EU-scholarship for residents in South-East Asia

A new EU-scholarship opportunity has become available for residents in South-East Asia

Deadline for application is 28 February 2009

We are very pleased to announce that ITC was selected to be a European Partner in this so-called EMMA programme (Erasmus Mundus Mobility with
Asia)

ITC - the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - offers courses in Applied Earth Sciences (including disaster studies e.g. floods, landslides, earthquakes) , water resource management, natural resources, urban planning, earth observation and geo-information science.

The EMMA program provides funding opportunities for students, researchers and academic staff to take part in 'mobilities' between the target group countries and the EU. The programme offers study scholarships to attend courses at Master of Science level, pursue PhDs, Post Doctoral research and to facilitate academic staff exchange.

Eligable countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

For more information on the EMMA program and the other European partners, please refer to the EMMA home-page: http://math.unice.fr/EMMA

For the training opportunities at ITC, please refer to ITC-EMMA page http://www.itc.nl/external/emma/fields. htm

Please note that the Hazard and Disaster related trainings fall under the program Applied Earth Science (section "Geography and Geology")

Applicants affiliated with one of the Asian partner institutes (see below) can apply as "target group 1"; Nationals of the EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 2"; - Students living in a vulnerable situation in EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 3" (see EMMA website for details)

The Asian Consortium Partners are: Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) ; BRAC University (Bangladesh) ; University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) ; Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia); Jadavpur University (India); NED University of Engineering & Technology (Pakistan); Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) ; University of the Philippines- Diliman (Philippines) .

I hope you'll find this opportunity interesting; please forward this message to anyone else you think may be interested.

2009 World Bank Scholarships

Please follow links below for more complete information regarding the 2009 World Bank Scholarships
http://web.worldbank.org/scholarship
The Scholarship Program and the Fellowships Program are vehicles for knowledge sharing and capacity building in the developing world. The Programs provide opportunities for graduate and postgraduate studies leading to master's and doctoral degrees in development- related fields for mid-career professionals from eligible developing countries. WBI supplements its training programs through the management of the following programs:

• The Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSM Fellowships)
• The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), sponsored by the Government of Japan.
• The Japan Indonesia Presidential Scholarship

DAAD Germany Call for Applications

DAAD is offering scholarships for Indonesian professionals with at least two (2) years of working experience, for the academic year 2009/2010.

Here are three programmes offered:

1. Scholarship for selected Postgraduate Courses for Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries (holding S1 or S2-Degree, for Master or PhD in Germany) DEADLINE: 4 September 2008
2. Long-term Research Grants for Graduates of All Disciplines (holding S2-Degree, for PhD in Germany) NO AGE LIMIT APPLIED!... DEADLINE: 15 October 2008
*Special deadline for Architecture, Music, Fine Arts, Design and Film (30 September 2008)*

3. Short-term Research Grants in Germany
- for Doctoral Candidates,
- for Post-docs,
- for DAAD-Alumni
DEADLINE: 15 October 2008