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Abertay University in UK has launched the Overseas Student Scholarships 2012 Programs. The Overseas Student Scholarship Fund is open to students living outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Area, who are liable to pay overseas tuition fees and whom Abertay believes would bring to the University additional personal and academic qualities. The Academic Merit Scholarships will be available to those with outstanding academic merit, based on their proven academic record at school and/or college and/or university at the point of application. The Personal Achievement Scholarships will be available to those applicants whose personal achievements in sport or music demonstrate a commitment and determination to excel in other aspects of life.

Applications are Open for Australian University International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS). Applications are invited from suitably qualified international students for scholarships to undertake the degree of Master by Research or Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Western Australia. Application for a scholarship is also an application for admission to the University. The purpose of the IPRS and the UWA SIRF scheme is to attract top quality international postgraduate students to areas in which the University has specialised research strengths and to support Australia’s research effort. Successful applicants can expect to become members of a research team working under the direction of senior researchers and in an area which has attracted external resources.

In our laboratory we are interested in how insulin signaling regulates physiology and behavior of adult Drosophila. Insulin producing cells (IPCs) in the brain release insulin-like peptides (ILPs) into the circulation for action primarily on fat body cells, but also on other target cells. Insulin regulates a number of physiological processes (feeding, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, stress responses, ageing and so on). ILPs also act to regulate fertility, sleep wakefulness, ethanol sensitivity, and temperature responses. We have identified several neurotransmitters and neuropeptides that regulate the IPCs in the brain. Now we are interested in the neuronal and endocrine pathways that utilize these neurotransmitters and the mechanisms by which they regulate production and release of ILPs under different physiological conditions.

AACN’s Student Policy Summit (SPS) is a three-day immersion program in Washington, DC developed exclusively for baccalaureate and graduate nursing students from across the country looking to experience and learn about the policy process at the national level. AACN is pleased to sponsor two exceptional students with a full scholarship to attend this event. This scholarship includes the cost of registration, airfare, and hotel accommodations. Additionally, the winning scholarship application essays will be featured in the conference materials for the SPS and made available to participants in AACN’s Spring Annual Meeting, which is attended by nursing school deans and directors.

DTU Fotonik, the Department of Photonics Engineering invites applications for a position as professor in Experimental Nanophotonics. At the date of appointment candidates must hold an MSc degree in phycology, biotechnology, biochemical engineering, microbiology or bioprocess technology. Experience within algal cultivation and/or biogas, biodiesel, biohydrogen, biochemicals from algae will be an advantage.

The annual Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship is awarded alternately in the fields of Greek and French. The award may be used for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology, or the study of French language or literature. The fellowship has a stipend of $20,000. The stipend will be paid in two installments, the first on July 1 of the award year and the second on the next January 1, unless the Fellowship Committee orders the stipend withheld because the fellow has disregarded the purpose of the award as stated by the donor.

Open position for a PhD student in the area of 3D-model reconstruction and computer vision. This position is for an Early Stage Researcher in the project GoCARB – Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management and Carbohydrate Counting: A Computer Vision based Approach, a Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways grant funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme. The aim of GoCARB is the design, development and evaluation of a system which will permit the automatic, near real-time recognition of the different types of foods on a plate and the estimation of their content of carbohydrates. In addition, this information will be used to optimise the calculation of the bolus insulin dose.

Chinese Government Scholarship is a scholarship set up by the Chinese government to facilitate students and scholars from all over the world to conduct their study and research in Chinese universities. The scholarship aims to increase the mutual understanding and friendship between people of China and people from the rest of the world and to develop the communication and cooperation between China and the rest of the world in the field of Education, Technology, Culture and Economics. Students currently studying in China or who have been granted for other Chinese scholarship or funding (2012-2013) are not applicable.

Located at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) is an interdisciplinary research institute that brings together scholars active in literature, philosophy, visual culture, religious studies, film and media studies, argumentation theory and science dynamics. Specialists in their own respective fields, ASCA’s members share a commitment to working within an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates in society at large. Within ASCA they have joined forces to provide a stimulating environment for scholars, professionals, and graduate students from the Netherlands and abroad. As part of its research programme, the institute supervises PhD projects, offers seminars and professional training, and hosts yearly workshops and conferences.

The Lund University Global Scholarship programme is targeted at top academic students from countries outside the European Union/European Economic Area (and Switzerland). Scholarships cover 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the tuition fees. The scholarship value is deducted from the tuition fees of the programme or free-standing course for which you are awarded a scholarship.