2012/2013 SHELL SCHOLARSHIP IS OUT..APPLY NOW

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (Operator of the NNPC/SHELL /TEPN/AGIP Joint Venture) Scholarship Scheme offers first year students in all Nigerian universities the opportunity to study with an annual grant from the SPDC JV for the full duration of their course. The programme aims to promote academic excellence and improve the skills-base among young Nigerians.

WHO CAN APPLY FOR SHELL (SPDC) SCHOLARSHIP

    Students must be citizens of Nigeria,
    Currently enrolled in a first degree programme at an accredited and approved university in Nigeria, and
    Must have gained admission during the 2012/2013 academic session.

SHELL (SPDC) SCHOLARSHIP TYPES
The Scholarship is in two categories – the National Merit Award (NM) and the Areas of Operation Merit Award, East or West (OE or OW).

National Merit Award (NM)
Open to Nigerians who are not indigenes of SPDC’s operational areas (in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers States).

Areas of Operation Merit Award, East (OE)
For Nigerians who are indigenes of SPDC’s operational areas in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Rivers and Bayelsa states (excluding indigenes of Ekeremor and Sagbama local government areas).

Areas of Operation Merit Award, West (OW)
For Nigerians who are indigenes of SPDC’s operational area in Bayelsa (i.e indigenes of Ekeremor and Sagbama Local Government areas) and Delta States.


HOW TO APPLY FOR SHELL (SPDC) SCHOLARSHIP

    All applicants should have their personal valid email accounts (for consistent communication).
    Candidates who meet the above entry qualifications should apply online, at www.shellnigeria.com to provide required personal and educational details, and load scanned copies of the following:
        A recent passport-sized photograph of the applicant (i.e. jpeg format, that is not more than 200kilobytes);
        University or JAMB (UTME or D/E) Admission Letter;
        Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) Scores;
        ‘O’ Level Result(s); and ‘A’ Level /OND /NCE Result(s) as applicable; and
        Letter of Identification from State (showing Local Government) of Origin.
    Applicants for the Operational Area Awards (OE & OW) are to provide scanned copies of identification letters (duly stamped and signed) from;
        The Paramount Ruler of the Community; and
        The Chairman of the Community Development or Executive Council (CDC or CEC).

Please note that:

    Shell does not demand payment from applicants, the application is entirely free of charge.
    SPDC does not assign ‘Representatives’ / ‘Agents’ to assist applicants’ process applications.
    Applications should be submitted online before September 30, 2013.
    Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
    DEADLINE FOR SHELL SCHOLARSHIP: September 30, 2013.

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FUTO ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP FOR BEST UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT!!!

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of
Technology, Owerri(FUTO), Prof. Asiabaka,
during the 31st matriculation ceremony of the
University, announced a scholarship scheme
for the best undergraduate student in each
School of the University with effect from the current academic session. He further explained that the modality for the award of the scholarship would be based on student with the highest cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

According to Prof. Asiabaka, the entitlements for the beneficiaries of the scheme include tuition and hostel accommodation. He explained that the
sustenance of the award will depend on the
high academic performance. Prof. Asiabaka therefore charged the new students with studious attitude, to shun cultism, violence and all manner of vices that could mar their academic ambition. Prof. Asiabaka used the opportunity to disclose his efforts for transforming the University in line with the vision of his administration’s Quest for Excellence. The new face of the University according to him is eloquently evident in the transparent conduct of examination, timely marking and grading of scripts as well as release of results, zero tolerance to sorting and improved
environmental friendliness to students and staff.

COMBATING ISSUE OF MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES

Stakeholders of the various Oil and Gas Industry Scholarship Schemes have been called upon to adopt the use of automated technology as a solution in awarding multiple Oil and Gas scholarships to a single beneficiary.

Managing Director, Dragnet Solutions Limited, Robert Ikazoboh, gave the advice during the “One Awardee, One Award” roundtable discussion organised by the firm for the International Oil Companies (IOC) operating in Nigeria. The event which was recently held in Lagos had in attendance representatives from the various concerned IOCs such as Mobile, Chevron, NAOIC/AGIP, NLNG as well as NAPIMS.

In his keynote presentation, Ikazoboh bemoaned the popular practice among students where an undergraduate is a beneficiary of multiple scholarships from either the same or similar IOCs scheme, an act which he condemned and described as a “theft of opportunities’. He also noted that if left unchecked, it could give rise to other forms of malpractices.

He also added that a multiple awardee of Oil and Gas Industry based scholarships deprives a countless number of indigent undergraduates who are in dire need of such sponsorship, an equal opportunity to be beneficiaries thus, defeating the intended purpose for the establishment of the scheme by the IOCs.

The Dragnet boss identified the inefficiency of the manual processing method deployed in the verification of candidates’ profiles, absence of a sensitization campaign and strict enforcement among others, as some of the factors responsible for the high prevalence of the act among awardees.

Dragnet Solutions, a Screening Solutions firm in Nigeria, in response to the need to find a lasting solution to the challenge, has taken the initiative to develop a central portal for scholarship and bursary management called Scholastisca.

The Scholastisca portal builds and stores the profiles of candidates applying to the various Oil and Gas Scholarship Schemes on a database through biometric technology by ensuring that no candidate has multiple profiles. The hallmark of Scholastisca is that each candidate is given a unique Identification after ensuring that an awardee can only benefit from one Oil and Gas scholarship.

While acknowledging that the issue of multiple scholarship is a moral one, the various participants at the event who have at one time or the other been victims of the act, applauded Dragnet Solutions for its innovation which they believed would go a long way in tackling the issue and ensure that many less privileged students benefit from their Corporate Social Responsibility activity for disadvantaged undergraduates. They also agreed that there was need to work out the modalities of the proposed solution.

Scholarships For Nigerians & Developing Countries In Czech Republic, 2014/15

Thanks to a generous contribution from the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the Faculty of Social Sciences is able to offer a limited number of partial scholarships for students of all fee based programs in academic year 2014/15. A total of five scholarships are available, ear-marked for students from developing countries and/or countries going through a process of political and economic transition.

What is on offer

1. Under the terms of this scholarship, students will receive a waiver of school fees for their first semester of study, plus a one-off payment of Kc 50,000 (about 2,050 Euro) as a contribution towards living costs.

2. School fees for the second semester of study will NOT be waived.

3. Although we would like to continue the scholarship scheme in school year 2015/16, this is subject to our receiving further funding for future years. At present, therefore, we cannot guarantee that similar scholarships will be available for students’ second year of study.

How to Apply for the Scholarship

1. Applications for these scholarships are open to all students from developing countries and/or countries going through a process of political and economic transition, who are applying for study in one of our Bachelor’s studies or Master’s studies programmes at Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences from academic year 2014/15.

2. Applications must be made on the form that accompanies this announcement, and must include the following documents:

- completed application form;

- motivation essay of no more than 1000 words, explaining why they need a scholarship, and what they hope to gain from their studies at Charles University;

- two letters of recommendation from teachers, who know the student from their previous studies, including confirmation of the student’s financial need.

Note: The current scholarship holders who are reapplying do not need to submit the two recommendation letters or write the essay. Please include a cover note and one recommendation letter from a Charles University academic who knows you from your studies with your applicatioon.

3. Applications should be sent to Manager, International Office (at the address below). All documents submitted must be originals and written in the English language, or accompanied by certified translations.

4. The deadline for scholarship applications is 30 April 2014. Students who will have problems meeting this deadline due to inefficient or unreliable postal services may, as a temporary measure, submit fax copies and/or scanned copies by e-mail. However, originals must also be sent, and final decisions will not be made until originals have been received.

Selection of Applicants

1. All scholarship applications received by the deadline will be assessed by a Scholarship Review Board, which will recommend five students to receive scholarships to the Dean of the Faculty. The decision of the Board on which students it will recommend for a scholarship will be independent of the deliberations of the Admissions Panel regarding which students to admit. However, only students finally admitted by the Faculty are eligible to become scholarship holders.

2. In addition to the documents submitted by scholarship applicants, the Scholarship Review Board will take into consideration applicants’ results from their earlier studies. Priority will be given to students who have not previously had the opportunity to study abroad.

3. A final decision regarding the students to be offered scholarships will be made by the Dean. The Dean will not enter into correspondence with unsuccessful applicants regarding this decision.

Financial Terms and Conditions

1. Successful scholarship applicants will receive payment at the start of their first semester, no later than one month after they register for their studies. No money will be paid in advance of the students’ arrival in Prague.

2. Before students receive their scholarships, they will also be required to make an advance payment in respect of their school fees for the second semester. This payment will be held as a surety until February 2015, and will thereafter be used to cover the cost of the student’s classes in the second semester. No further charge will be made for school fees in school year 2014/15.

3. In the event that students are forced to terminate their studies for disciplinary reasons, the surety they have paid for their school fees in the second semester is not returnable. However, in the event that students are unable to continue their studies for medical reasons, an adequate refund can be negotiated.

4. Scholarships are awarded for school year 2014/15, and may not be deferred to later years.

5. In the event that the Faculty of Social Sciences succeeds in obtaining the necessary funding to continue this scholarship scheme in school year 2015/16, existing scholarship holders will be given the opportunity to reapply. However, any extension of the scholarship will be conditional on students achieving satisfactory results in their first year.

6. Scholarships will not be offered for a third year of study (master’s degree) or for a fourth year of study (bachelor’s degree) under any circumstances.

POST YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION TO:

Manager, International Office

Charles University

Faculty of Social Sciences

Smetanovo nabrezi 6

110 01 Praha 1

Czech Republic

E-mail: svoz@fsv.cuni.cz (enquiries only)

DISCLAIMER:ESSO/EEPNL Scholarship

Dear Candidate,

It has come to our attention that candidates who applied forthe ESSO/EEPNL Scholarship have been getting messages from dragnet_solutions@yahoo.com inviting them for an examination.

Candidates areadvised to DISREGARD this message and any other messages from any email address other than messages from “Invitation@dragnet-solution.com“. This is the only mail address that would be used to manage all email messages in relations to the ESSO/EEPNL Scholarship campaign.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted soon with their Examination details via SMS and email.

For further enquiries, candidates can also contact us on:07088609791/0174613680, or follow us on twitter: @schol astica_ng and find us on Facebook usinghttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Scholastica-Nigeria/247300338737765?ref=hl

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Scholarship for African Writers, Apply Now!!!

The Miles Morland Foundation (MMF) will give up to three Morland Writing Scholarships per year starting next year (2014).

The scholarships will be open to anyone born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa. If you want to write a full length book, either fiction of nonfiction, this is a fantastic opportunity. Here is a bit about the scholarship.

Award

The scholars will receive a grant of £18,000 (about N 4.5 million), paid in monthly instalments over the course of one year

What the scholar must do in return

In return for this the scholars will agree that 20% of whatever they subsequently receive from what they write during the year of the scholarship will be paid to the MMF which may be used to support other promising writers and possibly to expand the scholarship scheme in later years.

Qualifications

To qualify for the scholarship a candidate must submit a piece of published work, or an excerpt from a piece of published work, of between two and seven thousand words to be evaluated by a panel set up by the MMF which will include MMF trustees and past participants in the Caine Prize.

The scholarships will be awarded based on these submissions although the Foundation may also wish to question certain candidates or ask for other work.

Proposed Work

The candidates will be expected to submit a brief description of the work they intend to write during the scholarship year (ideally 200 – 500 words).

It should be a new work, not a work in progress.

The proposed work must be in English as must all candidacy submissions.

Also a statement of fewer than 100 words about yourself and your background should be included.

It is not the intention of the MMF to give editorial or publishing advice to scholars.

They will have to find their own agents and publishers although it is to be hoped that over the years the Morland Scholarships will come to be recognized as an incubator of talent. Works which relate to Africa are likely to be preferred by the judges.

Scholarship Requirement

The only condition imposed on the scholars during the year of their scholarship is that they must write.

They will be asked to submit by e-mail at least 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book.

The scholarship will terminate if a scholar fails to submit the required work on time unless prior authorization has been received.

The Foundation is happy to support fiction or non-fiction but not poetry, plays or screen-plays.

The scholarship is intended for writers who want to write a full-length book of 80,000 words or more.

The closing date for submissions for the first series of writing scholarships will be October 31st 2013.

The scholarships will be announced in December 2013 and will run for the whole of calendar 2014.

The Trustees reserve the right to vary the terms and requirements of the scholarships at their discretion

WAAW Foundation Scholarships for African Women 2014 – Apply Today!!!

Scholarship Name: WAAW Foundation Scholarship for African Women 2014

Brief description
Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) Foundation Annual Scholarship program for Undergraduate African female students 2014

Eligible fields of Study
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

About Scholarship

The Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) foundation aim to increase the pipeline of African women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related disciplines, and work to ensure that this talent is engaged in African innovation. WAAW has announced the next round of its scholarship program for African women for 2014, offering $500/year for need-based female African students admitted to a University, College or institute of higher learning in Africa. Scholarships are renewable annually, following proof of the student’s continued academic performance. Application is open from August 1 through October 30, 2013.

Scholarship Offered Since: Not specified

Scholarship Type: Undergraduate Scholarship for African Women

Selection Criteria
(a) Female students of African origin. living and studying in Africa.
(b) Currently enrolled in undergraduate degree program.
(c) Studying in a university or college in Africa.
(d) Demonstrable financial need, and
(e) Excellent Academic Record.
Who is qualified to apply?
Female students of African origin living in Africa, less than 40 years, who have gained undergraduate admission to an institution of higher learning in Africa and studying a STEM related course.
The candidate must demonstrate financial need and excellent academic record.
Special consideration is given to orphans, underprivileged students, girls impacted by HIV and students in the first or second year of study.
How Many Funding Positions are available? Several (four in 2013)
Value of Scholarship
Scholarship recipients will receive an award of $500 for the 2012/13 academic year, or the equivalent in their country’s local currency. Scholarship recipients may reapply for renewal the following year, with proof of continued excellent academic performance.
Duration of Scholarship
Scholarship is a onetime fund but is renewable annually, following proof of the student’s continued academic performance
Eligible African Countries
Women from all Africa countries
To be taken at: Applicants home country
Application Deadline on or before Midnight (CST) on 30 October, 2013
Offered annually? Yes
How can I Apply?
Visit the WAAW foundation web site at http://www.waawfoundation.org/ and complete the application form online.
Your application will include the following:

• Personal and Contact Information.
• Educational Information
• Responses to essay questions that address career goals, and how you expect the WAAW scholarship will assist in your education.
• Two academic/professional references. Note recommendations and transcripts ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. ONLY after a candidate has been shortlisted.

The foundation also requires the contact information for two academic or professional references.
Sponsors
WAAW- Working to Advance African Women
Important Notes:
WAAW will only accept online application this year. Scholarship applications are reviewed by the WAAW Scholarship Committee, and awards are announced by February.
Only shortlisted candidates will be asked for recommendation letters or University transcripts during the verification process.

Atiku Abubakar Special (Essay) Scholarship Competition 2013 – Latest Nigerian scholarship

Nigerian former Vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is offering Essay based scholarship for Nigerian Undergraduate or postgraduate student to study in Nigeria or Overseas 2013
About this Nigerian scholarship:
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is offering undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship to Nigerian students. The scholarship is tenable in Nigeria higher institutions and overseas, and will reasonably cover tuition and board.
Nigerian scholarship Offered Since: 2013
Scholarship Type: Undergraduate and Postgraduate scholarship
Selection Criteria and Eligibility
Essay Topic
To qualify for consideration for the scholarship applicants should submit an essay on the topic:
More Learning to More People: How can Nigeria be more innovative in bridging its literacy and skills gap?
Entries must be in English, and be between 2,000 and 5,000 words.
Entrants must be Nigerian citizens who are currently undergoing, or have been admitted into, a course of study at undergraduate or postgraduate level at a government-approved institution of learning within or outside Nigeria
It will be the responsibility of applicants to reasonably prove that they possess valid letters or offers of admission, or other evidence of studentship. Successful candidates who are unable to prove this will have their scholarship offers revoked.
Entrants must avoid plagiarism and should be prepared to present themselves for an oral defence of their work (should the need arise). Plagiarism will result in instant disqualification of the affected entry.
Essays will be judged for grammar, clarity, coherence and a focus on solutions. (While it is important to highlight the problems and challenges of education in Nigeria, the essay should primarily focus on innovative problem-solving)
Number of Scholarships:
Only one scholarship will be awarded. There will however be consolation prizes for up to two other entrants.
Value of this Nigerian scholarship:Scholarship will cover tuition and boarding fees
Duration of Scholarship: For the duration of study
Eligible Countries: Nigeria
To be taken at (country): Nigerian higher institution or overseas
Application Deadline: All essays should be submitted on or before August 31, 2013.
Offered annually? Yes
How to Apply for this Nigerian scholarship:
Essays, containing between 2,000 and 5,000 words, should be emailed as Microsoft Word documents toscholarship@atiku.org
The first page of the essay document should include the following:
Entrants Name & Date of Birth
Entrants Contact Details (Valid email address and phone number)
Entrants Institution (with full institution address included), Course of Study, Year of Entry, and Student Number (Also specifying whether Undergraduate or Postgraduate)
Visit scholarship webpage for details
Sponsors: Nigeria’s former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Important Notes for this Nigerian scholarship:
The Judges’ decision is final and will not be subject to appeal or litigation.
Essays should be in a legible font (font size 12); 1.5-spaced or double-spaced
All pages should be properly numbered.

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RE: HOD Verification Form
In view of the ongoing ASUU strike, candidates applying for the above mentioned scholarship will be permitted to submit their application without uploading the HOD Verification form. They will however be requested to upload the form once academic activities resume in tertiary institutions across the country.
Apply on: http://www.nnpcmpn.com.ng/