20.272 funding for MA and PhD degrees

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 20, No. 272.
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         Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:39:02 +0100
         From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>
         Subject: funding for MA and PhD degrees

Individuals from Latin America interested in either of the MA
programmes or the PhD programme in Digital Humanities at King's
College London should consider applying for funding under the Alban
scheme, described at www.programalban.org. The following is a brief
extract from the information found at that site:

>The Programme Alan is a higher level scholarship Programme, adopted
>by the European
>Commission in 2002, addressed to Latin American citizens, from
>Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
>Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
>Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,
>Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Further, the
>Programme is addressed to Latin
>American students and professionals that will benefit from
>scholarships for postgraduate studies and
>professional specialised training, in any of the 25 European Union
>Member States (Austria, Belgium,
>Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
>Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
>Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands,
>Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia,
>Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom). The Programme runs from 2002 to 2010.
>The total EU contribution to scholarships amounts to a maximum of 75
>million Euros, corresponding to
>a maximum of 75% of the eligible cost of education/training.
>Alan awards scholarships from 6 to a maximum of 36 months to
>applicants registered or having the
>support of one eligible Higher Education Institution in Latin
>America, to conduct postgraduate studies
>in the European Union, leading to a second cycle degree ('Master')
>or to a third cycle degree
>('Doctorate'). Alban will benefit as well experienced professionals
>and senior managers occupying
>leading positions in public or private organisations, in the same LA
>countries, seeking higher level
>specialisation training, skill upgrading or updating at a Higher
>Education Institution, Higher Level
>Training Centre or a similar Organisation in the European Union. In
>both cases, when applying for a
>scholarship, the applicants should have already been accepted at an
>eligible university, higher
>education institution or higher level training centre/organisation
>of the European Union,

Applications are due in December 2006. Since the scheme presumes
acceptance into the intended programme, anyone intending to apply
should get in contact with our programme administrator, Sarah
Davenport, immediately, at sarah.davenport_at_kcl.ac.uk.

Yours,
WM

Dr Willard McCarty | Reader in Humanities Computing | Centre for
Computing in the Humanities | King's College London | Kay House, 7
Arundel Street | London WC2R 3DX | U.K. | +44 (0)20 7848-2784 fax:
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Received on Sat Oct 21 2006 - 04:10:34 EDT