Food Marketing Institute Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship in USA, 2017

Food Marketing Institute is offering Food Safety Auditing Scholarship for the 2017/2018 academic year. Applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student (undergraduate or graduate) in an accredited U.S., Canada or Mexico college or university.

The Food Marketing Institute Foundation seeks to ensure continued quality and efficiency in the food retailing system and is operated for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.

To help support the role of food retailing, the FMI Foundation focuses on research and education in the areas of food safety, nutrition, and health.

Students need to demonstrate that they have a good level of written and spoken English.

Course Level: Scholarship is open for the full-time student (undergraduate or graduate) in an accredited U.S., Canada or Mexico college or university.

Study Subject: Scholarship is available are students currently enrolled in food and agricultural science majors who have a true interest in the field of accredited food safety auditing.

Scholarship Award: The Foundation offers scholarship amount to $3,000.

Scholarship can be taken in the USA

Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for scholarship:

• Be enrolled as a full-time student (undergraduate or graduate) in an accredited U.S., Canada or Mexico college or university.
• Have completed at least two years of college to apply.
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.2.
• Be able to attend and participate in the SQF International Conference, November 7-9, 2017 in Dallas, TX (conference registration, hotel, meals and round-trip coach airfare will be provided).
• Be willing to accept an internship with a Certification Body (third-party auditing firm) should the opportunity become available.
• Students having completed an internship in a food or agriculture science degree program preferred.

• Previous FMI Foundation Student Scholarship recipients are not eligible to apply; however, previous applicants are welcome to reapply.
• Family members of the FMI Foundation Board of Directors or Officers are ineligible.

Nationality: US applicants can apply for this scholarship programme.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants must have completed at least two years of college and have a minimum GPA of 3.2.

Test Requirement: No

English Language Requirement: Students need to demonstrate that they have a good level of written and spoken English.

How to Apply: Student applicants must submit:

• Current resume or curriculum vitae.
• A cover letter explaining the student’s interest and career goals in accredited food safety auditing that provides specific examples that demonstrate why they are deserving of this scholarship.
• A letter or transcript from the school verifying the student meets the minimum 3.2 GPA requirement with no individual grade less than a “C-“.
• Two (2) Recommendation letters (see more information below).

VISIT THIS LINKS TO APPLY ONLINE 

Application Deadline: The application deadline is September 15, 2017.

Facebook Core Data Science, PhD/Co-op Internship Program in USA, 2018

Facebook is offering Core Data Science, PhD /Co-op internship programme in USA. Interns must be pursuing PhD in CS or related technical field. International applicants are eligible to apply for this internship programme. This is an unpaid internship programme.

Field of Internship: Internship is offered in the field of Core Data Science.
Course Level: Internship
Internship Provider: Facebook
Internship can be taken in USA (Menlo Park, CA)

Eligibility: Interns should follow the criteria below:

Minimum: Pursuing Ph.D. in CS or related technical field

• Must be returning to school for at least one semester/quarter post internship
• Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
• Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
• A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
• A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
• Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
• Fluency with at least one scripting language such as Python or PHP
• Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
• Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
• Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)

• Ability to obtain work authorization in the United States in 2018
• Internship Open for International Students: International applicants are eligible to apply for this internship programme.

Is this paid internship? This is an unpaid internship programme.

Internship Description: Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share, and make the world more open and connected. Through our growing family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that helps billions of people around the world connect and share what matters most to them. Whether we’re creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to make the world more open and accessible. Connecting the world takes every one of us—and we’re just getting started.

How to Apply: The mode of application is online.

Internship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

Further Official Scholarship Information and Application

DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses Scholarships for Foreign Students in Germany, 2017

The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD now wish to invites applicants for Development-Related Postgraduate Courses Scholarships. These scholarships are available in diverse fields for foreign applicants.
The aim of the scholarships is to produce graduates of responsible character with the necessary knowledge and skills for professional and national leadership.

The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) is the largest German support organization in the field of international academic co-operation.

Course Level:  These scholarships are available to pursue the master degree.

Study Subject:  These scholarships are awarded in the fields of economics and business administration. Renewable  Energy Engineering and Resource Management Urban planning Agriculture and forestry Environmental science Public health, education, law and communication arts, etc.

Scholarship Award: These scholarships will cover the following:

Exempted students will receive a monthly fee (€ 750 for undergraduate and € 1,000 for the doctoral level) and round-trip airfare.
Numbers of Scholarships: Not known

Scholarship can be taken in Germany

Eligibility: Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

Candidates for DAAD scholarship will be required to have a qualification of a previous degree not exceeding 6 years, not living in Germany for more than 15 months from the date of application. At least 2 years working experience. Depending on the course syllabus.
 Nationality: Foreign applicants are eligible for these scholarships.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants must be graduates with at least two years’ professional experience.

English Language Requirement: The candidate should have a very good command over the English language.


How to Apply: Applicants can apply through the online processor.

Online application

Application Deadline: The application deadlines are varies

1000 Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships for International Students, 2018

The Heinrich Boll Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for German and International students in 2018 academic years. The scholarship department of the Heinrich Boll Foundation grants scholarships to undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students from inside and outside Germany.

Heinrich Boll Foundation promote those students who are studying and graduating and who have a positive attitude towards the goals of the Green project, share the fundamental ideals of the Heinrich Boll Foundation – democracy, ecology, solidarity and non-violence – and who take an active socio-political role.



The Heinrich Boll Foundation works independently and nurtures a spirit of intellectual openness. Heinrich Boll Foundation maintain a world­ wide network with currently 30 international offices. Heinrich Boll Foundation co­operate closely with 16 state-level Boll Foundations in each of Germany’s federal states, and they support talented, socio-politi­cally engaged undergraduate and graduate students in Germany and abroad.




The scholarship department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students from inside and outside Germany. Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.

Course Level: The scholarship Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students from inside and outside Germany.

Study Subject(s): Scholarships are awarded in all subjects offered at universities of applied sciences or universities of the arts in Germany.




Scholarship Award: The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,000 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students.

Scholarship can be taken in Germany (German students can pursue their higher studies in Germany or an EU country).

Eligibility: Formal prerequisites:
Applicants for an undergraduate or graduate scholarship:
1). General student scholarships for German and German-educated applicants (Bildungsinländer/innen (1)): Students in all subjects who are pursuing the First degree (Bachelor, Staatsexamen, Diplom) and who earned their university entrance qualification (2) in Germany:

• Applicants may apply before beginning their first degree (Bachelor, Staatsexamen, Diplom) or at any time up to the end of your third “Fachsemester”. Masters students cannot apply because we aim to support students over the longer-term. However, Bachelors students who have been awarded support may receive further support for a Masters course.
• Special (but not exclusive) target groups are: first-generation students, women, members of ethnic minorities, applicants from universities of applied science (Fachhochschulen).
• The scholarship programme also focuses (but not exclusively) on certain subjects: especially the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), particularly with a focus on environmental science (e.g. environmental protection, renewable energies, climate, etc.); economic and legal studies; journalism; and art studies.
• Germans and Bildungsinländer/innen (1) may receive funding for a complete Bachelors programme outside Germany but within the EU. In this case, the application must include a detailed justification of the proposed location and subject.2) Student Scholarship – journalism: “Medienvielfalt, anders: Junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Journalismus” (for German nationals and Bildungsinländer/innen):
• This programme is aimed at German or German-educated students with a migration background who wish to become journalists. Funding is not limited to students following journalism studies programmes.

• Applicants may apply before beginning your study programme or at any time up to the end of your third “Fachsemester”. The conditions outlined in A.1. apply
• Applicants for a doctoral scholarship: Please note that an application for the autumn application process is possible if you are a German or  German-educated doctoral student.
• Doctoral students in all subjects who earned their university entrance qualification in Germany (Germans Nationals and Bildungsinländer/inner (1)):
• At the time of application, the applicant must have been accepted as a doctoral student by a state-recognized institution of higher education in Germany or another EU country.
• Preference will be given to dissertation projects related to the working areas of the Heinrich Böll Foundation2) Doctoral scholarships: Focus programme “Transformation Research”
• Doctoral students from Germany who would like to apply for the focus programme “Transformation Research”
• Formal requirements are given above.

Nationality: Students of all nationalities can apply for these Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships.




Entrance Requirement: The scholarship Department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students from inside and outside Germany.

Test Requirement: No

English Language Requirements: Applicants from outside the home country will often need to meet specific English language/other language requirements in order to be able to study there.


How to apply: Applications should be submitted online. Required documents are:

• A complete set of application documents needs to be uploaded to the web portal as PDF versions of the following documents.
• Application form for a scholarship
• Copy of degree certificate, University entrance qualification or equivalent
• A list of study certificates to date if you have already commenced your studies
• For foreign applicants for a scholarship to study for a master’s degree: Certified copy of their first-degree certificate

• Student enrollment certificate  if they already have one
• For foreign applicants: Written proof of German language proficiency
• For applicants for the programme: Work samples
• A third-party reference on your social commitment
• An expert reference from a university or college lecturer, or for school leavers from a schoolteacher

Online Application

Application Deadline: The application deadline is August 31, 2017.