Hi,

I'm looking for information on funding and scholarships for Canadian
Citizens who wish to do a Masters degree in the UK starting in the
fall of 2004. There are two of us. We're specifically looking at
Cambridge, Edinburgh, Imperial College, or London School of Economics
but we know there are scholarships that exist which are independent of
university. Field-wise, one of us is in Computer Science and the
other in Political Science/Anthropology. We have bachelor degrees in
our respective fields.

We know about the big scholarships like the Gates Scholarship and the
Commonwealth scholarship but more details about other general and
field-specific scholarships would greatly help.

Ideally for each scholarship/funding source you would give us info on
the name, the website (if it exists), when it's due and a few details.
Here's an example for the Commonwealth:

Commonwealth Scholarship 
http://www.scholarships-bourses-ca.org/pages/CWout/cwCanOt1-en.html
Due: Postmarked October 24, 2003
Details: highly competitive, less than 5% of applicants get in to the
UK. Once selected the committee decides which university in the UK
best fits your needs (although you specify on your application the
universities you are considering).

Thanks!
omar

<Goldsmiths University of London provides a details of alternative
sources of funding.
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/departments/anthropology/funding.html

Research Grants administered by the Royal Anthropological society.
These grants are regularly advertised in Anthropology Today, the
society’s monthly journal. Awards range from £400 - £7,000. The
closing date is 31st March each year.
http://www.therai.org.uk/grants/research_funds.html

The Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Offers awards for anthropological research.
Deadlines various.
Up to $25,000
http://www.wennergren.org/

Department for International Development.
DFID operates a number of funding programmes.
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

Wingate scholarships (residency requirements may be a barrier).
http://www.wingate.org.uk/overview.htm

ACU scholarships & Fellowships.
http://www.acu.ac.uk/cgi-bin/frameset.pl?ml=scholarships&sl=scholarships&select=scholarships


The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships.
Ambassadorial scholarships are granted to further international
understanding and friendly relations among people of different
countries. Value – up to $25,000
Deadlines for 2004/5 awards have passed. Applications should be made
through your local Rotary Club. Deadlines vary March – July)
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/

How to apply.
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/prospect/process/apply.html



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Scholarship UK provides a searchable database of bursaries at 
http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/ai.php 

A search for computing in the data base found these results:
http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/post_scholarships.php

 
City University
Up to 10 scholarships to well-qualified applicants. Value £1500.
Awarded on a competitive basis to the most promising applicants.
Deadline for 2004/2005 is April 1, 2004.
http://www.cityu.edu:8080/students/financialaid/scholarships.asp


University of Kent
Electronics bursaries.
Awards considered on an individual basis.
Closing date 31 May prior to the academic year of entry.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/registry/intoffice/studycosts/overseasscholarships.htm


University of Exeter
Computer science bursaries.
MSc in Autonomous Systems – 4 bursaries for international students
worth £1500.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/scholarships/


Oxford Brookes University
Computing and Engineering Scholarships.
Available for MSc in Computer Science, MSc in Computing (conversion
course
MSc in High Speed Networks & Distributed Systems, MSc in
Knowledge-Based System. Value £1000.
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/international/scholarships.html


University of the West of England, Bristol
Overseas Engineering Scholarship – computing.
Bursaries awarded on academic merit. Value £2000.
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/international/scholar.shtml


A search for social sciences produced 21 results.

University of Cambridge (Clare Hall)
Approximately 20 bursaries available up to £5,000.
The Isaac Newton Trust – Phd in anthropology and other subjects.
£1500.
http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/applying/scholar.htm


The London School of Economics and Political Science offers several
awards. Value £11,700 for Mphil/PhD students in the department of
Sociology. Awarded every other year. Next awarded 2003/2004.

Value £5200 (5 awards) for work in the social sciences.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/intrel/


University of Westminster
Two awards of £9000 are available per candidate for Ph.D or Mphil in
the Centre for Urban and Regional Governance in the department of
Social and Political Studies. Selection is based on academic merit.
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/news.asp?ID=272


University of Hull
Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Scholarships.
Up to £4,500 and UK fees.
http://www.butex.ac.uk/campus/p1hullu.html

University of Leeds
Social sciences.
Value £8,000. 
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/schol.htm


Loughborough University
International Social Science Bursaries.
8 awards of £2000 based on academic merit. 
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/prospectus/support/scholarships.html


University of Oxford.
Various awards from £2000.
http://www.development.ox.ac.uk/schol.html


Queen’s University Belfast
William Crawford scholarship. Social sciences. £400.
http://www.qub.ac.uk/iis/courses/ss-scholarships.htm


UCL 
MPhil/PhD research in the Department of Anthropology
Value – UK tuition fees. 
Closing date May.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/financial-matters/scholarships/graduate/deptscholarships/anthropology/index.shtml


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Fast web is a data base of 600,000 scholarships. 
http://www.fastweb.com/

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Destineducation
This site gives details of the major grants available to Canadians. 
http://www.destineducation.ca/directory/studya_e.htm>


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<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by sgaiser-ga on 08 Oct 2003 21:57 PDT

This answer covers anthropology quite well and some general stuff but
was there anything available specifically for the universities listed
above and/or computer science and political science? i feel that
wasn't covered in much detail here.

perhaps i just misread the answer. anyway thanks and let me know.

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 09 Oct 2003 01:33 PDT

<The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
provides funding via block grants called Masters Training Packages.
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/website/default.aspx?ZoneID=2&MenuID=864
A list of courses funded includes:
Computational science and engineering for industry at Greenwich.
Computing science at Aberdeen.
Communications and computing at Bath.
High performance computing at Edinburgh.
Research stream in advanced computing at Imperial College.
Distributed interactive systems at Lancaster.
Informatics – the application of systems thinking at Leeds.
System design for internet applications at Newcastle.
Education and training in Software engineering for SMES at Oxford.
Evolutionary and adaptive systems at Sussex.

http://194.66.183.26/ContentLiveArea/Downloads/Word%20Document/Courses%20by%20Programme%20table(download).doc


Institution of Electrical Engineering provides various awards.
http://www.iee.org/educareers/awards
http://www.iee.org/oncomms/circuit/benefits/awards.cfm
Postgraduate awards.
Closing date 15 October.
http://www.iee.org/EduCareers/Awards/PG/index.cfm

Sources of funding.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/ims/Postgraduate%20Funding.htm>

<Hope this helps.>