Memo No. JU/DA/HEQEP/CP 3419/2015-16/49
Date: 03.09.2015
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HEQEP 3419: Postgraduate and Doctoral Scholarship- 2015
Department of Archaeology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (CP-3419), Dept. of Archaeology,
Jahangirnagar University is calling for 3 (three) MSS scholarships. The scholarships
are awarded as follows:
Qualifications for three (03) scholarships for Masters student of the academic year
2014-15 (granted for six months)
1. Students who have secured CGPA 3.0 in BSS examination.
2.Students who have taken the courses of Environmental Archaeology
(Geoarchaeology and Bioarchaeology), Practical for Environmental
Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy in his/her M.S.S study plan will get
preference.
Scholarship :
Scholarships
Scholarship Period
Number of
Scholarships
Scholarships for MSS student
Oct’15 - March’16 =
6 months
03
Monthly
stipend (in
BDT)
7,000/-
Each applicant is required to submit all the required documents within 15 Sep’2015 to
the office of the sub-project manager. Please, go through the detailed guidelines,
including the conditions for application and list of required documents.
Dr. Swadhin Sen
Sub-Project Manager, HEQEP-3419
Dept. of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University,
Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Encl: Guidelines for granting scholarships of ‘HEQEP 3419: Postgraduate and Doctoral
Scholarship’
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HEQEP 3419: Postgraduate and Doctoral Scholarship
Guidelines
Applicable to the students of Masters Degree
The main objective of the HEQEP 3419 Project is to enhance the research capabilities
of postgraduate students through active engagement with the fieldwork in reference to
Northwestern Part of Bangladesh. Keeping the main objective in mind, the eligibility
criteria for the applications are as follows:
1. Any student who has secured CGPA 3.0 will be eligible for applying for
scholarship
2. The applicants who have taken the courses of Environmental Archaeology
(Geoarchaeology and Bioarchaeology), Practical for Environmental
Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy will get preference in the selection
3. If thesis is offered by the department or any student takes thesis as their course
work, and if she/he conducts her/his thesis on fieldwork and related topic in
North-western part of Bangladesh, she/he will get preference as grantee.
4. To keep in coordination with the objectives of the project, the applicants must
show their financial constraints regarding pursuing of her/his academic and
related activities.
5. In coordination with the objectives, activities and work plan of the project, the
students must express their interest and motivation in participating in different
stages of the fieldwork related activities (pre-field work, fieldwork and postfieldwork). They have to participate actively in the activities and express
interest and eagerness to enhance their research capabilities by engaging
themselves actively in the above mentioned activities. Submission of
application would automatically be considered as the expression of interest and
eagerness for the aforementioned involvement.
6. Every scholarship holder student has to submit a quarterly activity report in
English elaborating in detail their activities and progress in study and training.
7. They have to include a detailed financial expenditure report along with the
progress report.
8. Every scholarship holder has to submit a final report in the prescribed format in
English elaborating upon their activities and outcome of the financial support
they have obtained.
9. If any student gets the grant and fail to show enough activity and progress in
his/her research, the relevant committee will have every power to cancel or
modify his/her allocation.
10. Each scholarship holder will need to sign an agreement on 300 taka stamp with
2 witnesses and one guarantor (who must be the faculty members of
Jahangirnagar University).
11. To apply for the grants, a student is required to submit the following:
a. Application with CV, specifically elaborating upon her/his experience in
fieldwork and post fieldwork activities (in English).
b. Three attested recent passport size photographs
c. A motivation letter describing her/his future research interest, aspirations,
expression of motivations (in English) (within 500 words maximum).
d. A letter describing and explaining her/his ideas about how the financial
grant would enhance her/his research capabilities (in English within
maximum 500 words)
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