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Big Rollers: scholarships abound for

South Africans and Internationals

South African and International students should prepare

themselves for an array of scholarships for which applications are

currently

invited.

The Rhodes, Abe Bailey, Mandela Rhodes and DAAD scholarships are just some of the scholarships to which Maties can currently apply. From the provision of funding for postgraduate studies and exchanges, to spending several weeks in the UK, these scholarships empower students to build their own international networks and experiences abroad. Read below for deadlines, more details and who to contact to start applying!

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IMPORTANT EVENT

? Scholarship Information Session Due to the high number of scholarships and increasing opportunities on offer for our students, the PGIO will be hosting a Scholarship and Opportunities Info Session soon. Find out about DAAD, Rhodes and other scholarships - more information to follow on the info session in the next week.

New Scholarships and Development Opportunities

Important Event: Scholarship Info Session

Due to the high number of scholarships and increasing opportunities on offer for our students, the PGIO will be hosting a Scholarship and Opportunities Info Session soon. Find out about DAAD, Rhodes and other scholarships. More information on the date, time and place to follow in the next week.

Target: all students and staff needing more info on scholarships for studies, travel and research Date: To be confirmed More information: contact huba@sun.ac.za.

DEADLINE SOON: SKILL Master Coursework in The Netherlands (Maastricht University)

Applications are invited for SKILL Master coursework bursaries for a maximum period of three months at Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics. Deadline for applications for courses (Master level) in academic period 1 (September ? October 2013) or academic period 2 (late October ? December 20132014): 15 April 2013. The SKILL bursary covers: plane ticket, accommodation, visa, insurance, living allowance and tuition fee.

Target: Masters-level students and students wishing to undertake research visit. Deadline: for Masters-level students and students wishing to undertake research visit: 15 April 2013. Apply: click here. More information: visit the SKILL website here.

DEADLINE SOON: Fulbright Scholarship: Postgraduate Studies

The Fulbright South Africa Post-Graduate Studies Program will be accepting applications for the 2014-15 U.S. academic year until April 20, 2013. This program provides South Africans the opportunity to pursue Masters or PhD. degrees at U.S. academic institutions. South African PhD. students can also use this program for a oneyear non-degree program to conduct research and/or take courses at a U.S. academic institution. The program is open to South African residents and permanent residents who have a Bachelor degree and/or Honours for the Masters program or a Masters degree for the Doctoral program. The study grants are competitive and awarded for a period of two years.

Target: Masters and PhD students Deadline: 20 April 2013. More info: email: Aloysious Gowne | visit the website here.

DEADLINE SOON: Job position available at ClearData

Cleardata is looking to employ a postgraduate student from Stellenbosch University. Cleardata, South Africa's number one on-site paper shredding company, is looking for a young, outgoing, and dynamic graduate to join our Cape Town office in the field of Human Resource Management.

Target: postgraduate students at SU Deadline: 15 April 2013. More info: download the Information Document.

DEADLINE SOON: SU / Africa Scholarship for Excellence in SU Campus Life

The scholarship is available for students from the African continent outside the borders of South Africa in any field of full-time postgraduate study.

Target: postgraduate students with active involvement in leadership initiatives. Application deadline: 19 April 2013 Application form: download here. Award criteria: download here.

DEADLINE SOON: TEFL Certificate course: apply now!

The Stellenbosch University Language Centres 120-hour TEFL course prepares individuals for a life of adventure teaching English abroad. The Universitys TEFL certificate and an undergraduate degree will put you in good stead for an overseas EFL teaching position at either a private language school, government school or tertiary institution. Many of our TEFL trainees who successfully completed our course are teaching in countries such as Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China, Thailand as well as here in South Africa. Registration for the June course is now open, but seating is limited to a maximum sixteen trainees.

Target: individuals wishing to teach English abroad. Deadline: looming; apply as soon as possible. Registration forms and course information can also be collected from the Language Centres Unit for Afrikaans and English, 7 Bosman Street. Alternatively, go to sun.languagecentre.ac.za and download the forms and information. More info: email Melvin du Preez | visit the website here.

DEADLINE SOON: Abe Bailey Travel Bursary

The Abe Bailey Travel Bursary is awarded annually and cover the cost of an all-expenses paid 3-week educational tour of England and Scotland including the cost of tourist class return air fares between Cape Town and London as well as travel between inland university centres and Cape Town. It includes the cost of carrying out the Tour and all excursions according to the approved programme. The selected bursars from various

South African universities will gather in Cape Town on the 20th November 2013, spend two days together for orientation and depart for London by air on the 21st November 2013. The tour will officially end in London on the 14th December 2013.

Target: student or junior lecturer attached to South African universities. Application deadline: 02 May 2013 Award objectives: download here. Award conditions: download here. Abe Bailey programme and poster: download poster | download programme.

Early Career Grants: applications open

To mark its Centenary, the ACU is offering 100 Early Career Academic Grants to staff at ACU member universities to attend relevant conferences or academic meetings in another Commonwealth country. The scheme is aimed at early career academics who have not yet had the opportunity to work, study, or travel outside their own country.

Target: postgraduate students with active involvement in leadership initiatives. Application deadline: 31 May 2013 Application criteria and more information: visit the website here.

GIGA (German Institute of Global and Area Studies) wishes to hire two doctoral students

The successful candidates will join either the GIGA Doctoral Programme or the doctoral programme of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg.

Target: doctoral students. Application deadline: 15 June 2013 Application criteria and more information: download the Information Document here.

Research Opportunities Week: Is Munich the next step in your postdoc-career?

Take this unique opportunity to experience the Technische Universit?t M?nchen (TUM) and its environment first-hand. TUM invites you to come to Munich for a week, fully financed by a travel grant. The most promising candidates will then be offered a one-year postdoctoral grant. Are you a postdoc and would you like to launch your scientific career in Munich? Send in your application now for one of 50 Postdoc Mobility Fellowships at the Technische Universit?t M?nchen.

Target: postdoctoral researchers. Application deadline: May 1 - June 30, 2013. Application criteria and more information: download the Information Document here.

London Symposium on Climate Change: 22 - 24 June 2013

The London Symposium on Climate Change is a special interest meeting of London Symposia, an organization devoted to scholarly research, writing and discourse. This interdisciplinary conference is an opportunity for academics and policy makers from the different disciplines to meet and discuss the many issues related to climate change.

Target: all stakeholders in issues related to climate change Deadline in order to register: 5 May 2013 Register: click here More information: click here.

HOPE-Princeton Exchange: June/July 2013

The Hope-Princeton exchange program will award one student in their 3rd or Honours year a trip to Princeton University in the United States of America over the winter break (June/July) to work on an introductory project in Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Target: Female students in 3rd / Honours year of study in Maths, Physics or astronomy; Maths and Physics marks >65%; all stakeholders in issues related to climate change Apply: send a copy of your CV, academic transcript and a one page letter of motivation (containing your previous experience with computer coding and why you are interested in the program) to thehopescholarship@ with the subject line "Hope Princeton Exchange". More information: email thehopescholarship@

A*STAR Scholarships in Singapore

A*star scholarships are available as a 2 ? 6 month "research internship" for regsitered Masters and PhD students (SIPGA). If you are a Masters student, perhaps consider the Full degree PhD scholarships (SINGA). If you are busy with your PhD, consider the 2 year ,,research abroad opportunity, as state of the art research facilities in Singapore (ARAP).

Target: Masters and PhD students at Stellenbosch University

More information: download the Information Slide here.

SKILL Master Coursework in The Netherlands (VU University)

Applications are invited for SKILL Master coursework bursaries for a maximum period of three months at VU University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. Deadline for applications for courses (Master level) in academic period 1 (September ? October 2013): 12 May 2013. The SKILL bursary covers: plane ticket, accommodation, visa, insurance, living allowance and tuition fee.

Target: Masters-level students and students wishing to undertake research visit. Deadline: for Masters-level students and students wishing to undertake research visit: 12 May 2013. Apply: click here. More information: visit the SKILL website here.

Postgraduate Research Studentships at The Open University

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University invites applications for two full-time PhD studentships for three years and two part-time PhD fee waivers for six years commencing October 2013. These students are available for UK/EU and international applicants. The Faculty has a thriving research culture and is engaged in world-class, critical and agenda setting research in fields such as human geography, culture, citizenship, identities, governance, criminology and international development and innovation. We are committed to the enhancement and development of this culture as a priority in our mission. Our research is supported by two University Centres of Research Excellence, an emerging University Centre of Research Excellence, an ESRC Research Centre and a Faculty Research Centre as well as by our six academic department.

Target: Postgraduate students Deadline: 30 April 2013. Apply and more info on the studentships: click here. More info about the faculty and the PhD programme: visit the website here.

Foreign Correspondents Programme: Finland

Would you like to spend the month of August in Finland learning more about the country, its society and the Finnish way of life? If you are a newly graduated journalist or a student of journalism/communications due to graduate soon, you may be eligible to apply for a scholarship to take part in the Foreign Correspondents' Programme (FCP) in Finland in August 2013. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland now welcomes applications from citizens or residents of the following countries: Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. The programme provides an excellent opportunity for you

to learn more about Finland, Finnish society and the Finnish way of life. It also offers you the means to enhance your professional skills, as well as expand your network of professional colleagues and international friends.

The programme starts on August 5th and ends on August 30th, 2013. It includes briefings on Finland today; meetings with professionals, politicians and people; and visits to business enterprises, cultural sites and institutions. It also includes a weekend as a guest of a Finnish family, as well as trips to different parts of Finland. You will also have access to working facilities with PCs, internet, telephone, printers and copiers at the International Press Centre at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The scholarship covers the costs of travel to and from Finland, local travel in Helsinki, accommodation in a single room in a student residence and the daily programme including meals, events, transportation and lodging. The programme does not cover medical insurance or per diem allowance.

Target: newly graduated journalist or student of journalism / communications due to graduate soon. Applicants should possess a good command of written and spoken English, be 22 to 27 years of age and have the ability to adapt to a multinational group of people in a foreign country. Deadline: see information below. Apply and more info on ships: click here. More info: visit the website here.

South American Business Forum: student participation

The SABF gathers 100 university students from all around the world ? no matter their chosen course of studies ? and 40 prominent international leaders from different areas during August 9th, 10th and 11th 2013. Applications may be sent in from February 8th until May 5th 2013. In order to attend this event, students must write an essay making reference to this years main theme: 'Rethinking the Rules of the Game'. Afterwards, a selection will be conducted by an independent jury, composed of professors, business leaders and journalists.

Target: students from diverse study fields Deadline: 5 May 2013. More info: email: students@.ar | visit the website here.

SPACES: scholarships for doctoral studies in Germany

The general objective of the SPACES Programme (Science Partnerships for the Assessment of Complex Earth System Processes) is to develop partnership projects in research and development in the Southern African Region which will contribute to the formulation of science-based recommendations for Earth System Management for the sustainable use of goods and services provided by the system.

Target: doctoral students Deadline: 5 May 2013.

More info: visit the website here.

Thailand Scholarship Programme

The Govt. of Thailand is offering scholarships for two university officials for studies towards a Master of Science Program in Cosmetic Sciences and Master of Science Program in the Herb Sciences.

Target: university officials Deadline: 23 May 2013. More info: visit the website here | download the Application form here.

2014 MEXT Scholarship Programme: Japan

MEXT Scholarships available for studies in Japan. Target: Research, undergraduate and special training college students Deadline: 10 June 2013. More info: download the Information Document.

DAAD South Africa Newsletter

Download the DAAD newsletter below for information on the German South Africa Science Research lecture series as well as information on scholarships for studies in Germany.

More info: download the Newsletter here.

Previously advertised Scholarships and Development Opportunities (still tenable)

DEADLINE SOON: AFIMEGQ: scholarships for full-degree PhDs at African Universities

Complete information at downloadable document below. Target: Masters or soon-to-be completed Masters students.

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