Commonwealth Scholarship Plan, New Zealand 2012
Last Date : 31st May, 2012
No. 15-2/2011-ES.4
Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
ES. 4 Section
COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PLAN, NEW ZEALAND AWARDS-2012
Last Date : 31st May, 2012
Applications on plain paper, as per prescribed format, are invited from Indian Nationals residing in India for the above-mentioned Commonwealth Scholarship for higher studies, research leading to Ph.D/Masters level Study in New Zealand
NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS TO BE SENT: TWO
Ph.D 1(one)
MASTERS 1(one)
SUBJECT FIELDS:
1. Environmental Studies;
2. Agriculture/ Fisheries/ Biosecurity and Food Safety
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR
Should have completed Bachelor’s Degree/ Master’s Degree in the subject or allied fields with minimum 65% marks. Where percentage of marks is not available and grades are mentioned, the candidates must indicate the conversion formula adopted by the University/Institution and should also indicate equivalent percentage of marks.
AGE
The candidate should not be more than 40 years of age as on 31.05.2012.
General Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants for the scheme must satisfy the following general eligibility criteria andy any predetermined, country or regional-specific selection criteria set by NZAID and the nominating authorities. At a minimum, to be eligible to apply for a scholarship, applicants must:
(i) have citizenship of Commonwealth developing country;
(ii) be residing in their home country for at least two years prior to application;
(iii) not have citizenship or permanent residence status of New Zealand or Australia, or another development country, except where their country does not issue passports and
they hold a New Zealand passport;
(iv) not be married or engaged to be married to a person who holds, or who is eligible to hold, citizenship or permanent residence status of New Zealand, Australia or another
developed country, except where their country does not issue passports and they hold a New Zealand passport
(v) be applying to commence a new qualification and not be seeking funding for one already commenced at the PhD or Masters level;
(vi) satisfy the admission requirements of the New Zealand education institution I which the qualification is to be undertaken, including English language criteria;
(vii) have been working in their country of citizenship, preferably for at least two years prior to application;
(viii) hold a first class standard (or above); or a first class degree and a relevant postgraduate qualification, which will normally be a Master’s degree;
(ix) be available to commence their academic studies in New Zealand by the start of the New Zealand academic year in February 2013;
(x) have already secured admission to their preferred New Zealand university; evidence of admission (eg. A letter of offer) is required with the application form; a conditional letter of offer from a New Zealand university is sufficient to allow an application to be accepted;
(To be produced at the time of interview)
(xi) have a planned programme start date (in the letter of offer) not earlier than February 2013.
Important Note:
Information on the New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarship scheme, including the list of participating New Zealand education institutions, is available on the scholarships pages of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the New Zealand Aid Programme website:
www.aid.govt.nz/scholarships/.
Read more:
MHRD Govt of India website (PDF)
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