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EWC-NSF Doctoral Fellowship for Environmental Transitions and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Description:

The East-West Center, Honolulu, USA is offering National Science Foundation Doctoral Fellowship for Environmental Transitions and Emerging Infectious Diseases (hereafter, the EWC-NSF Doctoral Fellowship). The fellowship will provide doctoral funding for the graduate students to participate in educational and research programs at the East-West Center while pursuing doctoral level study at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.

 

The research is a collaborative project with the East-West Center, Hanoi University of Agriculture, and University of Hawaii at Manoa. The project includes participation of students in an NSF-funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT).

 

EWC-NSF Doctoral Fellows will work together with East-West Center researchers and University of Hawaii faculty, as well as with researchers in Vietnam involved in the East-West Center—National Science Foundation Project for Environmental Transitions and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

 

 

Scholarship Provider:

The East-West Center, Honolulu, USA.

 

Area of Study:

Botany, Anthropology, Geography, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Psychology, Public Health, Sociology, or Urban and Regional Planning.

 

Benefits of this Scholarship:

  • The Fellowship will cover the roundtrip airfare (initial and terminal)
  • You will be paid the tuition and fees payable to the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Book allowance
  • Housing facility will be provided in an East-West Center graduate residence hall
  • Health insurance and
  • A monthly stipend for meals and incidental expenses.

These facilities will be provided for up to a maximum of three years. The EWC-NSF Doctoral Fellowships may be renewed up to a maximum of 36 months.

 

Eligibility:

There are only three fellowship positions available and these fellowship positions will be awarded on a competitive basis. Aspirants who are committed to pursuing fields of study that are relevant to the purpose of the East-West Center—National Science Foundation Doctoral Fellowship for Environmental Transitions and Emerging Infectious Diseases will be eligible to apply to this fellowship.

How to Apply:

Obtaining admission to a field of graduate study at the University of Hawaii before applying to the East-West Center is not mandatory. Application to both the East-West Center and the University of Hawaii may be done concurrently by submitting both applications and all necessary documents directly to the East-West Center. The application package includes an application form to the East-West Center and an application to the University of Hawaii.

  • Click here for getting the application form of the East-West Center and click here for downloading the application form of University of Hawaii
  • Fill up the form and save it in PDF format
  • Attach the supporting documents in JPEG format (list of the supporting documents)
  • Send all documents it to the example@mail.com

This fellowship is awarded annually through international competition. Applications must be postmarked by early November of every year.  Award decisions will be announced and communicated by the end of March of every year. Fellowships will begin in early August of every year.

Contacts:

East-West Center
Award Services Office
1601 East-West Road
John A. Burns Hall, Room 2066
Honolulu, HI 96848-1601 USA
Telephone: 808-944-7735
Fax: 808-944-7730