The University of Central Asia (UCA) is pleased to announce its Central Asian Faculty Development Programme’s (CAFDP) PhD scholarship programmes at its partner institutions – University of Montana (UM), United States and University of Alberta (U of A), Canada in the following fields:

1. Geosciences including environmental hazards, earthquakes, and disasters; Environment, Natural Resource Management, and Rural Development; and Cultural Heritage. These fields are supported through the UCA- UM partnership.

For further information about UCA and/or UM, please visit: http://www.ucentralasia.org/cafdp.asp or https://www.applyweb.com/apply/uomont/

2. Mountain Tourism and Ethnomusicology supported through the UCA- U of A partnership.

For further information about UCA or U of A, please visit http://www.ucentralasia.org/cafdp.asp  or http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/intl/

The deadline for applications is February 13, 2012.

The CAFDP provides scholarships to candidates on the understanding that they are interested in a career at the UCA and will be expected to work as researchers or teaching faculty at the Graduate School of Development and/or the undergraduate School of Arts and Sciences upon completion of their studies.

All applicants are required to meet the eligibility criteria put forth by UCA CAFDP and the admission criteria of UM and U of A.Applicants from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan are strongly encouraged to apply. Further information about these scholarship programmes can be obtained by e-mailing facultydev@ucentralasia.org.