TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
Course(s) Offered: Natural sciences
Course Level: Graduate (PhD fellowships)
Provider: TWAS, USM
Country to Study in: Malaysia
Scholarship Description
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in addition to its partner organization, the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), offering the TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for international students.
The TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme is for immature scientists from developing countries (other than Malaysia) who want to pursue studies towards a PhD bird inward the natural sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Applicants must concur an MSc every bit a minimum degree, in addition to too must non live inward a higher identify the approved historic menses limit. Under this program, at that topographic point is no sandwich option.
Applications are sought in addition to invited from suitably qualified candidates from developing countries yesteryear TWAS in addition to USM, for the TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. All applications must live submitted earlier the announced deadline date.
Eligibility
Applicants for these fellowships must run across the next criteria:
Course(s) Offered: Natural sciences
Course Level: Graduate (PhD fellowships)
Provider: TWAS, USM
Country to Study in: Malaysia
Scholarship Description
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in addition to its partner organization, the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), offering the TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme for international students.
The TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme is for immature scientists from developing countries (other than Malaysia) who want to pursue studies towards a PhD bird inward the natural sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Applicants must concur an MSc every bit a minimum degree, in addition to too must non live inward a higher identify the approved historic menses limit. Under this program, at that topographic point is no sandwich option.
Applications are sought in addition to invited from suitably qualified candidates from developing countries yesteryear TWAS in addition to USM, for the TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. All applications must live submitted earlier the announced deadline date.
Eligibility
Applicants for these fellowships must run across the next criteria:
- Be a maximum historic menses of 35 years on 31 Dec of the application year.
- Be nationals of a developing province (other than Malaysia).
- Must not concur whatever visa for temporary or permanent residency inward Malaysia or whatever developed country.
- Hold a Master's bird inward a champaign of natural sciences.
- Provide an official Acceptance Letter from the USM Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS). Requests for Acceptance Letters must live directed to Prof. Rozman Hj Din, Dean, Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS) (at emails: dean_ips@usm.my in addition to twasusm@gmail.com ) who volition facilitate assignment of a host supervisor. The credence missive of the alphabet must come upwardly from the IPS Dean (and non from whatever Head of Department or supervisors at USM).
- In contacting the IPS Dean applicants must accompany their asking for an Acceptance Letter amongst ALL the next documents:
- copy of an updated CV;
- a brusque write-up of query proposal (maximum five pages);
- scanned copies of certificates, academic transcripts (certified truthful re-create of Bachelor in addition to Master bird certificates) amongst CGPA 3.5 in addition to inward a higher identify in addition to related credentials;
- two referee letters;
- provide evidence of proficiency inward English linguistic communication (TOFEL or IELTS);
- a scanned re-create of the forepart page of their publications.
- Only requests for credence letters that incorporate ALL the inward a higher identify required documents volition live processed yesteryear the IPS, USM.
- Be financially responsible for whatever accompanying identify unit of measurement members.
- Provide evidence of proficiency inward English linguistic communication (TOFEL or IELTS).
- Provide evidence that s/he volition render to her/his domicile province on completion of the fellowship;
- Not convey upwardly other assignments during the menses of her/his fellowship.
Citizens of ANY developing province (EXCEPT Malaysia)
Participating Institutions
TWAS-USM Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable inward the departments, institutions in addition to laboratories of the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
Fields of study
Fellowships are for studies leading to a PhD bird inward the natural sciences. The linguistic communication of education is English. Approved fields are:
- Agricultural Sciences
- Structural, Cell in addition to Molecular Biology
- Biological Systems in addition to Organisms
- Medical in addition to Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Engineering Sciences
- Astronomy, Space in addition to footing Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physics
Tenable for a menses of upwardly to iii years (renewable yearly)
Scholarship benefits
USM volition supply a measure monthly allowance which should live used to embrace living costs, such every bit accommodation, nutrient in addition to wellness insurance.
Method of Application
Applicants tin apply for preliminary credence letters from their chosen host institutes nether the chosen fellowship programme good earlier the opening appointment of the telephone telephone (please see eligibility above). The laurels of the fellowship is champaign of report to obtaining inward due course of education a lastly offering missive of the alphabet of admission from USM that must live approved yesteryear the relevant USM School. Upon receipt of the USM-TWAS laurels missive of the alphabet from TWAS, candidates volition postulate to contact inward due course of education the Institute of Postgraduate Studies (IPS) of USM to apply for the lastly offering letter. In illustration the application for the lastly offering missive of the alphabet of admission is non approved yesteryear USM, the laurels volition instruct nil in addition to void.
The academic yr inward Malaysia begins inward September in addition to the instant semester inward Feb of each year, next the yr of application. Candidates volition enrol for their PhD at a USM department/laboratory in addition to must unwrap USM's academic calendar in addition to live ready to start their fellowship on the kickoff 24-hour interval of classes/courses.
STARTING IN 2018 APPLICATIONS CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE PORTAL- PLEASE USE THE "APPLY NOW" BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OFFICIAL PAGE (link to it is below) TO START YOUR APPLICATION.
DEADLINES:
Opening appointment for this fellowship is 1st June 2018, piece the closing appointment is 31 August 2018
PLEASE NOTE:
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) aims for the advancement of scientific discipline inward developing countries. TWAS is an autonomous international organization, founded inward 1983 inward Trieste, Italy, yesteryear a distinguished grouping of scientists from the South to promote scientific capacity in addition to excellence for sustainable evolution inward the South.
University of Science, Malaysia (Universiti Sains Malaysia; aka USM) is a populace academy inward Malaysia. There are iii campuses: i on the isle of Penang (Main Campus), i inward Kelantan (Health Campus), in addition to i inward Nibong Tebal (Engineering Campus).
Application Deadline: 31 August 2018
Open to International Applicants: Yes
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