Name of the scholarship: Commonwealth Scholarship Plan, 2012, New Zealand
Sponsered by: Department of Higher Education, MHRD
Total no. of scholarship:
PhD: 1
Masters: 1
Age: Not be more than 40 years years of age as on 31.05.2012
Field of study:
- Environmental Studies
- Agriculture/ Fisheries/ Biosecurity and Food Safety
Eligibility: Should have completed Bachelor’s Degree/ Master’s Degree in the subject or allied fields with minimum 65% marks. Where percentage of marks is not available and grades are mentioned, the candidates must indicate the conversion formula adopted by the University/Institution and should also indicate equivalent percentage of marks.
Value of award:
- Travel: International, and New Zealand domestic, air travel at the start and end of the scholarship for awardee, and reimbursement of awardee’s visa costs. In addition, a reunion travel entitlement may be available to awardees who have left dependants in their home country.
- Tuition Fees and other compulsory institutional course costs.
- Postgraduate research and thesis allowance: An allowance of NZ$1,500, and a return economy airfare to awardee’s home country for overseas fieldwork, if research component is 50% or greater.
- Medical and Travel Insurance
- Establishment allowance: NZ$3,000 paid on arrival in New Zealand to meet text book costs and to assist with other set up costs in New Zealand. At the beginning of each additional study year NZ$1,000 will be paid to cover the full year.
- Living Allowance: The annual rate of NZ$21,580 (NZ$415 per week) is paid fortnightly and is a contribution to living costs for day-to-day expenses, including accommodation (rent or board), food costs, utility expenses (telephone, electricity etc.), transport, personal items and course-related costs (e.g. stationery, field trips, workshops etc.)
How to apply: Click here to download the application form in the prescribed format. (Candidates should apply for the above scholarship on thick plain paper (preferably typewritten) with recent passport size photograph duly affixed, furnishing the details/particulars in the given format to the Section Officer (ES.4 Section), Scholarship Division, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, West Block-I, Wing-6, 2nd Floor, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066)
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Application deadline: May 31, 2012
Address:
Section Officer,
Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Department of Higher Education,
External Scholarship Division,
ES.4 Section, A-2/W-4,
Curzon Road Barracks,
Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001
Phone: (011) 26172492
Website: www.education.nic.in