Hi u all,

Lets us all put here all the educational resources we come across.
I am sure you all (esp those in the west, like myself) come across numerous
opportunties in the academic sphere.
This will be of great help to those who back home (esp the sisters!).

We all need a bit of a bush on the road for a purpose driven life,
BrownSuga, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


For the sisters:
I. Quick Guide: Funding for gender issues is declining in almost all development
sectors. Women's groups should therefore build on their fundraising skills
and look to alternative funding sources.

- Funding Sources for Gender-Equality and Women-focused Projects,
BRIDGE (ed.), 2006
This document is a list of potential funding sources for gender
equality and women-focused projects.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_genderfunding.htm

- Scholarships, BRIDGE (ed.), 2006
This resource provides information on grants for women needing support
for study, research and training.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/bridge_genderscholarships.htm

- Where is the Money for Women's Rights? Assessing the Role of Donors
in the Promotion of Women's Rights and the Support of Women's Rights
Organizations, Clark, C., Sprenger, E., VeneKlasen, L., of Just Associates
in collaboration with Alpizar Duran, L. and Kerr, J. of AWID, 2005
This study shows the recent trends in the financing of women's rights
work and organisations.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/AWID_moneyforwomensrights.htm

- Writing a Funding Proposal, Shapiro, J./CIVICUS, 2005
A toolkit on how to prepare, write and follow-up funding proposals.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/shapiro_fundingproposal.htm

- Women's Fundraising Handbook (English, French and Spanish), Global
Fund for Women, 2005
This handbook draws on the expertise of Global Fund for Women staff and
provides advice on raising money to fund women's rights work.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/globalfund_fundraisinghandbook.htm

- Guide for Designing Results-Oriented Projects and Writing Successful
Proposals (English and Spanish), IPPF, 2002
A guide on how to design projects and get funding for them.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/IPPF_proposalguide.htm

- Making A Difference: New Wealth, Women & Philanthropy: Partnerships
For Supporting Women & Girls, 2001
This tool explains how women's funding organisations can target newly
wealthy women.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/fundingnetwork_womenphilanthropy.htm

You can find additional resources on Funding through the Simple Search
function: http://www.siyanda.org/search/

Gender-based violence (GBV) will be the next Quick Guide theme. Users
are invited to suggest resources on this topic for possible inclusion in
the database: http://www.siyanda.org/addinfo/ Please also visit the
archive section to view past Quick Guide themes:
http://www.siyanda.org/quick_guide.htm

V. Features: New! Funding and Scholarships Sections
=================================
In response to users' information requests, and to complement this
month's update, BRIDGE added two new topics - Gender Funding and
Scholarships - in the Participate section:
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120060118122711
Please check regularly for new additions, and feel free to post gender
funding and scholarships opportunities by clicking on Add Comment.

See the full Participate section where you can engage in discussions,
or view and add events, calls for papers and vacancies:
http://www.siyanda.org/participate.shtml
Also see the User's Corner to view and/or add newsletters, meeting
reports, and short papers
http://www.siyanda.org/forum/xviewthread.cfm?Thread=120030204122635



For all:
1. Scholarships for MA students from Africa
- Deadline 1 March 2007 -

In close cooperation with Leiden University, the African Studies Centre
offers a two-year Research Masters in African Studies (MPhil). The
degree qualifies graduates for further research in academia at PhD
level, or for positions in policy-making and/or in management, for
example in the NGO sector. More information is made available on our
website www.ascleiden.nl/research/MPhil/

For this Research MA in African Studies we have been looking for
scholarship options for African students.
It turned out that African students are only seldom eligible for
scholarships. However, very recently the NUFFIC decided to change these
criteria for the Huygens Scholarship Programme (HSP). Eligibility is no
longer restricted to certain nationalities. Moreover, tuition fees are
included in the scholarships.

Since the new criteria were formulated only recently, NUFFIC will
accept applications as late as March 1.

Prior to the application, candidates must have been admitted to a study
programme in the Netherlands. Persons who want to compete for this
scholarship in order to participate in the Research MA in African
Studies should apply NOW.

Application forms can be downloaded from:
http://masters.leidenuniv.nl//content_docs/applmasters.pdf

Information Huygens Scholarship Programme on the NUFFIC website:
www.nuffic.nl/huygens/

For advice or information, please contact:

Dr. Sabine Luning
Academic Coordinator Research MA in African Studies
Wassenaarseweg 52
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
e-mail sluning@ascleiden.nl
tel +31 (0)71 527 3364
fax +31 (0)71 527 3344
website: www.ascleiden.nl

2. Master and PhD Programs
Master of Peace and Security Studies in Hamburg

http://www.ifsh.de/IFSH_english/studium/mps.htm

Deadline: March 15th, 2007

Admission Requirements The course is designed for students who wish to work in the fields of peace studies or peace- and security-policy. Applicants must have 240 points ECTS (usually a four-year course in no matter what discipline) and must have achieved an honours degree at a German or foreign university.

3. Int'l PhD Program in Developmental and Cellular Decisions, NICE, France

http://www.unice.fr/isdbc/interdec/

Deadline: February 28st, 2007

4. PhD/MPhil Studentships in Computer Sciences - University of Wales, Swansea
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Computer Science

http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csmarkus/EPSRC/dataAndprocesses.html

5. MA on European politics and Policies programme, Belgium

http://soc.kuleuven.be/pol/mepp.htm

6. Master of Science in International Health Policy and Management, Brandeis University

http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid/

7. Ph.D in Aquatic Ecology - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

http://personal.slu.se//ledans/20060126-135920E.htm

8. Northern Institute of Technology’s MBA Program in Law & Management and Master of Science

http:// www.nithh.de

9. PhD Fellows in Economics and Business, Groningen University, the Netherlands

http://som.rug.nl

10. PhD positions in the Robust Mathematical Modeling program

http://www.scmsa.com/student_offer.pdf

Contact: Bernard.Beauzamy@scmsa.com

11. Postgraduate Studentship - University of East Anglia: Competition Policy

http://www.ccp.uea.ac.uk

12. PhD in Soil Science - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

http://personal.slu.se//ledans/20060125-144905S.htm

13. Master of Laws (LL.M.) & J.S.D. (Doctor of the Science of Laws) in Human Rights, Miami 2006

http://www.stu.edu/humanrights

14. CEE: Public Policy Master Program at CEU

http://www.ceu.hu/mpp,

Full or Partial Financial Aid:
Financial aid for 2006/7 at Northwestern University

-http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/intl/

-http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/intl/financing/

-Boston Univ. - College of Engineering Financial Aid information
http://www.bu.edu/bulletins/eng/item06.html

-The Research Grants Program of the Center for Tropical Forest Science

-http://www.ctfs.si.edu

Contact: ctfslist@stridc.si.edu

-NSF grants for Mathematical Social & Behav. Sciences

-http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11683&org=SBE&from=home

-Grants for Visiting Researchers, Bank of Portugal

http://www.bportugal.pt/default_e.htm
Contact: info@bportugal.pt.

- Hugh Davis Graham in American Political/Policy History
http://www.politicalhistory.org/

-Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Travel Grants Program
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/hpgrants.htm
Deadline: MARCH 15 and SEPTEMBER 15 (each year).

-Wilson-Zells Academic Grant
http://www.pmi.org/pmief/scholarships.htm

Browny,
U r a genius!

Thank you so much for posting this.
This very helpful to us all.

Can u plz tell me more about the
agricultural posts, i mean i have been to their site,
but do u personally know of them, etc.

Plz reply soonest.
And once more thank u!!

Chima A.B

and by the way,
plz do keep posting these helpful information whne u come across it,
i will too
God bless you