18 Phd Studentships + 7 PostDoc Postions , Ireland

18 PhD Studentships and 7 Postdoc PositionsCentre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL)Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Various PhD Studentships and Postdoc Positions are available at the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL), Ireland. CNGL is a large Academia-Industry partnership, funded by Science Foundation Ireland and Industry Partners, with over 100 researchers developing novel technologies addressing the key localisation challenges of volume, access and personalisation.

Deadline: 31 August 2008



The major research strands within the CNGL are:

Integrated Language Technologies (ILT)
Digital Content Management (DCM)
Localisation Technologies and Processes (LOC)
Systems Framework (SF)


Available Positions
Post-Doctoral Research Positions:
3 Post-Doctoral Positions in ILT (MT, NLP)
1 Post-Doctoral Position in DCM (Ontology Induction)
3 Post-Doctoral Positions in LOC (Workflow, Translation, Multilingual Content)
Post-Doctoral positions are for 3 years (1 year contract initially). Salary: €38,623-45,401 per annum (depending on experience).

PhD Studentship Research Positions:
5 PhD Studentships in ILT (MT, NLP)
5 PhD Studentships in DCM (IR/IE, QA, Ontology Induction)
8 PhD Studentships in LOC (Workflow, Translation, Multilingual Content)

PhD positions are typically for 4 years. Stipend: €16,000 (tax free) plus payment of registration fees.

The successful candidates will join well established research groups at Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and University of Limerick, Ireland.

Applications and Further Information

Deadline for applications: 31st August 2008
To apply send CV and contact details of 2 referees to ( info@cngl.ie ) quoting the appropriate reference

Please visit http://www.cngl.ie/vacancies.html for more detailed information on each position.

British Chevening Scholarships, Pakistan

British Chevening Scholarships for Pakistani students - 2009

Applications are invited from the Pakistani nationals for the British Chevening Scholarships for year 2009. These scholarships are available for one year taught postgraduate degree in the UK and are administered by the British Council Pakistan.

Deadline: 15 September 2008


The British Government’s British Chevening Scholarship, are the most prestigious awards available to international students for study in the United Kingdom. They enable future leaders, decision-makers and opinion formers from around the world to become familiar with the UK, to gain new skills, or update current professional skills. The ultimate objective is to benefit their countries upon their return.


Eligibility
Scholarships are awarded to Pakistani nationals of high intellectual ability who will play a formative role in Pakistan’s development.

Applicants:

1. Must have a Masters’ degree or a four-year Bachelors degree from any recognised university in Pakistan or the equivalent form an overseas institution
2. Should normally be between 25 and 35 years of age
3. Must have a minimum of 3 years of work experience
4. Must be Pakistani citizens. Dual nationals are not eligible
5. Must not have received in the past three years any British government funded academic award

Subject Areas

Scholarship is available for the following subjects:
Economics
Gender Studies
Human Rights
International Relations
Law
Management
Media Studies
Public Administration
Social Development
International Security
Inter-Faith Studies
International Conflict
Governance and Democracy
Citizenship
Economic Governance and Reform
Public Sector Reform
Migration.


Duration
The scholarships are for one year taught postgraduate study in the UK.


Value of Scholarship
The scholarship covers the full cost of study in the UK.


Application Procedure
Completed application form should be received by the British Council before the deadline.
See guidance notes for the completion of the application form.
Application form and Guidance notes can be downloaded below.
Last date for submission of applications is Monday, 15th September, 2008.

Download Application form (pdf, 90kb)
Download Guidance notes (pdf, 400kb)

7 PhD Fellowships in Biology, Italy

7 PhD Fellowships, Cellular and Molecular Biology Vita-Salure San Raffaele University, Italy

The applications are invited for the Ph.D Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Vita-Salure San Raffaele University, Italy for the academic year 2008-2009. For the academic year 2008-2009 there are 12 positions, 7 of these are with fellowship.

Deadline: 22 September 2008



General Description
The International Ph.D. program in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Vita-Salure San Raffaele University and The Open University emphasizes a broad background in cellular and molecular biology, preparing for research careers in academia or industry. During a three to four years training programme, students participate to academic activities and develop an independent research project, within one of the affiliated research laboratories.
The research staff of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute University operates at DIBIT, which is part of the largest biomedical science park in Italy, including the Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, the Stem Cell Research Institute, and research units from major pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The multi-disciplinary nature of DIBIT provides a stimulating learning environment, that is both collegial and collaborative, on the leading-edge of modern biological research. Core facilities for mouse genetics, bioimaging, proteomics, and flow cytometry are available.

Application Procedure
Applications must be submitted electronically (on line form is available at: www.unisr.it/phd/eng). Also send a hard copy of application (paper format), with the original signature of the candidate, together with the paper documents required to:
Cristina Cerutti, PhD Office,
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele,via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano Italy.
Phone: +39 02 2643 4842 Fax +39 02 2643 3809
E-mail:cerutti.cristina@hsr.it

Please contact Cristina Cerutti (cerutti.cristina@hsr.it), PhD Office, should you require assistance with your application.

Candidates have to apply electronically and send printed documents as required by the official call.


Links and Downloads
Online Application Form
Official callApplication form
Reference letter
Allegato 3

Further Information
Further information can be found on the university website:
http://www.unisr.it/view.asp?id=3491

20+ Masters/PhD Scholarships, Japan

Masters and PhD Scholarships Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Saitama University, Japan

Scholarships are available for Masters and PhD programs for international students at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Saitama University, Japan.

Deadlines: 20 Oct 2008 (Masters) 22 Dec 2008 (PhD)



Introduction
The graduate program for international students at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Saitama University offers highly qualified individuals from overseas opportunities to pursue graduate studies and research in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The fields of study include Infrastructure Management, Transportation Planning, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Engineering, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Concrete and Material Engineering, Structural and Wind Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, etc.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Saitama University, as part of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, offers Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering/Doctor of Philosophy Degree programs in broad range of civil and environmental engineering. The graduate program includes courses specially designed for international students, in which class instruction and research supervision are given in English and/or Japanese. Master thesis and doctoral dissertation are accepted in English. Japanese language courses are also offered for foreign students and their spouses.
The programs start either in April or October and require an average residency of two years for a Master of Engineering candidate and three years for a Doctor of Engineering/Doctor of Philosophy candidate. Most of the students are financially supported by the scholarships.


Application for Admission
Application forms are available below for downloading in PDF format. If you have any difficulty in downloading, Forms are available by writing to the FSO (address below). The following documents must be submitted.
Completed application form (Form A) [This form consists of two pages in downloaded form]
Certified copies of academic records for undergraduate and graduate studies completed
Two letters of recommendation (Form B)
Essays on selected topics (Form C)
A concise resume (Form D) [This form consists of two pages in downloaded form]
Download all Forms and relevant Information (pdf, 560kb)

Scholarships
The program is highly competitive and admits only twenty to twenty-five students each year, out of which about:
seven to ten candidates are awarded the prestigious Monbukagakusho Scholarship administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Government of Japan.
Another ten to fifteen outstanding candidates are awarded the:

ADB-JSP Scholarship administered by the Asian Development Bank
JJ/WB GSP Scholarship administered by the World Bank
SPJU Scholarship administered by the Inter-American Development Bank
All scholarships cover tuition and academic fees, a monthly allowance of about 175,000 Yen, and a round-trip air ticket to the awardee's home country. Some grants are available for books and research travel within Japan. The Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Doctoral Course is granted for up to three years based on satisfactory performance of the student. The Master's Degree scholarships are granted for two years.

Note:
Applicants are strongly discouraged to contact the Asian Development Bank, World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank regarding the ADB-JSP, JJ/WB GSP and SPJU Scholarships. All communications regarding the scholarships should be conducted through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Saitama University only.


Further Information
For any further information (or application forms),
please contact:
Foreign Student Office Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Saitama University 255 Shimo Okubo,
Sakura-ku, Saitama-shi Saitama 338-8570
Japan

Phone/Fax: + 81-48-858-3555

Email:fso@sun.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp


Weblink: http://www.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp/fso/fso.html

Scholarships for International Students,Malaysia

Scholarships for International Students 2009Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies, Malaysia

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia invites applications from international students for the scholarships from Government of Malaysia for academic session 2009/2010, for undergraduate and graduate studies.

Deadlines: 31 December 2008



Scholarships
The scholarships are as follows:
MTCP Scholarship
MIS Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies
MIS Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies
Commonwealth Scholarship


Detailed information
Comprehensive information is provided in the brochure that can be downloaded from the link below.

For any further information about the scholarship
contact: Ms Norkamilah Zanial,
E-mail:norkamilahz@mohe.gov.my


Relevant weblink: http://www.mohe.gov.my/webkpt_v2/info_16.php


Material for Download
Relevant material can be downloaded from the links below:
Scholarships For International Students 2009 Brochure (pdf, 2.7mb, right-click to save)
Malaysian International Scholarship (MIS) Application Form (pdf, 107kb, right-click to save)
Commonwealth Scholarship Application Form (pdf, 118kb, right-click to save)
Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) Scholarship Application Form (pdf, 102kb, right-click to save)
Medical Form (pdf, 93kb, right-click to save)

PhD Fellowships, Netherlands

PhD Fellowships, Netherlands Fellowship Programmes

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-driven fellowship programmes designed to foster capacity building within organizations in 57 developing countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.

Deadlines: 1 Jun 2009 and 1 Oct 2009


Requirements for eligibility
A candidate applying for an NFP fellowship for a PhD degree programme must:
be a national of and working in one of the 57 developing countries have been unconditionally admitted to a Dutch institution as a PhD student. This means that the applicant must have met all the academic requirements set by the Dutch university or institute;
have completed an NFP PhD Study application form and have submitted all the required documentation to the Netherlands embassy or consulate;
offer proof that the PhD will be pursued according to a ‘sandwich’ or ‘picnic’ model, which means that a large portion of the PhD research will take place in the candidate’s home country;
be nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue paying the candidate’s salary and guarantees the candidate will be able to return to an equivalent position after the termination of the fellowship period. Partial payment of salary can sometimes be allowed as an exception to the rule. It is up to the Dutch embassy to decide if an agreement between the employer and the candidate about partial continuation of payment of salary is acceptable. It should be realized, however, that the NFP allowances are not sufficient to support family members, either in the home country or in the Netherlands;
not be employed by a large industrial, commercial, international or multinational organization, which can be assumed to have sufficient resources of their own to finance staff training;
offer evidence that he or she is sufficiently skilled in speaking and writing in the language of communication during the PhD, which may be English, French or Spanish. If this is English, candidates who have received their tertiary education in any language other than English must provide evidence in the form of a score in an internationally recognized test, such as IELTS (a score of at least 6.0) or TOEFL (a score of at least 550 points on the paper based test or 213 points on the computer-based test or 79 on the internet-based test). An exception to this rule is made for candidates who have received their tertiary education in English, and for candidates who have previously attended a course or programme at a Dutch educational institution in this language, but no longer than two years ago;
be available full–time to pursue the PhD without interruption, and be physically and mentally able to take part in the entire programme;
declare that they will return to their home country immediately after the period of study and research in the Netherlands has ended.

Employer support
The need for education and training must occur within the organization of the applicant. This means that applicants must be nominated by their employers. In fact, applications without the support of an employer will not be considered.


Applying for NFP
Applicants must first gain academic admission to the course of their choice before applying for a fellowship through the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their country. Also, they can only apply for an NFP fellowship if the course is on the NFP course list for that particular year. In all cases, applicants are advised to contact the Netherlands embassy or consulate, well in advance for specific instructions, and to inquire about specific local procedures and deadlines, requirements and selection criteria.


Application procedure
The application and selection procedure consists of the following steps:
Application for admission at a Dutch educational institution
Candidates must first apply for academic admission at an eligible Dutch institution. Admission as a PhD student is granted on an individual basis. Senior academic staff or a specific PhD committee decides whether or not an applicant will be accepted. Usually the assessment is based on the research proposal submitted by the applicant. A candidate can apply for a PhD fellowship only after a research proposal has been agreed between the candidate and the Dutch provider.

Application for a fellowship
After receiving their letter of admission, candidates can apply for an NFP fellowship by presenting a completed NFP PhD Study application form to the Netherlands embassy or consulate in the candidate’s own country, accompanied by the necessary documentation. The form can also be obtained from the Netherlands embassy or consulate. Candidates should send their fellowship application forms directly to to the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their own country.
The embassy or consulate assesses each application against the criteria listed above. Special attention is given to:
whether the application stems from a multi-year agreement concluded with selected organizations;
the relevance of the proposed research for the candidate’s organization and country;
proof that the candidate’s employer and the Dutch institution support the application.
The embassies and consulates forward the fellowship applications that meet all of the criteria to Nuffic.
Nuffic selects the candidates who will receive PhD fellowships based on the relevance of the proposed research for the candidate’s employing organization and home country.
Nuffic informs the candidate, the Dutch embassy and the providing institution of its decision.
Nuffic awards the grant for the provider to cover the fellowship holders’ expenses, including the tuition fees.
The Dutch providers pay each fellowship holder a monthly allowance for the duration of the master’s degree programme; they also administer the fellowships, make logistical arrangements, and give guidance to the fellowship holders.


Further Information
Further information is available on
Nuffic website


Downloadable Material
Eligible Dutch Institutions for NFP PhD fellowships, 2009 (pdf, 36kb, right-click to save)
PhD Application Form for NFP fellowships (pdf, 84kb, right-click to save)
Deadlines for Application (pdf, 24kb, right-click to save)

Masters Fellowships,Netherlands

Masters degree Fellowships, Netherlands Fellowship Programmes

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are demand-driven fellowship programmes designed to foster capacity building within organizations in 57 developing countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members.

Deadlines: 1 Oct 2008 and 1 Mar 2009


Requirements for eligibility
A candidate applying for an NFP fellowship for a master’s degree programme must:
be a national of and working in one of the 57 developing countries
have been unconditionally admitted by a Dutch institution to one of the master’s degree programmes on the course list. This means that the applicant must have met all the requirements set by the Dutch institution;
have completed an NFP Master’s Degree Programme application form and have submitted all the required documentation to the Netherlands embassy or consulate;
be nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue paying the candidate’s salary and guarantees the candidate will be able to return to an equivalent position at the end of the fellowship period. Partial payment of salary can sometimes be allowed as an exception to the rule. It is up to the Dutch embassy to decide if an agreement between the employer and the candidate about partial continuation of payment of salary is acceptable. It should be noted, however, that the NFP allowances are not sufficient to support family members, either in the home country or in the Netherlands;
not be employed by a large industrial, commercial, international or multinational organization, which can be assumed to have sufficient resources of its own to finance staf ftraining;
offer evidence of proficiency in speaking and writing the language of instruction. If this is English, candidates who have received their tertiary education in any language other than English must provide evidence in the form of a score in an internationally recognized test, such as IELTS (a score of at least 6.0) or TOEFL (a score of at least 550 points on the paper based test or 213 points on the computer-based test or 79 on the internet-based test). An exception to this rule is made for candidates who have received their tertiary education in the English language, and for candidates who have previously attended a course or programme with a Dutch educational institution, but no longer than four years ago;
be available for the entire period of the programme and be physically and mentally able to take part in the entire programme;
declare that they will return to their home country immediately after the study programme has ended.

Employer support
The need for education and training must occur within the organization of the applicant. This means that applicants must be nominated by their employers. In fact, applications without the support of an employer will not be considered.


Applying for NFP
Applicants must first gain academic admission to the course of their choice before applying for a fellowship through the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their country. Also, they can only apply for an NFP fellowship if the course is on the NFP course list for that particular year. In all cases, applicants are advised to contact the Netherlands embassy or consulate, well in advance for specific instructions, and to inquire about specific local procedures and deadlines, requirements and selection criteria.


Application procedure
The application and selection procedure for a master’s degree programme consists of the following steps:
Application for admission at a Dutch educational institution
Applicants first apply for admission to the master’s degree programme of their choice. Applications should always be directed to the Dutch provider of the programme. The deadlines for these applications vary. The master’s degree programmes overview (given below to download) provides the academic application deadlines for each master’s degree programme.
The provider assesses the application and decides whether or not the applicant’s educational background and other experience meet the specific requirements for the programme in question. The provider then informs all applicants of its decisions. Successful candidates will receive a letter indicating that they have been (provisionally) admitted. Admission must be unconditional in terms of the candidate’s education and language proficiency. Admission may be granted provisionally, subject to the candidate finding suitable funding for the programme.
Candidates are eligible for a fellowship only if they have been admitted to their chosen master’s degree programme and meet all the criteria. Candidates can only apply for a fellowship for one programme per fellowship application deadline. Being admitted to more than one programme with the same fellowship application deadline means that candidates will have to select one programme before applying for a fellowship.

Netherlands After receiving their letter of admission, candidates can apply for an NFP fellowship by presenting a completed NFP master’s degree programme application form (given below to download) to the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their own country, accompanied by the necessary documentation. The application should be submitted well before the deadline for applications. The form can also be obtained from the Netherlands embassy or consulate. Some embassies require applications to be submitted in duplicate. In other countries applications have to be submitted to the embassies through local governmental organizations. Candidates are therefore advised to check any local regulations with the Netherlands embassy in their country. Candidates should forward fellowship application to the Netherlands embassy or consulate in their own country.

The embassy or consulate assesses each application against the criteria listed above. Special attention is given to:
whether the application was submitted before the deadline;
whether the application stems from multi-year agreements made with selected organizations;
whether the candidate has presented a letter of admission to the programme in question;
whether the information accompanying the application is complete and correct, and whether the required documentation (such as passport, diplomas and language test) is in order;
whether the programme is on the list of master’s degree programmes;
whether the programme has added value for the sustainable capacity development of the employing organization and the development of the NFP country;
whether the candidate fulfils any other specific requirements set by the embassy, consulate or country in question.

The embassies and consulates forward the fellowship applications that meet all of the criteria to Nuffic.
Nuffic decides how many fellowships will be available for each programme. The allocation of fellowships between the various programmes is based on the number of eligible applicants for each programme.
The Dutch provider then selects the candidates who will receive fellowships. The provider informs all candidates of its decisions, and applies to Nuffic for a grant.
Nuffic awards the grant for the provider to cover the fellowship holders’ expenses, including the tuition fees.
The Dutch providers pay each fellowship holder a monthly allowance for the duration of the master’s degree programme; they also administer the fellowships, make logistical arrangements, and give guidance to the fellowship holders.


Further Information
Further information is available on
Nuffic website


Downloadable Material
Overview of NFP masters programmes for 2009 (pdf, 332kb, right-click to save)
Application Form for NFP masters programmes 2009 (pdf, 135kb, right-click to save)
Deadlines for Application (pdf, 24kb, right-click to save)

4 Post-Doc Fellowships, Germany

4 Post-Doc Fellowships, Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change,Jena Graduate School, Germany

4 Post-Doc Scholarships are available within the Jena Graduate School, to outstanding candidates with a background in Applied Ethics, Economics, Psychology or Sociology and who are interested in interdisciplinary research.

Deadline- 30 Sep 2008


The Graduate School is a recently established university institution located at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. It is a joint initiative of scholars of the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, the School of Economics and Business Administration, and the Max Planck Institute of Economics.

Currently, the major contributing disciplines are Applied Ethics, Economics, Psychology and Sociology. Their common research topic within the GSBC is the analysis of human behaviour with an emphasis on social and economic change. The principal research focus of the GSBC is interdisciplinary. For further information, especially on the research programme, please visit http://www.gsbc.uni-jena.de/

We expect candidates to interact with each other and with post-docs in the different research programmes as well as with PhD students, to bridge the disciplines’ borders, to advise interdisciplinary research, and to pursue their own research projects.

Applicants are required to hold a superior PhD in one of the above mentioned disciplines or an equivalent degree in a related discipline.
Candidates should have either already published in leading academic journals or show interest and potential to do so.
Knowledge of German would be useful but is not required.
All scholars are expected to choose Jena as their place of residence.
Scholarships start on January 1st, 2009 and include funding for up to three years (2+1).

Deadline for applications is 30 September 2008.

Candidates should e-mail their CV, transcripts of degrees, a list of publications, the most important publication or a substantial research text (as pdf), an outline of their future research programme, the application form and two letters of reference from academic teachers to:
kristina.von-rhein@uni-jena.de



The application form is available on http://www.gsbc.uni-jena.de/. The letters of reference should be directly sent to us by the recommenders.


Application Form
Application form can be downloaded here
Candidates should e-mail their CV, transcripts of degrees, a list of publications, the most important publication or a substantial research text (as pdf), an outline of their future research programme, the application form and two letters of reference from academic teachers to:
kristina.von-rhein@uni-jena.de

The letters of reference should be directly sent to us by the recommenders.
Further Information is available on http://www.gsbc.uni-jena.de/

12 Doctoral Fellowships, Germany

12 Doctoral Fellowships, Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change,Jena Graduate School, Germany

12 Doctoral Fellowships are available within the Jena Graduate School, to outstanding candidates with a background in Applied Ethics, Economics, Psychology or Sociology and who are interested in interdisciplinary research.

Deadline-1: 23 Aug 2008 (start date: 01 Oct 2008)
Deadline-2: 30 Sep 2008 (start date: 01 Jan 2009)



The Graduate School is a recently established university institution located at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. It is a joint initiative of scholars of the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, the School of Economics and Business Administration, and the Max Planck Institute of Economics.

Currently, the major contributing disciplines are Applied Ethics, Economics, Psychology and Sociology. Their common research topic within the GSBC is the analysis of human behaviour with an emphasis on social and economic change. The principal research focus of the GSBC is interdisciplinary. For further information, especially on the research programme, please visit www.gsbc.uni-jena.de

Applicants are expected to hold a Diplom or a Masters Degree with honours in one of the above mentioned disciplines or an equivalent degree in a related discipline. Fellows will actively and permanently participate in the study and research programme of the Graduate School. Therefore all fellows are expected to choose Jena as their place of residence.
Fellowships start on October 1st, 2008 (Deadline for application: 23 August 2008) and on January 1st, 2009 (Deadline for application: 30 September 2008).
All fellowships include funding for up to three years (2+1).
Research will be conducted in English.


Application Form
Application form can be downloaded here
Candidates should e-mail their CV, transcripts of degrees, a writing example (about 10 pages, for example an extract from the diploma or master thesis), a brief outline of a potential dissertation project within the GSBC, a letter of interest, the application form and two letters of reference from academic teachers to: kristina.von-rhein@uni-jena.de


The letters of reference should be directly sent to us by the recommenders.
Further Information is available on www.gsbc.uni-jena.de

MSc and PhD Studentships, Canada

MSc and PhD Studentships, Evolutionary and Functional GenomicsUniversity of Ottawa, Canada(Contributed by: Dr Xuhua Xia)

Multiple PhD and MSc student positions are available in Evolutionary and Functional Genomics at XiaLab in Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Canada. Minimum support is $18,500/year, but students with grade point average above A will get substantially more.

Deadline: as soon as filled



The research areas covered include, but not limited to:
Short-term and long-term changes of gene expression and gene regulation in response to envirornmental hormone-like chemicals. The student will focus on developing statistical methods for microarray data analysis, e.g., Xiong, H., Zhang D., Martyniuk, C.J., Trudeau, V.L. Xia, X.. 2008. Using Generalized Procrustes Analysis (GPA) for normalization of cDNA microarray data. BMC Bioinformatics, 9(2008) 25
Molecular evolution and phylogenetics (see relevant publications at http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/publications.asp). You may participate in the devleopment of DAMBE software:
for building guide tree for mulptle alignment: I am currently replacing the pair-wise global alignment by a FASTA-like algorithm which appears to work faster and obtain better guide trees.
for estimating synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions: the conventional LPB (or PBL) method is not quite suitable for sliding window analysis because of the stochastic fluctuation of observed window-specific transitions and transversions. I am adding a simultaneous estimation method for all windows with a fixed substitution matrix for correcting multiple hits.
strand-biased substitution patterns and their impact on phylognetic reconstruction.
Evolutionary genomics of microbial pathogens, e.g., Xia, X. and G. Palidwor. 2005. Genomic Adaptation to Acidic Environment: Evidence from Helicobacter pylori. American Naturalist 166:776-784

Comparative genomics (see relevant publications at http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/publications.asp)
Selection at the initiation, elongation and termination of transcription and translation (see relevant publications at http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/publications.asp)

The positions are available immediately. The application procedures can be found by following the link at http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/grad.asp (or contact me directly if you found anything unclear).

Xuhua XiaUniversity of Ottawa
http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca

250 Scholarships for Doctoral Students, UK

250 Scholarships (Full + Partial fee) for Research Students, University of Huddersfield, UK

As part of a major expansion in research activity, the University of Huddersfield UK has announced the immediate availability of 125 fee-waiver scholarships for postgraduate research students with a further 125 to be made available in 2009-2010. The scholarships are available to UK/EU and International students.

Deadline: End of academic year 2009-10


Scholarships Eligibility
The scholarships are available in all Schools, for all areas of research, and are open to Home/EU and International applicants who lack funding but have outstanding academic merit and excellent research potential.
The scheme supports only full-time postgraduate research students and is not available for undergraduate or postgraduate TAUGHT courses.
Each year 75 of the scholarships will waive 100% of tuition fees and 50 scholarships will waive 50% of tuition fees.
Applicants must be able to fund all living costs and any bench fees (specific research costs).


Scholarship Deadline
The scheme will remain open until the end of academic year 2009-10.


Enrolment Dates
The University considers research degree applications throughout the year but enrolment takes place on the nearest working day to the following dates every year:
1 January
1 April
1 July
1 October


Application procedure
If you are interested in becoming a candidate for a research degree please request an application form from the contact below or download a form in WORD or PDF format here.
Mark it clearly FEE-WAIVER SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, and return it to the Research Office by mail, email or fax at:

Research OfficeCentral Services Building Level 10 The University of HuddersfieldQueensgateHUDDERSFIELDWest YorkshireHD1 3DH

Email:research-office@hud.ac.uk

Tel: 0044 1484 472356 / 472516 / 473831 Fax: 0044 1484 472146

Further Information
Further information can be obtained from the contact above and is also available on university of Hudderfield website.

Undergraduate Scholarships, Western Australia

Undergraduate Scholarships for International Students, Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia, through the Department of Education and Training (DET), is offering a number of prestigious scholarships for international students to undertake the Western Australian Universities’ Foundation Program (WAUFP) or Tertiary Entrance Examination (TEE) program at either Canning College or Tuart College in Perth, Western Australia (WA). Applicants from all countries will be eligible for consideration.

Deadline: 31 Oct 2008


General Description
Scholarship winners are selected on the basis of academic results and a reference from the school. Where academic results do not allow for differentiation between applicants, resumes or curriculum vitae will be considered.
Scholarships apply for Year 12 level courses; 'WA Universities’ Foundation Program and Tertiary Entrance Examination Program'.
Year 11 students at Tuart College or Canning College may apply for an award on the basis of their Year 11 results.
The closing date for all scholarship applications will be 31 October 2008. Notifications will be issued within two weeks of the closing date.


Full Scholarships
Six (6) Full Scholarships covering the course fee of A$13,500 will be awarded with three (3) allocated by each College.
To be awarded a full scholarship requires a student to have achieved outstanding academic results. This would normally require the student to have achieved the highest possible grade in at least six (6) subjects. Students will be required to complete an International Student Application Form, an International Scholarship Application Form and pay an A$200 non-refundable fee.
The A$200 fee will be deducted from the student’s tuition fees in the event of not gaining any scholarship but enrolling at one of the Colleges.
College staff will not offer these scholarships during promotional visits.

Additional documentation required:
Reference from the school principal.
Actual or mock/forecast/preliminary results for major examinations equivalent to Year 11 in Western Australia.
Two (2) most recent school reports.
Curriculum Vitae or resume.

Partial $5,000 Scholarships
Twenty (20) scholarships to the value of A$5,000 are being offered with ten (10) allocated to each College.
This award would normally require the student to have achieved the highest possible grade in at least five (5) subjects.
These scholarships may be offered to students at anytime, including during marketing visits. Such students must pay a non-refundable deposit of A$500 within two (2) weeks of the offer or forfeit the scholarship.
Students accepting one of these scholarships will also be considered for a full scholarship and the A$500 deposit will be transferred to the refundable Bond.
There is no application fee for a partial scholarships awarded by College staff during overseas marketing visits.
Any scholarship funds not allocated during overseas marketing visits will be awarded at the same time as the full scholarships.
Any students wanting to be considered in October/November are required to pay the A$200 non-refundable fee as outlined in the conditions for applying for a full scholarship.


Notification of success or otherwise will be by 15 November 2008.


International Scholarship Application Forms
Copy of international scholarship application form can be found at www.unipathway.com
or
Download Official Announcement and application form here


Further Information
For further information contact:
Tony de Gruchy Manager: International Office Canning College (CPC: 00463B) Marquis Street BENTLEY WA 6102 Telephone: (618) 9351 5665 Facsimile: (618) 9356 1119 E-mail: iso@canningcollege.wa.edu.au

Phillip LevitzkeManager:
International OfficeTuart College (CPC: 00465M)Banksia Street
TUART HILL WA 6060
Telephone: (618) 9242 6222
Facsimile: (618) 9444 0913
E-mail:iso@tuartcollege.wa.edu.au

PhD Scholarships, Micro- and Nano- Engineering,Ireland

PhD Scholarships, Micro- and Nano- Engineering, ICGEE (Ireland)


PhD research scholarships are being offered to well-qualified individuals (applicable to Pakistani students) at the International Centre for Graduate Education in Micro- and Nano- Engineering ICGEE, Ireland.

Deadline: 01 Sep 2008


The International Centre for Graduate Education in Micro- and Nano- Engineering (ICGEE) is an interuniversity, inter-disciplinary and international organisation providing a student-centric doctoral research and education experience with a unique international flavor and perspective.

It brings together nine Irish partners, including:

Eight third level higher education institutions
Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT)
Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
University College Cork (UCC)
University College Dublin (UCD)
University of Limerick (UL)
One professional engineering accreditation body
Engineers Ireland
Five international partners
Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), Sweden
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France
Northwestern University, IL, USA
University of Edinburgh, UK.


The ICGEE offers
A global curriculum with a wide spectrum of specialist academic courses from leading experts in Europe, the US and Asia
World-class research opportunities
The opportunity to build an international peer network amongst the next generation of young internationally focused global engineering leaders.

ICGEE Scholarships
An ICGEE scholarship of €24,000 per year over 4 years will be offered to all successful applicants to include a stipend (€16,000), travel and the equivalent of an EU Higher Education Institution (HEI) fee.

Application
An application may be submitted to any of the Irish partner HEI’s within the ICGEE. Institutional affiliation is compulsory for admission to the ICGEE programme and the ICGEE admissions process will run in parallel with that of the selected host institute. The PhD research must fit within the ICGEE key research areas: Micro- & Nano-Engineering Design and Materials & Manufacturing. Potential candidates should have a first class primary degree or a Masters level education. For students whose first language/mother tongue is not English, an IELTS score of minimum 6.0 is required. Yourapplication dossier must contain the following documentation:
A signed ICGEE cover sheet (download the cover sheet here)
Copy of Host University application form
A Personal Statement describing yourself, your scientific interests and why you want to join the ICGEE programme (max 1 page)

Your application package should be scanned and emailed to info@icgee.ie


Deadline
Only applications received before 1 September 2008 will be considered.


Further Information
For any additional queries, please contact:Patricia Hegarty,ICGEE Administrator,Department of Microelectronic Engineering,University College Cork,IrelandTel:+ 353 21 490 4575 Weblink: http://icgee.ie/apply/index.php

Download the official announcement of the PhD scholarships (pdf)

Masters and PhD Scholarships, Germany

PhD Scholarships, International Max Planck Research School, Masters Scholarships, Computer Science, Saarland University


Scholarships are available to highly qualified individuals (applicable to Pakistani students) for PhD studies at International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science (IMPRS-CS) and for Masters studies at the Computer Science Department at Saarland University Germany.

Deadline: 15 Dec 2008


The International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science (IMPRS-CS) is a graduate school jointly run by the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF), the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), and the Computer Science Department at Saarland University.
MPI-INF and MPI-SWS are among 80 institutes (MPIs) of the Max Planck Society. The MPIs are Germany's prime research facilities with world-class, foundational research in the fields of medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, technology, and the humanities. Since 1948, MPI researchers have won 17 Nobel prizes, which testifies to the quality and innovation of MPI research programs.

PhD Program and Scholarships
The IMPRS-CS (International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science) offers a Ph.D program upon successful completion of which students receive a Doctorate Degree in Computer Science from Saarland University. The PhD program is open to students who already hold a Master's degree and wish to pursue a PhD in Computer Science. In addition, students who have a Bachelor's degree from a 4-year program at a research-oriented institution and have shown outstanding performance (as demonstrated, for example, by refereed publications) are also eligible.
IMPRS-CS holds a funding agreement with Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSRC), which will contribute towards PhD scholarships in areas of research related to MSRC starting in 2008. Recipients of these scholarships have the opportunity for internships at MSRC and other collaboration with a world-leading industrial research lab.

PhD Application and Further Information
The application form for PhD admissions and further information is available on IMPRS-CS website (click here).
There is no application fee. The deadline for application is 15 December 2008.
Please note: Admitted applicants are automatically considered for the scholarships of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). There are no further documents needed.

Masters Program and Scholarships
Students who are interested in pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science or Visual Computing with possible continuation towards a PhD, should apply with Saarland University Germany. Any student with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is eligible to apply for admission to Master's program and scholarships.
The details on application and masters program can be found here.

The deadline for application is 15 December 2008.
Please note:Admitted applicants automatically apply for a fellowship of the MPI/IMPRS. There are no further documents needed.


Relevant websites
The websites containing relevant information are given below:
http://www.imprs-cs.de
http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de
http://www.mpi-sws.mpg.de
http://www.cs-uni-sb.de

Contact:imprs@mpi-sb.mpg.de

PhD Scholarships and Fellowships, Denmark

PhD Scholarships and Fellowships, University of Aarhus, Denmark

The University of Aarhus invites highly qualified students from all over the world (applicable to Pakistani students) to apply for four-year PhD scholarships and three-year PhD fellowships at the University of Aarhus Denmark. Two rounds of applications are held regularly each year.

Deadlines: 15 May and 15 Nov (each year)


General Description
The University of Aarhus offers attractive four-year PhD scholarships and three-year PhD fellowships. The PhD scholarships are intended for students who have yet to complete a Master’s degree, but who have the ability and ambition to complete a PhD degree within four years. The three-year PhD fellowships are intended for students who have already passed a course of education corresponding to a Master’s degree, and who are thus ready to begin PhD studies.
The university hopes that highly qualified, top-motivated students from all over the world will regard these scholarships as an opportunity for completing an internationally recognised PhD degree programme that will qualify them to play a distinct role in the knowledge society of the future.

Graduate schools
Listed below is a summary of the graduate schools established at the University of Aarhus. Click on the graduate schools you are interested in to read more about the schools and relevant subject areas on the individual faculty web sites:
Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Health Sciences
Graduate School of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Theology and the Study of Religion
Graduate School of Science
PhD at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Educational Research

Application for PhD Scholarships and Fellowships
Deadlines for application are: 15 May and 15 November (every year) by 12.00 noon Danish time
You can apply for a PhD scholarship or PhD fellowship via the electronic self-service facility


Further Information
Further information is available on the University of Aarhus website:http://www.au.dk/en/phd-studies

58 PhD Scholarships, Italy

58 PhD Scholarships for Foreign students, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

A competition is hereby proclaimed by the Politecnico di Milano Italy, for the admission, of foreign nationals only , based purely on an assessment of their curriculum vitae, to the 24th cycle of research doctorate programs.

Deadline: 01 Sep 2008


The research areas for which the scholarships are available, can be found in the "Lista Dottorati ed offerta formativa" on the website of the PhD School: http://www.polimi.it/dottorato/eng/corsi/elencocorsi.htm
The duration of the doctorate course will be three years. The number of places and scholarships may be increased before the end of the competition.

Requirements for Admission to the Competition
Applications to take part in the competition for admission to a research doctorate, may be submitted by those who hold a graduate degree (M.Sc) obtained from an Italian University or an academic title of equivalent standing obtained at a foreign university equivalent for duration and subjects to the Italian title, recognized from the competent academic authorities. If the foreign degree has already been declared equivalent to an Italian degree, the candidates will have to state the Italian University and the date of the rector's decree with which equivalent standing was confirmed. If the foreign degree has not yet been declared equivalent to an Italian degree, candidates must – for purposes of admission to the doctorate for which they intend to compete – make an explicit request for such status in their application or admission to the competition and include with their applications documents to enable the Faculty to issue the required declaration of equivalence.

Scholarships
The value of a scholarship is € 13,638.47 per annum, including social security contributions, to be adjusted in accordance with any increase introduced by law. For Government funded scholarships, the amount of the scholarship can be increased by the faculty, as stated in the document describing the scholarships that can be found at the web-page "List doctorates and training offer" on the website of the PhD School: http://www.polimi.it/dottorato/eng/corsi/elencocorsi.htm
Scholarships have a maximum duration of three years, and are confirmed from one year to the next.

Application for Admission
Any admission form, one for each PhD course chosen, shall be electronically submitted by 1st September 2008 connecting the ON-LINE procedure available at the website http://www.phd-admission.polimi.it/ and shall also be delivered duly printed and undersigned by the same deadline (1st September 2008) addressed to:-
The Rector of Politecnico di Milano , Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 – 20133 Milano.
In addition to the above-mentioned forms, all of the documents requested shall be delivered in hard copy by the same deadline, that is 1st September 2008.

Further Information
The official announcement of the PhD scholarships for foreign nationals can be downloaded here (pdf, 150kb, right-click to save).
For further information, click here

10 Fellowships (Human Rights Watch), USA

Fellowships in International Human Rights, Human Rights Watch

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, the international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization, invites applications for its fellowship program for the year 2009-10.

Deadline: 3 Oct 2008


Unrestricted Fellowships
Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellowship - Established in memory of Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg, early supporters of Human Rights Watch, this fellowship is open to graduates (at the Master's level) in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant studies. Other relevant disciplines may also be considered.

Restricted Fellowships
NYU School of Law Fellowship at HRW - This fellowship is open to J.D. graduates of New York University School of Law only.
Leonard H. Sandler Fellowship - Established in memory of Judge Leonard H. Sandler, a 1950 Columbia Law graduate with a lifelong commitment to civil rights and liberties, this fellowship is open to J.D. graduates of Columbia Law School only.
Aryeh Neier Fellowship - Created to honor the legacy of Aryeh Neier, this fellowship is open to recent law school graduates or applicants who will have graduated by June 2009. Please visit the following page for more details.


DESCRIPTION:
Fellows work full-time for one year with Human Rights Watch in New York, Washington, D.C., or London (Aryeh Neier fellows will work full-time, for an additional year, at the ACLU). Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations. Past fellows have conducted research and advocacy on numerous different issues in countries all over the world. A few recent examples are: a project on the rights of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Lebanon; on violations of the rights of girls in juvenile custody in New York State; on corporal punishment of children in southern public schools in the US; on the rights of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and India; on abuses against Sri Lankan migrant domestic workers; and abuses committed in the context of the Naxal conflict in Chhattisgarh state, India.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills, an ability to write and speak clearly, and a commitment to work in the human rights field in the future. Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly desired. Familiarity with countries or regions where serious human rights violations occur is also valued. Depending on the fellowship for which they wish to apply, prospective fellows must be graduates of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant studies, or must provide evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience (please see our Frequently Asked Questions section for the specific requirements of the various fellowships.
Fellowships begin in September 2009.


SALARY AND BENEFITS:
The salary for 2008-2009 fellows is $48,000, plus excellent employer-paid benefits. The salary for 2009-2010 is currently under review and may be increased.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 3, 2008
Applicants are responsible for compiling complete application packets which must include the following:
cover letter
résumé (curriculum vitae)
two letters of recommendation
at least one unedited, unpublished writing sample
an official law or graduate school transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses)

Complete applications (including transcripts and recommendations) for 2009-2010 Fellowships must be received no later than October 3, 2008. Applications should be sent by e-mail, under single cover and as PDF files, to fellowship@hrw.org with the name of the fellowship you are applying for in the subject line.

Applicants must be available for interviews in New York from early November to mid-December 2008. Inquiries may be directed to the

Fellowships hotline at (212) 290-4700 x312, or to mailto:tofellowship@hrw.org

Please click here for more information.


The Bernstein Fellowships
The Bernstein Fellowships established in honor of Robert S. Bernstein, founding chair of Human Rights Watch, provide financial support to allow two Yale Law School graduates to pursue full-time international human rights work for one year. (Please note that the Bernstein Fellowships are administered through Yale Law School. Applications for the Bernstein Fellowships should not be sent to Human Rights Watch.)

PhD and Post-doc Positions, Switzerland

PhD and Post-doc Positions, Computer Vision Laboratory,ETH Zurich,Switzerland

The new CALVIN research group at the Computer Vision Laboratory of ETH Zurich, Switzerland is looking for several PhD students and a Post-doc interested in working on the following topics:

Deadline: As soon as possible


Research Topics
large-scale learning of thousands of object and attribute categories and their mutual contextual relations from the internet
human pose estimation and action recognition in uncontrolled video, such as TV shows
modeling the parallel between the structure of visual scenes and the structure of natural sentences to aid visual learning and automatic image annotation

Your profile: (PhD student application)
Masters degree (preferably in Computer Science; Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, and Physics are also accepted)
Solid programming skills; the projects involve programming in Matlab and C++
Solid mathematics knowledge (especially linear algebra and statistics)
Creative and highly motivated
Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Prior knowledge in the areas of computer vision, machine learning or data mining is a plus (ideally a master thesis in a related field)


Your profile: (Post-doc application)
PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or closely related area
Publications in the top computer vision and/or machine learning conferences and journals
Highly motivated and willing to work with PhD students
Proficient in English, both written and spoken

We're convinced you will find the Computer Vision laboratory and ETH in general an exciting environment for research. We are a highly international team, with people from about 15 countries. Zurich has an excellent social life, and ETH offers competitive salaries.


Duration:
PhD: 3.5 years. Ideally your PhD thesis is finished in about 3 years.
Post-doc: to be discussed

Start date:
As soon as possible


Contact: Prof. Vittorio Ferrari


Please send applications via email.
For PhD student applications include:
a complete CV
graduation marks
topic of your master thesis
the name and email address of one reference (preferably your master thesis supervisor)
if you already have reserch experience, please include a publication list and references.

For post-doc applications, include:
a complete CV
topic of your PhD thesis
the names and email addresses of two references (including your PhD supervisor)
complete list of publications


Weblink:
http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/jobs/get_job.cgi?lang=en&id=3

PhD and Postdoctoral Scholarships Germany

Leading Scientist Positions, Postdoctorate Positions, PhD Scholarships, GSI Darmstadt / The ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, Germany

The ExtreMe Matter Institute (EMMI), a new research structure, is currently being set-up at GSI in the framework of the recently started international Helmholtz Alliance "Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory". To lead the EMMI research activities in both, theoretical and experimental physics, a total of 14 assistant/full professorships and 4 EMMI-fellowships, will be available. Also available immediately are EMMI scholarships for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the four EMMI areas in both theoretical and experimental physics.

Deadline: 25 Aug 2008


EMMI embraces 13 internationally renowned academic partners and will constitute a research infrastructure for forefront interdisciplinary theoretical and experimental research on matter under extreme conditions, ranging from quark-gluon matter in the early universe, plasma physics, neutron matter, atomic physics and strong electromagnetic fields to ultra-cold quantum gases. For a detailed description of the EMMI research program see http://www.gsi.de/forschung/helmholtz-alliance/

To lead the EMMI research activities in both, theoretical and experimental physics, a total of 14 assistant/full professorships (W2/W3 BBesG), both tenure and tenure track, and four EMMI-fellowships, will be available. These positions will be filled with outstanding experimental and theoretical scientists with research focus in quark-gluon plasma physics, atomic physics, neutron matter, and plasma physics. Further information on these positions can be found at the EMMI website above.

The Professor (m/f) positions are offered jointly by EMMI`s academic partner institutions.

Specifically, EMMI is looking for four scientists (m/f) to lead the four EMMI expert groups as EMMI Fellows (EG 14 TVöD). The successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in a relevant area of experimental physics and at least three years of postdoctoral experience. The duration of the position is initially for 4 years. Upon review after 3 years within the framework of the GSI tenure track program the successful candidates may be taken over into a permanent staff position.

Also available immediately are EMMI scholarships for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the four EMMI areas in both theoretical and experimental physics.

Applications for Professorships, EMMI-Fellow Positions and EMMI-Scholarships should be sent to:

The Director ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI Prof. Dr. Peter Braun-Munzinger c/o GSI mbH Planckstrasse 1 64291 Darmstadt Germany
and should include a CV, list of publications, a brief research statement, and two references.

The application deadline for the EMMI fellow positions is August 25, 2008. Applications for all postdoc and PhD positions are welcome anytime.

PhD Fellowships, Humanities, Denmark

19 PhD Fellowships, Faulty of Humanities,University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for 19 PhD fellowships starting 1 February 2009 or 1 September 2009 for a period of up to three years in the following subject areas:

Deadline: 15 Aug 2008


Subject area 1: Nordic Philology, General and Applied Linguistics

Subject area 2: Education, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Film and Media Studies

Subject area 3: History, Archaeology and Ethnology, Greek and Latin
Subject area 4: Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, Eskimology, History of Religion, Native American Languages and Cultures, Eastern European Studies, Minority Studies, Comparative Cultural Studies

Subject area 5: English, German, Romance Languages and Literature

Subject area 6: Art History, Theatre Research, Dance, Comparative Literature, Musicology

Subject area 7: Old Norse, Dialect Research, Name Research Subject area

8: Language Technology

A short description of the study programmes is available at: http://www.humanities.ku.dk/research/phd/study_program/
Applicants need to hold a Master´s degree or the equivalent, or expect to receive such by January 31, 2009. Applicants shall have submitted their thesis at the time of application, to the extent the thesis forms part of their Master's programme. Applicants with a foreign Master´s degree will have their degree assessed by CIRIUS to establish, if the Master's degree of the applicant is equivalent to a Danish Master's degree. More information about CIRIUS is available at: http://www.studyindenmark.dk Applications must be submitted on the appropriate form, which also stipulates the appropriate enclosures to attach. Do not submit written work. The assessment committee will request copies if deemed necessary.

Application form and application guide lines are available at: http://english.hum.ku.dk/research/phd/new_phd_fellowships/

For any further questions contact the PhD Center by
e-mail:phdcenter@hum.ku.dk

or

phone +45 35 32 92 23.

6 hard-copies of each application (one copy in loose leaves) and all enclosures must be submitted to the Faculty Secretariat, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark by 15 August 2008 at 12:00. No appendices may be submitted after this deadline, with the exception of thesis assessments. Electronic applications are not accepted.

PhD fellowships, Pharmaceutical Sc.,Denmark

11 PhD fellowships, Pharmaceutical Sciences, (Denmark)

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Denmark, is pleased to announce that 11 PhD fellowships will be available from 1 October 2008. Applications are invited for the three-year fellowships from candidates that hold or expect to hold a master´s degree in a field relevant to the following projects:

Deadline: 18 Aug 2008


Nanomedicine and biomacromolecular drug delivery: Modulation of nanoparticle-mediated complement activation by protein surface engineering. Main supervisor: Professor S.M. Moghimi, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6528 (email:momo@farma.ku.dk).

Molecular biopharmaceutics: Drug delivery via protein-coupled amino acid transporters. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Carsten Uhd Nielsen, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6472 (email:cun@farma.ku.dk).


Drug metabolism - reactive metabolites: Investigations of mitochondrial toxicity induced by drugs and drug metabolites. Main supervisor: Professor Steen Honoré Hansen, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6256 (email:shh@farma.ku.dk).


Neuropharmacology: The effect of ketone bodies on cellular energy homeostasis and neuronal excitability. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Trine Meldgaard Lund, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6340 (email:tml@farma.ku.dk).


Immunopharmacology/pharmaceutical microbiology: Development and characterization of in-vitro models for immunomodulation. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Erik Wind Hansen, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6137 (email:ewh@farma.ku.dk).


Pharmacognosy and natural products: Development of new plant derived antibiotics against resistant bacteria and fungi. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Per Mølgaard, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6335 (email:pm@farma.ku.dk).


Chemistry of natural products: Statistical spectroscopy and 2D NMR metabolomics in studies of patterns of secondary metabolites. Main supervisor: Professor Jerzy Jaroszewski, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6372 (email:jj@farma.ku.dk).


Analytical chemistry/bioinorganic chemistry: Selenium speciation in cancer cells. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Bente Gammelgaard, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6415 (email:bg@farma.ku.dk).

The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Danish Medical Research Council.
Neuropharmacology: GTP cyclohydrolase gen mutations and pain threshold. Main supervisor: Professor Ole J. Bjerrum, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, phone +45 3533 6320 (email:ojb@farma.ku.dk).


The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Lundbeck Foundation, and The Danish Medical Research Council.
Medicinal chemistry of glutamate receptors: Human excitatory amino acid transporters: Synthesis of novel subtype selective ligands. Main supervisor: Associate Professor Anders A. Jensen, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6491 (email:aaj@farma.ku.dk).


The project is co-financed by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and The Lundbeck Foundation.
Structural biology: The structural basis of histone demethylases as cancer drug targets. Main supervisor: Professor Michael Gajhede, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, phone +45 3533 6407 (email:mig@farma.ku.dk).

As an equal opportunity employer, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences invites applications from all interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion. Applicants are advised to contact the main supervisor. Further information on the PhD projects and applicant information form can be found on the web site (www.farma.ku.dk/stillinger). Applications should be marked 08-323-46. Include in six (6) copies: A letter stating the interest and qualifications for this project (max. one page), Applicant information form, CV, copy of Master of Science diploma (including grade transcripts for bachelor´s and master´s degrees), possible references. Applicants with an MSc degree from abroad should also enclose a short description of the grading scale used.


Applications should be sent to: University of CopenhagenFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD Administration, att.: Marianne W. JørgensenUniversitetsparken 2 DK - 2100 CopenhagenDenmark Deadline for applications: Monday 18 August 2008 at 12 o´clock noon. Please note that only hardcopy applications are accepted.

Visiting Researcher Bursaries (Europe)

4 Visiting Researcher Bursaries,Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD-Europe)


To mark the fourth anniversary of its launch, AOSD-Europe, the European Network of Excellence on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD), is offering four visiting researcher bursaries aimed at PhD students or early post-docs (within first 2 years of their PhD award date) external to the network.

Deadline: 11 Aug 2008
Bursary value: € 2000 eachVisit duration: 1 month (15 September – 15 October 2008)


To mark the fourth anniversary of its launch, AOSD-Europe, the European Network of Excellence on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD), is offering four visiting researcher bursaries aimed at PhD students or early post-docs (within first 2 years of their PhD award date) external to the network. Each bursary is to the value of €2000 in order to cover travel and subsistence expenses (the bursary can complement an existing grant that the applicant may have). The bursaries are for researchers who are *not* currently employed or pursuing studies at one of the AOSD-Europe partner sites. Each bursary will provide the successful candidate an opportunity to be based in one of the four geographically distributed research labs of the network for a duration of 1 month. These labs are as follows:
Analysis and Design Lab
Languages Lab
Formal Methods
Applications Lab
AOSD-Europe is an academia-industry collaboration funded by the EC FP6 Programme aimed at addressing research challenges in AOSD on a large-scale: from requirements analysis and design through to implementation and validation. Research in the project is organised into four geographically distributed research labs. The Analysis and Design lab addresses research issues relating to aspect-oriented requirements engineering and architecture/design modelling. Work in the Languages lab focuses on novel aspect language features and implementation technologies. The Formal Methods lab is concerned with verification and validation challenges for AOSD techniques. The Applications lab is a medium for experimentally and empirically validating the research results in large-scale applications and middleware.
Each successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the body of researchers involved in one of the four labs. The candidate will be based at one or two locations (depending on the focus of the work) during his/her visit and will have an opportunity to work with leading researchers in AOSD. S/he will also be able to work with state-of-the-art AOSD tools offered by the AOSD-Europe Atelier: a software workbench for AOSD.
There are four bursaries available, one for each lab. However, excellence will be the sole criteria for award of the bursaries. We also encourage applications which cross lab boundaries. Two bursaries are specifically aimed at spending all or part of the period at Lancaster University, UK, the project coordinator, and hence will provide holders an opportunity to gain a global view of the network’s activities.

Prospective candidates should submit the following documentation by 16:00 GMT on 11 August to Diane Brackley d.brackley@comp.lancs.ac.uk



A cover letter highlighting why the bursary would be beneficial to the applicant at this stage in his/her career and the relationship of the proposed research with the applicant’s current research. The letter should also indicate which particular lab the applicant would like to be placed in (or if the research is considered to be of a cross-lab nature);
Curriculum Vitae including a list of relevant publications;
A proposal (1 side of A4) providing a problem statement and the potential research that will be pursued during the course of the visit;
A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s PhD supervisor.
Prospective candidates are welcome to discuss their interests informally beforehand with the project coordinator, Prof. Awais Rashid (awais@comp.lancs.ac.uk)

For further details on AOSD-Europe and its four labs,

please visit: http://www.aosd-europe.net


Contact Details
Prof. Awais RashidComputing DepartmentInfolab21Lancaster UniversityLA1 4WAUK

Email: marash@comp.lancs.ac.uk
awais@computer.org


URL: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/aose/

Phone: Off: +44-1524-510316 Fax: +44-1524-510492

Mexican Government Scholarships 2009

Mexican Government Scholarships for Foreigners, 2009

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico has officially opened its Call of Scholarships to receive applications from Non-Mexican citizens, including students from Pakistan.

Deadline: 7 Aug 2008


Scholarship Description
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico has officially opened its Call of Scholarships to receive applications from Non-Mexican citizens (includes students from Pakistan), interested in applying for any of the following types of activities for the calendar year 2009:
Masters Degree,
Doctorate Degree,
medical Specialization;
Research Fellowships;
Post-doctoral Study;
Visiting Professors;
Artistic Fellowships;
Expert Conferences;
Research on Mexican Studies;
Research on the Mexican Revolution;
Research on the Mexican Independence

Further Details and Application

Further details and application procedure etc are available on the scholarships brochure. To download, click here (pdf, 1075 kb. Right-click to save)

Weblink of Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://becas.sre.gob.mx

Fellowships in Washington (USA)

Fellowships at Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington (USA)

The Woodrow Wilson Inernational Center invites applications for (approximately 20-25) residential fellowships for the year 2009-10, from individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance.

Deadline: 01 Oct 2008


Eligibility

Citizens or permanent residents from any country (foreign nationals must be able to hold a valid passport and obtain a J1 Visa)
Men and women with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of -backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, professions, and academia)
Academic candidates holding a Ph.D. (Ph.D. must be received by the application deadline of October 1)
Academic candidates demonstrating scholarly achievement by publications beyond their doctoral dissertations
Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement
English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows

Ineligibility

Applicants working on a degree (even if the degree is to be awarded prior to the proposed fellowship year)
Proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature
Primary research in the natural sciences
Projects that create musical composition or dance
Projects in the visual arts
Projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations
The editing of texts, papers, or documents
The preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations, and memoirs


Selection Process

Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. External interdisciplinary panels of distinguished scholars and practitioners assess the applications. The panels’ recommendations are presented to the Center’s Fellowships Committee of the Board of Trustees, composed of public officials who serve ex officio, citizens appointed by the President of the United States, and citizens from the private sector. The Fellowships Committee of the Board of Trustees makes the final decisions on selection.
The basic criteria for selection are:
significance of the proposed research, including the importance and originality of the project;
quality of the proposal in definition, organization, clarity, and scope;
capabilities and achievements of the applicant and the likelihood that the applicant will accomplish the proposed project;
the relevance of the project to contemporary policy issues.
The Center welcomes in particular those projects that transcend narrow specialties and methodological issues of interest only within a specific academic discipline. Projects should involve fresh research—in terms of both the overall field and the author’s previous work. It is essential that projects have relevance to the world of public policy, and fellows should want, and be prepared, to interact with policymakers in Washington and with Wilson Center staff who are working on similar issues.

Themes

The Center devotes significant attention to the exploration of broad thematic areas.
Primary themes are:
governance, including such issues as the key features of the development of democratic institutions, democratic society, civil society, and citizen participation;
the U.S. role in the world and issues of partnership and leadership—military, political, and economic dimensions; and
key long-term future challenges confronting the United States and the world.
While the Center does not engage in formulating actual policy, priority will be given to proposals related to these themes and intersecting with crucial public policy issues. Within this framework, the Center also welcomes projects that provide the historical and/or cultural context for some of today’s significant public policy debates.

Fellows’ Responsibilities

The Center’s “scholars in residence” are so in both name and fact. Fellows are expected to work from their offices at the Center and to participate in appropriate meetings organized by the Center. Fellows are also expected to present their research at our informal internal Work-in-Progress seminars, and to attend the Work-in-Progress presentations given by their colleagues. In addition, fellows are encouraged to make a more formal presentation to the public such as a colloquium, seminar, workshop, or other form of meeting. The Center expects all fellows to seek ways to share their expertise with the Washington policy community. The form of such interaction could range from a deep background briefing for an executive branch agency to an informal roundtable discussion with members of Congress and their staffs.


Stipend

The Center tries to ensure that the stipend provided under the fellowship, together with the fellow’s other sources of funding (e.g., grants secured by the applicant and sabbatical allowances), approximate a fellow’s regular salary. Stipends provided in recent years have ranged from $26,000 to $85,000 (the maximum possible). Stipends include round trip travel for fellows. If spouses and/or dependent children will reside with the fellow for the entire fellowship period, money for their travel will also be included in the stipend. In addition to stipends, the Center provides 75 percent of health insurance premiums for fellows who elect Center coverage and for their accompanying family members.

Length of Appointment

Fellows are expected to be in residence for the entire U.S. academic year (early September through May, i.e., nine months), although a few fellowships are occasionally awarded for shorter periods with a minimum of four months. The Center does not award fellowships for the summer months (June, July, August). Fellowships cannot be deferred, and extensions into the summer months have not been possible in recent years.

Deadline for Applications

The Center holds one round of competitive selection per year. Fellowship applications must be postmarked or submitted online by October 1, 2008. Applicants are notified of the results of the selection process by March of the following year.

Application Instructions and Further information

Applications forms, instructions and further information is available on Wilson Centre website:http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=fellowships.welcome


Further information can also be obtained by sending email to the

Scholar Administration Office at:fellowships@wilsoncenter.org

PhD Studentships, Real Estate InitiativeUniversity of Ulster, UK

PhD Studentships, Real Estate InitiativeUniversity of Ulster, UK

Applications are invited for PhD studentships in the University of Ulster Real Estate Initiative in the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment at the Belfast or Jordanstown Campus. Each of the studentships will comprise fees (home, EU and overseas applications welcome) and an annual stipend of £12,600.

Deadline: 01 August 2008



Two studentships are available and we particularly are interested in proposals for the following projects:
Analyse the holistic approach to workplace environments, management systems and new technologies in meeting corporate end-user requirements. Supervisor: Professor Stanley McGreal. Tel: 028 9036 6566

Email:ws.mcgreal@ulster.ac.uk


Impact of quality led design on real estate value and performance. Supervisor: Professor Jim Berry. Tel: 028 9036 6562

Email:jn.berry@ulster.ac.uk


An analysis of the role of city branding and place making as vehicles in delivering proactive regeneration. Supervisor: Professor Ali Parsa. Tel: 028 9036 6283

Email:ag.ghanbari-parsa@ulster.ac.uk


An investigation of the role of bank financing in real estate development and investment in global markets. Supervisor: Professor Jim Berry. Tel: 028 9036 6562
Email:jn.berry@ulster.ac.uk


Emerging markets – identifying special characteristics of these markets, transparency issues and modes of operation in the Middle East, and Africa. Supervisor: Professor Ali Parsa. Tel: 028 9036 6283
Email:ag.ghanbari-parsa@ulster.ac.uk


Candidates should hold a first or upper second class honours degree in property, urban design, planning, investment or cognate discipline related to the project area. Successful candidates will enrol a.s.a.p. and by October 2008 on a full-time programme of research studies leading to the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Each of the studentships will comprise fees (home, EU and overseas applications welcome) and an annual stipend of £12,600. It will be awarded for a period of up to three years subject to satisfactory progress and is tenable in the Faculty of Art, Design and the Built Environment at the Belfast or Jordanstown campuses.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Friday 1 August 2008.
If you wish to discuss your proposal please contact the Supervisors as outlined above.

To download application material: Click here or Application materials are available from:Research Office, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Tel 028 7032 4729,

E-mail:hj.campbell@ulster.ac.uk



Further Information: Click here