Scholarship Program in Chulalongkorn University for ASEAN Countries

Term of Scholarships :
            Master’s degree scholarship     
                           Two years (starting from June 2013)
            Doctoral degree scholarship
                           Three years (starting from June 2013)

Provisions of the Scholarships :
       The scholarships will cover the following :
            1. An economy class round-trip ticket to and from designated capital cities or principal cities (excluding domestic airfare with both neighboring countries and Thailand.) Travelling expenses incurred other than air tickets will be borne by recipients.
            2. Tuition Fees
            3. Stipend and accommodation in the amount of 16,000 baht/month.

Eligibility of Applicants :
            1. Applicants must return to teach/work at their home counties after graduation from Chulalongkorn University.
            2. Applicants must have completed Bachelor’s Degrees or Master’s Degrees as appropriate in related fields.
            3. Applicants must have a grade point average for the latest semester before applying of not lower than 2.75 for undergraduate, and not lower than 3.25 for postgraduate.
            4. Applicants’ age must be less than 35.
            5. Applicants must have a good command of English. A minimum TOEFL score of 500 or 173 Computer-based or IELTS score of 5.0 is required. (Except the applicants with scholarship)
            6. Applicants must be in good health.
            7. Applicants must not be recipients of other types of scholarships.

Documents Required for Application :
            1. Completed application form with a 3 cm x 4 cm size photograph.
            2. Curriculum Vitae
            3. Certificate of Graduation
            4. Transcript of Academic Record of the last educational institution attended.
            5. Photocopy of passport.
            6. Two recommendation letters from the Head, the Director, the Dean which the applicant belongs.
            7. Physical examination certificate from a hospital in candidates’ home countries.

Application Procedures :
            Candidates must send the completed application form and relevant documents directly to the faculty/program of their choice. The deadline to accept application is February 3, 2013.

Application form :
            Application form can be obtained from the website at : www.academic.chula.ac.th

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Asia Leaders Programme Cohort 7 - Dual Degree Scholarship (Master of Arts)

The United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) is a graduate school specialising in peace education and conflict resolution training which is currently looking for scholarship applicants for its Asia Leaders Programme. This 18 to 20 month scholarship programme is being funded by The Nippon Foundation – Japan. As a dual campus programme, it is run at the UPEACE Main Campus in Costa Rica and at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

We are writing to you for the purpose of extending an invitation to interested parties to apply for the next intake of scholars. It is our belief that many individuals within your network would not only be interested but also well-qualified for this scholarship. We would thus like to request your assistance by disseminating the attached promotional materials within your network. For your quick reference, here are some pertinent details of this programme.

* Target population
Asians primarily from Non-English Speaking Background with sufficient experience in and/or intent to be engaged in peace-related work

* Deadline for application
September 2012

* Commencement of Programme
March 2013 or June 2013

* End of Programme
November 2014

* Type of scholarship
Full scholarship (100% of tuition, required travel to both campuses, a fixed stipend to assist in daily living expenses and basic medical insurance)

More details on the programme and the mechanics of the application process are contained on enclosed promotional materials and on our website: http://www.upeace.org/alp

For further questions or clarification you may contact the Department of Academic Administration at:

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UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowships for PhD students

2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowships
Theme: Climate Change, Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods

The aim of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Academic Fellowships
for Asia and the Pacific is to analyse issues from the human development
perspective, with a focus on fostering creative thinking and innovative research


on the subject among young people. The research must focus on a well-defined
aspect of human development, could be theoretical, applied, policy-oriented or a


combination and must amount to a substantive contribution to human development
thinking relevant for the region.

The Fellowship is intended for young Ph.D. students who are at an advanced
dissertation stage working on a topic related to human development –
theoretical, applied or policy oriented.
See brochure here:
http://asia-pacific.undp.org/practices/HDRU/documents/UNDPAcademic2010.pdf
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Asian Graduate Student Fellowships

Asian Graduate Student Fellowships
The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from citizens of Asian countries enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a university in an Asian country (except Singapore) for consideration for the award of Asian Graduate Student Fellowships. These fellowships are offered to current graduate students doing their Master’s or PhD degrees and working in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Southeast Asian topics, and will allow the recipients to be based at NUS for an ‘in residence fellowship’ for a period of three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to make full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be expected to commence on 3 May 2011, and to make a presentation on their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies at the end of July 2011.

Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:
1) A monthly allowance of SGD1,000.
2) A monthly housing allowance of SGD250.
3) A settling-in allowance of SGD150.
4) A sum of $100 on a reimbursement basis for miscellaneous expenses
5) A one-time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the fellowship.
6) Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to e-mail/facsimile/mail their application forms (CLICK HERE), a 2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this may be accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian language) to the address below by 15 November 2010. Arrangements should also be made by which at least two letters of reference, one of which is from your principal supervisor, are sent confidentially to the same address by the same deadline.
The 2-page research proposal must include the following details:
1) Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the research has already been completed;
2) how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
3) the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;
4) proposed work plan during the fellowship.
You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer facilities at NUS’ main library (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/), the library at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/library.html) and the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb.gov.sg) to facilitate your research for the dissertation. NUS’ main library has 2 million volumes covering all topics while ISEAS’ library has 200,000 on Southeast Asian topics, half of which are in Southeast Asian languages.
Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu.sg
Fax: 65 67791428
Moreinfo: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/article_view.asp?id=273

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2009 Asia Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship on Climate Change & Human Development

Context and Objective

The human development approach puts people at the centre of development. It recognizes economic drivers for change but goes beyond them to raise issues of enlarging human capabilities and expanding people’s choices. The objective of the Academic Fellowship is to encourage young Ph.D. students from the Asia Pacifific region to analyse critical development issues from a human development perspective, contributing to development theory, applications and policies. Thus, the Fellows are expected to push the frontiers of research on human development while analyzing, through the human development lens, issues directly or indirectly related to human development. The research must focus on a well-defifined aspect of human development under the theme selected

Please see our brochure on “Human Development Fellows” for information on 2005-2008 recipients of Fellowships:

http://www2. undprcc.lk/ about_us/ fellowship. php

Theme – Climate Change and Human Development

Human development is about expanding human potential and enlarging human freedom. Climate change is a human development challenge, as it threatens to erode human freedoms and limit choice and plunge large numbers into poverty and hardship.

Climate change is hampering efforts to deliver the MDG promise as it undermines international efforts to combat poverty and exacerbates already existing inequalities. Those, in turn, can result in an increase in conflict over sharing natural resources. Climate change is in fact an increasingly powerful driver of wider inequalities between and within countries, also between women and men.

Climate change can result in increased frequency of extreme weather events, flooding, storms, drought, increases in sea temperatures, and melting of glaciers, etc., which effect negatively agriculture and health/nutrition. This has negative implications on the livelihood of poor and vulnerable communities who depend largely on agriculture and natural resource management. In particular, women are affected in their roles of food producers and providers, guardians of health, and care givers. Reduced employment opportunities, for example for women working in agricultural fifields, constitute a net loss in income which leads to a loss in savings, making it even harder for households to cope with disasters.

The magnitude of this long term challenge can be assessed considering that an additional 1.8 billion people are expected to face water stress by 2080, with large areas of Central Asia, northern parts of South Asia and northern China facing a grave ecological crisis as a result of glacial retreat and changed rainfall patterns. Up to 330 million people in coastal and low-lying areas are expected to be displaced through flflooding and tropical storm activity. In the Asia Pacific region, in particular, over 70 million people in Bangladesh and 22 million people in Viet Nam could be affected by global warming-related flflooding.

What are the mechanisms through which the ecological impacts of climate change affect the poor? Are there examples of good practices to ensure climate and human security?

Have climate change and other environmental concerns been integrated in development planning in the context of environment protection and sustainable development? What has been the effectiveness of policies introduced? What is a possible agenda to promote human development and climate security? These are some of the questions that could be addressed.

The Fellowship

The UNDP Human Development Academic Fellowship for Asia Pacific carries an award of US$ 10,000. The students will be required to submit to UNDP a copy of their fifinal approved dissertation. In addition, Fellows may be expected to present their work in workshops/seminars and other events arranged by UNDP (travelrelated costs will be covered separately).

The thesis will acknowledge UNDP’s support by saying: “The author acknowledges the financial support received from the UNDP Asia Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship for the research.”

Application Process

All candidates must complete a formal application in English or with an English translation, including:

. Summary statement of the objectives of the proposal

· Project proposal not exceeding 2,500 words

· Curriculum vitae

Incomplete applications or those received after the due date will not be processed.

Eligibility

· Be a citizen of a developing country in the Asia Pacific region (list of countries in Annex II)

· Have Have a Masters degree in a relevant discipline such as a social science, liberal arts, or management and be currently enrolled as a full time Ph.D. student

· Have identified a human development- related topic (further reading on Human Development topics is encouraged prior to submission of application.

· Submit a proposal approved by her/his direct supervisor at the University in which Ph.D. is being pursued

· Be younger than age 30. In exceptional cases the age requirement may be relaxed to 35 years to accommodate candidates who have returned to fulltime study after a period of work and/or family responsibilities

· Not be a UN Staff member

Selection Criteria

· Exceptional degree of creativity in choice of idea or topic

· Stage of development of the proposal

· Value-addition or new direction to the human development concept, methodology, analysis, application or policy relevance

· Track record of past accomplishments

· Time needed for completing the work undertaken

Selection Criteria

Selection will be based on an assessment of written proposals up to 2,500 words. A review of eligibility and assessment of the proposals submitted will be the basis for short listing. Short listed candidates will be required to participate in an interview. An independent selection committee will review the proposals and interact with the short listed candidates for the fifinal selection.

Deadline for 2009

Applications should be submitted by 1st September 2009.

Contact Information

Applications or any queries should be sent, preferably by email, to hdfellowships. rcc@undp. org

Alternatively, you could send them to:

UNDP Asia Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship

Human Development Report Unit

UNDP Regional Centre for Asia Pacific, Colombo Office

23 Independence Avenue

Colombo 7

Sri Lanka

Annex I

A selected list of reading on human development is the following:

· What is human development (http://hdr.undp. org/hd/)

· Human Development Reports (http://hdr.undp. org/; especially chapter 1 of HDR 1990)

· Asia Pacific Human Development Reports (http://www.undprcc. lk/Publications/ Publications. asp and select Human Development Reports Unit)

· Human development training (http://www.undp. org.in/index. php?option= com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=93)

· Background papers for global HDRs (http://hdr.undp. org/publications /papers.cfm)

· The Millennium Development Goals (http://hdr.undp. org/reports/ global/2003/ pdf/hdr03_ chapter_1. pdf)

· Risk, vulnerability and human development (http://hdr.undp. org/docs/ nhdr/insights/ HDInsights_ June2007. pdf)

· For more on Human Development, please visit the website of the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo at http://www.undprcc. lk/ under “Publications”

Annex II

Nationals of the countries listed below are eligible to apply in their individual

capacity:

1. Afghanistan

2. Bangladesh

3. Bhutan

4. Cambodia

5. China

6. Cook Islands

7. Democratic People’s

1. Republic of Korea

8. Federated States of Micronesia

9. Fiji

10. India

11. Indonesia

12. Iran, Islamic Republic of

13. Kiribati

14. Lao People’s Democratic Republic

15. Malaysia

16. Maldives

17. Marshall Islands

18. Mongolia

19. Myanmar

20. Nauru

21. Nepal

22. Niue

23. Pakistan

24. Palau

25. Papua New Guinea

26. The Philippines

27. Republic of Korea

28. Samoa

29. Solomon Islands

30. Sri Lanka

31. Thailand

32. Timor-Leste

33. Tokelau

34. Tonga

35. Tuvalu

36. Vanuatu

37. Viet Nam

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International Internship in Asia and Europe

AIESEC Local Committe Bandung challenge you to have an international
internship in Europe and Asia !

detail :
- countries available : India, China, Malaysia,
Philippines, Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, Russia.
- working area : development internship in issues of HIV/AIDS,
children, education, cultural, entrepreneurship, csr,rural
development,and environment.

Requirement :
max 30 years old
fluent in english

How to apply :
Please send your :
1. CV + photograph (max 2 pages, pdf format)
2. Application form (ask by request to : dessy.marlissa@gmail.com)
3. Scanned of TOEFL Score
4. motivation letter (pdf format)
in one zip folder naming : (DT_surname)
to : globalxprogram.aiesecbandung@gmail.com
deadline of application : 15th february 2009


www.aiesec.org/indonesia/bandung/
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Asian Graduate Student Fellowships

The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from ASEAN citizens enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a university in an ASEAN country (except Singapore) for consideration as Asian Graduate Student Fellowships (formerly ASEAN Research Scholars). These fellowships are offered to *current graduate students doing their Master's or PhD degrees and working in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Asian topics*, and will allow the recipients to be based at NUS for an 'in residence fellowship' for a period of three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to make full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be expected to commence on 1 May 2009, and to make a presentation on their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies at the end of July 2009.

Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:
1) A monthly allowance of SGD$1,750 (inclusive of housing allowance).
2) A one time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the fellowship.
3) Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to *e-mail/facsimile/mail* their curriculum vitae, a 2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this may be accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian language) to the address below by *15 November 2008*. Arrangements should also be made by which at least two letters of reference, one of which is from your principal supervisor, are sent confidentially to the same address by the same deadline.

The 2-page research proposal must include the following details:
1) Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the research has already been completed;
2) how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
3) the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;**
4) proposed work plan during the fellowship.**

You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer facilities at NUS' main library (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/), the library at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/library.html) and the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb.gov.sg) to facilitate your research for the dissertation. NUS' main library has 2 million volumes covering all topics while ISEAS' library has 200,000 on Southeast Asian topics, half of which are in Southeast Asian languages.

Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road,
Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu.sg
Fax: 65 67791428
Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/

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Asian Public Intellectuals (API Fellowships Program)

As Asia moves into the 21st century, it faces political, economic, and social challenges that transcend national boundaries. To meet these challenges, the region needs a new pool of intellectuals who are willing to be active in the public sphere and can articulate common concerns and propose creative solutions. Recognizing that opportunities for intellectual exchanges are currently limited by institutional, linguistic and cultural parameters, The Nippon Foundation, in cooperation with major academic institutions in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, has launchced the Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowships Program (API Fellowships Program).

Detail please visit : http://www.api-fellowships.org/body/

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