Program in Support of Young Scientists - IPSWaT-International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies

The BMBF scholarship programme "International Postgraduate Studies in Water Technologies" is the direct implementation of a recommendation made in the "Action Concept: Sustainable and Competitive German Water Industry" (2000). The aim of the programme is to develop long-term international scientific and economic contacts in the water sector. Offering scholarships to young German and international scientists has the aim of supporting the international transfer of knowledge and technology in the field of water management and the integration of potential future decision-makers, also in developing and emerging countries. This will form an important basis for future cooperation activities.
 

Link to more information on funding opportunities within IPSWaT

Next application deadline

Applications for a PhD-Scholarship have to be send by the advisors/course directors until 1st of October, 2010 (postmark) to the International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Application for an IPSWaT scholarship

IPSWaT-Cover sheet-2010

Scholarship holders' meeting

Every year, there is a meeting of IPSWaT award holders. It takes place in a different location in Germany every year, with the support of one of the participating universities. The Meeting took place at the Telekomhotel in Leipzig on Juli 7-9.

 

 

 

 

IPSWaT subsidizes participation for 10 scholarship holders in GIS course at Cologne University, August 30 - September 03, 2010

The GIS Summer School 2010 of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences in association with the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) consists of two independent one-week courses. The second course "GIS in Water Resources Management" - fostered by IPSWaT -  offers extension of knowledge about GIS in general and especially in the field of water resources management. The contents the course will be communicated by lectures, practical training and excursions with main focus on practical applications and hands-on exercises. You will work with up-to-date GIS software and hardware, get professional assistance and receive comprehensive course materials. Deadline for register: 31.05.2010. For more information: http://www.international-office.fh-koeln.de/projekte/summerschool/u/01834.php

DAAD Alumni Summer School "Abfall und Wasserwirtschaft" in Siegen, 5-12 September, 2010

The DAADAlumni Summer School "Abfall und Wasserwirtschaft" will be held in Siegen (Germany), from 5th to 12th September, 2010. Subsequent to the Summer School in Siegen the participants of the summer school will travel to Munich on 12th September, where a special program is organized by DAAD in co-operation with the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA). A visit to the world largest international trade fair "IFAT" (on Water, Wastewater and Recycling) is part of the program. The entire Summer School is scheduled from 5th September to 18th September 2010. More information:
 http://www.daad.cl/dokumente/2010/Announcement_U_Siegen.PDF

IPSWaT subsidizes participation for 20 scholarship holders in DWA-Programme at IFAT, September 12-17, 2010 in Munich

The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) invites young engineers to join the "Young Waster Professionals' Programme" from September 12 to 17 in Munich at the international trade fair and exhibition IFAT / Entsorga. The one-week-programme combines international networking with challenging conferences and symposiums and technical excursions - not to forget social and cultural events. If you are interested to join, please complete the attached questionnaire and return it to the DWA as soon as possible (questionnaire.PDF). The number of participants is limited, questionnaires are treated as applications and in chronological order. Please send a copy of the questionnaire to IPSWaT. Deadline for registration for scholarship holders: 18.06.2010.
 
The programme begins on Sunday, September 12, with a full-day workshop together with 40 participants of the IWA (International Water Association) Young Water Professionals' Programme: Challenges of Tomorrow - Job and career prospects for internationally oriented young engineers. In the evening, the participants are invited to the opening festivity with the German Feder Minister of the Environment with a buffet menue. During the week, there are  - beside the fair visits - symposiums on Water, Wastewater and Waste topics as well as technical excursions on the schedule, as well as the Huber Technology Prize Ceremony and a stand party at our booth. At the end of the week, the programme's results are presented by the participants to the fair public in a Forum. Other details of the programme are: EWA (European Water Association) Symposium on Sustainable Water Management, excursions to channel building sites and wastewater treatment plants in and around Munich.
 
More information about IFAT under http://www.ifat.de/  More information about Young Water Professionals Programmes see http://www.dwa.de/portale/dwa_master/dwa_master.nsf/home?readform&objectid=98E5755BA3BF6AA7C125736F0031D7EA&editor=no&&submenu=_1_7_7_2&&treeid=_1_7_7_2&

Networking

- DWA - German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste

is the German technical-scientific association for sustainable water industry. As IPSWaT-student you get from DWA: 

• two years free membership
• participation in seminars, workshops and conferences
• once a year attend the "Young Scientists Programmes"
• access to international networks and international career opportunities

For further information: http://www.dwa.de/

- GAWN - German Alumni Water Network

The German Alumni Water Network has been established to better coordinate activities for former students of German Universities and development associations in Germany. It provides contact information from and for DAAD and IPSWaT-Alumni and Alumnae active in the the water sector online. Registered users of the database have the opportunity for using detailed search functions within the database to identify potential collaborators, to locate former colleagues, and to establish new links.

For further information: http://www.gawn.de/.  

- CIM - Centre for International Migration und Development

The Centre for International Migration und Development (CIM) is looking for people who want to use what they know where it is most needed: in emergent and developing countries. This is why the Returning Experts Programme works with graduates and experienced professionals who want to return to their home countries or regions.

For further information: http://zav-reintegration.de/