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PF is seeking applications for the F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award, which supports dissertation research that addresses any aspect of mental function (e.g., cognition, affect, motivation) and seeks to understand the mind from both a behavioral and neura ...
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DLR-DAAD Research Fellowships are intended to promote advancement in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research. The DLR–DAAD Research Fellowships are implemented by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) and DAAD. ...
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This scholarship is offered to support a student engaged in postgraduate research on freshwater management for their Masters thesis. The funding supports research relating to any relevant aspect of water resource management, but must be supervised by a Wa ...
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UPAs are tenable only at the University of Wollongong. They are available to graduates of Australian and overseas universities.
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The APF Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy supports dissertation research on public policy, which has the potential to improve services for children and families facing psychosocial issues such as prevention of child abuse ...
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The Taiwan Fellowship is established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to award foreign experts and scholars interested in researches related to Taiwan, cross-strait relations, mainland China, Asia-Pacific region and Chinese studies to conduct adv ...
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IFK Senior Fellowships are designed to support excellent scholars, who are well advanced in their academic careers. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality, institutional, or departmental affiliation; although preference is given to ...
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The Max Weber Programme is unique among postdoctoral programmes in helping Fellows to become full members of a global academic community.
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According to Women in Aerospace, in 2010, roughly 10 percent of the aerospace industry was made up of women. While the number has slowly increased, there must be reinforcements behind each step forward. To assist the future of women in this field and othe ...
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IDRC offers this Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) every two years in October to a Canadian, permanent resident of Canada, or a citizen of a developing country. You must be a graduate student with a university degree in agri ...
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The University of Sheffield invests a significant amount of funding each year in order to support the very best postgraduate research students.
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The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is pleased to announce the availability of new scholarships for PhD and Masters students. The scholarships will be available on a competitive basis to candidates who are accepted in the PhD and Masters programs, ...
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To support studies undertaken at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece.
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To foster individual research projects, the Max Planck Society offers foreign researchers the possibility of obtaining a scholarship. These scholarships are typically granted for a period of between two and four months. Preference is given to those resear ...
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PhD-CCHD is a PhD Program in biomolecular Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, providing cutting-edge education in the fields of Neurobiology, Vascular Biology, Immunology, and Inflammation Research.
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The High North Fellowship program offers scholarships to students from Canada, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the US who attend an institution in Northern Norway as part of their higher education.
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Yunus Emre Turkish Language Scholarship program is designed for students who are willing to study Turkish Language.
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These awards are designed to attract high quality overseas research students to the University of Edinburgh. 30 Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships will be awarded per year. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three yea ...
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