Scholarships

The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund

Funding opportunity for PhD students and postdoc fellows

Click here to see call for applications from the funding of existing PhD students and Postdoc fellows to undertake a 6 month supervised research in Spain. The programme requires the support and approval of existing supervisors/hosts at Wits and is intended to enrich the current PhD or Postdoc experience. The fields of research that are considered include:

• Bioinformatics and genomics
• Cell and development biology
• Gene regulation
• Stem cells and cancer
• Systems biology

You will notice in the call document that this opportunity has been arranged between CRG (in Spain) and our own Sydney Brenner Institute and is funded by Novartis. In the spirit of co-operation between Faculties, and their Schools, and the 21 Century Institutes we are sharing this news with you first. We would like this opportunity to be seen as just that: A great opportunity to enrich and progress a PhD or Postdoc through joint supervision by some top scientists in Spain. Naturally the local supervisors/hosts would need to approve all applications as they should see the value in the 6 month research programme. Clearly the programme should add to the planned research.

Should you have any questions please feel free to contact either Michele (Michele.ramsay@wits.ac.za) or me (robin.drennan@wits.ac.za).

Scholarships for International Study in Brazil

The course Strategy & Marketing for Emerging Countries: Brazil economic outlook, business and employment opportunities is an opportunity for students from all over the world to attend a 3-week, certificate program. The objective is to present the main characteristics of Emerging Countries and how to succeed in this new global frontier. The program will approach:

- Business opportunities: analyzing the characteristics of the consumer market, industry and agribusiness in Emerging Countries;

- Legal aspects: understanding the fundamentals of the Brazilian legislation for foreigners interested in opening and managing companies;

- Logistics and structure: discussing the current scenario of airports, railways, and roads, as well freight companies in Brazil and other emerging countries;

- Case studies: analyzing success case stories focused on countries like India, China, Russia, South Africa and Brazil;

- Survival Portuguese: the course aims at providing students with some basic communicative aspects of the Portuguese language. Students will be able to interact in day-by-day contexts such as: ordering food at a restaurant, buying a product, asking for directions etc.

Most of the students who have taken part in the programme came from Engineering/Management background, but there is no restriction on field of study.

- UNIP will assist participants to apply for visa by providing a letter of offer. Participants can apply for a tourist visa as the programme is short-term and does not count towards a         degree.

- Programme has no formal assessment. However, participants will be issued a certificate by UNIP only if they have fulfilled the following:

         o    Attendance. Participants are allowed to miss one class only

         o    Prepare and present learning and business analysis of case study in groups on the last day of the programme

- There will be people from all over the world with diverse cultural orientations and understanding, thereby providing a multicultural interaction. Our last two groups were composed   by students from more than 10 different countries.

Students are supported by an extensive scholarship program, covering 70% of the expenses of the chosen course. We welcome you to apply and participate in our course in Brazil, opening new professional horizons for you and your company.

Other requirements:

- Intermediate level of the English language.

- From 3^rd year or 5^th semester undergraduates and graduates.

- Student from all the nationalities can participate ffer. 

 
For more information, please contact: 

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Pitelli de Britto

PHD in Administration at USP

Postgraduation Coordinator of UNIP

Email: rpbritto@usp.br

Summer School opportunity: University of Oldenburg, Germany

“Critical Diversity Studies in Globalized Contexts” - July 5-13, 2013

The Diversity Studies International Teaching and Scholarship Network (DIVERSITAS), a joint initiative of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Germany), the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the University of Mumbai (India), invites applications for its Summer School on Critical Diversity Studies in Globalized Contexts. The Summer School will take place at Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany, July 5-13, 2013. It aims at bringing together 25 international PhD-students and PostDocs from a variety of disciplinary and regional backgrounds, who will work on themes and topics in the field of Critical Diversity Studies.

Deadline for submission of applications: March 31, 2013

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Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program

Here is an opportunity for some of your mid career (30 to 40 years) staff members to upgrade their qualifications to the master’s level through a generous scholarship from Harvard University, USA.

The programme runs between August ‘13 and May ‘14 and the scholarship includes fees and stipends for living in the USA for this period. Areas of interest are Law, Public Administration & Public Health. The programme is primarily meant to address past inequalities.

More information is available below, at http://africa.harvard.edu/south-africa-fellowship-program/ or from Elise Noel of Harvard U (enoel@fas.harvard.edu).  

Application forms available at http://africa.harvard.edu/south-africa-fellowship-program/application/

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International Summer School - New Delhi

It gives me great pleasure to announce to you the launch of the International Summer School, New Delhi as a part of the Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India’s leading Central Universities in association with the Ministry of Tourism through its Incredible !ndia campaign.  The ISS offers intensive undergraduate level courses and experiences that focus on India and reflect the country’s growing influence on the world stage.

The inaugural session for the ISS will be taking place this year from Sunday, June 16 to Friday, July 26, 2013.  Its purpose is to promote international goodwill and cultural understanding among tomorrow’s world leaders as they learn about India and its role in the twenty first century.

An India-centric syllabus has been designed by the university with a focus on experiential learning.  This syllabus comprises of the following course modules: (i) Indian Politics; (ii) the Indian Economy; (iii) Indian Sociology; (iv) Indian History; and (v) a Fieldwork module for which students would document their volunteer experience with Ritinjali, an NGO that has been involved in numerous community development initiatives across the country.  All efforts would be made to facilitate the transfer of credits for students who are attending the programme from other institutions.

For more details about the ISS, please visit the official website (www.issnewdelhi.in) or the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/InternationalSummerSchoolNewDelhi).

I would appreciate if your Office could inform all the concerned department(s) and relevant associations at the University of the Witwatersrand so that they may help create an interest among students at your institution as well as to explore the possibility of a potential collaboration so that the ISS may host students from the University of the Witwatersrand this summer.

Please feel free to contact me (aak@issnewdelhi.in) for any further information.

University of Oslo - International Summer School

Applications for 2013 - June 22 to August 2, 2013

The ISS offers 13 Bachelor's/Undergraduate courses mainly focusing on Norwegian Language, culture and society, and 8 Masters's/Graduate-level courses centered on topics of broad international interest. The courses adopt a comparative perspective , where the Norwegian case may serve as a basis for discussion.

Interested candidates start the application process by completing the online Pre-Application form: www.summerschool.uio.no
Scholarship forms are available only through the Pre-Application form.

The application deadline for scholarship applicants is February 1, 2013. (Applications must be postmarked by this date). Qualified self-paying/sponsored applicants may apply after February 1 and will be admitted as space permits.

The International Summer School (ISS) at the University of Oslo has offered intensive summer courses since 1947. Nearly 27,000 students from more than 150 countries have attended our program. In 2012, the ISS welcomed 585 students from over 90 different countries to six intensive weeks of learning both inside and outside the classroom. In 2009, UiO awarded the ISS the prize for "Best Learning Environment".

Further information about scholarships, the application process and the program itself, can be found on our website.

Embassy of France Bursaries

We are pleased to announce that the applications process for the Embassy of France bursaries for Masters' studies for 2013 - 2014 has now opened.  We are also renewing our call for applications for PhD grants for the coming year. 

Please see the documentation for both the Masters' and PhD bursaries below. Students do not need to have any prior French training, students from all disciplines are invited to apply.

Masters Information 2013
Application Form Bursary (Masters 2013)
Information PhD 2013 

For more information, contact:

Chrisna Bekker
CampusFrance - Embassy of France in South Africa
250 Melk Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk
0181 Pretoria
Office : +27 (0) 12 425 1721
Website : southafrica.campusfrance.org 
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/CampusFrance.ZA

ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP - UNIVERSITY OF PARIS-SUD

The University of Paris-Sud is inviting students in their final year of their Bachelors' degree in Chemistry or Physics to apply for the SERP-Chem Masters Program for 2013.

The International SERP-Chem Master is a two-year program in Surface, Electro, Radiation and Photo-Chemistry with elements of management, business, innovation, communication and patent law.  

The SERP-Chem Master aims at providing students with experimental and theoretical tools in areas of great relevance such as 

• Green Chemistry
• Nanomedicine
• Industrial and medicinal use of radiation
• Catalysis and industrial processes

A summer school that aims at developing the students' entrepreneurial skills is part of the Master.  Students will attend lectures in at least two different countries, among France, Italy, Portugal and Poland.  All the lectures for the course are in English while language courses will also be given. 

All students in their final year of Bachelor studies in Chemistry or Physics can apply.

A limited number of Erasmus Mundus scholarships are available to non-European students (which would amount to 1000 euro per month + 4000 euro per year).  

The deadline for applications for students to apply for the Eramus Mundus scholarship is 11 January 2013, whereas students who are able to secure their own funding may apply before 15 June 2013.  

Online submissions can be done at http://www.serp-chem.eu/

Please click on links below to see brochure and Promotion Letter

Brochure - SERP

Promotion Letter

CALL FOR SWISS SCHOLARSHIPS: 2013 INTAKE

Please take note of the following Swiss Scholarships that has been allocated to South Africa for the 2013 intake.  The Swiss Scholarships for 2013/2014 are granted for the following studies only i.e. Research Scholarships, PhD Scholarships and Post-doctoral Scholarships  

The Swiss Scholarship will only be awarded to applicants wishing to undertake a research project, a PhD or a Post-doc with no allocation to South Africa for a Bachelor or Master Scholarships  

The Swiss Scholarships are granted for studies at Swiss Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology (you will find a list of Swiss Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology on www.swissuni.ch.Candidates should not be older than 35 years (born before 1 January 1978) and a publication of the Swiss Education and Research landscape at: http://www.sbf.admin.ch/htm/dokumentation/publikationen/bildung/Campus_Switzerland_2011.pdf 

Before applying, candidates should establish if the Swiss institution will accept them as a student for their respective planned study program or research at the university concerned. Therefore, they will have to contact the Professor or the Administrator responsible for the PhD Scholarships, Post-doctoral Scholarships or Research Scholarships.  It is essential that a copy of this contact be part of the application file to ensue acceptance of the application. 

It is recommend that the applicants carefully read the files below and complete them accordingly: 

Application Procedure:  Please read and complete the attached documents below.  Each application form (attached) and all the annexed documents required should be send in triplicate, the same order as stated in the “Application guidelines”

Application Guidelines
Formulaire_candidature_ESKAS_2013-2014
Letter of recommendation
Medical Certificate 

OR

All the information for the application requirements specified, can be found on the website below; this link will take you directly to the Call for the Swiss Scholarships (2013-2014). 

http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/afri/vzaf/rkc-sa/visa/resid.html 

OR 

Please go to www.eda.admin.ch/pretoria. On the opening page there is a heading Swiss Scholarship (grey) to you right. Below the heading is the link that will take you directly to the Call for Swiss Scholarships 2013/2014.   

Awarding of the Swiss Scholarships: 

Applications are subject to preliminary selection by the relevant national authorities and/or the Swiss diplomatic representation. The short-listed applications are then analyzed by the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) which subsequently takes the final decision. 

The FCS is composed of University Professors from all the Swiss public Universities. Scholarship awards are decided on the basis of academic merit and the potential of their research proposal to produce scientific excellence.   

Thanking you in advance.  Please do not hesitate to contact our office on Tel: 012 452 0670 should you need any further information.  

Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa:Critical Perspectives in Peace, Security, and Development Issues 

The program, currently in its second year, responds to a shortage  of well-trained faculty now reaching crisis proportions in African higher education. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program offers fellowships to nurture the intellectual development and increase retention of early-career faculty in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. Applications are now being accepted. 

The program features three distinct competitive fellowship opportunities for early-career social science faculty who hold positions in accredited colleges and universities: 

* Doctoral dissertation proposal fellowship: Supporting short-term research costs of up to US$3,000 to develop a doctoral dissertation proposal. 

* Doctoral dissertation research fellowship: Supporting 9–12 months of dissertation research costs of up to US$15,000 on a topic related to peace,             security, and development. 

* Doctoral dissertation completion fellowship: Supporting a one-year leave from teaching responsibilities with a stipend of up  to US$15,000 to permit the    completion of a dissertation that advances research on peace, security, and development topics. 

Eligibility: 

All applicants must be citizens of and reside in a sub-Saharan African country while holding a current faculty position at an accredited college or university in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, or Uganda. Applicants for any of the funding opportunities offered through this program must have a master's degree and be working  toward completion of a doctoral degree. The program seeks to promote diversity and encourages women to apply.  

Additionally: 

* To be eligible for the US$3,000 dissertation proposal fellowship, applicants must be admitted to a PhD program by the start date of the fellowship    program and working to develop a dissertation proposal.  

* To be eligible for the US$15,000 dissertation research fellowship, applicants must have an approved dissertation proposal but will not yet have  undertaken substantial research (typically six or more months). 

* To be eligible for the US$15,000 dissertation completion fellowship applicants must be in the final year of writing and will have completed at least one  chapter. 

Thematic Priority: 

The program encourages innovative research on peace, security, and development topics. We envision supporting a diverse set of projects grappling with a range of processes using evidence-based research. Some, we hope, will examine large-scale phenomena and others small-scale social processes, so that some applicants, for example, might propose projects exploring global flows of refugees across country borders and continents while others might look at street theater in refugee camps. Similarly, some fellows might test the proposition that global financial markets contribute to peace and stability, while others might examine the role of local market culture in unstable regions. Above all, projects should advance important fields of study and social science knowledge. 

Application Process: 

Strong proposals will offer clear and concise descriptions of the project and its significance. Proposals should display thorough knowledge of the relevant social science literature that applicants will engage and the methodologies relevant to the project.  

In addition, applicants must demonstrate that all proposed activities are feasible and can be completed in a timely manner. All proposals will be  evaluated for these criteria by an independent, international committee of leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines.  

All applications must be submitted using the online application portal. The portal can be accessed at http://soap.ssrc.org/  

We anticipate awarding as many as 45 fellowships in total each year. 

Deadline:The next application deadline is December 1, 2012.  

For inquiries or technical questions pertaining to the online application portal, please contact SSRC staff from the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program: nextgenafrica@ssrc.org. 

This program is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Joint Projects Involving Wits:

Swiss Tropical Institute and the University of the Witwatersrand

Analyses of geographical patterns of malaria transmission and mortality in Africa using Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling, a project in the field of Medical Statistics.
CH: PD Dr. Penelope Vounatsou; SA: Dr. Kathleen Kahn

EPFL and the University of the Witwatersrand
Molecular mechanisms of propionate catabolism in Myobacterium tuberculosis, a project in the field of Experimental Microbiology.
CH: Prof. Dr. John McKinney; SA: Prof. Valerie Mizrahi

University of Zürich and the University of the Witwatersrand
Stem cell activity in the adult human hippocampus: its chronological sequence in life span, and comparability to potential animal models, a project in the field of Neurophysiology and Brain Research.
CH: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lipp: SA: Dr. Amadi Ogonda Ihunwo

University of Basel and the University of Witwatersrand
Safeguarding Democracy - Contests of Memory and Heritage, a project in the field of General History.
CH: Prof. Dr. Patrick Harries; SA: Prof. Sheila Meintjes 
 
In addition to supporting exchanges between faculty and students of Swiss and South African institutes of higher education, the grants on offer can be used for the participation in joint scientific conferences, seminars, workshops, as well as joint summer or winter schools.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Further information on the grant and application forms can be found on the website of the University of Basel International Affairs:
http://internationalaffairs.unibas.ch/priority-countries/south-africa/exchanges/. 

For questions or comments please contact Monika Kugemann, the International Affairs Assistant (monika.kugemann@unibas.ch).

Swiss South African Joint Research Programme (SSAJRP)

The Swiss South African Joint Research Programme (SSAJRP) is a bilateral research cooperation programme, established in 2007 by the Swiss and South African governments. Jointly funded by both governments, the programme aims at promoting scientific and technological cooperation between Switzerland and South Africa.

In South Africa, SSAJRP is governed by the Department of Science and Technology (www.dst.gov.za) and coordinated by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (www.csir.co.za). On the Swiss side, SSAJRP is administrated by the State Secretariat for Education and Research (www.sbf.admin.ch). The University of Basel (www.unibas.ch), as the Swiss Leading House for South Africa, and the Swiss Tropical Institute (www.sti.ch), as the Associated Leading House, jointly assume coordination and management responsibilities for Switzerland.

Under the programme 16 Joint Research Projects have been granted for the funding period 2008-2011 in the priority research areas Public Health & Biomedicine, Bio- & Nanotechnologies, and Human & Social Sciences. Currently the programme is providing funds for Student and Faculty Exchanges as networking instruments between Switzerland and South Africa (2009/2010).

Joint Projects Involving Wits:

Swiss Tropical Institute and the University of the Witwatersrand
Analyses of geographical patterns of malaria transmission and mortality in Africa using Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling, a project in the field of Medical Statistics.
CH: PD Dr. Penelope Vounatsou; SA: Dr. Kathleen Kahn

EPFL and the University of the Witwatersrand
Molecular mechanisms of propionate catabolism in Myobacterium tuberculosis, a project in the field of Experimental Microbiology.
CH: Prof. Dr. John McKinney; SA: Prof. Valerie Mizrahi 

University of Zurich and the University of the Witwatersrand
Stem cell activity in the adult human hippocampus: its chronological sequence in life span, and comparability to potential animal models, a project in the field of Neurophysiology and Brain Research.
CH: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Lipp: SA: Dr. Amadi Ogonda Ihunwo

University of Basel and the University of Witwatersrand
Safeguarding Democracy - Contests of Memory and Heritage, a project in the field of General History.
CH: Prof. Dr. Patrick Harries; SA: Prof. Sheila Meintjes

In addition to supporting exchanges between faculty and students of Swiss and South African institutes of higher education, the grants on offer can be used for the participation in joint scientific conferences, seminars, workshops, as well as joint summer or winter schools.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Further information on the grant and application forms can be found on the website of the University of Basel International Affairs:
http://internationalaffairs.unibas.ch/priority-countries/south-africa/exchanges/.

For questions or comments please contact Monika Kugemann, the International Affairs Assistant (monika.kugemann@unibas.ch).