New Zealand ASEAN Scholars Awards Overview New Zealand ASEAN Scholars awards empower individuals with the knowledge, skills and qualifications to contribute to economic, social and political development within ASEAN nations.
Community Forestry: Trees and People — John G. Bene Fellowship Overview IDRC offers this fellowship annually to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing their master's or doctoral studies at a Canadian university.
Training at EarthRights School Mekong (ERSM) Overview EarthRights International's Mekong School is a unique training program for civil society advocates from the Mekong Region (China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam) who are working on environmental and human rights issues. The seven month-long training program focuses on the impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects, particularly hydropower dams, and how citizens are engaged in advocating for more equitable development in the Mekong region. At the school, students investigate community complaints regarding negative impacts from Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, and privately funded projects.
Canadian Window on International Development Awards Overview These awards reflect the fact that the boundaries between international development policy and domestic policy increasingly parallel similar problems in developing countries so that both Canada and the less developed countries benefit from research on these issues. The complexities of national economic and social development in Canada are increasingly evident, and are often related to international issues.
Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific) Scholarships Overview The Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific) offers students the opportunity to study both at the University of Sydney and one of four selected partner universities in the Asia Pacific with particular expertise in human rights and democratisation. The degree consists of a foundational semester and a one-week inter-sessional intensive at the University of Sydney and a second semester at one of the partner institutions. Up to 30 scholarships are available for citizens of countries in the Asia Pacific region to undertake the Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific)
Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation: PhD Student, La Trobe University, Australia Description: PhD positions in Language Description and Documentation at the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology (RCLT) at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia ( http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt ) invites applications from suitably qualified students to enter its PhD program. The RCLT is committed to comprehensively analysing the linguistic structures of languages that are endangered or have previously been little studied or are completely undescribed.