Monthly Archives: July 2024

awards, competition, Events, Opportunities

COMMONS: WIKI LOVES EARTH IN NIGERIA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: 31 July, 2024

LOCATION: Nigeria

Wiki Loves Earth is an international photography competition to promote natural heritage sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). This is the fifth time Nigeria will be participating in the contest and it would be held during 1 June — 31 July 2024. In the first edition and second edition, over 1000 quality images were uploaded by participants in Nigeria. Everyone is welcome to get involved, whether as a participant (photographer), organizational volunteer, or both. Join us to contribute free-licensed images of natural heritages in Nigeria.

ELIGIBILITY:

All entries must be your own work; do not manipulate original images and make sure that there is no visible watermarks.
All photos must be uploaded within June 1st to July 31st, 2024, to be eligible
All photos must be licensed under CC BY-SA license
Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact
Captions and description are required
Do not forget to add categories to your picture as it will be helpful to everyone looking for your picture
Make sure that you are not uploading duplicate images

How to participate:
Sign in or Create a New Account on Wikimedia Commons
Name your photos well
Use our Upload Button at the top OR Click here to upload images
Share your upload success on social media with our hashtags: #WLENG #WLE2024.
And wait patiently for the results! All the best!

BENEFIT:

Up to N300,000 worth of prizes to be won

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master's, Opportunities, Scholarships

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY HIGHER DEGREE BY RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 30 September 2024

LOCATION: Australia

The 2025 Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship round is now open for domestic * and International applications. These scholarships are for commencement in a Higher Degree by Research at CDU between 6 January to 31 March 2025.

The application rounds (domestic and international) for scholarships for commencement in 2025(6 January to 31 March 2025) is open now. The Closing dates and Application Outcomes for the Domestic and International rounds: 

Domestic Closing date -31 October 2024 

Domestic Application Outcomes – Mid- December

 International Closing date – 30 September 2024

International Application Outcomes – Mid- November

ELIGIBILITY:

 Applicants must have a CDU supervisor to apply

Must be enrolled in an accredited HDR course of study at an Australian Higher Education Provider (HEP)

Demonstrate exceptional research potential to undertake an HDR.

Must not receive income from another source to support your general living costs while enrolled in a course of study if that income is greater than 75% of the RTP stipend rate.

BENEFIT:

Australian Government RTP Stipend Scholarships are awarded to students of exceptional research potential to undertake an HDR at an Australian university and are not automatically granted to all students. The scholarships are provided to assist with general living costs.

AU$32,192 (2024 rate) per annum tax-free for full-time students, paid in fortnightly instalments.

AU$16,096 (2024 rate) per annum, taxable, for part-time students, paid in fortnightly instalments.

Three years full-time for a doctoral degree and two years for a research Master’s degree. 

You must be enrolled in an accredited HDR course of study at an Australian Higher Education Provider (HEP) and demonstrate exceptional research potential to undertake an HDR.

You must not receive income from another source to support your general living costs while enrolled in a course of study if that income is greater than 75% of the RTP stipend rate.

Please note: income unrelated to your course of study or income received for your course of study but not for the purpose of supporting general living costs is not considered.

Additional benefits include:

paid sick leave

maternity leave

relocation allowance. The relocation allowance for RTP stipend recipients is up to $2,000 for domestic students and $2,500 for international students. Conditions apply.

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