Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students.
About the ScholarshipThe United Nations (UN) estimates that more than 70 million people are currently living as refugees or asylum-seekers, or have been internally displaced due to wars and natural calamity – the largest such population in human history. A significant number of these individuals have had their education interrupted, severely impacting their potential for future success. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students (CUSDS) is an effort to combat this unprecedented humanitarian and economic loss by providing displaced students with the opportunity to pursue higher education at Columbia University, one of the leading educational institutions in the world.
Started in 2016 by the Columbia Business School’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, and now administered by the Columbia Global Centers, the Scholarship supports displaced students from anywhere in the world who are unable to complete their higher education. These students will receive full tuition, housing, and living assistance while pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees across all 18 Columbia schools and affiliates, reflecting Columbia’s full institutional commitment to addressing this global crisis. As the first-ever Columbia-wide scholarship, and the world's first scholarship of its kind, this program will commit up to $6 million in support for up to 30 students annually. Mentoring and support will be provided by the Scholarship, as well as by schools and student groups at Columbia.
The Scholarship aims to shift the global dialogue surrounding displaced persons, from one that views them as a burden to one that recognizes them as vital contributors to global innovation and prosperity. Currently, there is no initiative like this at any university in the world, despite the obvious desire for education on the part of these displaced student populations. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students aims to be a leader in filling this pressing humanitarian need and will hopefully encourage other universities to follow suit.
For more information:
About the ScholarshipThe United Nations (UN) estimates that more than 70 million people are currently living as refugees or asylum-seekers, or have been internally displaced due to wars and natural calamity – the largest such population in human history. A significant number of these individuals have had their education interrupted, severely impacting their potential for future success. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students (CUSDS) is an effort to combat this unprecedented humanitarian and economic loss by providing displaced students with the opportunity to pursue higher education at Columbia University, one of the leading educational institutions in the world.
Started in 2016 by the Columbia Business School’s Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, and now administered by the Columbia Global Centers, the Scholarship supports displaced students from anywhere in the world who are unable to complete their higher education. These students will receive full tuition, housing, and living assistance while pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees across all 18 Columbia schools and affiliates, reflecting Columbia’s full institutional commitment to addressing this global crisis. As the first-ever Columbia-wide scholarship, and the world's first scholarship of its kind, this program will commit up to $6 million in support for up to 30 students annually. Mentoring and support will be provided by the Scholarship, as well as by schools and student groups at Columbia.
The Scholarship aims to shift the global dialogue surrounding displaced persons, from one that views them as a burden to one that recognizes them as vital contributors to global innovation and prosperity. Currently, there is no initiative like this at any university in the world, despite the obvious desire for education on the part of these displaced student populations. The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students aims to be a leader in filling this pressing humanitarian need and will hopefully encourage other universities to follow suit.
For more information:
- Website: http://globalcenters.columbia.edu/CUSDS
- Email: CUSDS@columbia.edu
- Scholarship application: http://cusds.globalcenters.columbia.edu/
BrainGain-Venezuela. Supporting physics teaching and research in Venezuela
The Physics Without Frontiers programme is offering four fellowships to university professors in Venezuela as an effort to foster the development of the higher-level physics education and research carried out in the South American country. Two of the fellows will also be eligible for an additional travel budget meant to support scientific visits to other institutions in the region.
Call for applications will be open 8th May until 7th June 2019.
BrainGain Fellowship
Fellows must be teaching around 8 to 10 hours per week during the academic year, starting in September 2019 at their universities. The courses must address the most pressing needs of the corresponding physics department. In exchange, each fellow will receive a total of 2000 Euros. This support should to allow the fellow to focus on their research projects and on providing high-quality education to the students enrolled in the courses.
In addition, 2 of the fellowships will also be awarded a travel budget for scientific visits to neighbouring countries. The award will be 1000 Euros each, and will be assigned based on the research plan submitted by the candidate and on how such plan suits the chosen host institution. The visits should ideally have a duration of 4 to 8 weeks. Priority will be given to candidates who can secure partial funding from the host institution or any other source.
Eligibility: This call is open to current or retired physicist faculty members from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Universidad Simon Bolívar (USB) or Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).
Application Process: Call for applications will be open 8th May - 7th June 2019 and successful candidates will be informed by 21st June. Please complete the application through the ICTP Portal. You will be asked to upload your CV, and give details of your teaching and research proposal.
Application evaluation: Applications will be evaluated and ranked by a committee comprising 5 scholars (3 national and 2 external members) according to the following criteria:
• Pedagogical quality & adequacy of the project
• Scientific and pedagogical merit of the candidate
• If applying for the scientific visits: Scientific quality & originality of the project and the proposals must also include an outlined plan for the scientific visit
Enquiries should be sent to braingainvenezuela@ictp.it and more Information: https://www.ictp.it/physics-without-frontiers/braingain-venezuela#close
The Physics Without Frontiers programme is offering four fellowships to university professors in Venezuela as an effort to foster the development of the higher-level physics education and research carried out in the South American country. Two of the fellows will also be eligible for an additional travel budget meant to support scientific visits to other institutions in the region.
Call for applications will be open 8th May until 7th June 2019.
BrainGain Fellowship
Fellows must be teaching around 8 to 10 hours per week during the academic year, starting in September 2019 at their universities. The courses must address the most pressing needs of the corresponding physics department. In exchange, each fellow will receive a total of 2000 Euros. This support should to allow the fellow to focus on their research projects and on providing high-quality education to the students enrolled in the courses.
In addition, 2 of the fellowships will also be awarded a travel budget for scientific visits to neighbouring countries. The award will be 1000 Euros each, and will be assigned based on the research plan submitted by the candidate and on how such plan suits the chosen host institution. The visits should ideally have a duration of 4 to 8 weeks. Priority will be given to candidates who can secure partial funding from the host institution or any other source.
Eligibility: This call is open to current or retired physicist faculty members from Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Universidad Simon Bolívar (USB) or Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).
Application Process: Call for applications will be open 8th May - 7th June 2019 and successful candidates will be informed by 21st June. Please complete the application through the ICTP Portal. You will be asked to upload your CV, and give details of your teaching and research proposal.
Application evaluation: Applications will be evaluated and ranked by a committee comprising 5 scholars (3 national and 2 external members) according to the following criteria:
• Pedagogical quality & adequacy of the project
• Scientific and pedagogical merit of the candidate
• If applying for the scientific visits: Scientific quality & originality of the project and the proposals must also include an outlined plan for the scientific visit
Enquiries should be sent to braingainvenezuela@ictp.it and more Information: https://www.ictp.it/physics-without-frontiers/braingain-venezuela#close
Pew Supports Postdoctoral Training in the U.S. and New Labs in Latin America
For more information visit: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-latin-american-fellows
Next call for the Pew Latin American Fellows program. Pass this information along to your networks, especially those with connections to Latin America. If you are traveling to any conferences and would like hard copies for distribution, please let Kara Coleman (kcoleman@pewtrusts.org) know and we can print and send them to you.
Tis program funds 2 years of postdoctoral research in the US for Latin American researchers, along with providing start-up funds when the individual returns to Latin America. If you know any graduate students or postdocs in Latin America looking to study in the US, please let them know about this opportunity! If you are interested in being a sponsor for an applicant, and hosting them in your lab as a postdoc, please also let Kara Coleman (kcoleman@pewtrusts.org) know.
Here is some basic information on the upcoming call.
The application will open July 10
Interested applicants should contact fellowsapp@pewtrusts.org at that time and we will provide login information
The application closes September 25
Interested applicants should begin looking for sponsor labs now! They can contact us at fellowsapp@pewtrusts.org if they need assistance.
Thank you for your support of this program.
For more information visit: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-latin-american-fellows
Next call for the Pew Latin American Fellows program. Pass this information along to your networks, especially those with connections to Latin America. If you are traveling to any conferences and would like hard copies for distribution, please let Kara Coleman (kcoleman@pewtrusts.org) know and we can print and send them to you.
Tis program funds 2 years of postdoctoral research in the US for Latin American researchers, along with providing start-up funds when the individual returns to Latin America. If you know any graduate students or postdocs in Latin America looking to study in the US, please let them know about this opportunity! If you are interested in being a sponsor for an applicant, and hosting them in your lab as a postdoc, please also let Kara Coleman (kcoleman@pewtrusts.org) know.
Here is some basic information on the upcoming call.
The application will open July 10
Interested applicants should contact fellowsapp@pewtrusts.org at that time and we will provide login information
The application closes September 25
Interested applicants should begin looking for sponsor labs now! They can contact us at fellowsapp@pewtrusts.org if they need assistance.
Thank you for your support of this program.
The 2019 Society of General Physiologists (SGP) Annual Symposium, to be held at Valparaiso, Chile on September 4th-7th, 2019. The topic will be “Structural Basis of Electrical Signaling in the Heart and the Nervous System”.
The SGP/SOBLA 2019 symposium will bring together experts in different key areas (from structure to physiology), who by combining multidisciplinary approaches have elucidated molecular, cellular, and integrative physiology of channels/transporters in a variety of animal models that are relevant to physiology and disease. New advances communicated at the meeting are expected to inform novel methods for the diagnosis and treatment of human health and disease.
The symposium will serve as an important platform to foster new scientific collaboration between scientists from the USA and Latin America. Scientists and trainees from both US and Latin America will have the opportunity to exchange professional and cultural experiences that help us to create a better and trusted global scientific community.
For more information click here.
The SGP/SOBLA 2019 symposium will bring together experts in different key areas (from structure to physiology), who by combining multidisciplinary approaches have elucidated molecular, cellular, and integrative physiology of channels/transporters in a variety of animal models that are relevant to physiology and disease. New advances communicated at the meeting are expected to inform novel methods for the diagnosis and treatment of human health and disease.
The symposium will serve as an important platform to foster new scientific collaboration between scientists from the USA and Latin America. Scientists and trainees from both US and Latin America will have the opportunity to exchange professional and cultural experiences that help us to create a better and trusted global scientific community.
For more information click here.
July 2019:
"Revisiting the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology at the Single-Molecule Level" – Lima 2019. Biophysical Society Thematic meeting, which will be held July 18-21, 2019, in Lima, Peru. For more information click here.
The Organizing Committee:
Carlos Bustamante — University of California at Berkeley, USA
Daniel Guerra — Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
Victoria Guixé — University of Chile
Rodrigo Maillard — Georgetown University, USA
Edward Málaga-Trillo — Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
Lía Pietrasanta — University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Piere Rodriguez Aliaga — Stanford University, USA
Julio Valdivia — Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC), Peru
Christian A.M. Wilson — University of Chile
"Revisiting the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology at the Single-Molecule Level" – Lima 2019. Biophysical Society Thematic meeting, which will be held July 18-21, 2019, in Lima, Peru. For more information click here.
The Organizing Committee:
Carlos Bustamante — University of California at Berkeley, USA
Daniel Guerra — Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
Victoria Guixé — University of Chile
Rodrigo Maillard — Georgetown University, USA
Edward Málaga-Trillo — Cayetano Heredia University, Peru
Lía Pietrasanta — University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Piere Rodriguez Aliaga — Stanford University, USA
Julio Valdivia — Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC), Peru
Christian A.M. Wilson — University of Chile
April 2018:
Biophysicist in Profile: Sebastián Brauchi (See profile).
In the Bulletin of the Biophysical Society, April 2018.
Biophysicist in Profile: Sebastián Brauchi (See profile).
In the Bulletin of the Biophysical Society, April 2018.