The Faculty of Graduate Studies aims to provide scholarships for our master and doctoral students in presenting their own academic research in an international presentation. The application procedure and selection criteria for the 3^rd round of the scholarship, Fiscal Year 2010, are as follows:

An applicant must be a master or doctoral student of Mahidol University. He/she must have been invited to present his/her research in an international academic conference/seminar while he/she is studying or, if already graduated, the date of the presentation must be no more than one year after the date of graduation.

An applicant who is a master student must be studying in Plan A only. His/her thesis proposal must have already passed and the thesis committee must have been officially appointed. An applicant who is a doctoral student needs to pass the Qualifying Examination, and must not be a student under the Royal Golden Jubilee Scholarship (RGJ).

An applicant must not have previously received this scholarship from the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University to present his/her research in the 2 prior fiscal years (2008-2009).

The name of the applicant has to be listed first in the presentation abstract. Also, the name of the University must be written after the names of the presenters. Moreover, the applicant's presentation must prominently display the Mahidol University emblem (in both oral and poster presentations).

If an applicant has received any scholarship or scholarships from other financial sources for this presentation, he/she must specify all scholarship titles in the application form for the committee's consideration.

If the Faculty of Graduate Studies later finds that an applicant cannot fulfill all stated qualifications, the scholarship can be terminated and the Faculty has the right to demand reimbursement from the applicant.

For the 3^rd round of applications (for the travel arrangement during Thursday, April 1^st - Wednesday, June 30^th, 2010), an applicant can submit the application form to the Student Services Section, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Salaya and/or every branch of the Faculty of Graduate Studies before Friday, March 5^th, 2010 The faculty will not consider any late application.

If an applicant has been given very short notice of his/her acceptance for participation in the conference and cannot submit the application before the date stated in 4.2.,he/she must specify the reasons. Nonetheless, the decision depends on the consideration of the Chair of the Scholarship Committee.

A copy of the applicant's presentation abstract (the name of the applicant must be listed first) and other presentation documents;

A document summarizing the expenses such as air tickets (Please specify the flight routes), registration fee, accommodation, etc;

An applicant must fulfill all the qualifications stated in 1. If any qualification has not been met by the applicant, the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies will make a final decision.

An applicant must submit the application form to the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies through the Chair of the Thesis Committee and/or the Chair of the Program Administrative Committee, along with the other documents stated in 5.

If an applicant's presentation has been supported by other financial sources, he/she must specify these in the application form (GR.SS.11.1). Otherwise, the Faculty of Graduate Studies has to terminate the scholarship if these financial sources are later found.

An applicant must submit the application before the deadline (Friday March 5^th, 2009) either to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Salaya or to any branch of the Office of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The Faculty will consider the dates when the application has been received.

If there are many applicants and the number of scholarships is limited, the values of the scholarships might be lower than the stated amount.

The Faculty may set other criteria when considering an applicant's application; for instance, that an applicant receives partial financial support from the presentation organizers, that the research that he/she wants to present has been published in the year of application or that the applicant has received a publication acceptance letter from a publisher.

A successful applicant must proceed to receive the payment within 20 days. Otherwise, the scholarship will be canceled.

If the traveling schedule has been postponed, the student must notify the Faculty of Graduate Studies as soon as possible.

The student must submit the GR.SS 11.2 form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for the presentation report within 15 days of returning to the country.

The student must submit the air tickets along with the following documents: receipts for accommodation payments, the conference registration fee, and the presentation report as stated in 10.3.