Top Fellowships for the month of May/June 2020 to look out for

NGOBOX, India’s largest development sector platform, brings together various opportunities for the development sector professionals in India. Here’s the list of 11 Fellowships May/June 2020.

Title: SBI Youth for India Fellowship 2020-21

Organization: SBI Youth For India

Deadline: 18th May, 2020

About:

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality, and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace, and happiness of the nation. The fellowship provides a framework for India's best minds to join hands with rural communities, emphathize with their struggles and connect with their aspirations.

Eligibility:

• Young Professionals or Fresh Graduates
• Age 21-32 (as on date of commencement of programme)
• Indian citizen/OCI

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Title: Deloitte - One Young World Scholarship to attend OYW Summit 2020

Organization: One Young World

Deadline: 22th May, 2020

About:

One Young World is a UK-based not-for-profit organization that gathers young leaders from around the world to develop solutions to the globe’s most pressing issues.  As a longstanding partner of One Young World, they’re proud to support the Deloitte One Young World Scholarship 2020 which will enable 10 outstanding young leaders to attend the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany on 14 – 17 October 2020.

Eligibility:

• This scholarship is intended for young leaders focused on improving the education, skills, and access to opportunity for people in their communities, countries, or world at large. The scholarship is seeking candidates who have demonstrated commitment to:
• Improving access to education, skills, or employment opportunities for those that may be left behind by the rapidly changing global economy
• Creating skills development or lifelong learning opportunities for people to prepare for the future workforce, including in areas where there are talent shortages.

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Title: Mozilla Fellowship Program 2020 for Tech + Society Strategists

Organization: Mozilla Foundation

Deadline: 28th May, 2020

About:

Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all. The Ford Foundation and Mozilla are partnering to strengthen organizations in the Global South by layering technology strategies into their work. 

Eligibility:

• Be an experienced technologist.
• Reside or have work authorization in the host country.
• Have relevant cultural knowledge of the host country.
• Be strategically-minded and consultant-oriented with experience in identifying problems and solutions at the intersection of technology and social justice issues.

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Title: TWAS Young Affiliates 2020

Organization: The World Academy of Sciences Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partner (TWAS-SAREP)

Deadline: 31st May, 2020

About:

TWAS-SAREP promotes and profile the activities of TWAS and its affiliated organisations in the region. This includes issuing of grants and awards, as well as enabling networking among TWAS fellows in Africa. Every year, the five TWAS Regional Partners each select up to 10 scientists to be Young Affiliates for a period of five years as well as provide feedback to TWAS on how the Academy can respond to the needs of young scientists in developing countries.

Eligibility:

• To be eligible, the nominated scientists must have PhD, be aged 40 or less on 1st January of the year in which they are selected, living and working in a developing country for at least the past three years and have an excellent track record of at least 10 international publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Nominations are invited from TWAS and AAS fellows, Members of National Academies and fellows, Members of Young Academies of Science in the region, Research Institutions, Research Councils and Universities in the region. The nomination of women is encouraged.

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Title: Sightsavers India Fellowship Program for Ophthalmologists

Organization: Sightsavers

Deadline: 31st May, 2020

About:

Sightsavers is a global development organisation that has been working in India since 1966 to eliminate avoidable blindness and to ensure that people who are irreversibly blind are supported adequately to lead lives of independence and dignity. Sightsavers India Fellowship is an opportunity for promising and passionate young ophthalmologists to get trained at some of the leading eye health institutes in India.

Eligibility:

• The individual should be a post graduate or a diploma holder in ophthalmology (MS/DNB/DO) from any recognized institute/ university in India (2020 pass outs are eligible to apply), having sound knowledge on clinical ophthalmology.

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Title: Online Master of Public Administration and Policy Scholarship Program 2020

Organization: American University

Deadline: 31st May, 2020

About:

At American University, intelligent, passionate and engaged students and faculty focus on using knowledge to bring about meaningful change. They invite applications from meritorious candidates seeking to pursue an online graduate degree for their Online Merit Scholarship Program.

Eligibility:

• Students must have a cumulative 3.2 GPA (on 4.0 scale) or above in their undergraduate program.
• Students must remain in good academic standing.

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Title: Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)

Organization: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

Deadline: 1st June, 2020

About:

A*STAR drives mission-oriented research that advances scientific discovery and technological innovation. PhD training will be carried out in English at your chosen lab at A*STAR Research Institutes, NTU, NUS or SUTD. Students will be supervised by distinguished and world-renowned researchers in these labs. Upon successful completion, students will be conferred a PhD degree by either NTU, NUS or SUTD.

Eligibility:

• Open for application to all international graduates with a passion for research and excellent academic results
• Good skills in written and spoken English
• Good reports from academic referees

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Title: World Literacy Foundation (WLF) Ambassador Program 2020

Organization: World Literacy Foundation (WLF)

Deadline: 14th June, 2020

About:

WLF strive to ensure that every young individual regardless of geographic location has the opportunity to acquire literacy and reading skills to reach their full potential, succeed at school and beyond. The WLF Ambassador Program aims to bring together individuals from all over the world to be a local voice and fundraise for literacy in their schools, universities, communities or social groups.

Eligibility:

• Are passionate about literacy and education
• Want to make a difference in the world
• Aim to be leaders in their community

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Title: Biozentrum PhD Fellowships Program 2020

Organization: Biozentrum - University of Basel

Deadline: 15th June, 2020

About:

The Biozentrum is the largest department at the University of Basel’s Faculty of Science. The Biozentrum encourages talented, ambitious and highly motivated young scientists from all over the world to apply for the prestigious and sought after fellowships offered by the Biozentrum Basel International PhD Program.

Eligibility:

• You must hold or expect soon a university degree that qualifies you for a PhD program at the University of Basel (MSc and equivalent).
• Candidates with a 4-year Bachelor degree, typically from outside the Bologna system, are also eligible to apply.
• These will be able to complete a Master’s program on a fast-track at the University of Basel as part of their fellowship.
• If you have already enrolled at the Biozentrum or plan to start your PhD thesis before September 1, or respectively March 1, of the same year as the open call, you are no longer eligible to apply.

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Title: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers 2020

Organization: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Deadline: 30th June, 2020

About:

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes international academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from Germany and from abroad. In providing Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago1 to spend extended periods of research (6–24 months) in Germany.

Eligibility:

• Doctorate or comparable academic degree (Ph.D., C.Sc. or equivalent), completed less than four years prior to the date of application. Candidates who have nearly completed their doctoral degrees are eligible to apply provided that they submit the manuscript of their dissertation or publications containing the results of their dissertation, however, at the earliest, 6 months prior to the completion of their dissertation.
• Academic publications reviewed according to international standards and printed in journals and/or by publishing houses.
• Confirmation that research facilities are available and mentoring agreement and a detailed expert’s statement by an academic host at a research institution in Germany.

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Title: ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (AI-RTF) 2020

Organization: Department of Science & Technology - Govt. of India

Deadline: 30th June, 2020

About:

DST plays a pivotal role in promotion of science & technology in the country. India S&T Collaboration started formally in 1996 with establishment of ASEAN India S&T working Group (AIWGST). Initially, the collaborative ASEAN-India S&T activities were supported through ASEAN India Fund (AIF).

Eligibility:

• Applicant should be working / studying and / or affiliated to any national R&D or academic institution in his/ her home ASEAN Member country. The application should be endorsed by the Head of his/ her institution confirming that if selected, he/ she will be sanctioned leave for the Fellowship period and will join his/ her duties back in the institution on completion of the Fellowship in India.
• The upper age limit for the applicant is 45 years as on date of submission of application.
• The Applicants who have already availed Research Training Fellowship(RTF) are not eligible to apply again.

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