SFU Graduate Studies

The CAPE Scholarship provides scholarships to students from low-income and minority backgrounds who are pursuing professional studies such as medicine, law, and management.

CAPE Scholars must be eligible for financial assistance, loan and grant programs, and must be involved in a professionally-relevant community service projectwhile pursuing their degrees.

The award value is expected to be $5,000 and may be renewable for the duration of the recipient’s program.

Application deadline: June 30, 2011.

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Undertake part of your postgraduate or postdoctoral research in Australia with support from the Australian government.

Applications are now being accepted to three different scholarship funds:

• Endeavour Research Fellowships provide up to AUS$23,500 for North American postgraduate research students and postdoctoral researchers to undertake 4-6 months of research in Australia.
• Endeavour Postgraduate Awards provide financial support of up to AUS$118,500 for Masters and AUS$228,500 for PhD for high achieving North American students to undertake a postgraduate qualification by coursework or research in any field of study in Australia.
• Endeavour Executive Awards provide up to AUS$18,500 for international applicants in business, industry, education or government to undertake 1-4 months of professional development in Australia.

Your application should be submitted through Endeavour’s online application system. The application deadline for all three awards is June 30, 2011.

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Endeavour Awards
• Online application system for the Endeavour Awards
• Applicant guidelines PDF or Applicant guidelines RTF documents
• See also: JASON Postgraduate Scholarship Database for Australia

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The Traditional Fulbright Student Awards are now open for application from Canadian citizens.  The award is $15,000 and normally begins in September. Basic health insurance and visa are provided.

These awards are intended for graduate students, prospective graduate students and junior professionals who wish to enroll in a graduate studies program, continue their current course of graduate study and research, or pursue an independent research project for a period of nine months in the United States.

Applications are due by November 15 and award recipients will be notified by April 15 of the following year.

• How to apply
• Other Fulbright scholarships for Canadians

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On Thursday, April 21 at 12:30 pm, SFU students will be gathering for a Vote Mob. The event will begin in Convocation Mall and is being organized by the Simon Fraser Student Society.

Let’s show the federal government that the students of this country matter. The youth of this nation have the power to shape the outcome of this election! Join us in making an impact, and invite all your friends!

UVIC has done it!
UBC is going to do it!
SFU is going to do it much better!

Sign up to the SFU VOTING MOB EVENT, Spread the word, and lets get together the best damn bunch of student voters Canada has ever seen!
Interested in helping us plan? Email ero@sfss.ca

• Facebook organizing page for SFU event
• Leadnow.ca: People powered change
• Burnaby Now: article and photos of the event

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SFU President Andrew Petter has just announced a President’s Dream Colloquium to bring leading thinkers to SFU and provide an annual forum for intensive interdisciplinary exchange amongst faculty and students.

Each colloquium will provide an opportunity for approved SFU students to gain course credits for attending colloquium seminars, participating in pre-seminars and completing supervised research papers relating to the colloquium’s subject/theme.

Annual funding of $25,000 will be provided by the President’s Office and managed by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.

If you’re a graduate student with an idea for an interdisciplinary colloquium, please speak to your graduate supervisor. (One faculty member will receive teaching credit for coordinating the programme.)

For additional information, contact Graduate Studies: gradstudies@sfu.ca.

• President’s Dream Colloquium Announcement

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The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) offers scholarships for study in Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, the South Pacific and Tanzania.

Applications are open to citizens of any Commonwealth country except those from of the same country as the award.  One award will be available for each country.

Application deadline has been extended to May 31, 2011.
Details and the application form are available through http://www.csfp-online.org/fundawards.html

For more information, please contact CBIE at scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca or 613-237-4820 ext 259

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The Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) has announced the Dobbin Scholarships 2011-2012. The scholarships fund short periods of exchange, usually one month, between the universities of Canada and Ireland.

The awards are designed principally for scholars and academics who are currently engaged at or commencing graduate level research in a discipline which is, or has potential to be, related to both Ireland and Canada.

The value of the award is $7,000. Application deadline: April 29, 2011

• Dobbin Scholarships: Eligibility and Assessment
• Dobbin Scholarships: Awards, Application & Dates
• FAQ: Dobbin scholarships

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