The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is delighted to announce that scholarships under the IDB Merit Scholarship Programme for High Technology (MSP) for the academic year 2014-15 are open for application. The scholarships offered are at two levels: (i) 3-year Ph.D. study/ research, and (ii) 6-12 months of Post-Doctoral research for the academic year 2014/2015.
The Programme is designed to help promising research students to pursue a full-time three-year Ph. D study or a six-twelve month post-doctoral research work in scientific disciplines that enhance development in IDB member countries, with priority to health/medicine, agriculture/food production, water resources/desertification, energy/infrastructure development, nanotechnology and development-focused ICT. Some scholarships are also available for studies and research in invention-related pure sciences.
The applicant must be a citizen of an IDB member country, must be a permanent employee of an academic institution or a research centre of his/her country and must satisfy all the eligibility requirements of the Programme. The successful candidate must secure admission at one of the universities listed in the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). Please visit the THES website: http://www.timeshighereducatio.co.uk/world-university-rankings/
For further info, kindly visit the following link:
http://www.isdb.org
* Deadline for application: January 15th, 2014
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