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BROCK UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

Application Deadline: 1 April, 2024

LOCATION: Canada

The International Student Ambassador Program is to recognize international students who exemplify the mission and vision of Brock University due to their academic achievements and/or community engagement both on and off Brock University campus.

ELIGIBILITY:

May be awarded to up to 10 international students each year.

For consideration for this award, an international student is defined as an individual who pays international student tuition fees to Brock University for the entirety of the academic year awarded. Those who hold permanent Resident or Refugee status within Canada are not eligible to apply. Those holding Dual Citizenship between Canada and another country are not eligible.

Student must be registered in either full time Undergraduate or Graduate Studies.

Student Ambassadors can apply at the time of admission to Brock University or in any year starting in Year 1 of Undergraduate or Graduate studies

Students registered in ESL, Bridging, Certificate or ISP programs are not eligible.

Students who intend to enroll in a co-op work term in the fall/winter academic terms are not eligible.

Any international student nominated for the program must be in good academic standing and pay international tuition fees to qualify as an international student at Brock University.

BENEFIT:

Successful International Student Ambassador positions will be granted domestic tuition fee on a year- by year basis following the academic calendar for students entering in Fall term.

Student Ambassadors may receive the award for a maximum of two years.

Those selected to be International Student Ambassadors will be charged the equivalent of domestic tuition fees.

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ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPMENT (E4D) DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

Application Deadline: 30 April, 2024. 

LOCATION: Switzerland

The goal of the Engineering for Development (E4D) Programme is to promote research and education for people in low-​income countries. The E4D Programme is generously funded through the external pageSawiris Foundation for Social Developmentcall_made and the external pageSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.call_made

ELIGIBILITY:

The general entrance requirements for doctoral studies at the ETH Zurich1 and the respective department must be fulfilled.

Experience in the selected research area is required.

Candidates must be citizens of low- and lower-middle-income countries according to the OECD DAC-2024-25 list classification. 2

The candidate submits the Concept Note Application Form 2024 to the E4D programme office by e-mail to e4d@sl.ethz.ch. Only concept notes fulfilling all indicated requirements will be take into consideration and will be evaluated by the ETH4D Committee for Exchanges with regard to
their suitability for the second step. The deadline for submitting concept notes is 30 April 2024

BENEFIT:

The grant sum is 200’000 CHF to cover the salary costs of the doctoral students for three years. ETH professors cover the 4th year of the doctoral studies as well as costs related to the research itself.

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