PhD Scholarships in Nanotechnology at DTU

Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, DTU Nanotech, Denmark offers a number of PhD scholarships, starting in the summer/fall of 2011. The subject of the PhD project must be within one of the main research areas of the department:

• Cleanroom based micro and nanofabrication
• Polymer micro- and nanoengineering
• Synthesis and self assembly of nanostructures
• Lab-on-a-chip technology
• Diagnostics and drug delivery
• Miniaturised sensor and energy technology
• Nanobiotechnology
• Theory of micro and nanosystems

Qualifications

Candidates should have (or soon obtain) a master's degree in engineering or a similar degree with an equivalent academic level. Candidates may apply prior to ob­tai­ning their master's degree, but cannot begin the PhD education before having received the grade.

To apply for these scholarships candidates must have an agreement with a supervisor at DTU Nanotech about a specified project. Therefore, for a candidate to be considered for the scholarships, endorsement and project description must be enclosed. See under "Application".

Approval and Enrolment

The scholarships are subject to academic approval and the candi­dates will be enrolled in one of the PhD programmes at DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

Application

Fill in the application form and attach all of the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae of the applicant including a list of publications(guidelines)
• A letter motivating the application (guidelines)
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma
• Conversion of grade averages to Danish grades (excel spreadsheet for the conversion)
• Description of the proposed research project (guidelines) (to be attached under "Attach other relevant file")
• Endorsement by the DTU Nanotech supervisor (guidelines) (to be attached under "Attach other relevant file")
  

Contact:

Department of Micro and Nanotechnology
Anne Line Mikkelsen,
phone +45 45255858,
e-mail anne.line.mikkelsen@nanotech.dtu.dk.

Website:

Apply for this job online

The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship - Postgraduate at University of Cambridge

The C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship is available to any Australian student undertaking a one year course of study at the University of Cambridge in the UK. The course to be undertaken under the scholarship will be proposed by the applicant and approved by the Trustees. The value and number of scholarships each year are determined by the Trustees after having regard to all relevant factors including the applicants' personal circumstances. A full C.A.S.Hawker Scholarship normally covers all college fees and university HECS fees.

Reference Number:	5322
Study Subject:
Web Address:	http://www.hawkerscholarship.org/application.html
Provided By:	The Charles Allan Seymour Hawker Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund
Level:	Post Graduate (Coursework)

Availability

This scholarship is offered annually to an unspecified number of people. Dates when to submit scholarship application are not specified.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is unspecified (total amount). This award is to be used for fees. This scholarship is paid See Scheme Summary for the period of 1 year.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING, BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, CHEMICAL SCIENCES, COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES, EARTH SCIENCES, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, INFORMATION, COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, JOURNALISM, LIBRARIANSHIP AND CURATORIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, LAW, JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, POLICY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE - GENERAL, SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS - GENERAL, STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY or THE ARTS.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in United Kingdom.

PhD positions (Systems & Control)

A Macquarie University Research Excellence PhD Scholarship (MQRES) associated with successful ARC grant DP110104560, is available in the Department of Computing. The research project will investigate fundamental problems in exploiting Dynamic Information in order to design efficient applications. The research focus is on determining what tasks can be performed by the mobile entities, under what conditions, and at what cost. In particular,to determine what minimal hypotheses allow a given problem to be solved in a mobile network. Eligible candidates will need a solid Computer Science background in graph and distributed algorithms. For inquiries in the first instance, please contact the project supervisor, Prof Bernard Mans, after referring to the ad at http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/hdr_scholarships_domestic_candidates_only for more information. Please quote the allocation number 2011059 on your application form.

Reference Number:	5328
Study Subject:	Exploiting Dynamic Information in Mobile Networks
Web Address:	http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications
Provided By:	Macquarie University
To be undertaken at:	Macquarie University.
Level:	Post Graduate

Availability

This scholarship is offered once only to one person. Open for applications until April 18, 2011.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is AUD22860 (maximum per annum). This award is to be used for research, living expenses and fees. This scholarship is paid fortnightly for the period of 3 and a half years.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: Computation theory and mathematics, Computer software, Information systems, INFORMATION, COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES or Other information, computing and communication sciences.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in Australia. Only citizens of Australia or New Zealand or AUS permanent resident can apply.

Application Details

To apply for this scholarship you must consult the scholarship web site. Terms and conditions are subject to change. Always confirm details with scholarship provider before applying.

Main Contact Prof Bernard Mans (Head of Dept, Computing) Macquarie University Phone: +61 2 9850 9574 Fax: +61 2 9850 9551 Email: bernard.mans@mq.edu.au Web Site: http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/~bmans

International Phd Scholar Ships In Electrical Control Engineering

The American College of Surgeons offers International Guest Scholarships to competent young surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who have demonstrated strong interests in teaching and research.The scholarships provide the Scholars with an opportunity to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America and to attend and participate fully in the educational opportunities and activities of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. The scholarships provide successful applicants with the privilege of participating in the College’s annual Clinical Congress in October, with public recognition of their presence. They will receive gratis admission to selected postgraduate courses plus admission to all lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits, which are an integral part of the Clinical Congress. Assistance will be provided in arranging visits, following the Clinical Congress, to various clinics and universities of their choice.

Reference Number:	5330
Study Subject:	medicine, Clinical, Surgery
Web Address:	http://www.facs.org/memberservices/igs.html
Provided By:	American College of Surgeons
Level:	Post Graduate

Availability

This scholarship is offered annually to an unspecified number of people. Open for applications until July 1, 2011.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is AUD8000 (total amount). This award is to be used for research, living expenses and travel. This scholarship is paid See Scheme Summary.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in United States. You must be between the age of 35 and 45. Only citizens of countries except U.S.A and Canada may apply.

Phd Positions In Norway Control Systems Engineering 2011

A PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) is available in Dept of Computing associated with successful ARC project DP11100628. The dominating trend of modern cryptography is the demand for rigorous proofs of both strengths and weaknesses of its protocols. Recent research has demonstrated potential theoretical advantages for lattice-based cryptography over classical public key schemes. The aim of this project is to further explore and improve the theoretical foundations of these techniques as well as their practical applicability. For further information, please contact Professor Igor Shparlinski. Applicants will need to refer to: http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for application instructions. Please quote allocation number 2011062 on your application.

Reference Number:	5335
Study Subject:	Computing - Lattices as a constructive and destructive cryptographic tool
Web Address:	http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/hdr_scholarships_domestic_candidates_only
Provided By:	Macquarie University
To be undertaken at:	Macquarie University.
Level:	Post Graduate

Availability

This scholarship is offered once only to one person. Open for applications until April 27, 2011.

Payment Information

The value of this scholarship is AUD22860 (per annum). This award is to be used for research, living expenses and fees. This scholarship is paid fortnightly for the period of 3 and a half years.

Research Information

This scholarship is for one of the following fields of research: Computation theory and mathematics, INFORMATION, COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES or Other information, computing and communication sciences.

Eligibility

This scholarship is for study in Australia for those who have achieved Honours 1 or equivalent. Only citizens of Australia or New Zealand or AUS permanent resident can apply.

Application Details

To apply for this scholarship you must consult the scholarship web site. Terms and conditions are subject to change. Always confirm details with scholarship provider before applying.

Main Contact Igor Shparlinski (Professor) Computing Phone: +61 2 9850 9585 Email: igor@ics.mq.edu.au Address: Macquarie University North Ryde NSW, Australia 2109

UNU-IAS PhD Scholarship Fellowship Programme

Since 1996, UNU-IAS offers PhD Fellowships to candidates in the last stages of their dissertation process to broaden their perspectives to other related scientific fields, and to expose them to international policy-making circles. So far, more than 90 Fellows from some 50 countries have passed through the PhD Fellowship Programme. Of those completing the programme, about one third have been women, and developing country participants have outnumbered developed country participants.

One or two PhD Fellowships are awarded each year for a period of 12 months, starting in September.

The Fellowship Programme provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to:

• develop and advance their research under the supervision of a UNU-IAS faculty member and contribute to the overall research agenda of the Institute;
• widen their research interests and professional networks by working in the international and multi-disciplinary context of UNU-IAS, and with its wider network of Japanese universities and research institutes, as well as international collaborators;
• become exposed to the workings of the international and multilateral policy process and the broader UN system; and
• link with other UNU-IAS and UNU PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows.

The Fellows are resident at UNU-IAS in Yokohama, Japan for the full term of the fellowship. This gives them the opportunity to gain from the broader research programme of lectures, seminars, workshops and conferences arranged by UNU-IAS. The Institute's close links with Japanese affiliated professors and visiting professors from key universities and think tanks in Japan also allow Fellows to link into the broader Japanese academic and research community.

2. Field of Research

The purpose of the UNU-IAS PhD Fellowship is to provide young scholars and policy-makers, especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinarily context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of professional interest to the applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of UNU-IAS. Research proposals for UNU-IAS PhD Fellowships should therefore relate clearly to one of the current research areas of the Institute, as well as aim to be policy relevant. Research proposals are invited in the following areas:

Science and Technology for Sustainable Societies
Sustainable Urban Futures
Biodiplomacy Initiative
Sustainable Development Governance
Traditional Knowledge Initiative

3. Eligibility and Conditions

Applicants must be at the dissertation writing stage of their PhD with a research proposal accepted by the candidate's university. Language proficiency in English is essential. Applicants from developing countries and women are particularly encouraged to apply.

UNU-IAS Ph.D. Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12 months. The starting date of the Ph.D. Fellowship Programme is 1 September. Successful applicants are required to be in Yokohama by this date. Residency in Yokohama for the full duration of the fellowship is required.

Fellows are provided with their own desk in a dedicated study room in the Institute, administrative support and desktop computing. Fellows have access to the UNU Library in Tokyo which includes an excellent collection of UN documents. They also have access via the UNU Library to various Japanese university libraries and computer databases. A limited range of other, more specialised computer hardware and software may also be available.

The fellowship provides a monthly stipend of JPY260,000 from which a monthly usage charge for accommodation is deducted (see below). A one-time-only settle-in-allowance of JPY 80,000 will be granted to each Fellow at the beginning of the programme for relocation, adjustment expenses, ground transportation and incidental costs. UNU-IAS provides Fellows with a return air ticket between his/her country of residence and Narita Airport. Settle-in-allowance and air tickets are, however, not provided for Fellows already residing in Japan before the commencement of the fellowship.

Fellows carry out their research in Yokohama under the supervision of a UNU-IAS faculty member and/or affiliated UNU-IAS network scholars. Fellows will spend about half of their working hours on their dissertation and the remaining half assisting the Institute’s projects and activities.

4. Accommodation

Ph.D. Fellows will be provided with accommodation by UNU-IAS (within 30 minute walk from the Institute). Usage charges other than utilities (electricity, water, gas, telephone, etc.) are as follows:

Single room apartment (for one person) JPY80,000 or more per month
Twin room apartment (for couples) JPY130,000 or more per month

5. Starting Date and Deadline for Applications

Contacts:

The UNU-IAS PhD Fellowship Programme begins on 1 September and the selected Fellows are required to be in Japan by this date. The deadline for applications for the 2011 Fellowships is 28 February 2011.

6. To Apply

Interested and eligible candidates are invited to complete the online-application form. If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact us (see the contacts below). The online form and the required documents indicated in the form must be in English. If the supporting document is in another language, please also attach an English translation.

Selection Criteria and Process

Applicants are evaluated on the following criteria:

(i) The research objectives of the applicant and the quality of the research
proposal;
(ii) the relevance of the research proposal to the ongoing or planned research
activities of the applicant's selected Research Programme at UNU-IAS;
(iii) the applicant's academic merit and the potential for successful research while
at UNU-IAS.

After the initial review of all completed applications, short-listed candidates will be contacted for a telephone interview.

Ph.D. Fellowship Programme
United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
6F, International Organizations Center
Pacifico-Yokohama
1-1-1 Minato Mirai
Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-8502
Japan

Email: fellowships@ias.unu.edu
Fax: +81-45-221-2303

Application Deadline : 28 February 2011

Homepage: http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=119&ddlID=151

The home scholarship European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies

Sess.EuroPhD invites applications to the Doctoral Programme 2011 commencing on October 1 as part of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The European PhD in Socio-Economic and Statistical Studies is an international, interdisciplinary graduate programme cooperating with nine partner universities. The doctoral degree Doctor Europaeus is awarded upon completion of the programme.

Sess.EuroPhD is a three year doctoral programme. An essential part of the curriculum is the experience gained through the study at partner universities. PhD candidates are required to spend at least one semester as well as a shorter research stay of 4–6 weeks abroad. The doctoral candidates have the opportunity to draw from the teaching, supervision, and knowledge of more than 40 academic instructors at the nine partner universities in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Haifa, Lille, Rome, Southampton, and Tampere.

Dissertation projects from the following seven major areas of interdisciplinary research are welcomed:

1. The interrelationship between economic and social structure
2. Processes of change in economic organizations and institutions
3. Markets as social structures and networks
4. Labor markets, employment, and conflict
5. Welfare state analysis and social security
6. Economic and social inequality and perceptions of social justice
7. Social ethics of the market in face of globalization

Admission is based on academic excellence and is open to students with a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics or the social sciences. Applicants from countries other than those of the partner universities are encouraged to apply. English proficiency at an academic level is assumed.

Applicants starting at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin automatically become members of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS). The BGSS awards scholarships of up to 1200€/month for a maximum of 36 months, contingent on the successful completion of each year. Applicants with alternative funding are welcome. Applications for the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin must be submitted online at www.europhd.org/admission from January 3 to February 16, 2011.

For further information contact sess@europhd.org or visit www.europhd.org.

Scholarship Erasmus Mundus European Master in Tourism Management

Erasmus Mundus European Master in Tourism Management (EMTM) is a two-year world-class integrated programme aimed at qualifying graduates to deal with the huge challenges in contemporary tourism.

Study Subject:Tourism Management
Employer:Erasmus Mundus
Level:Masters

Scholarship Description:Tourism is a total social and economic phenomenon, which calls for a holistic approach to tourism education where broader aims of the industry and society are explicitly addressed in tourism curricula. The European Master in Tourism Management (EMTM) provides students with a far-reaching and integrated understanding of the multiple disciplines and paradigms concerned with the subject which are bound together through the framework of sustainability.

The EMTM is a fully integrated two-year joint European programme promoted and tailor-made by three university partners: The University of Girona (Spain), known for its research and pursuit of teaching excellence in tourism product innovation and destination management; the University of Southern Denmark (Denmark), internationally recognized for its research and education in the field of sustainable tourism development; and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), renowned for its excellence in tourism policy design and tourism environmental management and economics. The medium of instruction is English.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
Erasmus Mundus Category A scholarship: 5th December 2010
Erasmus Mundus Category B scholarship: 5th January 2011

Source:
http://www.emtmmaster.net/

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

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
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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/

Hitachi Scholarship Foundation

The position is meant to conduct research on multi-level vehicle routing problems. The work, which involves the implementation and testing of heuristic optimization strategies, will be carried out in close collaboration with Kenneth Sörensen and Peter Goos. The candidate is expected to enroll the university’s Ph.D. program and to obtain a Ph.D. at theend of the project. A short project description can be found below.

Short project description

The main aim of this project is to develop efficient solution methods for several reallife multi-level vehicle routing problems. In multi-level vehicle routing problems, decisions are taken on different levels. For

example:

• In multi-depot vehicle routing problems, decisions need to be taken on which customer to service from which depot, besides the typical routing decisions (determining the sequence of the customers in the routes and the assignment of customers to vehicles).

• In school bus routing problems, decisions to be taken include the assignment of students to bus stops, the selection of bus stops to use, as well as the typical routing decisions.

• In location-routing problems, the algorithm decides the optimal location of distribution facilities, as well as the typical routing decisions.

A second research topic of this project is the search for the most appropriate type of solution method for multi-level routing problems: iterative or integrated. We will examine specifically whether integrated optimization yields better results than sequential or iterative optimization, and what the main influencing factors are for the differences in performance.

A third important research topic that we intend to study is the interaction between different neighborhoods that operate on different levels of a multi-level problem. This will lead to a better understanding of the working of these neighborhoods and their interaction, and make the design of more powerful metaheuristics possible.

Finally, as a fourth research topic we intend to study the integration of exact methods into the developed heuristics. More and more, the study of so-called matheuristics, heuristics integrating mathematical programming methods, are being viewed as an interesting research avenue. Progress in the development of general integer programming solvers (such ILOG’s Cplex) during the last decade has been impressive, and has become such that using these solvers for real-life (sub)problems has become an attractive option.

In fact, multi-level problems offer an interesting playground for this type of methods, as some of the sub-problems can potentially be solved using exact methods, whereas others can be solved using neighborhood search heuristics.

We offer a four-year position (with annual evaluation), a net monthly grant of about 1900 euro, and a stimulating working environment in a lively cosmopolitan city. For more information, please contact Kenneth Sörensen with email address: kenneth.sorensen@ua.ac.be

International Scholarships and Fellowships, Postdoc Scholarships, PhD Scholarships

Overseas Graduate Entrance Scholarship 2010, Lincoln College, Oxford International Scholarships

This scholarship is intended for graduates who already have some other form of financial support. Candidates should have attained a high standard in their previous academic work. Applicants must hold a place, or an offer of a place, at Lincoln College before applying. The award is paid to the successful candidate towards the end of the calendar year of application, and it is usual at this point for the successful candidate to write a letter of acknowledgement and thanks to the Trustees from whom the award comes.

Eligibility: Read the rest of this entry »

Scholarship Info group in Interaction Design at the Department of Applied IT, Chalmers University of Technology

The research will take place within the research group in Interaction Design at the Department of Applied IT, Chalmers University of Technology. The department offers education and carries out research within the different areas of information technology in close cooperation with industry and public sector. Development of the individual’s knowledge and ability to analyze, understand and handle different aspects of IT is at focus. The department is located at Campus Lindholmen and is part of both the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Read the rest of this entry »

home scholarship PhD student position in energy and environment

The Department of Energy and Environment conducts superior research and education in energy and sustainable development, at the global scale down to the industrial, building, and product level. Our focus is on experimental and theoretical energy technology research, as well as development, use, and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of technology systems. In total, 150 individuals work in the department’s six divisions. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Encourage Girls' Scholarization

International PhD Project in Physics of future quantum-based information technologies, Poland

The main aim is to conduct the state-of-the-art research by 12 young scientists during the preparation of their PhD theses. At the same time the programme aims at intensifying international cooperation of the Polish research units. Within the scope of the programme the Foundation covers the stipends for PhD students and research grants including the costs resulting from international cooperation.

Stipends

The project is planned for 12 PhD students.

The succesful candidate will receive personal stipends amounting to 3000 PLN a month.
During the visit at partner laboratories abroad the stipend will be increased up to 4500 PLN.
Those Phd students who need additional social security will receive additional 500 PLN
to cover the latter costs.

Successful candidates will undersign separate agreements with Foundation for Polish Science which will supply the stipends directly to PhD students.


Research grant

The project includes a research grant not exceeding 35 000 PLN yearly/per person (each PhD student). These funds are used for international cooperation (costs of travel), research apparata, computers, office materials, and others.

Location

The project is run in University of Gdańsk by two Institutes:
Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics)
Institute of Experimental Physics
The adress of both institutes is: ul. Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, POLAND

The candidates - what is expected ?

The project is addressed, first of all, to graduates of physics and technical physics. On the other hand, the candidates who studied mathematics, biophysics, computer science, astrophysics, astronomy may also be candidates. We welcome open-minded people.

The project is devoted to very modern applications of the quantum mechanics. Therefore, it is expected that the candidates would have good understanding of quantum mechanics. There are, however theoreticaal and experimental subproject, so there is no needed to be scared.

We believe that well-motivated candidates can learn fast and get the necessary knowledge quite quickly. If necessary we shall try to be not only scientific supervisors but also mentors and techers. Seminars and other activities would allow the candidates to refresh the necessary grasp of physics and quantum mechanics.

The project is “international”. Thus, good command of English is required. It is necessary to communicate with foreign collaborators, to study the literature (in fact, there are essentially no source in the language other than English).

Finally, the LaTeX (or equivalent) typesetting method seems to be a standard. It is expected that the candidates would possess the knowledge of this method of preparing the publication of their results.

The first recruitment is planned to occur in the end of June 2010. It is estimated that 6 candidates will be accepted. The second recruitment is planned at the end of the first reporting period, that is, at most, in mid-September 2010. The full recruitment should be ended At the end of September. The candidates will receive the first stipend in October 2010 (the last month of the first reporting period).

More information: Aneta Michałkiewicz, PhD
tel. +48 22 423 14 06 , +48 22 424 03 06 e-mail: fundusze@fnp.org.pl

Source: http://iftia9.univ.gda.pl/~MPD/Candidates/general.html

Germany: Southeast Europe and the European Union - Leadership Development Program

Profile

Southeast European integration process of trying to support, “Southeast Europe and a wide range of 5 young people from 30 countries in Europe,” Southeast Europe and the European Union - to support leadership development programs. Transfusion Association program in 2006, in Berlin, and the College of Europe in Bruges has been launched by start. Fund for the Balkans of the European program had ample funding since 2008, and now she’s College in 2009 in collaboration with the European associations and organizations since the transfusion. Read the rest of this entry »

American and European scholarships: PhD Student,

The Department of Management Engineering invites candidates to apply for one of three PhD scholarships for appointment in the Section for Engineering Design and Product Development. The scholarships are directly connected to a newly funded Innovation Consortium, within the field of Product/Service-System (PSS) design. The object of research for all three projects will be the Danish maritime branch, where a number of companies are participating. Read the rest of this entry »

10 Academic Resources Daily: 20 PhD Studentships at University 2010

PhD Studentship
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ETH Zurich - Department of Environmental Sciences

Environmental Chemistry / Organic Chemistry
Applications are invited for one PhD position in the Environmental Chemistry Group of Prof. Kristopher McNeill at ETH Zurich. The research is focused on the development and implementation of chemical probes for reactive oxygen species. The ultimate goal of the research is to determine the mechanisms involved in photochemical virus inactivation, relevant to natural and engineered water purification. Read the rest of this entry »