ELST SCHOLARSHIP 2006

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

Applications have now closed for the ELST scholarship 2006. The successful candidate will be notified before the end of December

English Language Scholarships for Tibetans (ELST) offers a senior scholarship in Cambridge, England from April 2006 to June 2006.

The short (three month) programme provides intensive English language and communication skills tuition and full involvement in Cambridge University and College activities at a senior level.

The ELST scholar will live in, and participate in the life of, a Cambridge College as an invited and privileged Senior Member of that College and thus of the University. He, or she, will attend Studio Cambridge for an intensive English language programme, give talks to and hold discussions with college and university members and fellows and also city groups and societies. There are opportunities to visit London and other cities.

The scholarship covers airfares, travel and visa costs, accommodation and meals, and English language tuition; it also provides a cash allowance for other expenditures.

Applicants should be significant academics or professionals in the Tibetan community. They might be monks, or nuns, or lay people who are researching or teaching at, say, Sarnath, or IBD, or another university, or a college or a school or a monastery or nunnery. They might be professionals working or teaching or researching at, say, TMAI, or TIPA, or the Norbulinka Institute, or a CTA Department. They will be men and women of high calibre, experience and motivation. They will probably hold a senior degree or qualification and will probably be between 30 and 45 years old.

Further information and advice is available from ELST at elstcam@ntlworld.com or from the ELST Scholar in autumn 2003, Geshe Dorji Damdul, Private Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at d_damdul2001@rediffmail.com

Applications of about 400 words, including the names and e-mail addresses of two referees, should be sent by e-mail to ELST at elstcam@ntlworld.com to arrive not later than 25 October 2005. Short-listed candidates will be invited for interview (travel, etc., expenses paid) in Delhi or Dharamsala in November 2005.

The successful candidate will be informed before the end of December 2005.

Amended 11/05