2 PhD Fellowships in Agrobiosciences, Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Call for Applications 2010-2011 - NON EU citizens
Ph.D. Programme in "Agrobiosciences

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ONLINE APPLICATION

Selection overview


The Ph.D. Programme in "Agrobiosciences" is a three-year program characterized by an interdisciplinary connotation and designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to acquire the research and analytical skills of the international scientific community and to acquire the skills of professional academic research to work in government agencies, financial institutions, international agencies, private companies in economics. The Ph.D. Programme in "Agrobiosciences" consists in the following curricula:
- Genomics and Crop Science (Plant Biotechnology; Plant Genetics; Plant Physiology; Plant Genomics; Crop Sciences; Advanced technologies in Horticulture; Crop production and quality).
- Agriculture, Environment and Landscape (agroecology, organic, integrated or low-input agriculture, functional biodiversity in agroecosystems, landscape agronomy, multicriteria analysis of food and non food cropping systems, agri-environmental analysis of agricultural systems, multifunctional agriculture, agriculture-territory-landscape interactions).

Admission Requirements

- possession of a Master of Science (MSc.) or Master of Arts (MA) Degree (or equivalent);
- to be under 35 years of age on October 29, 2010; older than 35 may, as an exception, be admitted by the Examination Committee;
- possession of a certificate specifying an intermediate level (or above) of English (as per art. 2 par. 3 of the Call)

Positions and grants

2 positions supported by a grant (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities);
- the School reserves the possibility of accepting a maximum 2 additional students without a grant or other forms of financial support.

Deadlines

- Candidates are requested to apply online at www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by October 29, 2010, 12.00 am GMT. In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Administration Office (tel. +39.050 883.220/3836, e-mail: infophd@sssup.it).
- The hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach (regardless the forwarding date) by November 10, 2010:


Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy
Application PhD in Agrobiosciences must be written on the envelope.

Application and attachments

Candidates should attach to their applications:
- a copy of their passport;
- two copies of their Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum; Please, use the EU model;
- one photocopy of candidate's university Master Degree or equivalent. University degree and study certificates must be translated into Italian (except those written in English, French, German, or Spanish)
- one copy their MSc thesis (or two copies of the abstract) and a copy of any other document or publication that they deem suitable;
- a detailed list of academic courses taken. This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
- the certificates of knowledge of the English language (see Admission Requirements);
- two copies of a Research Project, of no more than 3,000 words, which will describe the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project will include:
- a title;

- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;
- at least two Reference Letters written by Faculty Members who have supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies;

- a numbered list of documents attached.

Selection of applicants

Assessment of the titles: the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.

Beginning of the PhD Programme

The PhD Programme will start on January 20, 2011

Information:
e-mail: infophd@sssup.it

3 PhD Fellowships in Politics, Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Call for application A.Y. 2010-2011 - non EU citizens
Ph.D. Programme in "Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability"
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ONLINE APPLICATION

Overview


The Ph.D. Programme in "Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability" is a three-year residential programme characterized by an interdisciplinary approach to the subject and by the emphasis placed on current problems defining the protection and promotion of human rights.); it consists in the following curricula (Research Areas):
- Identity, rights and conflicts in the political theory;
- Conflict and political systems in international relations;
- International and European political economy;
- Institutions and mechanisms for protecting Human rights: outlines of International Law;
- Rights and social capital in the regional development policies;
- Agrarian Law, Environmental Law and Sustainable Development of the land.

Admission Requirements:

- Applicants must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree or equivalent title;
- they should not be older than 35 years on September 30, 2010; older than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee;
- they must hold of an internationally acknowledged certificate specifying their intermediate level English knowledge (as per art. 2, par. 3).

Positions and grants:

- 3 positions with 3 fellowships (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities).
- The School may also admit eligible candidates without grants up to a maximum number of 3 posts

Deadlines

- Candidates are requested to apply online at: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by September 30, 2010 by 12.00 pm GMT. In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Administration Office (tel. +39.050. 883.220/383, e-mail: infophd@sssup.it).
- An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach by October 11, 2010:


Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy

"Application PhD in Politics, human rights and sustainability" must be written on the envelopment.


Application and attachments

Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:
a) a copy of the candidate's passport;
b) two copies of their Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum. Please, use the EU model;
c) photocopy of Candidate's University Master Degree (to be translated in Italian or in English except those written in French, German, Spanish);
d) two copies of the abstract of thir Master Degree thesis and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable
e) detailed list of academic courses taken (written either in English or in Italian, French, German, Spanish). This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
f) the certificates of knowledge of English language (as per art. 2, par. 3) and any certificate related to this Call that they deem suitable;
g) two copies of a detailed Research Project, of no more than 3,000 words, which will describe the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project will include:
- a title;

- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;
h) at least two Reference Letters written by Faculty Members who have supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies;
i) a numbered list of documents attached

Selection of applicants

- Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents and publications e submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.


Beginning of the PhD Programme

The PhD Programme will start on January 20, 2011

Information

email: infophd@sssup.it
tel.: +39.050.883.250/383

Attached documents:
Call for applications 2010-2011 (file pdf, 82 Kb)

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PhD Epidemiology (2x2 years)

Vacature 090/32/128-2e/MRF

In the research group ‘Environmental Biology’ of the centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK) of Hasselt University, the following position (m/f) is available:

PhD Epidemiology (2x2 years)
(mandate 090/32/128)

Job description
Temperature (an abiotic stress factor) affects human health. Global warming has sparked new interest in the weather-health relation. Epidemiological studies found associations between mean daily outdoor temperature and mortality in population. The effects of temperature as a trigger on different endpoints such as myocardial infarction and preterm birth are subject of the thesis with a strong focus on the shape of the association.

Profile and diploma
Candidates have a master of biostatistics, statistics, biology, biomedical sciences or medicine.

Offer
A grant for 2x2 years (evaluation after 2 years)

Further information

* Content job responsibilities: Prof. dr. T. Nawrot, +32-11-26 83 82, tim.nawrot@uhasselt.be

* Content terms of employment and selection procedure: Jef Vanvoorden, 011-26 80 80, jef.vanvoorden@uhasselt.be

Application
Applicants must use the official application forms

* which are available at the Rectoraat of Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan - building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek (Belgium), phone +32 - 11 - 26 80 10
* or which can be downloaded here pdf-file ( http://ping.fm/RtMbo ) / Word format ( http://ping.fm/bIr82 )

The completed application forms must reach the above mentioned address no later than Wednesday, Jule 7th 2010.


Application by e-mail will only be taken into consideration when sent to the following address: jobs@uhasselt.be.

PhD studentships, Biomedical Tech, U of Insubria, Italy

IBT PhD Program 2010
PhD program in "Innovative Biomedical Technologies"
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The PhD program in "Innovative Biomedical Technologies" (IBT) is an international and multidisciplinary joint postgraduate training program provided by the University of Eastern Piedmont at Novara and the University of Insubria at Varese (Italy) in collaboration with the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA).

The IBT Program offers four scholarships for the following topics:


1."Vaccines for therapy of autoimmunity"
Steward Department: Department of Medical Sciences, Novara, Italy.

2."Innovative tools for the diagnosis of autoimmunity"
Steward Department: Department of Medical Sciences, Novara, Italy.

3."Interferon and autoimmunity"
Steward Department: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Novara, Italy.

4."Tumor immunotherapy and vaccines"
Steward Department: Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Varese, Italy.

The program is funded by the Fondazione Cariplo and comprises grants for specific educational activities and research stages at the participating or other institutions.

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3 PhD positions in Medicine, Tallinn Univ of Technology, Estonia

The Institute of Clinical Medicine in Tallinn University of Technology is looking for two Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships and three Doctoral Students.
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The Institute of Clinical Medicine (ICM) was established as part of the Technomedicum of Tallinn University of Technology in 2007. The Institute operates as a science-, study- and development establishment in the medicine sphere. Clinical medicine is an area that builds a competence bridge between biomedicine and the clinical manifestation of diseases. Our institute adds the missing expertise to the development of the preferential areas in TUT (such as chemistry- and biotechnology, biomedicine), filling an important link in the "Program for scientific-and developmental actions in chemistry, biotechnology and biomedicine for the period of 2005-2015" (TUT, 2005).


ICM is looking to fill the following research positions:

Post-doctoral (1) Experimental Human Pathology.

Research subject: Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung disorders.

Post-doctoral (2) Biomarker Discovery.

Research subject: Proteomic characterization of biomarkers in chronic obstructive lung disorders.

PhD Student (1) Experimental Human Pathology.

Research subject: Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung disorders.

PhD Student (2) Biomarker Discovery.

Research subject: Proteomic characterization of biomarkers in chronic obstructive lung disorders.

PhD Student (3) eHealth.

Research subject: eHealth applications in Estonian health care system.

The ICM supervisors of the positions include:

Experimental Human Pathology

Professor Ruth Sepper, MD Tallinn University of Technology

Docent Kaiu Prikk, MD Tallinn University of Technology

Professor Thomas Fehniger, Tallinn University of Technology

Professor György Marko-Varga, Lund University

eHealth

Associate Professor Hanna Pohjonen, Aalto University School of Science and Technology & Tallinn University of Technology

Dr. Peeter Ross MD,

Please send your CV with Cover Letter to kmi at ttu dot eekmi at ttu dot eekmi@ttu.ee.

Additional information:

Mariliis Sepper

The Institute of Clinical Medicine

+3726204460

kmi at ttu dot eekmi at ttu dot eekmi@ttu.ee

www.ttu.ee/kmi

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10 PhD positions in Mathematics, Regensburg, Germany

The DFG-Graduiertenkolleg GRK 1692 "Curvature, Cycles, and Cohomology" at the Department of Mathematics of the University Regensburg announces the opening of

10 PhD positions and 2 postdoc positions

starting October 1, 2010. Its areas of research focus on the interaction of arithmetic geometry, global analysis, and geometric PDE. The prospective applicant should have a Diploma or Master degree and seek to finish a PhD project within 3 years.


Applications are to be sent to

Prof. Ulrich Bunke
NWFI-Mathematik

Universität Regensburg
93040 Regensburg
GERMANY

Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

For further information see www-gkmathematik.uni-regensburg.de

European PhD School in Smart Electric Grid and Storage

Talents for Innovation
Positions at the EIT Ph.D. School in
Smart Electricity Grid and Storage


The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has selected the InnoEnergy consortium to form a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the field of sustainable energy. The InnoEnergy consortium is part of the strategic initiative of the European Commission, to bridge the innovation gap in Europe and secure a competitive European leadership in the sustainable energy sector. Our mission is to:


- Address long term challenges and identify new opportunities for innovation in Europe
- Transfer higher education, research and innovation activities to the business context and their commercial application (create spin-offs, start-ups and SMEs)

More information about the consortium can be found at the EIT website (http://ping.fm/pPpAX) and at (http://ping.fm/qOkIQ)

The Swedish co-location centre of InnoEnergy is responsible for Smart Electricity Grid and Storage. The Ph.D. School in Smart Electricity Grid and Storage is coordinated by the Colocation Centre Sweden and placed at the Royal Institute of Technology - KTH in Stockholm. Students can be enrolled and placed at any of the InnoEnergy degree issueing academic partner institutions in the eight countries participating in the KIC. When fully operational by 2014, around 80 Ph.D. students of the school are expected to be the prime developer of the smart electricity grid and storage systems of the future. The Ph.D. Program runs over four years, with the first year mainly devoted to specialized courses in subject areas and including course modules on management and entrepreneurship. A minimum of 6 months exchange at another partner organization and internships at sponsoring companies are some of the features of the Ph.D. School. All Ph.D. Positions are fully financed by InnoEnergy partners and the EIT. Admission is open to excellent students worldwide through a competitive selection process. Official language of the Ph.D. School is English.

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Opportunity for Indonesians: Legislative Fellows Program in Washington, D.C.

The American Council for Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) is soliciting applications from young Indonesian professionals interested in participating in ACYPL's Legislative Fellows Program.

The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) Legislative Fellows Program will provide international participants with an in-depth, hands-on exploration of the vital role that a diverse civil society plays at all levels of our country’s political processes and how this involvement informs and enhances American democracy. In doing so, foreign participants will strengthen their understanding of American governance, politics, and the legislative process. The American program participants will gain knowledge and insight into the government and political dynamics of the country in which their hosted fellow lives and works. By traveling overseas, they will gain personal insight into the challenges and opportunities of local political and government systems and share professional perspectives, strategic advice, best practices and shared aspirations. These exchanges will serve as a foundation on which to establish sustainable two-way partnerships between the young professionals from East Asia and the Pacific Rim and their American counterparts, with the goal of promoting and strengthening civil society, transparent politics, good governance, and mutual understanding and trust.


The Legislative Fellows Program is divided into two cycles, with two phases to each cycle. During the first phase of the cycle Fellows from Indonesia will travel to the US for a week of meetings in Washington, DC, a month long legislative fellowship in a pre-determined U.S. state and a week of wrap up and State Department meetings in Washington, DC. The American mentors will then travel to Indonesia for two weeks during the second phase of the cycle.

Legislative Fellows Program applicants must be:

*University Graduates

*Age 25-35

*Fluent in English

*Professionally engaged in politics, elections, policy-making, civic education or grassroots advocacy

*Possess demonstrated leadership abilities and a commitment to public service

*Committed/ able to organizing a program in applicant’s country for American mentor that includes joint outreach and capacity building activities

The application deadline is July 16. The application form is attached. Please email it to applications@ usindo.org by July 16, 2010

TWAS Fellowships 2010

TWAS Fellowships: Call for applications now open

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries. Deadlines vary.

TWAS is now accepting applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes. The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various countries in the South, including Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Thailand and Kenya. Eligible fields include: agricultural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, astronomy, space and earth sciences, mathematics and physics.


Please see www.twas.org > Programmes > Exchange for the latest information regarding all these programmes, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, etc, and to download the application forms. Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.

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PhD Studentship in Web Technologie - De Montford University

PhD Studentship
De Montfort University

WEB COLLIDER (Keywords: Semantic Web, Internet, Search Engine, Creative Computing and Future Computation)

Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, England

STARTING OCTOBER 2010

A PhD research studentship at the Institute of Creative Technologies (IOCT), De Montfort University (DMU) is available to suitably qualified students.


The next generation of the web is known as Semantic Web, or Web 3.0. Here, users’ search intentions are interpreted semantically by search engines, so that search results returned will, in theory, be closer to what they wanted. However, as the web becomes better at understanding and steering user intentions, much of the more serendipitous and creative aspects of surfing will be lost.

This PhD project aims to provide users with a 'breadcrumb trail' of unique navigations through tagged content of all types: text, images, sounds and media. These navigations will provide creative stimulation and offer new insights into relationships between information that is not based simply on chance or even oppositional encounters, but rather on a more poetic sense of unity. To achieve this kind of result the tool will interrogate the way in which current search algorithms distinguish 'positive' and 'negative' information in order to achieve a new system of values for the classification of data. The supervision team will include Professor Hongji Yang, Professor Andrew Hugill and Professor Jim Hendler. For more information please contact Professor Hongji Yang by email: hyang@dmu.ac.uk or call +44 (0)116 250 6398.

This research opportunity is one of 15 scholarships funded by DMU in 2010/11 to build on our excellent achievements in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. It will develop the University’s research capacity into new and evolving areas of study, enhancing DMU’s national and international research partnerships.

Applications are invited from UK or overseas students with a good first degree (First, 2:1 or equivalent) in a relevant subject and a keen interest in computer science. Doctoral scholarships are available for up to three years’ full-time study starting October 2010 and provide a bursary of £13,500pa in addition to University tuition fees.

Applicants should contact Lisa McNicoll at lmcnicoll@dmu.ac.uk to receive an application pack.

Please quote ref: DMU Scholarships 2010

CLOSING DATE: Monday 2 August