Overseas Scholarships for Computer Science Postgraduate Programmes

Open to all new overseas applicants who have accepted a (un)conditional offer of a place on a full-time taught postgraduate programme in Computer Science or Information Technology for the academic year 2011-2012.

We are offering scholarships of £2,500 each (given as a non-cumulative reduction on the full overseas tuition fee payable).

Criteria used for awarding scholarships will include academic merit and financial circumstances.

The form should be word processed, typewritten or completed in black ink.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications as soon as the decisions have been made by the Scholarship Awards Panel around the end of June.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
31 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application click here

PhD positions (Systems & Control)

http://www.ieeecss.org/main/newsletter-archive

7.1 PhD: NTNU

The Department of Engineering Cybernetics has a vacancy for a 4-year PhD research fellowship within the automatic control program.
We are seeking candidates with a strong background in systems and control or applied mathematics for research on control and estimation for distributed-parameter systems. While the research topic is initially broad, a specific objective of the project is to develop state- and parameter estimation schemes for application within medical imaging based on ultrasound. Experience with medical imaging is therefore an advantage, but not required. The applicant should possess strong computing capabilities and communication skills in English.
The applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Ole Morten Aamo, email: aamo[AT]ntnu.no
Applications are to be submitted electronically through http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=70895
Preferably, we want the attachments in one file. Applications should be marked: IME 044-2010.
Application deadline: January 23rd, 2011.

International PhD Scholarship in Changing Images of the Arab World

The University of Central Lancashire Funding International PhD Scholarship in the School of Journalism, Media & Communication 2011, United Kingdom. The scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only.

Political analysts for Al Jazeera have suggested the 'Dawn of a new Arab century'. Hilary Clinton has claimed that America is losing the information war to stations such as Al Jazeera and RT (6/3/11).The resilience and determination of Egyptians and other Arab nations to assert a peaceful claim to power and demand democracy challenged the Western notion of the 'arab exception' to the desire for democracy and thus more broadly the dominant Orientalist stereotype of the East as irrational, unchanging, emotional and autocratic.

Through a critical discourse analysis approach, this PhD thesis will explore contemporary shifts in representations of the Arab world from the war on terror to the current Arab 'revolutions' to consider the ways in which an Orientalist/ 'exception' discourse is redrawn, challenged or asserted in western and/or Arab media in 2011. Will changing political realities and the methods of political action through which Arab people attempt to assert agency (Spivak 1988) impact on the Orientalist / exception discourse Should we revisit this agenda to consider the impact of an increasingly globalised consumer market on representation of the Arab world? (Ritzer 2007)

The thesis will examine both visual and linguistic discourses. Applicants should have, or expect to receive a qualification equivalent to a high class UK honours degree.

Download:

International PhD Scholarship in Changing Images of the Arab World, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom (PDF)

Master Scholarships at University of Lausanne

To facilitate access to Master's degrees by students with qualifications from foreign universities, the University of Lausanne makes available around ten Master's grants which are awarded on a competitive basis.

Candidates must choose a Master's programme from among those offered by the UNIL, except the Master of Medicine. The grant may not be used for any complementary studies required to enroll on the Master's degree and may not be used for EMBAs or Masters of Advanced studies.

Required conditions

• The candidate must be the holder of a degree from a foreign university.
• The qualification held by the candidate must be deemed equivalent to the UNIL Bachelor's degree.

Selection procedure

Candidates complete the "UNIL Master's Grant" form and submit their application to the Office for socio-cultural affairs (SASC, Unicentre, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, info.sasc@unil.ch) by 15 December 2011 at the latest. The application is examined by the University Rectorate to determine whether the candidate is admissible. In the event of a positive decision, the application is forwarded by the SASC to the UNIL Faculty responsible for the Master's on which the candidate wishes to be enrolled. The Faculty selects applications and notifies the SASC of its opinion based on the candidate's qualities, motivation and suitability for the Master's programme. The SASC forwards shortlisted applications to the selection committee which will award grants to students meeting all criteria according to the available budget.

Selection criteria

The grants are intended more particularly for students who distinguished themselves in their university studies and who have difficulty meeting their financial needs for the duration of the Master's. It is however necessary that the candidates have sufficient financial means to support themselves during the complementary studies that may be required prior to enroll on the Master's degree.

Website:

10 Master Scholarships at University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Developing Solutions Masters Scholarship

• are a national of (or permanently domiciled in) Africa, India or one of the countries of the Commonwealth listed below* AND
• are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes AND
• already hold an offer to start a full-time Masters degree programme (including MRes) at Nottingham in 2011 – Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, or Faculty of Science, plus some courses related to the area of Environment in the School of Geography, courses related to the area of Science in the Institute for Science & Society, courses related to the area of Health in the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, and courses allied to Operations Management in the Business School

The closing date for applications is 6th April

2011

*Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Montserrat, Nauru, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa

Scholarship holders are required to:

1. Return a completed scholarship acceptance form by the given deadline. The International Office reserves the right to withdraw the o ffer of a scholarship if it is not accepted by the given deadline.
2. Meet any conditions attached to their academic offer.
3. Register on their academic course by the given start date, as specified in their confirmation email. Scholarships may not be deferred to the following academic year.
4. Be registered as a full-time student and be classified as overseas for fee purposes (or classified as European Union (non-UK) for European Union scholarships).
5. Seek permission and obtain consent from the International Office before making any changes to their programme of study (this includes changing course title, course transfers, suspending studies, etc.). Please note that approval is not guaranteed. Where changes are made without prior approval, the scholarship will be withdrawn and students may be required to repay the scholarship in full.
6. Seek permission from the International Office before extending a period of registered study. Scholarships are not automatically extendable.
7. Inform the International Office of any other scholarships/sponsorship held. The scholarship may be adjusted and/or withdrawn if other sources of funding have been awarded to a student. The scholarship is not available as a cash alternative.
8. Pay all outstanding tuition fees (for partial scholarship holders only) by University deadlines, as detailed on our Tuition Fees web page. Non-payment of fees may result in the scholarship being withdrawn and full fees being charged to the student.
9. Maintain living costs for the duration of their programme of study. Additional financial support is not available. The University recommends that students will need at least £700 per month for living costs. This figure is based on a single student and students with families will require considerably more.
10. Make satisfactory progress on their programme of study. The scholarship is subject to satisfactory progress.
11. Repay the scholarship amount (pro-rata) if they withdraw from their course before completion (if the scholarship has been awarded by cheque).

When will I be able to apply for a scholarship?

In order to apply for a scholarship you must have a c

onfirmed offer of a place to study here for September 2011 entry. You can apply for scholarships using our online scholarship application form and applications may be submitted up until the closing date for each scholarship – applications close at 12 midnight (UK time) on the dates shown (please see individual scholarship information for closing dates).

Can I apply for more than one scholarship?

You may apply for more than one scholarship if you meet the eligibility criteria for each scholarship. For example if you are from a certain country you can apply for one of our country-specific scholarships, or any scholarships related to the subject you plan to study, or the level you wish to study at (Undergraduate, Masters, PhD, etc).

Can I apply for admission to the university

and a scholarship at the same time?

No, to apply for our International Office competitive scholarships you must already have an offer of a place to study here for September 2011 entry.

Separate information can be found on our website about applying to study.

Can I apply for a scholarship if I hold a conditional offer?

Yes, you can apply for our International Office competitive scholarships if you are holding a conditional or an unconditional offer.

We also have non-competitive scholarships (e.g. Alumni Scholarship, Family Scholarship) and to be eligible to apply for our non-competitive scholarships before you come to Nottingham, you must have firmly accepted an unconditional offer – this would be to include the scholarship in your electronic CAS Certificate if you needed it for visa purposes.

If you are eligible for any of our non-competitive scholarships and you don’t apply for them before you come to Nottingham, you can still apply after you arrive, within three months of registering on your course.

What information do I need to apply for a scholarship online?

Your postgraduate application number, which is giv

en to you by the Admissions Office when your offer is confirmed (or your UCAS personal number for undergraduate students) and your date of birth.

You can preview the online application questions on our scholarship application page and we suggest you type out your answers first, keep them for a few days to make absolutely sure you a

re happy with them, and then copy them into the application form when you are ready.

For more information - CLICK HERE

University of Edinburgh Distance Learning Masters Scholarships 2011

Edinburgh Global Online Distance Learning Master’s Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh will offer 10 Master’s scholarships for eligible distance learning Master’s programmes offered by the University.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to students who are accepted for admission onto distance learning Master’s programmes at the University of Edinburgh. Applicants must be both nationals of and resident in one of the countries listed on the Scholarships webpage

Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so.

Criteria

The scholarship will be awarded broadly on the basis of academic merit. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level or the international equivalent.

Application Procedure

Eligible applicants wishing to apply for a scholarship for session 2011-2012 should complete an online application. The scholarship application will be available in mid October 2010.

When completing the personal statement of the scholarship application form, please indicate why Distance Learning suits your particular circumstances making reference to both online learning and distance learning.
Alternatively applicants can request a paper application form from:

The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL

E-mail: scholarships@ed.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 131 651 4070

Completed application forms must be received by the Scholarships and Student Finance Office no later than 31 May 2011.

Selection Procedure

A Selection Committee will meet in June 2011 to select the scholarship holders. The winners of the scholarships will be announced by the end of June 2011

Phd Scholarship In Control Engineering - Scholarships 2011

Description

Museum of Australia Democracy supports research projects to improve understanding of Australia’s prime ministers, their lives, achievements and governments. The Australian Prime Ministers Centre offers up to three Summer Scholarships each year to tertiary students to further their education and increase their research experience. Summer Scholars undertake their research project in Canberra during the summer academic break. Participants in the Summer Scholarship program will receive a return economy airfare (within Australia) to Canberra, share accommodation in a self-catering apartment, a weekly allowance ($400) to assist with other living expenses. The Australian Prime Ministers Centre at the Museum of Australian Democracy also awards Fellowships to researchers interested in the history, origins, traditions and contemporary practice of Australian democracy, with reference to Australian prime ministers. See website for more details.

Reference Number:	5337
Study Subject:	social and political history, museum studies, librarianship and the performing arts
Web Address:	http://moadoph.gov.au/research/research-program/summer-scholarships/
Provided By:	Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House
Level:	Post Graduate

Availability

This scholarship is offered annually to 3 people. Open for applications until September 30, 2011.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is AUD2400 (minimum per award). This award is to be used for accommodation, living expenses and travel. This scholarship is paid See Scheme Summary.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, JOURNALISM, LIBRARIANSHIP AND CURATORIAL STUDIES, Librarianship, Performing arts, POLICY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS - GENERAL or THE ARTS.

MC Early Stage Researcher Position at University of Cambridge

MC Early Stage Researcher Position at University of Cambridge, UK

Study Subject: Coupling of the land surface and atmosphere in the Amazon region in the context of land cover change
Employer: Cambridge University
Level: Research
Scholarship Description: Applications are invited for a research position to work on the coupling of the land surface and atmosphere in the Amazon region in the context of land cover change. The successful applicant will have an excellent undergraduate and/or graduate degree in a related discipline, such as environmental science, physics, mathematics, or biology, and will have less than four years research experience since graduating. This position is only available to non-UK citizens.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 8 March 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

PhD Studentship in Coded Modulation

Employer: Chalmers University of Technology
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: A Ph.D. student position is an appointment that offers the opportunity to obtain a Ph.D. degree. With a PhD degree in this area, you will be in great demand from Swedish as well as international industry, and you will also have a very good basis for further academic research. The positions are paid with a full-time monthly salary and are for a period of maximum five years. There are no tuition fees.
To apply for these positions, you should have a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Applied Mathematics, or similar, with high grades in the core courses. You should have experience in digital communications or signal processing. Skills in mathematical analysis are essential.
You should be fluent in English (both written and spoken), have good collaborative skills, and have good abilities to communicate your results in writing and in presentations, also to nonexperts. Teaching qualifications are also a plus, since the positions may include teaching (up to 20% of full time)

Scholarship Application Deadline: 18 February 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Scholarships for Barcelona GSE Master Programs

Barcelona GSE Master Programs

Available Master Programs

• MSc in Economics and MSc in Finance
  
• MSc in Competition and Market Regulation
  
• MSc in the Economics of Science and Innovation
• MSc in International Trade, Finance, and Development
  
• MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Market

Degree

The Master programs in Competition and Market Regulation; the Economics of Science and Innovation; International Trade, Finance, and Development; and Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets lead to a Master of Science degree awarded jointly by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. The Master programs in Economics and in Finance lead to a Master of Science degree awarded by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Campuses

Four of the Barcelona GSE masters (Economics, Finance, Competition and Market Regulation, and International Trade, Finance, and Development) are based at the Ciutadella campus, at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in central Barcelona. The Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets and the Master in the Economics of Science and Innovation are located at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) campus at Bellaterra, about a thirty-minute train ride from the city center.

Online Application Form

Admission Criteria

There are four main criteria for admission: academic preparation, English language requirement, quantitative skills (GRE/GMAT), and letters of recommendation.

The specific requirements listed below should be considered orientative rather than absolute. Excellence in one area may compensate for a shortcoming in another. In the end what is evaluated is the whole file.

Please note that there are always many more applicants than slots available, and possession of the minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee that you will be offered admission.

Academic Preparation:

• Undergraduate/bachelor's degree or the equivalent from an accredited college or university
• Outstanding academic record - download country-specific guidelines [pdf]
• Most common undergraduate degrees: Economics, Finance, Engineering, Sciencies, Mathematics.

English Language Requirement:

• All Barcelona GSE master programs are taught entirely in English.
• No proof of language skill is required if:
  • your first language is English
  • the language of instruction of your previous degree was English.
  • Students with a previous degree taught in English in a non-English speaking country, should provide official evidence from the relevant university that the degree was taught entirely in English to gain an exemption from this requirement.
• All other students must provide recent evidence that their spoken and written command of the English language is adequate.

Scholarships

The “la Caixa” savings bank Foundation and the Barcelona GSE offer 14 fully-funded scholarships to students from emerging and developing countries (*) with excellent academic backgrounds who will return to their home countries at the end of their professional training process to implement their knowledge.

This award covers:

• master program tuition
• medical insurance
• round-trip airfare from the student's country of residence
• monthly stipend for expenses during the student's stay in Barcelona

(*) Note: “Emerging and developing countries” is an expression used to name all countries not included on the following 2008 IMF list of “advanced economies”: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Application Deadline : 15 July 2011

Homepage: http://www.barcelonagse.eu/Programs.html

Master Scholarships University of Sydney in Human Rights

Applications are now being accepted for study and for scholarships in the Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific) (MHRD).

The MHRD is a unique Master degree program in which students undertake a foundational semester of study at the University of Sydney, and then a second semester at one of the four partner universities:

Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia)
Mahidol University (Thailand)
Katmandu School of Law (Nepal)
University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Graduates of the course will gain an interdisciplinary understanding of human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific, and will have opportunities to research and examine the application of human rights and democratisation in the field with the partner institutions.

Course Structure

In the first semester at the University of Sydney, students will undertake a foundational course in social science, legal and political approaches to human rights and democratisation. During the second semester students will follow two core units of study complemented by either supervised research, an internship at an in-country organisation specialising in human rights/democratisation or undertake further specialised electives. Students must select one of the four partners universities listed above to undertake their second semester study.

Courses

Core Courses

Human Rights Norms and Laws (1 & 2)
Human Rights and Democratisation Research
Dynamics of Human Rights Violations
Democratisation: Theory and Practice
Critical and Emerging Issues in the Asia Pacific

In the second semester, students will take one of the following options:

Internship program
Research thesis

Graduates will have both the ability to undertake independent scholarly research on current issues pertaining to human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific and skills to put their academic understanding and practical experience to use in real situations.

Potential Students

We are looking for people who have a strong commitment to or experience on working on issues about human rights and democratisation. The degree will strongly benefit people already working in, or seeking to work in the fields of human rights and democratisation in our region.

Through a combination of academic and practical educational experiences, the objective of the program is to produce graduates who can support ongoing efforts to strengthen institutions dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights and democracy and to enhance a regional culture of human rights and democracy. Recognising the critical institutional developments that are taking place both regionally and in particular countries during this time, the program has been set up to ensure that human rights and democracy advocates in the region are well resourced to lead us into the next decades.

Scholarships

34 scholarships, covering course fees and a living and travel allowance, will be offered to outstanding applicants from across the Asia Pacific region. This is made possible with the support of a significant grant from the European Commission.

Scholarships will be available to citizens of Asia Pacific countries. The award of scholarships will be determined by academic qualifications and potential contribution to human rights and democratisation.

Dates

Applications are now open.
Applications for the MHRD close on 30 April 2011 and are considered upon receipt.
Applications for the Human Rights and Democratisation Scholarship close on 10 December 2010.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants are required to hold a Bachelor’s Degree in either humanities or social sciences or law from a recognised university or tertiary institution; or a Bachelor’s Degree in another area as deemed relevant by the University of Sydney and its partners.

English is the official language of instruction of the MHRD (Asia Pacific). International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.5 or above is required with no band below 6.0 (or equivalent in a recognised test).

Relevant practical experience in the area of human rights and/or democracy or a related field (for example, humanitarian aid or development) in inter-governmental, governmental, or non-governmental organisations is desirable but not required.

Applicants should also show a demonstrated interest in and commitment to human rights and democratisation.

Source:
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/human_rights_democratisation/student_administration/admission/index.shtml

Scholarship KELOLA Arts Grants Indonesia

The number of applicants for the Arts Grant program keep on increasing. New and creative ideas have also arisen, which challenges the selection process.

Scholarship Details:

An artist’s job to create is often not supported by financial means in order to exhibit their creations. Therefore, it is not rare if they fail to suggest ideal artistic ideas in an exhibition.

Grants:

Arts Grants (Hibah Seni) is a program that offers competitive funding for Indonesian artists working in the field of music, dance, and theatre to produce new works, or to tour performances outside their region. The Grant will help selected artists to bring their work to the public, as a platform to communicate with a broader community.

Support Details:

To date, the Arts Grant offers two kinds of support, innovative works, and touring of performances. The innovative criteria supports the creation of contemporary performing arts works. The touring criteria serves as opportunities for artists whose works have been performed before but has not been been performed in other areas outside of their region of origin. Touring the performance will then reach new audiences and enable communication between different artistic communities, and therefore strengthens the arts community in Indonesia.

Application Deadline:
Application Deadline is 15 January 2011

Further Details:
For further information about this scholarship visit below link.

http://www.kelola.or.id/Program.asp?bhs=E

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position The Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program 2011

The Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program provides an opportunity for the next generation of historians to experience primary-source research and to work closely with eminent scholars.

The Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program has two components:

Gilder Lehrman History Scholars (10 students) are invited to participate in a five-week research program in New York City from June 26 to July 30, 2011; each student is awarded a fellowship worth $10,000 that includes tuition, books, field trips, a travel allowance of up to $600 for transportation to and from the program in New York City, room and board, and a $2,200 stipend.

Gilder Lehrman One-Week Scholars (30 Finalists) will be invited to a one-week program in New York City from June 18 to June 25, 2011; each student is awarded a fellowship worth $1,500 that includes tuition, field trips, a travel allowance of up to $600 for transportation to and from the program in New York City, and room and board. The weeklong program fosters an interest in American history through field trips, discussions with professionals about careers for history majors, and lectures by leading scholars such as David Brion Davis, Christopher Leslie Brown, and Pauline Maier.

Eligibility:

At the time of application (February 15, 2011) students:

Must be considered sophomores or juniors in an accredited college or university. (Must have completed at least one full year of undergraduate work before applying and should expect to return to school for a full year of undergraduate study after the program)
Must have completed at least one course in college in American history
Should expect to major or specialize in American history or American studies.
Notifications will be mailed to all candidates by March 16, 2011.

Applications from international students and minority candidates are strongly encouraged.

Postgraduate Scholarship Arts and Social Sciences Studentships

The Department of Arts is pleased to offer new postgraduate research studentships for uptake in January 2011.
The Department of Arts is a leading centre for supporting and energising creative practice and academic study informed by cultural partnerships and inter-disciplinary collaborations and promoted by national and international networks. Located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, a vibrant city with a flourishing visual and performing arts scene and home to numerous creative and cultural venues, the aim of the Department of Arts is to make a difference to the artistic and cultural landscape through the delivery of excellence in student support, learning and teaching, dedicated research and scholarly activity, reflective professional practice, knowledge exchange and enterprise.

The Department is home to 44 academic staff who are renowned specialists in their particular fields, and include fine artists, photographers and performers whose work is exhibited at venues across the world, and choreographers, writers and research active staff who publish widely and collaborate with the cultural sector and creative organizations internationally. In addition the Department supports over 25 doctoral students who make a significant contribution to research and knowledge exchange in the Department, and the work of the Department is supported by three experienced administrators.

Our research and enterprise activity – whether through practice or in written form – explores in innovative and diverse ways the complexity of culture and the cultural field. Divisional staff were submitted against Art and Design and History of Art, Architecture and Design UoA in the 2008 RAE. The majority of their work was identified as of an international quality and much of it was acknowledged as internationally excellent or outstanding.

The Department is offering a number of studentships, to commence in January 2011. These postgraduate Research studentships have been designed to provide students with high quality supervision from experts in their field and involvement in the vibrant research culture within the Department.

Successful applicants will receive:
• A full fee waiver (home and EU students only)
• £7,000 per annum bursary for 3 years (all students, including international)
• A dedicated work station within a good quality working environment
• Access to funds to support research expenses (conferences or library visits).

Who we are looking for
We are looking to recruit candidates of the highest quality, with the capability of submitting excellent theses within the standard PhD duration of 3 years. You will need to demonstrate a strong performance in your first degree (probably a first) as well as a good MA qualification. We will, however, consider candidates straight from undergraduate degrees where there is evidence of exceptional academic ability. Prospective candidates from overseas should contact us concerning entry requirements.

Studentships available:
1. The textual and cultural interconnections between American independent cinema and independent music
Principal Supervisor: Dr Jamie Sexton

2. Contemporary British Social Realist Cinema: Space, Gender, Authorship and Genre
Principal Supervisor: Dr James Leggott

3. Conservative Consumption? The Inspiration of Japanese Flora in Victorian Design
Principal Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Kramer

4. Deleuze and the theatre of Samuel Beckett
Principal Supervisor: Dr Laura Cull

5. A History of Korean Horror Film
Principal Supervisor: Dr Alison Peirse
Second Supervisor: Professor Peter Hutchings

6. Pressed, Stained, Slashed, Folded: Paper - A Medium for 21st. Century Fine Art Practice?
Principal Supervisor: Ms Sian Bowen

7. States of Transience: Drawing and Museology
Principal Supervisor: Ms Sian Bowen

Full project descriptions

To apply, please use the online Studentship Application Form and submit to Scott Burdon at az.pgr@northumbria.ac.uk
Informal enquiries are welcome – for further details please contact Dr Ysanne Holt (ysanne.holt@northumbria.ac.uk)

Postgraduate Scholarship 11 FEM Fellowships starting on Spring

Research and Innovation Centre welcomes applications for 3-years research fellowships to support brilliant and highly motivated students to get the PhD title in the fields covered by the Centre.

We welcome applications from students of all countries. The official language of the programme is English. Applications can be sent from 13 September 2010.

General information

Eleven (11) scholarships are available for PhD research in the fields covered by the strategic research areas of our Centre: Environment and Natural Resources Area , Food Quality and Nutrition Area, Genomics and Crop Biology Area. Applicants will be assessed on the basis of their curriculum and of the letters of reference. Letters sent by the applicants will not be considered (see below the form for the reference letter).

The grant is for three years and the expected start is February 2011 (Spring 2011 at the latest). The gross salary is 20.000 Euros per year. Students will also benefit of funding for travelling to our projects’ partner institutions as the projects include a minimum period of 6-months-stay at the institution co-responsible for the single PhD project.

There is a general empowerment of the student choice when applying to our PhD research projects. Candidates can postulate for one to three specific projects (see list).

Selected candidates are awarded a 3-years fellowship. The scholarship can be additionally extended for up to 1 year, pending the approval of the FEM PhD Fellowships Committee.

Please note that the CRI issues a specific certificate of attendance, but candidates are asked to register at the doctoral school of the University partner of the project or of another University, in order to get the conferral of the PhD degree. The selected candidate has 1 year time from the start of the contract to register at the University doctoral school. If the candidate fails to register within the first year, the scholarship will be interrupted.

Admissions requirements

Candidates should hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in fields relevant to the research projects (earth or life sciences disciplines, included environmental engineering, e.g. biology, chemistry, ecology, mathematics, environmental science…).

DEADLINES

CRI PhD Office receives applications from September 13 to October 18, 2010.

Application deadline 18 October 2010.



DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION PACK

To apply, send by e-mail the application form and your cv (1 page) in pdf format only and a scanned copy of your passport or identity document.

Ask your referees to send directly the letters to this e-mail address:
phdfem[AT]iasma.it

Please find hereafter the form for the reference letter: it has to be signed and sent in pdf format to the given address.
Reference letters sent by the applicants will not be considered. Please inform your referees early enough to give them enough time to transmit the letter!

Please find hereafter the form for the reference letter: it has to be signed and sent in pdf format to the given address.
Reference letters sent by the applicants will not be considered. Please inform your referees early enough to give them enough time to transmit the letter!

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• Call Application 2010-2011 - file pdf, 120 Kb
• Application form 2010-2011 - file word, 142 Kb
• Reference letter - file word, 105 Kb

Postgraduate PhD scholarship in Climate Change Effects to Plant Ecosystems

Applications are invited from talented young candidates for a PhD scholarship in effects to plant ecosystems from climate change.

The PhD will be enrolled at Ecosystems programme, Biosystems Division at Risø DTU. The Ecosystems programme work on effects of climate change to ecosystems, ecosystems feedback, adaptation and mitigation as well as ecosystem modeling in relation to climate change. The project will be carried out within the highly interdisciplinary and international research environment in the division. The project will employ some of the advanced experimental facilities the division has for conducting studies of climate change effects on ecosystems and biological processes, including advanced phytotron, controlled environments, field scale experiments and laboratories. The scholarship is carried out in close collaboration with the Nordic NordForsk initiative within the project ‘Sustainable primary production in a changing climate.

The project
The PhD project is related to effects of climate change on plant production, quality and sustainability. Climate change will change plant ecosystems and affect conditions for plant growth, and in that way affect not only yield and composition of crop biomass, but also change the ecosystem demands for nutrients, pesticides and water. The project will explore how future climate change scenarios will affect plant production and fungal disease severity in selected model crops; the results will be used by collaborators for modeling the sustainability of the future crop production. Part of the PhD will be devoted to study plant adaptation and acclimation to fast abiotic and biotic stress by the use of molecular tools for gene expression profiling and physiological measurements.

The PhD project will focus on understanding of key processes in plants under abiotic and biotic stress in multifactor stress scenarios e.g. with elevated CO₂, ozone, temperature, limited water and foliar diseases. Plant population responses and feedback to climate change through genetic composition or gene expression will be explored in experiments with spontaneous and deliberate plant selection over a number of generations. The experiment will be carried out in Risø DTU’s advanced experimental facilities and include extreme events as part of the climate manipulation.

Qualifications
Candidates should have (or obtain) a master’s degree in molecular plant biology, plant physiology or plant breeding, or similar competences. A candidate with experience in molecular methods and plant population genetic analysis will be preferred.

Approval and Enrollment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrollment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

Salary and appointment terms
The salary and appointments terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The scholarship is for 3 years. Main supervisor is Senior Researcher Rikke Bagger Jørgensen (Risø DTU) and co-supervisors are Professor Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio (MTT, Finland), Senior Researcher Teis Mikkelsen (Risø DTU) and Associate Professor Michael Lyngkjær (KU Life).

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Senior Researcher Rikke Bagger Jørgensen, + 45 21331109, rijq@risoe.dtu.dk, or Senior Researcher Teis Mikkelsen, + 45 46774162, temi@risoe.dtu.dk.

Applications
We must have your online application by 27 October 2010. Please open the link "apply for this job online", fill in the application form and attach the following documents;

a) A letter motivating the application (cover letter). As part of the application we also welcome suggestions to which ‘in detail studies’ could be part of the PhD project
b) Curriculum vitae
c) Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma
d) Conversion of grade averages to Danish grades (see guidelines and excel spreadsheet for the conversion here).

Candidates may apply prior to obtaining their master's degree, but cannot begin before having received it.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

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PhD position Newcastle Business School Studentships

Newcastle Business School is pleased to offer the following research studentship opportunity:


Dietary change – The role of meat free choice(s) in addressing food security, consumer behaviour, marketing barriers and enablers. (Our Ref: RS10-NBS01)

Food 2030, the UK Government’s strategic response to developing a sustainable food supply chain, suggests a need to reduce our consumption of meat and its impact on our health and the environment. To date, accounting for the environmental impact of foodstuffs has primarily seen the advancement and streamlining of supply-side life-cycle analysis techniques to measure embedded carbon emissions of products. A notable outcome of much of this research in the food industry has been the realisation that meat products are significantly carbon-inefficient when compared to, for example, grain or vegetable products (e.g. Williams et al., 2006). However, in addition to this, ‘meat alternative’ products may also be associated with other win-win opportunities across the health and sustainability agenda, such as lower fat content, reduced salt, reduced water use or a smaller land use footprint.

Such findings have led to recommendations for reductions in the meat content of diets (e.g. IPCC, 2008). Although wholesale changes in consumer diets or consumption habits is an unlikely achievable goal in the short term, it is possible that improving demand for meat-substituting products could provide a means for better achievement of sustainability and quality of life targets. Despite growing media coverage of these issues consumer uptake of meat free choices within the UK remains limited. There is a clear need to understand the consumer within this emerging debate and the issues that drive market demand and /or create disengagement.

This research, co-sponsored by Premier Foods Ltd., seeks to investigate the factors that influence market demand for meat substitutes and meat free products. Segments of consumers that share common behavioural characteristics will be identified to provide a better understanding individual consumer preferences. Specific research questions that may be addressed in the project include:

• What understanding do UK consumers have of current and emerging the issues of food security – what’s hot and what’s not?
• What are the barriers and enabling factors that influence behavioural change in the meat free sector?
• How can consumers be segmented in terms of both attitude and behaviour?
• What voluntary, policy, and other alternative mechanisms could be developed or structured to influence behavioural change in this sector.

The outcomes will be linked with those from other similar on-going projects being undertaken by the co-sponsor including work at Imperial College and Liverpool University that are examining the impact of dietary change on health and environment.

Full project description

You should apply using the School's Application Form available at:

http://www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk/apply-now.aspx

Applications should be submitted to: nb-nbs-research-admin@northumbria.ac.uk

The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation offers postgraduate scholarship

“What are the major pitfalls for public and private actors who promote local participatory development activities?”

“Which aid policies, modalities and instruments are most effective?”
“What are the characteristics of the main actors, such as government, NGOs, and bilateral and multilateral donors?”

This Master’s offers insight into the nature of development evaluation, as well as its relevance and challenges, at both a methodological and an institutional level. Students are familiarised with multidisciplinary analytical tools that will improve their capacity to understand interactions at the interface, and to contribute to an enhanced conceptualisation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development policies and programmes.

The programme offers two tracks with specific objectives and courses:

Track 1: Macro Dimensions of Aid. Track 2: Development Interventions and Local Institutional Change.

The Master’s in Development Evaluation and Management focuses on the efforts made by a wide range of public and private actors to promote development in low-income countries. It provides a solid understanding of past and present aid policies of multilateral and bilateral donors, and of the major aid modalities and instruments deployed. The institutional characteristics of the actors involved – be they governments, community-based organisations, international NGOs, bilateral or multilateral donors – are analysed so as to attain a better understanding of processes and outcomes. The theoretical perspective is that development can be understood as a set of interlocking collective action problems, on both the recipient and the donor side. The Master’s programme offers methodological and practical insights into development evaluation, its relevance and challenges.
Most of our students are engaged in development, professionally and/or as researchers. The Master’s will improve their capacity to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the prevailing aid paradigms and the changing approaches to aid. Students learn to appreciate the importance of different institutional arenas, and how they work and interact. They are familiarised with multidisciplinary analytical tools that will improve their capacity to analyse the interactions and contribute to an enhanced conceptualisation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development policies and programmes.

Track 2: Development interventions and local institutional change

This track conceptualises socio-political and economic development as the outcome of interactions between a conditioning institutional environment and the agency of local, national and international actors, including multi- and bilateral, governmental and non-governmental aid actors. Special attention is paid to the importance of micro-level institutions and processes, and how these condition the effectiveness of development efforts in improving livelihoods and neutralising processes of social exclusion. As all phases of the project cycle partly unfold in a local context, the powers constituting this context co-organise the processes of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of interventions. Exploring in detail how local context transforms development interventions is of crucial importance, then, to recognising opportunities for resolving the poverty conundrum.

This track is intended for participants with work experience in civil society in the South (e.g. at research institutes or universities, or with local NGOs or entrepreneurial associations), donor agencies (including international NGOs, bilateral and multilateral donors) and government institutions. The candidate should be involved in development interventions or poverty-reduction initiatives in micro or meso-level projects and programmes. Professionally, the candidate should hold middle-management positions involving policy responsibilities and/or managerial responsibilities at the interface between different policy levels (local to national, national to international) or between different arenas (e.g. civil society- government, government-donors, INGO-national NGO, etc).

The Master’s programme offers two tracks with specific objectives and course packages that are intended for different audiences. The first track is primarily macro focused, while the second focuses mainly on the micro level.


Admission requirements

The following candidates are eligible to apply for the Master’s programmes:

• Applicants from the South must hold a university degree (Bachelor or Master) of at least four years of study in Social Sciences (Economics, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, or related disciplines). Applicants from the South who hold a Bachelor’s degree of only three years of study must demonstrate very strong and relevant professional experience and/or have successfully completed additional training. Applicants from the North must hold a Master’s degree in Social Sciences Only applicants with excellent academic records will be accepted.
• Our ideal participant has at least two years of professional experience in a sector relevant to the programme. Applicants from the North should have relevant field experience in the South.
• Applicants must be proficient in English. Those who have received a university education in English must provide an official certificate confirming this. Other applicants must submit one of the following test results:
o TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): minimum score of 550 for paper-based test or 79 for Internet-based test. Information about this test is available at www.toefl.org.
o IELTS (International English Language Testing System): minimum score of 6.0. Information about this test is available at www.ielts.org.
o Special facilities are offered for students from other language backgrounds (in particular for French-speaking students). Students with paper-based TOEFL scores between 500 and 550 (or TOEFL Internet-based between 61 and 79) or IELTS scores between 5.0 and 6.0 may also be admitted provided they successfully complete a two-month intensive language course organised by the University of Antwerp before the start of the Master’s programme. For students selected for a VLIR-UOS scholarship, the cost of this language course is borne by the Institute (see below for details).
• Motivation and Matching: see description of student profile per Master and Trajectory.

Language: English
Number of VLIR-UOS Scholarships: 10

Further information

Contact:
Mrs. G. Annaert
Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB)
University of Antwerp
T +32 (0)3 265 57 70
F +32 (0)3 265 57 71
dev@ua.ac.be
http://www.ua.ac.be/iob/education
Leaflet Scholarships VLIR-UOS http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/downloads/Leaflet%20Scholarships%20VLIR-UOS%20-%20intake%202011.pdf

The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation offers postgraduate scholarship

VLIR-UOS Masters Degree Scholarships for Developing Countries, Belgium

VLIR-UOS awards scholarships to students from developing countries so that they can follow a master or training programme in Belgium. These scholarships cover all related expenses. Every year, VLIR-UOS awards up to 180 scholarships to first-year master students and 70 scholarships to training participants. All programmes are specifically designed for people in positions of responsibility in civil society (e.g. universities, schools, NGOs, local communities, governments).

VLIR-UOS funds and facilitates academic cooperation and exchange between higher education institutions in Flanders (Belgium) and those in developing countries, which aims at building capacity, knowledge and experience for a sustainable development. As part of the Flemish Interuniversity Council, VLIR-UOS is responsible for managing and dispersing the university development cooperation funds of Belgium’s Minister of Development Cooperation.

Academic universities in Belgium:

Universiteit Antwerpen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Universiteit Gent

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Universiteit Hasselt (tUL inclusief)

International Training Programmes 2011

• AudioVisual Learning Materials – Management, Production and Activities (AVLM)

• Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation


• International Training Programme in Food Safety, Quality Assurance Systems and Risk Analysis

• Lib@Web – Management of Electronic Information and Digital Libraries

• Technology for Integrated Water Management

International Master Programmes 2011-2012

• Master of Development Evaluation and Management

• Master of Globalisation and Development

• Master of Governance and Development

• Master of Human Settlements

• International Master Programmes 2011-2013


• Master of Aquaculture

• Master of Biology – Specialisation Human Ecology

• Master of Biostatistics

• Master of Environmental Sanitation

• Master of Food Technology

• Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management (Oceans & Lakes)

• Master of Molecular Biology (IPMB)

• Master of Nematology


• Master of Nutrition and Rural Development,Main Subject: Human Nutrition

• Master of Physical Land Resources

• Master of Water Resources Engineering

Application and selection procedure

Applicants applying for both academic admission and a VLIR-UOS scholarship need to consider both the admission requirements and the scholarship criteria.

Applicants applying for academic admission but not for a scholarship simply need to fulfill only the admission requirements of the host university running the programme.

The host university is in charge of the academic admission of applications. Study results will be taken into consideration during the selection, but the most important academic selection criteria are relevant professional experience and prospects for applying the acquired insights after return to the developing country. The academic admission requirements are specific to every programme.

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A joint selection committee of VLIR-UOS and the host university is responsible for selecting scholarships. The host university – not the applicant – forwards the scholarship applications to the VLIR-UOS secretariat if the academic admission requirements are met. The VLIR-UOS scholarship criteria relate to the qualifications required of all scholarship applicants and selection criteria evaluated by the selection committee.

Target Country

Only residents and nationals of the following countries are eligible for a VLIR-UOS scholarship:

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Asia

Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Palestinian Administered Areas, Philippines, Vietnam

Latin America

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, Surinam

This is how you apply for the academic year 2011-2012

You can apply for a VLIR-UOS scholarship from the 1st of October 2010.

You must fill in the pre-screening form at the bottom of the page of the programme you want to follow. You may only choose one programme. If you apply to more than one programme your details will be entered more than once in our central database and all your applications will be inadmissible.

So you must follow the correct and complete procedure below.

1. Apply on the VLIR-UOS website via the pre-screening form: fill in name, birth date, country, etc…;

2. Receive a VLIR-UOS application/file number by return e-mail from VLIR-UOS;

3. Apply on the website from the host university through the link mentioned in the return e-mail from VLIR-UOS;

4. Write the received VLIR-UOS application/file number on the application file from the host university;

5. Send a printout of your application file along with all required documents (diploma transcripts, motivation, etc…) to the International Office of the host university, not to VLIR-UOS.

Applications that are incomplete, illegible or that reach the host university’s International Office after the deadline will be automatically rejected.

Application Deadline

The deadline to apply for a scholarship from VLIR-UOS for a master programme is the 1st of February 2011.

Leaflet Scholarships VLIR-UOS – intake 2011.pdf

http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/downloads/Leaflet%20Scholarships%20VLIR-UOS%20-%20intake%202011.pdf

Poster Scholarships VLIR-UOS – intake 2011.pdf

http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/downloads/Poster%20Scholarships%20VLIR-UOS%20-%20intake%202011.pdf

Source: http://www.scholarships.vliruos.be/

The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation was established

PhD Scholarship in Neuroscience, The Innsbruck Medical University

The Innsbruck Medical University, located in Tyrol (Austria) seeks talented and committed young researchers for its PhD Program “Signal Processing in Neurons” (SPIN).

Positions are available for 3 years and include intensive training in translational research in neuroscience, lab rotations in the twelve participating laboratories, free access to core facilities, a SPIN-specific training and mentoring program, career development and funding for research. The program offers an highly interdisciplinary research environment including Clinical Neurobiology, Genomics and RNomics, Molecular and Cellular Neuropharmacology, Neuroanatomy, Neurobiochemistry, Immunology/Neuroimmunology, Molecular Neurobiology, Pharmacy and Neurophysiology.

Five positions are presently open with appointment beginning February/March 2011 in the areas: “Trafficking and function of metabotropic glutamate receptors at GABAergic synapses” (F. Ferraguti), “Regulation of nociceptors by matrix related molecules” (M. Kress), “Mechanisms of neuronal degeneration in multiple sclerosis” (M. Reindl), “Inter- and intracellular signal processing in pathways involved in acquisition, reorientation and extinction of addiction-associated behaviour” (A. Saria) and “Function of endogenous opioids in epilepsy and emotional control” (C. Schwarzer). However, students with interests in other topics covered by the program are also invited to apply.

Conditions of eligibility and selection process:

Master degree (or its equivalent) in the subjects mentioned above; good written and oral skills in English. Selection occurs on the basis of information submitted in the application, a web-based questionnaire and a personal on-site interview (scheduled for December 2010).

Salary: EUR 1.851,10 gross income per month, 25 vacation days, health insurance.

Comment/web site for additional job details

Application deadline: 24 Oct 2010. Applicants should send a CV, a detailed statement of research interests, certificates of the master degree and two letters of recommendation, by email to:

Martina Antretter

Program Coordinator

Institute for Neuroscience

Innsbruck Medical University

MZA, Anichstrasse 35

A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Email address: SPIN(at)i-med.ac.at

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33626091