Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation (AISF) Scholarship

Award Details



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Award Name:
AISF Scholarship 

Description:
Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation (AISF) offers scholarships to Ph.D. candidates enrolled in graduate schools located in the Kanto area of Japan. 

For study in:
Asia 

Field of Study:
Unrestricted/Other 

Available to:
Unrestricted/Worldwide 

Award Amount:
200,000 yen per month 

Type of Award:
Scholarship 

Grade Level:
Doctoral 

Submission Deadline:
September 30th 

Contact Information



Contact Information
3-5-8 Sekiguchi
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo, 112-0014
Japan 

Contact Name/Title
Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation 

Phone
03-3943-7612 

Fax
03-3943-1512 

URL

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Alfred Bader Scholarship

Award Details


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Award Name:
Alfred Bader Scholarship 

Description:
For members of the Canadian Society for Chemistry who have excelled in organic chemistry or biochemistry. 

For study in:
Unrestricted/Worldwide 

Field of Study:
Computer Sciences / IT 

Available to:
Canada 

Award Amount:
1,000 Canadian dollars 

Type of Award:
Scholarship 

Grade Level:
Undergraduate 

Submission Deadline:
May 15th 


Contact Information



Contact Information
Chemical Institute of Canada
130 Slater St. Suite 550
Ottawa, ON ON K1P 6E2
Canada 

Contact Name/Title
Diane Goltz, Program Manager 

Phone
613-232-6252 

Fax
613-232-5862 

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The Asian and Pacific Islander American ScholarshiThe Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)

The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is based in Washington, DC, and is the country’s largest non-profit organization devoted solely to providing scholarships for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Since its formation in 2003, APIASF has distributed more than $730,000 in one-time scholarships to high-school students in the United States, the Freely Associated States and the United States Territories who are entering college for the first time. APIASF is also the administrator of the Gates Millennium Scholars/APIA, which provides outstanding low-income Asian and Pacific Islander American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any discipline they choose. Supporters of APIASF include members of the general public and a wide spectrum of community and professional leaders, organizations and corporations.

Information and applications for the 2008-2009 academic school year will be available this fall. All applicants must be entering college as first-time degree seeking freshmen in 2008. All applications will be due in January 2008. Please check back for exact dates. More...

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The Westminster MBA , London

The Westminster MBA offers a wide ranging, professionally orientated MBA of high quality. It is practical in its focus, and integrated in its treatment of the contributing disciplines of management. Our MBA is flexible in its structure and delivery, and international in its scope, content and constituency. The program aims to enhance aspiring middle managers' mastery of the practice of management and to sharpen their business acumen. The programme also aims to assist those managers to accelerate or re-orient their careers. It furnishes them with a critical appreciation of the necessary conceptual and practical tools of modern management. A final project allows the participant to develop specialist approaches, reinforced by the choice of appropriate options. An added bonus for students is the University's central location which allows convenient access to all that London has to offer.

The Westminster MBA offers you the chance to study for an internationally recognised MBA degree in the heart of London. The Westminster MBA is accredited by AMBA, the Association of MBAs, which is one of the major UK and international organisations responsible for quality assurance in management education.

Westminster Business School provides a flexible and personalised learning environment which combines the best of traditional and innovative approaches to management education. The School’s MBA is a general management programme designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to become an effective senior manager in today’s rapidly changing business environment.

Our part-time MBA programme is aimed at those who live and work in the London region or who can easily commute on a regular basis. For the full-time programme we welcome applications from anywhere in the world, from suitably qualified candidates who think they would benefit from the Westminster MBA experience. The knowledge and skills acquired on the programme are readily transferable and applications are encouraged from public sector organisations well as the private sector.

If you have a first degree and at least three years of significant work experience beyond graduation, then you can explore this website to see how well our London-based programme meets your needs for a professional MBA qualification.

Scholarships

  • Amount: 50% tuition fee waivers.
  • Eligibility: You must hold an offer for the part-time MBA degree.
  • Criteria: Academic excellence, career progression and financial need. Preference will be given to you if you work in the voluntary or public sector.
  • Five Scholarships.
  • Deadline: 19 December 2007


Entry Requirements

They are looking for managers who can provide evidence of the capacity and drive to complete an intensive MBA programme. They select students with a strong desire to learn, who can study both independently and in groups, and who expect to thrive within an international student body.

Successful applicants for the programme will demonstrate how they meet these requirements with:

  • A good undergraduate degree or an equivalent professional qualification
  • At least three years of significant work experience beyond graduation
  • A GMAT score of at least 550 if you cannot be interviewed
  • Fluency in the English language, either as a native speaker or demonstrated via a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or a minimum TOEFL score of 600 (paper)/250 (computer)/100(internet).


Applications
You can apply for entry online here. Your application will be dealt with as quickly as possible and we can normally give you a decision within 2 weeks, so long as you provide all of the required information.

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