Opportunities For Youth

In 1987, the World Bank, with funding from the Government of Japan, established the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (WBGSP) for graduate studies in subjects related to economic development. Each year, the Program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at renowned universities throughout member countries of the Bank.

Now in its 23d year, the Regular Program has awarded 3,153 scholarships, selected from 58,944 applicants. In addition, 1,226 scholarships have been awarded in the various JJ/WBGSP Partnership Programs for a total of 4,379 awards.

The objective of the Scholarship and Fellowship Programs is to help create an international community of highly-trained professionals working in the field of economic and social development. The community will actively participate in the capacity building efforts in the developing countries.
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The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is pleased to announce the 2010 session of its Advanced Research Fellowship Programme and to invite interested scholars based in African universities or research centres to submit applications for consideration for an award. Find out more

Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa is pleased to
announce its call for applications
http://www.moremiinitiative.org/milead-fellow-summer.php for the 2010
Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program
for young African women leaders.

The MILEAD Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program
designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women
leaders to attain and succeed in leadership in their community and
Africa as a whole. The one-year program targets dynamic young women
interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help
them tackle issues affecting women in their communities.
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There are 100 Rotary Peace Fellowships offered by Rotary International to undertake master’s degree or professional development certificate fellowships. The master’s degree can be in the field of international relations, public administration, sustainable development, peace studies, conflict resolution or related and the professional development certificate in peace and conflict resolution. The fellowships will be offered competitively at either of “the six Rotary Peace Centers, which operate in partnership with seven leading universities (centers offer master’s degree unless noted otherwise):

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (professional development center)
Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
University of California, Berkeley, USA (NOTE: The Rotary Foundation Trustees will no longer be accepting applications for this program after the 2009-11 class.)
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Open to: applicants who completed a research master or an equivalent degree
Fund: full

The Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University opens five fully funded PhD positions in the field of arts and social sciences. PhD candidates will receive a coherent programme of introductory courses and intensive supervision, complemented by additional courses organized by a national graduate school.

The programme is characterized by its interdisciplinary approach and its international character, focused on three topics:
1. European Administrative Governance;
2. Science, Technology and Society, including Globalization and Development;
3. Cultural Memory and Diversity (see below)

PhD candidates are offered a 3 or 4 year contract, a competitive salary and a bench fee to cover research-related costs. The condition of a 4 year contract is to undertake a limited amount of teaching duties.

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Open to: Strong academic grade and Arabic and English skills
Fund: Full tuition, housing, health plan fee, travel costs and more

Qatar Faculties of Islamic Studies is to become a locus of thought and dialogue that leads research and debate in all that relates to Islam and Muslims, be that contemporary concerns or issues of heritage; and that produces scholars who are strongly?grounded in Islamic faith, practice, and civilization, and who are open for engaging with all that their civilization produced, and with the wisdom and thought of other civilizations.
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The Hellenic Government offers scholarships for foreign nationals for academic year 2010-2011,
and for the Hellenic language and civilization 2010 summer seminar.

Deadline: 31/3/2010
Open to: Students from 44 different countries
Fund: between EUR 500 and 550

Scholarships are offered for:

Undergraduate studies
Postgraduate studies
Research
Hellenic laguage and civilization 2010 summer seminar

Eligibility
Students from 44 different countries can apply. The amount of scholarships that are available for each country can be found here.
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SBS is offering a number of scholarships to self-funding candidates about to undertake full or part-time studies on our Department of Management (DoM) programmes at SBS.

Scholarships are available for the following programmes:

MBA Full-time:

2 scholarships of £3000 – DoM Women’s scholarships (for female students)
4 scholarships of £3000 – DoM European & International scholarships (1 each for students from an African*, Asian*, European* or Latin or Northern American* country)
2 Scholarships of £3000 – DoM Teamplayer scholarships

MBA Part-time:

1 scholarship of £3000 – DoM Women’s scholarship (for female students)
1 scholarship of £3000 – DoM Entrepreneurial scholarship (to students with an entrepreneurial background, & currently owner/manager of a start-up organization)
1 scholarships of £3000 – DoM Teamplayer scholarship
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan.

It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB’s developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.
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The University of Edinburgh will offer 2 residential full-time Master’s scholarships and 3 Master’s scholarships for eligible distance learning Master’s programmes offered by the University.
Scholarships will be available for students pursuing one of the following Global Health Academy programmes:
Residential Programmes

MSc Global Health and Public Policy
MSc Global Health and Anthropology
MSc Health Inequalities and Public Policy
MSc Health Systems and Public Policy
MSc Public Health Research
MSc Sociology and Anthropology of Health and Illness
Distance Learning Programmes

MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
MSc Clinical Education
MSc Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases
MSc Health Informatics
MSc Health Informatics Governance
MSc International Health: Non Communicable Diseases
MSc Surgical Sciences
MSc Translational Medicine

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