Opportunities For Youth

New Impulses for Development Cooperation between the Regions and Local
Authorities

The federal states, regions and local authorities are important players in
the field of development cooperation.

Development cooperation is not solely a domain of the national states. On
the contrary: Federal states (or rather in the European context: Regions)
and local authorities are also important players. This is the message of the
2nd Bonn Conference on International Development. But how can and how do the
subnational players want to employ their skills? Which development policy
tasks do the federal states or the regions assume, Read more…

Funds available: $100,000 – $600,000

Deadline: 27 October 2009

Funding Objective: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued a call for applications from NGOs (local and international) to support activities that mitigate conflict and encourage reconciliation work among various ethnic and religious communities.

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Deadline: June 30, 2009
Open to: Bachelor and Master
Funding: Scholarships of £2,000 – £3,000

International Scholarships Schemes

The Faculty of Biological Sciences offers a number of  different scholarships for overseas students paying full overseas rated fees.

There are schemes open to students of all nationalities as well as a number of country specific schemes. The schemes are open to new undergraduate and taught postgraduate (Masters) students who commence a programme of study within the Faculty in September 2009.
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