UNEP Supported Scholarships for Environmental and Sustainable Development.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) strategy in Asia Pacific aims to lead in responding to emerging environmental issues and to assist in implementing the programs at national, subregional and regional levels.
Overview
Part of the cooperation between UNEP and AIT is to implement joint activities in the area of environment and sustainable development. Under this collaboration, UNEP would provide five Master’s scholarships to AIT, targeted for January 2006 semester. The scholarship program is under the UNEP Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building which aims to provide capacity building measures based on national and subregional priorities and needs.
Areas of Interest
UNEP will offer five Master’s scholarships which would be distributed across the five regions of Asia – North East, South Pacific, South East Asia, South Asia, and Central Asia. The thematic areas that will be considered for the January 2006 intake are:
(a) Waste management (e.g. electrical and electronic wastes)
(b) Urbanization ( e.g. eco housing, transport and new fuels)
(c) Environmental security (e.g. air, water, energy and food)
Students can be admitted to any of the academic field of studies at AIT. However, their research activities should be directly linked to the UNEP’s thematic areas. A one page detailed research proposal based on UNEP’s thematic areas should be submitted with the application (www.rrcap.unep.org).
Scholarship
The scholarship will cover the following:
1) Tuition and registration fees for 4 semesters
2) Research grant
3) Travel grant (economy class : incoming and outgoing costs)
4) Monthly bursary during the period of study
Requirements
The scholarships are specifically targeted to those from the five sub regions and coming from the government, public and private sector. The minimum requirements are:
1. The applicant should hold a bachelor degree (normally from a four-year program) or its equivalent in an appropriate field of study from an institution of recognized standing; and have undergraduate grades significantly above average.
2. Priority will be given to the candidate, who is associated with the national UNEP (or Environment/Sustainable development) related projects. His/her Masters research work could be conducted, preferably, at the home country.
3. The selected applicant will work on the research areas recommended by UNEP. After graduation, few selected would be expected to work with the RRC.AP office, as interns, prior to returning to their home country.
4. All AIT programs are conducted in the English language, the Institute`s official medium of all communication. Applicants have to produce evidence of proficiency in English. UNEP Scholarship applicants must submit a standard English proficiency score. The minimal scores acceptable are : TOEFL [Internet-based 83, Computer-based 220, Paper-based 560] TOEIC [750] IELTS[6.0].
5. All candidates for entry to AIT must provide certificated evidence of good health.
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