GRANTS

UNIL Masters Grants

To facilitate access to Master’s degrees by students with qualifications from foreign universities, the University of Lausanne makes available around ten Master’s grants which are awarded on a competitive basis. Programmes concerned Candidates must choose a Master's programme from among those offered by the UNIL, except the Master of Medicine. The grant may not be used for any complementary studies required to enroll on the Master’s degree and may not be used for EMBAs...

AFR PhD Grants

In October 2008, the new FNR funding instrument Aides la Formation - Recherche (AFR) came into existence. The AFR scheme provides grants for PhD and postdoctoral research training. It replaces the BFR (Bourse Formation - Recherche) formerly managed by the Ministry of Research (MCESR). AFR Contributions For AFR beneficiaries with work contracts, the FNR pays a contribution to the annual salary costs of the Host Institution as follows : PhD Postdoc max. AFR contribution (including emp...

INTERNSHIP - PROJECT AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

At the FMO we recruit young EEA nationals for five-month traineeships to assist on tasks related to the daily running of the EEA and Norway Grants. We are currently accepting applications for traineeships commencing 2009. The FMO is the day-to-day secretariat for the EEA and Grants, keeping in close contact with both the three EEA EFTA states and the 15 beneficiary states. Each half year 2-4 trainees are recruited to assist on tasks ranging from communication activities, project appraisal to f...

COMPETITION FOR FULBRIGHT SENIOR GRANTS

The Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission is pleased to announce the annual competition for Fulbright Senior grants for Romanian citizens. The candidates will be selected through open, merit-based competition. Grants are available for conducting research at the U.S. institutions and/or lecturing in the U.S. institutions Fields: Any field, except clinical medicine; Grant duration: between 3-8 months. Eligibility Requirements Applicants must meet the following criteria: - Hold Romanian citizens...

LOOKING FOR A TRAINEESHIP IN PROJECT AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT?

At the FMO we recruit young EEA nationals for five-month traineeships to assist on tasks related to the daily running of the EEA and Norway Grants. We are currently accepting applications for traineeships commencing 2009. The FMO is the day-to-day secretariat for the EEA and Grants, keeping in close contact with both the three EEA EFTA states and the 15 beneficiary states. Each half year 2-4 trainees are recruited to assist on tasks ranging from communication activities, project appraisal to ...

DAAD SHORT-TERM RESEARCH GRANTS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

DAAD, Germany Scholarship / Financial aid: available Date: between one and six months Deadline: 15 October 2008 Open to: young foreign academics and scientists Announcement follows: Objective Short-term research grants provide young foreign academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out a research project or continuing education and training at a German higher education institution or non-university research institute, but without aiming for a formal degree/qualification. Dur...

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY FRANKLIN RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM

Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2005 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $303,000 to 70 scholars, and the Society expects to make at least that many awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm...

Six Master Grants at University of Bern

Master GrantThe Universitt Bern offers six Master Grants for the academic year 2012/13 for excellent international students.The grant consists of 1'600 CHF per month for the duration of the Master's programme (standard period of study).Application files will be examined by a selection committee. Criteria for selection are academic excellence and the candidate's potential and motivation.For further information about the Master's programmes offered at our university, please contact the concerned...

Phd Fellowship-Project Specific Grants-Fondazione Bruno Kessler 2011

FBK, in partnership with the University of Trento, is offering the following project specific grants for research activities to be carried out within our labs. Interested applicants are invited to get in contact with the reference person indicated for each grant, to know more about the research topic and the grant application procedure. Project Specific Grants 2011 Information Technology Research Units >> details  - Acoustic scene analysis and distant-talking speech recognit...

Grants-in-Aid Wilmington, USA

Short-term grants-in-aid support visits to Hagley for scholarly research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. They are designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while using the research collections. Scholars receive a stipend, make use of the research holdings, and participate in the programs of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society.   These grants are to support serious scholarly work. Scholars are expected to pa...

150 Grants for CIUF scholarships program

Overview of the 2011-2012 program. Within the programme for international courses and training programmes 2011-2012, CIUF grants 150 scholarships for participation into the courses and 70 for participation into the training programmes. You will find on this site a list of international courses and training programmes for which there is a possibility of scholarship and the modalities of introduction of an application file as well as the rules of selection. These rules define the conformity o...

2011-2012 Short-term Travel Grants (STG) Program Columbia University, USA

Announcement follows STG provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals to engage in up to eight weeks of overseas research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. REX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2011-2012 Short-Term Travel Grants (STG) Program. In addition to the pre-departure logistic support provided by IREX staff, the Short-Term Travel Grant also provides: - Internatio...

Grants for doctoral students in the graduate class "Secularities and Cultural Dynamics", University of Leipzig

Within the graduate class "Secularities and Cultural Dynamics", the University of Leipzig offers 5 grants for doctoral students for the period from April 2011 to March 2013 (with the possibility of an extension for a further year). The class is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of secularity in various parts of the world and historical periods. Of particular interest are the cultural dynamics that accompany secularity, as well as interactions between the religious and the se...

Summer Internship Grants Harvard University, US

Each year the Kokkalis Program welcomes applications from students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs across Harvard University for a limited number of small grants to be used towards non-paying (or low-paying) summer internship and/or research projects, located in or concerning Southeast Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and or Turkey.) Priority ...

Library Fellowships and Travel Grants Yale University USA

Open to: scholars undertaking post-doctoral or equivalent research, and doctoral candidates at work on a dissertation. Announcement follows The Library offers short-term residential fellowships and travel grants to support research in the Library's rich collections of eighteenth-century--mainly British--materials, including important holdings of prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books, and paintings, as well as a growing collection of sources for the study of New England Native American...

International Peace Research Association Foundation Small Peace Research Grants

Since 2002, when this Small Peace Research Fund was created, IPRAF has awarded grants up to $3000 to help fund peace research projects in places as diverse as Argentina, Bosnia, inner city communities in the United States, the Middle East, the Philippines, the Punjab, and Uganda.   In order to apply for a small grant, please contact Dr. Al Fuertes. Study Subject: Peace research Web Address: http://iprafoundation.org/small_grants.shtml Provided By: The International Peace Research A...

Getty Foundation Library Research Grants 2010, USA

Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to travel and living expenses to scholars whose research requires use of specific collections housed in the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute. A Library Research Grant is not a prerequisite for obtaining access to the Research Library. Library Research Grants are intended for scholars of all nationalities and at any level who demonstrate a compelling need to use materials housed in the Researc...

Templeton Research Grants on Pain and the Nature of Minds for 2011-2012

The Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame announces grant funding sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation for research focused on the biological and psychological nature and utility of pain and suffering, and/or the relations between pain and suffering and the problem of evil. This grant program provides up to $300,000 for up to two years (although applications that request amounts greater than $70,000 will require special justification for the additional fundi...

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Scholarship, Grants 2010

Promotion of early stage researchers by awarding grants to highly qualified doctoral candidates realising an ambitious and innovative research project in one of the research areas of Ruhr-Universitat Bochum.   We also encourage all doctoral candidates to apply for a grant with an interdisciplinary research project. The call is open for candidates from every scientific discipline and nationality intending to realise their research project at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (you have to ...

ART AND RESEARCH GRANTS IN SPAIN

The Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturunea, Spain in accordance with its desire to support creation and research in contemporary art and thought, announces a call for entries for a series of grants. The objective of this initiative, which is promoted by the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, is to facilitate the production of thirteen selected projects in the following categories: ART PROJECT PRODUCTION Eight grants will be awarded to develop art projects to be produced during the forthcomin...

European Consumer Affairs - EURECA

Programme Description Consumer affairs is a world-rising field in research and higher education. It analyses consumers in their economic, social and ecological environment. The demand from corporate and...

PhD Programme in Computer Science

Programme Description The PhD Programme lasts three years and the official language of the programme is English. PhD students are expected to work full-time on their research. During the PhD, it is advisable to...

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Programme Description The PhD program does not have separate sociology and anthropology tracks - both disciplines are integrated. Students are encouraged to conduct empirical research using a wide variety of...