Scholarships for International Students at Maastricht University, Netherlands

Brief Description Maastricht University aims to improve its quality as a global institution. The Maastricht University Scholarship Programme, with its goal of stimulating talented students to pursue educational programmes in Maastricht, helps the university live up to this ambition. Information about scholarship possibilities at Maastricht University can be found on this website. These include the UM High Potential...

Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition at Columbia University, USA

Brief Description The Committee on Global Thought`s annual post-doctoral fellowship competition opens on September 15, 2011, for positions for the 2012-2013 academic year. The post-doctoral fellowship of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University brings together an innovative group of interdisciplinary researchers from around the world. The Fellowship gives emerging scholars the opportunity to work with...

Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa at Georgetown University, USA

Brief Description The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women’s human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries in order to advance the status of women and girls in their own countries throughout their careers. Over 50 women’s human...

Master of Laws at Leiden University, Netherlands

Brief Description Leiden University is the oldest university in the Netherlands. Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a Leiden University master`s degree programme starting September 2011 or February 2012. Leiden University was founded in February 1575, as a gift from William of Orange to the citizens of Leiden who had withstood a long siege by the Spaniards.Leiden`s guiding principles are: International orientation; a...

PhD Scholarships Programme open to economists and lawyers at Erasmus Mundus (EDLE), Italy

Brief Description The European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) is an excellence Ph.D. programme open to economists and lawyers of high promise preparing themselves for a career in academia or for responsible positions in government, research organizations, and international consulting groups. The EDLE educational project is carried out in a strong relationship with the research activities of the partners...

Excellence Scholarships for International Students at Leiden University, Netherlands

Brief Description Leiden University Excellence Scholarships (LExS) are open for international students wishing to study Master`s degree in Netherlands for the academic year 2012-2013. For whom? Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a Leiden University master`s degree programme starting September 2011 or February 2012 ( All MA, MSc and LL.M programmes as mentioned on the website Master`s programmes in Leiden). All...

Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme for Developing Countries, Switzerland

Brief Description The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is a leading institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues. Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme is now open for citizens from developing countries to pursue advanced research in...

Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners, USA

Overview Open to: Female social scientist from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work addresses women`s economic and social empowerment in that nation. Eligibility Citizenship: Applicants may not be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be a national of a developing country that is currently eligible to borrow from the World Bank. Academic Discipline: Applicants should be pursuing...