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2,835 graduates jostle for 200 NDDC foreign scholarships
Addressing journalists on Monday at the Rivers State University, ICT Centre, where the tests were conducted, the Director, Education, Health and Social Services of the NDDC, Mr. Goshua Okejoto, said the choice of electronic examination was to enable the Commission to shortlist the right candidates for the scholarship scheme.
Okejoto said the scheme, which was introduced in 2010, was meant to equip graduates of Niger-Delta origin with the relevant training and skills for effective participation in the local content programme of the Federal Government.
He explained that only candidates, who had completed the mandatory one-year national youth service and secured admission into foreign universities, were eligible to participate in the selection process.
NIIT is seeking applications from young Nigerians
NIIT is seeking applications from young Nigerians for the 19th National Scholarship. With a thrust on creating skilled manpower for the Nigerian IT industry, the NIIT Nigeria Scholarship will help students get skilled for a Global career in IT through training in technology.
IT industry in Nigeria is estimated to among the fastest growing IT industries in the world. NIIT conducts the IT Scholarship exam every year to help identify meritorious students to join this industry and be a part of the global skilled IT Talent pool. NUT Scholarships have become one of the most awaited events in the annual events calendar of the country.
Application Deadline: 13th July 2018
Scholarship test date: 14th July 2018
Offered annually? Yes
Eligible Countries: Nigeria
To be taken at (country): Nigeria
Number of Awards: Not specified
Type: Undergraduate, Masters, Training
Award Provider: National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT)
Eligible Fields of Study:
DigiNxt MMS, Big Data, Java Enterprises Apps with DevOps, Digital Marketing apart from Revolutionary MMS. NIIT is also launching a state-of-the-art program in financial accounting- “Tally.ERP9” in Nigeria and other programmes.
Eligibility:
School Leavers, Under Graduates, Graduates [Unemployed, Under-Employed], Individuals desirous of enhancing their technical skill-sets and students in general who aspire to know about I.T. and career in I.T.
Full article : NIIT Nigeria Scholarship Programme for Nigerian Students 2018
University offers scholarships to Students
The Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State, said it has offered partial scholarships to all students of the institution.
According to the institution, the scholarship is in form of reduction in tuition, while those in religious studies are the most favoured by the scheme.
According to him, the university came up with the scholarship policy in order to make studying in the institution attractive and to also encourage the students of religious studies.
Source : Punch
Planning to apply for a Pinellas school ‘choice’ program?
![Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]](http://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180105/ARTICLE/301059951/AR/0/AR-301059951.jpg?MaxW=950 "Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]")
Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school’s Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19.
If history is any guide, more than 20,000 applications from some 11,000 students will flow into the Pinellas County school system’s computers over the next two weeks as families seek access to choice programs.
Those numbers have been fairly consistent in recent years, part of a winter application cycle that has become a familiar annual ritual. Families looking for options outside of their regular zoned school will be vying for entry into special programs like magnets, fundamental schools and career academies.
Source : Pinellas
Apply in the HFG Foundation Young African Scholars Program 2018
The foundation places a priority on the study of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world and also encourages related research projects in neuroscience, genetics, animal behavior, the social sciences, history, criminology, and the humanities which illuminate modern human problems. Grants have been made to study aspects of violence related to youth, family relationships, media effects, crime, biological factors, intergroup conflict related to religion, ethnicity, and nationalism, and political violence deployed in war and sub-state terrorism, as well as processes of peace and the control of aggression.
Worth
The program includes:
- a methods workshop
- fieldwork research grants of $2,000 USD each,
- editorial and publication assistance,
- and sponsorship at an international conference to present research findings.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be aged 35 or younger and must have been educated on the African continent and currently residing there.
- Applicants’ projects are expected to highlight the issues of violence and aggression.
- Applications are due by December 15th . All application materials must be submitted by the end of that day (midnight, EST) in order to be considered.
Guides for Applicants
The online application will be available beginning October 1st.
Applications should be no more than six pages and include the following:
- Research question
- Short literature review
- Description of research methods to be used
- Two-page C.V.
- Copy of passport or government-issued ID card
- Apply online here (Requires a free account)
- Or send application to:
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
25 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Deadline
15th December, 2017
Award Provider
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
24-year-old Nigerian Doctor Toluwalase Awoyemi emerges winner of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarships
Out of the 2,948 applications received from intending scholars across the world, Toluwalase and Emmanuelle were selected to be among the 15 most qualified candidates that made the final cut and eventually emerged winners. According to Ndidi Nwuneli, a member of the West Africa Selection Committee, it was a keenly contested award. He said, “All fifteen finalists were remarkably brilliant with outstanding individual qualities but we could only select two. For Emmanuelle and Toluwalase, this is an award well deserved, and we have no doubt that they will go on to excel in their chosen field of study and do the continent proud.”
International Students Scholarships at Sage University in India, 2018
The Sage University is offering scholarships for new international students. Scholarships cover 10% to 30% tuition fees to pursue degree programmes available within the university.
SAGE University (SU) where technology, innovation and entrepreneurship come together to create a dynamic learning environment. Learning for employment is key at SU.
Source : Scholarship-positions
Fully Funded WINTOUR Erasmus+ Scholarship for Masters, 2018-2020
The Erasmus Mundus Master on Wine Tourism Innovation (WINTOUR) combines a large expertise in Tourism and Oenology of three universities and regions: Rovira i Virgili University (URV – Tarragona, Spain), University of Bordeaux (UB, France), and University of Porto (UP, Portugal).
The language of instruction of the WINTOUR master is English. Other language skills/certificates are not compulsory. However, selection committee evaluates positively that candidates have other languages skills (such as Spanish, French or Portuguese, the languages of the countries where the course takes place). WINTOUR students are given the opportunity to study local languages during the first three semesters).
Source : Scholarship-positions
International Postdoctoral Fellowships at McGill University in Canada, 2018-2019
Applications are invited for Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at McGill University in Canada for the academic year 2018-19. Two Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded to promising young scholars in the Humanities.
McGill University is a public research university in Canada. McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, with the highest average admission requirements of any Canadian university.
Scholarship Description:
Applications close: November 13, 2017
Course Level: Fellowships are available to pursue Postdoctoral programme.
Study Subject: Fellowships are awarded to promising young scholars in the Humanities.
Scholarship Award: The fellowship is a two-year (maximum) appointment, non-renewable. The fellowship includes an annual salary of $52,000 CAD and enrollment in the McGill University employee benefits program. In addition, there is an annual research allowance of $8,500 and up to $2,500 per year to invite a visiting speaker. Relocation expenses will be reimbursed up to $1,000. Fellows will be given consideration for teaching one course per year during their fellowship tenure, contingent upon availability. Fellows who teach will be paid an additional teaching salary of approximately $8,220 per course. Fellows are provided with office space by their host department.
Nationality: International
Number of Scholarships: Two fellowships are available.
Scholarship can be taken in the Canada.
Source : Scholarship positions