[afren] FW: Announcement of 2010 Professional Fellowships Scheme

[mbelcher at inasp.info]

This fellowships scheme may be of interest to network administrators and managers, it is possible that a fellowship could be used to support a placement with a UK university to develop technical and management skills around campus networking. The slight twist is that this call is actually for people in UK universities who want to set up such a fellowship with a fellow from a Commonwealth country. So if any one on the list is interested in this and has some good contacts within a British university, then this might be worth discussing with them.

As far as I know, fellowships have not been awarded so far in the area of campus or NREN networking but I suspect that an application with such a focus would receive a great deal of interest. Perhaps something with JANET or one of the regional network operators might be of interest to those working with RENs. You will need to identify a UK partner to take this forward. Closing date for applications is 30 April 2010.

Martin

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> ______________________________________________ 
> 
> From:   CSC-Deborah Bennett  
> 
> Sent:   13 January 2010 16:41
> 
> Subject:        Announcement of 2010 Professional Fellowships 
> Scheme - Expressions of Interest
> 
> Dear Colleague
> 
> Commonwealth Professional Fellowships Scheme in 2010-11
> 
> Let me start by wishing you all a very happy New Year.  I'm 
> pleased to be able to let you know that the Commonwealth 
> Scholarship Commission will be providing funds for UK 
> organisations to host visits from mid career professionals 
> from the developing Commonwealth in 2010 under our 
> Professional Fellowships Scheme.  We are sending this e-mail 
> to you as you have expressed an interest in the Scheme in the past.
> 
> As you may know, Commonwealth Professional Fellowships are 
> set up to fund programmes of professional development 
> designed to have a catalytic effect in developing skills that 
> will subsequently be applied in a developing Commonwealth 
> country. Funding will be provided for programmes of typically 
> three months duration, although requests for funding for 
> shorter programmes will be considered as will longer ones (up 
> to a maximum of six months where exceptional circumstances 
> can be demonstrated). Priority will be given to programmes 
> training professionals in the broadly defined fields of 
> agriculture/fisheries/forestry, education, 
> engineering/science/technology, environment, governance and 
> public health.  
> 
> Applications are invited from public, private or voluntary 
> sector organisations in the United Kingdom who are able to 
> set up a relevant programme and identify suitable recipients 
> from within the developing Commonwealth (see list of eligible 
> countries in the Prospectus).  Please note that we are very 
> pleased to welcome applications on behalf of Fellows who are 
> citizens of Rwanda and Zimbabwe for the first time in 2010.   
> Fellowships cover the full cost of travel to and from the UK, 
> living expenses, some UK travel and other approved short 
> course and conference expenses and a contribution to host 
> organisation costs - please see the Prospectus for further details.  
> 
> The 2010 Prospectus for the Scheme is now available on our 
> Website at: 
> www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/professional_fellowships.asp 
> <file://www.cscuk.org.uk/apply/professional_fellowships.asp>  
>   We are using an online application form in 2010 which can 
> also be accessed from this page along with detailed 
> guidelines on how to use it.  Please note that the nominating 
> organisation will need to register with the Commission in the 
> first instance (following the instructions in the guide) but 
> once this has been done you will be able to complete the 
> online application form with details of the programme and 
> finances as you have done in the past.  You will then be able 
> to ask the Fellow(s) you wish to nominate to complete their 
> section of the form before you nominate your application to 
> the Commission.  If you should experience any difficulty in 
> using the online form or have any queries, please do e-mail 
> eas at cscuk.org.uk <mailto:eas at cscuk.org.uk>  for help quoting 
> 'Professional Fellowships Nominator' as the subject.
> 
> The closing date for applications is 30 April 2010. 
> 
> If you would like any further information about this Scheme, 
> please do not hesitate to contact me on Telephone: 020 7380 
> 6749, fax: 020 7387 2655 or email: 
> deborah.bennett at cscuk.org.uk <mailto:deborah.bennett at cscuk.org.uk>    
> 
> Your help in promoting these fellowships would also be very 
> much appreciated and we would be grateful if you could 
> facilitate the advertisement of this scheme within your 
> organisation if at all possible.  If, however, you would 
> prefer not to receive information about future awards, please 
> do let me know.
> 
> With Best Wishes
> 
> Deborah Bennett
> 
> Senior Programme Officer (Awards)
> 
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> Ms Deborah Bennett      
> 
> Senior Programme Officer (Awards)
> 
> Commonwealth Scholarship Commission        
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