Master Study Grants for International Students at USI in Switzerland

Master study Grants for international students at university of Italian Switzerland are offered in Economics, Communication Sciences and Informatics. The Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI will award a total of 60 one-off study grants of the amount of 4’000 CHF each. The grant is awarded in the form of a deduction of the tuition fee and cannot be exchanged for cash. The application deadline is July 31st, 2013 and candidates will be notified till August 16th, 2013.

Scholarship Description: 

The Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI will award a total of 60 one-off study grants of the amount of 4’000 CHF each for the 2013-14 academic year. The merit based grants are given to first year students admitted to a USI Master program starting in September 2013. The grant is awarded in the form of a deduction of the tuition fee and cannot be exchanged for cash. The grant cannot be combined or accumulated with other scholarships provided by USI.

Study Subject (s): 

Grants are provided to study any one of the courses offered by faculties of Economics, Communication Sciences and Informatics.
Course Level: 

These Grants are available for pursuing master’s degree .
Scholarship Provider: 

The Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI.

Eligibility:

• The applicant must have obtained the Bachelor degree (all examinations taken and thesis defended) by July 31st, 2013 with a cumulative grade point average of at least 80/100.
• Applicants must have been admitted to the first year of a USI Master degree beginning in September 2013. Applications from students enrolled in a USI Master before Sept 1st, 2013 will not be considered.

What does it cover? 

60 one-off study grants of the amount of 4’000 CHF each will be awarded. The grant is awarded in the form of a deduction of the tuition fee and cannot be exchanged for cash.

Selection Criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on the merit based, grants are given to first year students admitted to a USI Master program. Merit is determined by the results of the academic degree that gives access to the Master program (usually the Bachelor’s).

How to Apply: Applications must be sent by e-mail to: borsestudio-at-usi.ch and studygrants-at-usi.ch.

Application Deadline: The application deadline is July 31st, 2013.

For more information, please visit the official website at http://www.g-scholarship.com/2013/07/master-study-grants-for-international.html

Learning Events Programme for Researchers from Developing Countries, Switzerland

Aims and rationale

Learning events enhance the educational, scientific and training competencies of individual researchers as well as their research institutions. KFPE’s Learning Events Programme supports researchers from developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America involved in research partnerships with a Swiss institution and promotes interdisciplinary and intercultural learning. 

Swiss institutions and/or their partners in developing countries are invited to submit proposals for the learning events. Learning and training content should include soft skills, theories, methods, integrated approaches, thematic specialisations, and inter- and transdisciplinary working methods.

A first call was launched 29 April 2013 with two calls to follow in 2014. A total of CHF 300'000.- are available for the programme.

For the 2013 call, applications may be submitted until 1 June 2013. A decision will be taken within one month after submission.

Eligibility criteria

• Applications must originate from a Swiss research/educational institution or a partner institution in a developing country. Applicants from developing countries must provide a letter of support from the head of the Swiss partner institution. All administrative issues must be coordinated by the Swiss institution (e.g. contract, money transfer, reporting etc.).
• Applications must explicitly focus on learning for researchers from developing countries and promote the exchange between researchers from Switzerland and their partners from developing countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America (least developed, low income as well as lower middle income countries and territories - according to the OECD DAC List).
• Supported researchers must hold a graduate degree (master level), or be PhD students or Post-Docs from Africa, Asia or Latin America.
• Learning events must last from a minimum of 5 days to a maximum of 1 month.
  
  

Expenses covered

• Local costs for participating students and trainers from developing countries (e.g. accommodation, food, excursions, local transport) will be covered by the grant. Travel costs for researchers from developing countries to the learning events are also financed.
• Costs for participating students from Switzerland (e.g. travel, accommodation etc.) have to be borne by the students themselves or their home institution.
• A share of the costs for the preparation and realisation of thelearning events is also covered. As a rule of thumb, costs are covered proportionately to the ratio of participants from developing countries, independent of the location of the learning event (global South or Switzerland).

Application requirements

• Description of the activity (3-5 pages):
  - focus, goals, and target groups of the learning event
  - added value or learning effect for participants
  - number of trainees
  - organisational issues (e.g. involved organisations, responsibilities, etc.)
  - budget summary (including secured third-party funding sources)
  - programme outline;
• Letters of support and/or interest by both a Swiss institution and a partner institution in the global South (max. one page each);
• A short CV of the main applicant, including a list of recent publications; maximum 2 pages in length.
• Detailed budget plan showing other contributions (in-kind or cash) accepted and requests made to other funding organisations.

Upon realisation of the learning event, a fact sheet of 2 pages must be produced for publication on the KFPE website. Learning and teaching materials will be made accessible via the KFPE website where copyright allows.

Applications will be selected for funding by a small committee consisting of KFPE members and a representative of SDC. There is no right to appeal the decision of the committee.

Applications should be submitted electronically to the following address:

KFPE
Schwarztorstr. 9
3007 Bern
Switzerland
kfpe@scnat.ch
www.kfpe.ch

Download the General Information of this programme

Swiss Government Scholarship Program

The Swiss Government through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS) grants limited number of scholarships to Indonesian postgraduates. There are three types of scholarships offered for Indonesia:

• Research scholarships
• PhD scholarships
• Postdoctoral scholarships

The specific information on the scholarships as well as requirements of application documents is available  here

The application package can be downloaded on this website.
Applications will not be taken into consideration if they do not meet all of the following requirements:

1. Applicants shall fulfill the eligibility criteria listed on the  internet
      
2. Applicants must provide a confirmation letter from a professor of a Swiss academic institution willing to supervise the research
       
3. In the case where PhD is run within a structured doctoral school, applicants must provide an admission letter or at least the proof that they are being considered for admission
       
4. Applicants shall only apply at one Swiss university/federal institute/teaching and research institute.
        
5. The application documents have to be put in order as indicated on the  internet

The complete application documents should be submitted to Embassy of Switzerland in Jakarta at the latest on November 16, 2012. Only some short-listed applicants will be invited for an interview in December 2012 at Embassy of Switzerland in Jakarta.


Further information:
Mrs. Melinda Djohansjah
Tel.: +62 21 525 6061 Ext. 319
E-mail:  jak.vertretung@eda.admin.ch

visit the official website at http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/reps/asia/vidn/embjar/schola.html

Nestle Scholarship for Women, Switzerland

IMD is once again encouraging talented women executives to apply for its annual Nestlé Scholarship, which offers CHF 25,000 towards the cost of the school’s prestigious MBA program.

“Like Nestlé, IMD strongly believes that there should be more women in management, and one way that we can contribute is by giving more women the opportunity to study at top business schools,” says Jim Pulcrano, an Executive Director at IMD. “We don’t want deserving women to put off studying at IMD due to the cost of the program, which is why the criteria for this scholarship include both academic excellence and financial need.”

The current scholarship holder, Rachna Dayal of India, chose IMD for its international perspective – something that she says is critical in an increasingly globalized marketplace. So far she has found the program both intense and hectic. “This is good, as I came here expecting no less,” says Dayal, who trained as an engineer before moving into business development. “I believe that IMD is doing an excellent job in preparing us for challenging careers. Management jobs today are complex and demanding, and IMD provides the right mix of tools that are helping us to develop and grow as skilled managers. I am also impressed by IMD’s willingness to help and support us in personal growth, which provides the right foundation for corporate leadership and responsibility.”

The Nestlé MBA Scholarship was established in 1996 after a team of women MBAs from the class of 1995 completed a project called “Changing the shape of business” and then Nestlé gladly agreed to fund the scholarship.

Eligibility

Women candidates who have already applied to the full-time IMD MBA program and who demonstrate financial need.
Employees of Nestlé and its subsiduaries are not elegible.

Criteria 

1) Acceptance into the IMD MBA Program
2) Submitting an essay discussing the issue:
'Does diversity in management impact the bottom line? If so, how?'
(maximum 750 words)

IMD MBA scholarship conditions

Applicants must have been accepted into the IMD MBA program prior to their application.

Our scholarship applications are essay based, with winning essays typically including the following features:

• Relevance to the essay title
• Organization and structure
• Fully developed arguments
• Persuasiveness
• Personal element and/or passion

IMD reserves the right not to award a scholarship if the criteria are not met to the satisfaction of the jury/sponsors.

Application Deadline: September 30, 2012

Contact

Scholarship essays, or questions, should be sent to mbafinance@imd.ch

For further information, please visit the official website www.imd.org