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The Singapore Government awards the scholarship to Government-endorsed students from the other member countries of the ASEAN. Each Scholarship is for a full-time undergraduate degree course at the Nanyang Technological University, the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Management University. All disciplines except for Medicine and Dentistry are open to Scholars. The duration of each scholarships is for three or four years, depending on the discipline.

The award based on academic merit and places will allocated by open competition. If necessary, a one-year bridging or foundation programme, in addition to the undergraduate studies, will be provided.

To be eligible, a candidate must:

* Be a citizen in an ASEAN country (Except Singapore)
* Possess excellent academic records; and
* Have a good command of English

Candidates must meet the entry requirements for Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, and Singapore Management University. A recipient of the Scholarship may not concurrently hold any other Scholarship, Fellowship, Grant or Award without prior approval of the Singapore Government. The Scholars are also expected to return to their countries upon graduation to contribute to the development of their countries.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees for the duration of the award, a living allowance of S$4,300 per annum, an accommodation allowance based on the different room rates at each university and one return economy class air ticket passage from his/her home country to Singapore for the duration of studies.

Applications must be endorsed and submitted by the Indonesian Department of National Education (Bureau of Planning and Foreign Cooperation) at Building C, 6th Floor, Jl. Jend.Sudirman, Senayan, Jakarta Pusat. Candidates are required to produce the following :

1. Certificate, endorsement by the former school, for graduated applicants;
2. Recommendation from the school principal, for applicants who are still in Grade 3 at SMU.

For more information on the Singapore Scholarships, Please contact Embassy in Jakarta:
Tel: 021-520 1489 / 5296 1433
Website: www.mfa.gov.sg/scp or write to:
The Singapore Scholarship
Technical Cooperation Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tanglin, Singapore 248163
Tel: (65) 6379 8000
Fax: (65) 6479 3357
E-Mail: mfa_scp@mfa.gov.sg
Deadline: 22nd December 2008

Have you always found yourself in front of the computer screen? Do you always tinker with it? Have you always wondered about what made it work, and was it always intriguing to you? If you find yourself answering yes to these questions, then you just might want to pursue a career in information technology when you get to college.

Information Technology as an academic program encompasses a couple of majors such as Computer Science, Web Design, and Information Systems among others. Graduates are faced with career opportunities and jobs that have them working as computer operators, computer programmers, network analysts, systems analysts, information systems specialists, and systems managers.

However, in order to pursue a career in one of the aforementioned possibilities, you must first graduate from college– a task that seems daunting especially when you happen to be faced with financial difficulties. College remains to be an important part of one’s life. Unfortunately, not everybody has enough money to finance the cost that going to college entails.

The Solution

If you are pressed for cash and you do not know if your parents will be able to put you through college, the best thing to do would be to apply for a scholarship. Lots of scholarships are available to help you pursue higher education, and make you one step closer to reaching your goals. Below are some scholarships that you can look into and apply for.

Highland Community College Information Technology Scholarships

Highland Community College, situated in northwest Illinois, offers a variety of scholarships for those taking up Information Technology as an academic program. These scholarships are: The Diane Armbruster Memorial Scholarship for Business and Computer Technology, Eduard Buss Business and Technology Scholarship, Louis Fauser/Bankers Mutual Scholarship, and Raymond A. Klee Trustmark Scholarship. More information about these can be found at http://www.highland.cc.il.us/admissions/scholarships.asp.

Foundation for Information Technology Scholarships

The Foundation for Information Technology is a non-profit organization that offers scholarship funds for these programs: The Betty Stevens-Frecknall Scholarship, Dave Sanders Memorial Scholarship, Harold Pool Memorial Scholarship, Kevin Jetton Service Scholarship, and Sherry Anklam Memorial Award. Each scholarship has different criteria for eligibility. You can find more information about these scholarships at http://www.edfoundation.org/scholarships.htm.

Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program

The Robert Byrd Honors Scholarship Program is a scholarship program of the government and is administered in each state. It is open to high school seniors. Around 6,300 to 6,500 students are awarded with the scholarship every year. The students should apply in their state of legal residence through the State Education Agency.

Microsoft Scholarships

Microsoft provides scholarships so that students can pursue information technology and other related courses. The four types of scholarship that they offer are: General Scholarships, Women’s Scholarships, Underrepresented Minority Scholarships, and Scholarships for Students with Disabilities. For information about the eligibility requirements, visit http://www.microsoft.com/college/ss_reqs.mspx.

Milwaukee Area Technical College Scholarships

The Milwaukee Area Technical College offers the MATC Khue Vang Memorial scholarship, worth $500, for students who are taking up Information Technology with at least 9 credits and a minimum grade point average of 3.0. They also offer the MATC William J. Weis Scholarship for students taking up computer-related programs. To be eligible, one must have already completed at least 9 credits, and currently enrolled in at least 9 credits. He should also have maintained a minimum grade point average of 2.5 and must furnish a letter of recommendation from a teacher in the program.

Connecticut Information Technology Scholarship

Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents enrolled in an Information Technology program in a college or university in Connecticut. However, they must be nominated by the school, so be sure to talk to the dean or other persons of authority in your school regarding this if you want to apply.

A lot of other scholarship opportunities for students who want to pursue a degree in Information Technology are available. You just need to have the patience and perseverance to find the right one to apply for. With these scholarships available, financial difficulties need not be a hindrance for your college education.

Several PhD positions are available at the Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architectures Research Center (UPMARC), Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University Sweden.

Deadline: 22 April 2009

General Description

UPMARC has been formed to make a broad coordinated attack on the challenges of developing methods and tools to support software development for multicore computer systems, and brings together research groups in complementary areas of computer science: computer architecture, computer networks, parallel scientific computing, programming language technology, real-time and embedded systems, program verification and testing, and modeling of concurrent computation. UPMARC has been awarded a ten year Linnaeus grant from the Swedish Research Council, as a sign of scientific excellence.   Research directions span of UPMARC span over programming language constructs, program analysis and optimization, resource management for performance and predictability, verification and testing, and parallel algorithm construction and implementation. UPMARC welcomes applications from candidates who want to conduct research within one or more of these directions. At this time, we also specifically announce positions in several projects, which are described at http://www.it.uu.se/research/upmarc/, where also more information about UPMARC can be found.

Requirements

A PhD position requires a Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent in a field which is relevant for the topic of the PhD thesis. The position is for a maximum of five years and includes departmental duties at a level of at most 20% (typically teaching). The salary amounts currently to about 22,200 SEK per month in the first year.

Application

Applications should include a description of research interests and past experience, a CV, copies of exams, degrees and grades, a copy of Master thesis (or a draft thereof), relevant publications, and other relevant documents. Candidates are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation and contact information to reference persons, and further to indicate their preferred research project(s) or research direction(s), as well as earliest feasible starting date of employment.

The department is striving to achieve gender balance therefore are female candidates particularly invited to apply.

Further Information

For more information contact:
Prof. Bengt Jonsson,
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http://www.it.uu.se/research/upmarc (UPMARC)
http://www.it.uu.se/ (the department)

Applications should be sent to the :
Registrar`s Office, UFV-PA 2009/721 Uppsala University,
Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden;

fax +46 18 471 2000 or
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Deadline for application is April 22, 2009 ; these applications will be given priority, but applications from qualified applicants will be considered until the positions are filled. An application by fax or e-mail must be followed by a letter containing the original documents, at the latest a week after application deadline.

Preference will be given to applicants who serve as faculty members of state and private institutions of higher education in Indonesia. Applicants will possess:

* Undergraduate with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (4.00 scale)
* leadership qualities
* a good understanding of Indonesian and international cultures a
* demonstrated commitment to the chosen field of study
* a willingness to return to Indonesia upon completion of the Fulbright program
* a minimum TOEFL score of 550

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates should complete the appropriate application forms. Forms are available either by mail or in person at the AMINEF Office, Gedung Balai Pustaka, 6th floor, Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya 4, Jakarta 10720.

Please return to AMINEF your complete application package by the application deadline that includes:

* Completed application form. This includes a clearly written and concise study objective.
* Copy of your most recent, less than two years old, TOEFL score report.
* One letter of reference, either from your current employer or previous lecturer.
* Copy of academic transcript (English translation).
* Copy of identity document (KTP or passport).

CONTACT INFORMATION

Specific questions regarding the application process may be addressed via e-mail to the following address: infofulbright_ind@aminef.or.id. We do not accept email applications. Hard copies must be sent or delivered to American Indonesian Exchange Foundation.
DEADLINE

The deadline for the submission of application materials for all programs is May 31, 2009.

Note: Program requirements are subject to change without notice.

To download form click here
Further information can be obtained at:
http://www.aminef.or.id/fulbright.php?site=fulbright&m=ip-pro-ma-fulbrightma

HATS is a new Integrated Project funded by the European Union, within the programme "Future and Emerging Technologies" (FET) of the 7th Framework
Programme (subject to contract) starting March 2009. The project partners from Chalmers Technical University, Gothenborg, Swede,

University of Oslo, Norway, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,
Technical University of Madrid, Spain
IMDEA Software, Spain
Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany,
University of Bologna, Italy,
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Norwegian Computer Center, Oslo, Norway
Fredhopper B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental SE, Kaiserslautern, Germany,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
are jointly advertising several 3-5 year PhD, PostDoc, and Engineering
positions.

The goal of HATS is a tool-supported framework and formal methodology
for the development of long-lived and trustworthy software systems.
Specifically, HATS will turn software product family (SWPF) development
into a rigorous approach. The technical core of the project is an Abstract
Behavioral Specification language which will allow precise description
of SWPF features and components and their instances. For further
information see:

http://www.hats- project.eu

Topic areas: Applicants should have a background and/or interest in
one of the topics software modeling, modeling and programming
languages, formal methods, verification, language-based security, type
systems, or concurrency theory.

The following positions are offered:

2 PhD positions with emphasis on formal modeling and verification at Chalmers University of Technology. One of the positions is in the EU project CHARTER which is closely related to HATS. Application deadline is 9th February 2009. Contact: Prof. Reiner Haehnle. Further details and information on how to apply at
http://www.chalmers .se/cse/EN/ news/vacancies/ positions/ two-ph-d- student

Amsterdam

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