are a perfect candidate for a Branco Weiss Fellowship (max. 1000 characters).

For further information, it is strongly advised to visit this Scholarship Link.

Master Fellowship Studying in Centre International de Mathematiques et d’Informatique (CIMI) at University of Toulouse intake 2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
The University of Toulouse is a university in France that was established in 1229, making it as one of the earliest universities to emerge in Europe. The current consortium of French universities, grandes ecoles and other institutions of higher education and research in Toulouse and the surrounding region is known as Universite federale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrenees.

Every year CIMI in Toulouse provides a number of fellowships for students enrolled in a Master course in Mathematics or Computer Science in one of the programs associated with CIMI. Six fellowships for students starting on the first year of a Master’s degree M1 and 8 fellowships for those starting on the second year of a Master’s degree M2 will be available.

Requirements
Those fellowships are open, on a competitive basis, to French and foreign students and awarded on the basis of the quality of the academic records. First year (M1) applicants: Applicants must have obtained a degree corresponding to the European Bachelor’s degree. Second year (M2) applicants: Applicants must have successfully completed the first year of a European Master’s degree, or an American Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent level. The CIMI LabEx applies on equal opportunity policy in selection.

Awards/ Grants
The level of funding will be competitive and sufficient to cover tuition fees and part of living expenses in Toulouse:

• €1000 per month over 10 months for applicants starting in the first year M1
• €1200 per month over 10 months for applicants starting in the second year M2

Application Process
Online application by using the following form. You can apply until Sunday, 09 February 2020 (22.00 Paris time). The requested documents are:

• Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
• Details of the grades obtained at University from the first year to present
• Details of the courses attended in the year 2019-2020
• Two recommendation letters: do not forget to mention (step 4 of the application process) the e-mail address of the professors wishing to send recommendation letters. They will receive an automatic e-mail to upload their letter.
• Applicant’s motivation letter: applicants for a Master 2 fellowship MUST clearly state in their letter the M2 programme (M2R, IMAT,…) they are applying for.
• Information about current level of French language skills (only applies to foreign students from non-French speaking countries applying for a M1 fellowship). All Master 1 courses will be taught in French (apart from the Computer Science Master for Aerospace). Please note that the applicant is responsible for making sure his application is complete prior to the closing date. Fully completed applications only will be examined.

EDUFI Fellowships Programmes of Finnish Government for Doctoral Programs in Finland 2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
The Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI Fellowships programme is open to young Doctoral level students and researchers from all countries and from all academic fields. Master’s level studies or post-doctoral studies/ research are not supported in the programme. The applicants are open for doctoral students or young researcher from outside Finland to study at Finnish university department.

Requirements
You can apply for the fellowship grant if:

• You work as a researcher or a teacher in a Finnish university department
• You will be hosting the research fellow
• You will commit to common objectives with the research fellow
• You will offer facilities and equipment for the use of the research fellow
• You will supervise the research

You can also apply for a fellowship for a non-Finnish post-graduate (post Master’s degree) student or a young researcher that you will invite to Finland or who has been in Finland for a maximum of one year before applying for the fellowship. The EDUFI Fellowship is available to all foreign nationals and all field of study.

Awards/ Grants
The fellowship grant is intended for post-graduate studies as well as research and teaching cooperation in Finish universities in all fields of study. We will award the grant:

• For starting work on a doctoral research project if the whole doctoral thesis will be completed in a Finnish university. You cannot apply for the grant at the end of a research project or for post-doctoral research.
• For completing a double degree in Finland.
• For a study visit for post-graduate students working on a doctoral thesis in a university outside Finland, if there are particularly compelling reasons for the cooperation.

The fellow must work in Finland, but it is allowed to make conference visits abroad. If the fellowship period is longer than six months, it can conclude short visits abroad to gather research material, if needed, in addition to conference trips. These visits in total cannot exceed one month. If more time will be needed for gathering material during the EDUFI Fellowship, the fellowship grant can be applied only for those periods during which the fellow will be working in Finland.

The fellows cannot apply for the EDUFI Fellowship themselves, because the grant will be awarded only to a Finnish university department. The university will first pay the grant to the fellow as a personal grant and will then invoice it to EDUFI after the end of the fellowship. The grant can be split over several periods, and it is intended to cover the living costs of the fellow in Finland.

Application Process
You can apply for the fellowship grant at any time. Please send the application to us at least five months before the planned start of the fellowship. The application process will take about three months. Decisions will be sent to the applicant university department. Fellows will need the following documents for their visa/ residence permit application.

1. A copy of the EDUFI fellowship decision
2. An invitation from the host university department

You can fill in the EDUFI Fellowship application form in Finnish, Swedish or English. The application form comes with instructions on how to fill it and a list of required annexes. Please post two copies of the form and annexes with the following address.
EDUFI
EDUFI Fellowship
P.O. BOX 380
00531 HELSINKI

Postdoctoral Fellowships and Bursaries in The University of Edinburgh Intake 2020-21

About the Scholarship/ and University
The University of Edinburgh, established in 1582, is the sixth oldest university inf the English-speaking world and one of Scotland’s ancient universities. The university has five main campuses in the city of Edinburgh, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university. The university played an important role in leading Edinburgh to its reputation as a chief intellectual centre during the Age of Enlightenment.

Applicants are invited for postdoctoral bursaries from candidates in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The bursaries are offered by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) University of Edinburgh. The Institute welcomes visiting researchers from across the world, and it has been supporting global researchers since 1970. From upwards of 65 countries, IASH Fellows form a global alumni community, and many career-long connections begin at the Institute.

Requirements
The IASH is welcomed applications from both within and beyond the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must have been awarded a doctorate at the time of application, and normally within the last three years (you must be able to produce a transcript, testamur, or a letter of completion/ eligibility to graduate as part of your application; you do not need to have actually graduated at the time you apply). You should not have held a permanent position at a university, or a previous Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Those who have held temporary and/ or short-term appointments are eligible to apply. If you have taken parental leave or other time away from academia, this will not count towards the three-year limit, but we ask that you provide brief details of why and for how long you were not working.

Awards/ Grants
IASH hosts a lively scholarly community of visiting fellows. It is a supportive environment for postdoctoral researchers, while also offering networking opportunities with successful mid-career and eminent senior scholars. The Institute occupies a historic building with private courtyard and leafy views – perfect for uninterrupted thinking, reading and writing. Yet there is also plenty of opportunity to socialise and share ideas. In short, a 2020-2021 IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships provides:

• Research visit at the University of Edinburgh for three to ten months
• Bursary of up to a maximum £13,000
• Dedicated office space, University e-mail and library access
• An allocated University mentor from an area relevant to the Fellow’s research interests
• Weekly Fellow’s Lunch to build community
• Collegial work-in-progress seminar series for testing new ideas
• Calendar of engaging events at the Institute and Colelge
• Opportunities to participate in and design funded workshops, colloquia, etc at the Institute

Application Process
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 30 April 2020. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Decisions will be communicated in July 2020. Please ensure that you supply a valid email address, so that you can be contacted quickly after decisions are made.

The application is done throughout online application form. Any additional supporting documents connected with an application should be emailed to iash@ed.ac.uk. In addition to the application form, a minimum of two and a maximum of three confidential references are required. For further information, please kindly visit this Fellowship Link.