Microsoft Undergraduate Scholarships, USA

A Microsoft scholarship provides a leg up so you can pursue undergraduate studies in computer science and related technical disciplines. You’ll join a community of scholarship recipients from the United States, Canada and Mexico who share your passion for technology and academic excellence. It all adds up to achieving your primary goal—making a real difference in the software industry.
Microsoft is offering four different types of technical scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year to current undergraduate students: General Scholarships, Women’s Scholarships, Minority Scholarships, and Scholarships for Students with Disabilities.
Requirements
Basics
If you’re interested in applying for the 2011-2012 academic year scholarships, make sure you postmark your application by February 1, 2011 in order for your application to be considered. Microsoft selects final candidates based on the following criteria:

• Eligibility
• Quality of application
• Displayed interest in the software industry
• Commitment to leadership
• Financial need

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Master Scholarship in Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering COSSE, Erasmus Mundus, Europe

The Erasmus Mundus programme “Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering” (COSSE) is a joint initiative of four European universities:

• KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Technical University of Berlin, Germany
• Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands
• Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen – Nürnberg, Germany

COSSE is a two-year master`s programme offering a double degree from two universities. The students enter one of the universities and continue the second year at one of the other institutions in another country. COSSE offers education of the highest international standard as well as a unique experience of meeting different European cultures, languages, climate and nature.

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Master Scholarships, University of Glamorgan, UK

UK and European Union graduates with a first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent qualification) can apply for a non-means tested scholarship worth £1,500 or £2,000. The scholarship applies to most of our full-time taught masters courses at the University of Glamorgan starting in the autumn of 2010.
Please note that scholarships are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. If you have any queries regarding this scholarship, please contact the Student Money Service, in Student Services.
Tel: 01443 483778
Email: scholarships[at]glam.ac.uk

Application criteria and Scholarship details
To qualify for a scholarship an applicant (home or EU) will need to fulfil all of the following criteria.
Successful applicants must:

• Ensure that their application reaches the Student Money Service by the advertised deadline. Applicants and not the University (or its staff) are entirely responsible for meeting this element of the criteria.
• Gain a first class honours degree or an upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification (students with qualifications gained from outside the UK will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis)
• Be offered a place on an eligible taught masters course, accept this offer and enrol on the course within the appropriate timeframe.

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Postdoc at NTU Singapore (p2p storage, security)

A post-doctoral position (for a period of 12-18 months) is available at the School of Computer Engineering in NTU Singapore. The candidate should have strong background in distributed systems and security. The project for which the candidate is being sought is related to fine-grained access control in peer-to-peer storage systems, and with applications to decentralized online social networks.

The position is with the SANDS research group at NTU: group webpage http://sands.sce.ntu.edu.sg/
and PI's web-page http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/anwitaman/

NTU Singapore in general, and also SANDS research group has a very international/cosmopolitan environment, and has strong international collaborations with academia (particularly in Europe) as well as industry.

Singapore prides itself to be on the silk-way of Asia's knowledge economy, and is also well situated and connected. The quality of living is very high, while the cost of living compared to developed countries is relatively low, and a very competitive (and somewhat negotiable) compensation package is offered.

The candidate should be available to join latest by August 2010. The candidate should have defended his Phd before August 2010. To apply, please email your CV to anwitaman@ntu.edu.sg

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6 PhD Studentships in Human Interface Technology University of Tasmania - The HITLab Australia

The HITLab Australia (HITLab AU) is a specialist human interface technology teaching and research centre developed by the University of Tasmania within the School of Computing and Information Systems. Established in 2008, it partners with the world-renowned HITLab US (http://www.hitl.washington.edu) based at the University of Washington in Seattle and has links with the HITLab NZ (http://www.hitlabnz.org) based at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. We undertake research in a range of areasincluding, interactive surfaces, visualization, mixed reality, tangible interfaces, gaming and augmented reality.

We are now advertising 6 fully funded PhD scholarships in advanced interface technology.

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6 PhD Studentships, HITLab, Univ. of Tasmania, Australia

6 PhD Studentships in Human Interface Technology
University of Tasmania - The HITLab Australia

The HITLab Australia (HITLab AU) is a specialist human interface technology teaching and research centre developed by the University of Tasmania within the School of Computing and Information Systems. Established in 2008, it partners with the world-renowned HITLab US (http://www.hitl.washington.edu) based at the University of Washington in Seattle and has links with the HITLab NZ (http://www.hitlabnz.org) based at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. We undertake research in a range of areasincluding, interactive surfaces, visualization, mixed reality, tangible interfaces, gaming and augmented reality.

We are now advertising 6 fully funded PhD scholarships in advanced interface technology.

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