INSEAD Syngenta Endowed Chemistry Scholarship

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Scholarship Details:

Two Chemistry Scholarship will be awarded per class and candidates for this scholarship will need to demonstrate: (a) outstanding academic achievement and promise (b) aptitude for business and financial management (c) leadership potential and (d) a commitment to contributing to their country or region at some point in the future.

Eligibility Details:

Chemistry Scholarship Candidates must be a national of an emerging economy and have spent a substantial part of their lives in the developing world, in education and/or professional experience. Experience in industry will be considered a plus. Preference will be given to candidates who require proven financial assistance.

Essay topic Details:

1).Briefly discuss the requirements for successful business leadership in your country today. Describe how you envisage contributing to the future development of your country after graduation and why you should be considered for this award. (200 words)

2).Briefly discuss measures required for sustainable agriculture in your country/region in the context of urban and rural development. Focus on what you consider to be the most important element (450 words)

3).Provide a concise but accurate description of your financial circumstances as well as a cash flow forecast for the year at INSEAD (details of income set against expenditures).

Application Deadline:

Application Deadline is 18 Aug 2011

Further Details:

For further information about this scholarship visit below link.

http://mba.insead.edu/schlmgmt/dsp_schl_info.cfm?schlcode=EC01

PhD Position Chemistry Scholarship

The Chemistry Scholarship study will lead to a promotion. The first year of contributions are expected to international conferences. The auditor should regularly publish research results in international scientific journals. It is expected that the successful candidate will be at least one international conference to hold in their subject during the grant. During their search of the successful applicants residence in leading universities to spend abroad. The Chemistry Scholarship researcher is expected to contribute to the lively intellectual community of the department, and he / she undertakes to continue to develop as a philosopher
Profile

Chemistry Scholarship Candidate Profile:

Independent thinkers ambitious.
Enterprising type that like to engage in intellectual research.
MA in Philosophy (or equivalent degree in a scientific discipline, the exact history and Latin
with a serious interest in philosophy).
Excellent English written. Knowledge of the 17th Century natural
Philosophy, Latin, are recommended French, Latin and mathematics urgent.

Apply

If you wish to apply for this position, please send an email with a letter explaining why you wish to do research on this theme, a CV and publication list, if any, to Eric Schliesser , no later than May 22, 2011.

For more information (including the details of the project proposal), please feel free to contact Eric Schliesser:

Further Information

Application Deadline : 22 May 2011

Engineering Technology Chemistry Scholarship

This Chemistry Scholarship is available to college freshmen enrolled full-time in an undergraduate pre-engineering or engineering technology program leading to a bachelor’s degree in a course of study that traditionally has been a preparatory curriculum for the HVAC&R profession. Chemistry Scholarship Applicants must be high school seniors with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a scale where 4.0 is the highest, and/or a class standing of no less than the top 30%, be accepted into an engineering, pre-engineering, or engineering technology program at a post-secondary educational institution that meets at least one of the following criteria:
-the institution hosts a recognized ASHRAE student branch
-the program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or the Partnership for Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Accreditation (PAHRA)
-the program is accredited by an agency outside the USA that has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ABET or is a signatory of The Washington Accord

Chemistry Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Chemistry Scholarship Geography’s PhD Program at Queen Mary

The School is committed to appointing only the very best candidates to our PhD program. To apply you should have a good first degree (BA or BSc Honours or equivalent), at first class standard (or upper second class with clear evidence of 1^st class work), and/or a Masters qualification (at Merit or above) in Geography or a cognate discipline related to the Studentship. Applicants for Studentship 4 (Emotions and the Home in Modern Britain) must hold a Masters degree in a geographical or historical subject related to the themes of the studentship.

All applicants will be judged according to the same criteria, namely:

• Record of academic and/or professional achievement
• Quality of Research Proposal
• Compatibility with the School’s research interests/themes relating to the Studentship.

Further details on English Language Requirements

Deadlines:
To be considered for a Queen Mary Studentship your application must be received by Queen Mary’s Admissions and Recruitment Office no later than 5pm on Monday 21^st February. All short-listed applicants will be interviewed (either face-to-face or, in the case of overseas candidates, by telephone) and applicants must be available for interview between 24^th February and 21^st March 2011.

Applications may be submitted in hard copy (download paper-based form here) to The Admissions and Recruitment Office, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom, or on-line using the instructions here

How to Apply
All applications should submitted directly to Queen Mary’s Admissions and Recruitment Office, as either a hard copy or on-line. But applications should be clearly marked ‘For the Attention of’ the School through which candidates wish their application to be processed.

Candidates applying for Studentships 1, 2 or 3 should complete the standard application process for the School of Geography’s PhD Program (including in their application their Degree Transcript(s), two References, Curriculum Vitae, Statement of Purpose, PhD Proposal Form, and a 1500–2000 word Research Proposal) set out here:

http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/admissions/phdadmissions/apply/index.html

with advice and guidance on how to put together a Research Proposal available here: http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/admissions/phdadmissions/proposal/index.html

Candidates applying for Studentships 4 and 5 may choose which School they wish their application to be processed through, depending on the location of their preferred Primary Supervisor, and should follow the application process for that School.

Applicants for Studentship 4 should therefore mark their application for the attention of EITHER the School of Geography (following the application process outlined above) OR the School of History, following the application process outlined here: http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply/index.html

Applicants for Studentship 5 should mark their application for the attention of EITHER the School of Geography (following the application process outlined above) OR the Department of Drama, following the application process outlined here: http://www.drama.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/application/index.html

Applicants for Studentship 6 should mark their application for the attention of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, following the application process outlined here: http://www.sbcs.qmul.ac.uk/prospectivestudents/research/howtoapply/index.html

In addition, ALL candidates must also provide a further 750-1000 word Research Summary (to be attached to their application) that addresses the following questions:

• What is the subject of your proposed doctoral dissertation? (500 words max) Please include a brief title.
• Why is Queen Mary the right place for you to undertake this research?
• What ethical issues—if any—are relevant to your research?
• What research training and professional preparation have you already received?
• What further training and professional preparation will you need to complete the doctorate and begin your career?

It is recognised that there will be some repetition across these materials, and we expect that your Research Summary will be in part a distillation of points already made in your main Research Proposal and Statement of Purpose.

Applicants for the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award should follow the separate application procedures outlined here.