National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

Now accepting applications for Loan Repayment Awards funded by $200
million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Applications
will be accepted continuously until funds are expended or September
30, 2010, whichever comes first.

The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program provides
$50,000 (or the outstanding balance of qualifying student loans if it
is less than $50,000), tax free, to primary care medical, dental and
mental health clinicians in exchange for two years of service at an
approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area. Upon completion
of the service commitment, clinicians may be eligible to apply for
additional support for extended service.

Am I Eligible?

* U.S. citizen or national [+]
* Trained and credentialed in an eligible primary care discipline:
o Allopathic (MD) or Osteopathic (DO) Physician [+]
o Primary Care Nurse Practitioner [+]
o Certified Nurse-Midwife [+]
o Primary Care Physician Assistant [+]
o Dentist [+]
o Dental Hygienist [+]
o Health Service Psychologist [+]
o Licensed Clinical Social Worker [+]
o Psychiatric Nurse Specialist [+]
o Marriage and Family Therapist [+]
o Licensed Professional Counselor [+]

http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/

Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program

Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Congress
created the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH) Grant Program that provides grants of up to $4,000
per year to students who intend to teach in a public or private
elementary or secondary school that serves students from low-income
families. If, after reading all of the information on this fact sheet,
you are interested in learning more about the TEACH Grant Program, you
should contact the financial aid office at the college where you will
be enrolled starting with the 2008-2009 school year.

Effective Dates

The first TEACH Grants will be awarded to eligible students for the
2008-2009 school year.

Conditions

In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, you must agree to serve as a
full-time teacher in a high-need field in a public or private
elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students (see
below for more information on high-need fields and schools serving low-
income students). As a recipient of a TEACH Grant, you must teach for
at least four academic years within eight calendar years of completing
the program of study for which you received a TEACH Grant. IMPORTANT:
If you fail to complete this service obligation, all amounts of TEACH
Grants that you received will be converted to a Federal Direct
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You must then repay this loan to the U.S.
Department of Education. You will be charged interest from the date
the grant(s) was disbursed. Note: TEACH Grant recipients will be given
a 6-month grace period prior to entering repayment if a TEACH Grant is
converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Loan.

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/TEACH.jsp

Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

Scholarships for outstanding students from non-EEA countries pursuing a Master’s degree at the UvA

Eligible candidates:

Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area (holding a non-EEA-nationality) can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (AMS). Candidates must be officially accepted into a full-time degree programme at the UvA. The candidate must not receive a full-coverage scholarship from another organisation for the same period of study as the AMS scholarship and must be able to comply with Dutch visa regulations.

Value and purpose of grant : € 6,000 - € 21,000Grant award period: Selected students receive a scholarship for the official duration of the programme they are enrolled in. The scholarship for one-and-a-half or two-year programmes will only be renewed if the student is making satisfactory progress towards the degree.

Closing date : Deadlines vary per faculty/graduate school (1 March/1 April/1 June). For detailed information per faculty/graduate school, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

Availability : 120 scholarships

Grant provider: Universiteit van Amsterdam

Application procedure : AMS scholarships are awarded by the faculties and graduate schools. Application procedures vary per faculty/school. For more information on the application procedure and requirements, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

More information : The AMS scholarship programme is highly selective. The best eligible candidates will be selected for a scholarship by the faculty or graduate school offering the study programme. Applicants will be selected on the basis of academic merit, such as grade average, letter of recommendation and motivation. For more information on the selection criteria and application procedures per faculty, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

The information provided here is correct to the best of our knowledge, but may be subject to change without notice. You should therefore check the information yourself before relying on it.

last update: 28 May 2009

source: http://www.grantfinder.nl/content/result_detail.asp?id=240

Alumni Get More Chances to Apply for Research Fund

Alumni Get More Chances to Apply for Research Fund

AUN/SEED-Net is now calling for applications to the Research Program for Alumni Members (RA) 2009 for the second round. The Program is to provide research support for our alumni members who are currently faculty staff of Member Institutions to conduct research activity at home institution and/or other Member Institution(s) or Japanese Supporting University. In this round, the Project can provide the USD 2,000 research grants for up to 15 alumni. Details of the program can be found in Implementation Guidelines at http://www.seed-net.org/application_form.html. Application Deadline is 31 July 2009; and the propose research project must be between August 2009 and mid of February 2010. http://www.seed-net.org/news_pop.php?id=80