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Upcoming Fellowship Meetings: Feb 26, March 5, March 12

Lisa Gates / / Education, Fellowships, Graduate School Funding, STEM, Study Abroad, UK

Join me on those dates to learn more about fellowships for rising seniors and young alumni! Here’s the schedule:

  • Overview of Fall Fellowships (British, Watson, Fulbright), Thursday, February 26, 6:30-7:30 pm in Hillcrest 103
  • Preparing a Nomination Application for the British Scholarships: Thursday, March 5, 6:30-7:30 pm in Hillcrest 103
  • Preparing Proposals for the Fulbright and Watson: Thursday, Thursday, March 12, 6:30-7:30 pm in Hillcrest 103

For more info, you know where to go– go/fellowships!

PhD funding at Newcastle University (UK) for International Students

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships, Graduate School Funding, STEM

Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE) Doctoral Training Awards (2015 Entry)

Closing Date: 12th March 2015

Details:

The Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering is now accepting applications from outstanding UK/EU and International students to join our Faculty Doctoral Training Scheme.

The Faculty has 25 Doctoral Training Awards to the value of £500,000. Each award is:

• Set at the fixed sum of £20,000 per year towards tuition fees and living costs
• Available for a maximum of four years (£80,000)

Opportunities are available across the broad themes of:

• Big Data for Cloud Computing
• Biomedical Engineering
• Earth Systems Engineering and Science
• Energy
• Food Security and Ecology
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Materials
• Physics
• Synthetic Biology

Click here for more information!

Scholarship Opportunities at King’s College London

Lisa Gates / / Graduate School Funding, UK

For students thinking about studying in the UK: King’s is pleased to announce three new scholarships for international students pursuing graduate study in 2015.

King’s President’s International Scholarships
Twenty international students will be selected to receive this scholarship. The maximum award is £10,000. Applications must be received by 17:00 GMT, 31st March 2015. See the Application Guide for further details.

Canadian Friends Award for Masters Students
One scholarship of £1,000 will be awarded to a Canadian resident undertaking a full-time masters programme at King’s beginning in 2015. Applications must be received by 17:00 GMT, 31st March 2015. See the Application Guide for further details.

Friends of King’s College London Association Scholarship
One scholarship of $2,000 USD will be awarded to a USA resident undertaking a full-time masters programme at King’s beginning in 2015. Applications must be received by 17:00 GMT, 31st March 2015. See the Application Guide for further details.

Other departmental funding opportunities are also available. Please see the Postgraduate Funding Database for a complete list.

Additional Notes for UK Scholarship Nominations

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships, Graduate School Funding, UK

A few miscellaneous notes:

1. selecting a region for the Marshall/Rhodes–you should not need to determine that at the nomination stage. If you are nominated, we can discuss. You must choose a region before submitting–but you will be able to save or print to a pdf without that. I trust it is similar with the Rhodes application–but harder for me to see the online environment. The  issue is, if invited for an interview, you will need to travel to the district you select (based on where you reside or where you study–and these may be different). Happy to discuss the choice with you after nomination.

2. where are the applications accessed? on the specific foundation’s website! see go/fellowships for links if you need them.

Well, can’t recall the third, so am stopping here!

Applying for Nomination for British Scholarships?

Lisa Gates / / Fellowships, Graduate School Funding, UK

Here are your instructions:

Submit the following as a SINGLE pdf to fellowships@middlebury.edu:

  • A good working draft of the relevant application (Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes)–you can save or print to pdf. Note: NO LETTERS OF REFERENCE AT THIS POINT. However, we do need to know who you intend to ask for letters. If entering that data automatically triggers an email request to the recommender, you can simply add a page listing the names of people you intend to ask to write on your behalf.
  • A degree progress report. You do not need to submit an official transcript at this stage.
  • A current resume

Your materials are due by 5pm on Monday, September 2. Once I know who is applying, I will send you information about signing up for an interview with the British Scholarship Committee, to take place the week of September 8th (but not on the first day of classes–I assure you!).

Any questions or difficulties or if I’ve overlooked anything, let us know at fellowships@middlebury.edu or by phone 802-443-3026. Please note: Colleen and I will both be out of the office from August 20-26.

If you are applying for the Gates-Cambridge, you do not need to apply for nomination. I am happy to talk with you about your application, provide feedback on essays etc, but you apply directly to that scholarship–see instructions on the Gates-Cambridge website.