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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON (UCL) GLOBAL MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 

Application Deadline: 5pm BST, Tuesday 7 May 2024

LOCATION: England

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower income backgrounds to pursue full-time Master’s degree studies at UCL.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates can be from any country outside the UK but must fulfill all of the following criteria:

be eligible to pay the Overseas fee rate;

come from a lower income background*;

AND have submitted a complete admission application (including the submission of references) for a full-time Master’s degree at UCL in 2024/25.  Please note: Distance-learning options are not eligible for this fund; students must be coming to the UK to attend UCL in person.

BENEFIT:

There are up to 85 (eighty-five) scholarships available in 2024/25 with five aimed specifically at students from India.

The value of the bursary is £15,000.

The scholarship is tenable for one year only unless the full-time programme is 2yrs in length.  In that case the scholarship will be paid 50% in each year.

The UCL Global Masters Scholarship may be held alongside other scholarships, studentships, awards, or bursaries. The amount of the UCL award may be adjusted depending on the total value of other funds received by the student.

Scholarship recipients are obliged to inform the UCL Student Funding Office immediately of any other funding they are awarded towards their UCL Master’s degree studies, before or subsequent to the UCL Global Masters Scholarship being awarded.

The scholarship will first be applied to the recipient’s tuition fees, with any remainder payable to the recipient in three equal instalments, throughout the academic year, towards maintenance.

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ARTURO FALASCHI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: 31 March 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

ICGEB offers competitive Postdoctoral Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment. The most successful fellows will also be eligible, upon completion, to apply for ICGEB Early Career Research Grants to support their own research programmes as young PIs upon return to an ICGEB Member State.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be nationals of an ICGEB Member State and may not apply for fellowships to be undertaken in their country of origin, unless they have been working abroad for, at least, the last 3 years and at the time of application.

Degree requirements: applicants should hold a recent PhD in Life Sciences or have at least 3 years research experience.

Preference is given to candidates below the age of 35.

Duration: 2 years with the possibility of a 1-year extension.

Starting Date: Trieste, Italy: 1 October 2024, New Delhi, India: 1 October 2024, and Cape Town, South Africa: 1 October 2024

BENEFIT:

The Fellowships comprise a very competitive package including stipend, health insurance and additional benefits:

Monthly stipend: Trieste (Italy): Euro 2,000, New Delhi (India): US$ 1,590, Cape Town (South Africa): ZAR 23,000.

Travel: the fellowship includes provision for travel expenses from the participant’s home country to the ICGEB lab at the beginning of the fellowship and a return travel provision upon completion of the fellowship.

Medical health insurance coverage is provided for the duration of the fellowship.

All Research costs will be supported by the research group’s budget.

Visa/permit of stay application and renewal costs are reimbursed.

Support for participation in Meetings and Courses is generally provided by the Group Leader / PI.

ICGEB makes no financial provision, nor can it provide administrative support for family members of participants in the programme.

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