[Netherlands] Master scholarship for Non-EU, Bulgaria, Greece, Czech Republic and Poland – University of Twente

Dutch University of Twente offers to students the following Master programme scholarship for Non-Eu/EEA and citizens of Bulgaria, Greece, Czech Republic and Poland.
Requirements for application

• online application at the graduate site must be completed
• all certified documents must be received
• you are an excellent student
• you must be admitted and nominated by the faculty you applied at
• you must be a national of one of the countries mentioned above
• you are a future leader (of industry)
• you must be strongly committed to social society

Deadline for application

• 5 November 2009
• 8 January 2010
• 12 March 2010
• 8 April 2010
• 12 May 2010

Value:
Maximum € 20,000
Short description
This scholarship is organized by the University of Twente and is meant for excellent students with limited resources from the above mentioned countries.

Application information
Candidates need to hand in the following:

• a recommendation of the faculty
• a curriculum vitae
• a motivation letter written by candidate
• grading report(s) of prior degree(s)
• a financial overview by candidate

Contact:
Postal address
University of Twente
International Office
Bastille, Room 320
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Campus location
Bastille, Building 48
Room 320
T: +31 (0)53 489 5424
F: +31 (0)53 489 3844
E: international@so.utwente.nl
Website Exchange & Study Abroad : http://intoffice.utwente.nl
Website International students: http://www.utwente.nl/internationalstudents
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[Sweden] Graduate Scholarship – Linkopings University

LINKÖPINGS UNIVERSITET invites applications for position as GRADUATE STUDENT IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS formally based at Department of Electrical Engineering
The division of communications systems (www.commsys.isy.liu.se) preforms research and education in the general area of digital and wireless communications. Current projects deal with the design and optimization of wireless networks, and digital signal processing for communications receivers. We work with applied problems as well as with more mathematical/fundamental questions.
Qualifications
The candidate should have a M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering or equivalent and must have a very strong background in mathematics, and strong analytical skills. The candidate must have good knowledge of the English language.
Appointment time
The appointment is given for one year at a time, and will be renewed yearly to successfull performance of duties. The programme corresponds to four years of full-time studies. Normally, the studies are combined with 20% tutorial teaching, which gives a period of employment of five years. The total period of employment cannot exceed eight years.

Salary
The commencing salary for a graduate student is at present 24 000 SEK/month. The subsequent salary will be based on locally agreed salary increments.
Information
Professor Erik Larsson, tel +46(0)13-281312, (erik.larsson@isy.liu.se). The union representative (SACO) Örjan Lönnevik, tel +46(0)13-286634, (orjlo@ifm.liu.se). Trade union representative (OFR/S) Gabriel Thott, tel +46(0)11-363171 (Gabriel.thott@isak.liu.se).
Application procedure
Your application marked with the Registration number LiU-2009-01065, accompanied by your Curriculum Vitae (please use the templatehttp://www.liu.se/en/job/) and other documents you may wish to refer to, must reach the University Registrar no later than 2009-11-19 at the following address:
e-mail: registrator@liu.se
or
Linköpings Universitet
Registrator
SE-581 83 Linköping
SWEDEN

[Singapore] Asian Graduate Student Fellowships 2010 – NUS

Asian Graduate Student Fellowships 2010
The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from citizens of Asian countries enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a university in an Asian country (except Singapore) for consideration for the award of Asian Graduate Student Fellowships. These fellowships are offered to current graduate students doing their Master’s or PhD degrees and working in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Southeast Asian topics, and will allow the recipients to be based at NUS for an ‘in residence fellowship’ for a period of three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to make full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of NUS and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be expected to commence on 3 May 2010, and to make a presentation on their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies at the end of July 2010.
Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:

• A monthly allowance of SGD1,000.
• A monthly housing allowance of SGD250.
• A settling-in allowance of SGD150.
• A sum of $100 on a reimbursement basis for miscellaneous expenses
• A one-time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and direct route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the fellowship.
• Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to e-mail/facsimile/mail their application forms (CLICK HERE), a 2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this may be accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian language) to the address below by 15 November 2009. Arrangements should also be made by which at least two letters of reference, one of which is from your principal supervisor, are sent confidentially to the same address by the same deadline.
The 2-page research proposal must include the following details:

• Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the research has already been completed;
• how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
• the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;
• proposed work plan during the fellowship.

You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer facilities at NUS’ main library (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/), the library at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (http://www.iseas.edu.sg/library.html) and the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb.gov.sg) to facilitate your research for the dissertation. NUS’ main library has 2 million volumes covering all topics while ISEAS’ library has 200,000 on Southeast Asian topics, half of which are in Southeast Asian languages.
Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu.sg
Fax: 65 67791428
Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/

Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA)

Application deadline: December 10, 2009 for the 2010-11 academic year.

Eligibility

Target countries: Under current program guidelines, candidates must be a national of one of the following countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pacific Island Countries, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Work: Candidates should also currently work for one of the following or related agencies: central bank, ministry of economy, ministry of finance, ministry of planning/development, ministry of trade/commerce, tax administration, or national statistics bureau. The program will also consider officials working in other areas of government that have a significant impact on the formulation or implementation of macroeconomic policy.

Education background: Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent with at least 16 years of formal education. Names of schools and attending dates beginning from primary school must be listed in the application. In some cases, 15 years of formal education may be accepted if there is an official explanation (a country's particular educational system or other exceptional circumstances).

English proficiency: Applicants must have an English language proficiency, which needs to be demonstrated as equivalent to or more than an official TOEFL score of 550, CBT213, or iBT79-80. If TOEFL scores are not available, then an overall IELTS score of at least 6.0 can be substituted.

Application procedures

1. Completed application form: The applicant for the partnership track is requested to apply through the online application system. (The on-line application will be made available by the mid-October, 2009.) The blank application form can be reviewed for reference only.
2. Official transcripts and official copies of diplomas or degree certificates from all undergraduate and graduate schools: An official copy means a certified copy of the original document with an official seal obtained from the administration office of the university attended. Copies attested by organizations/persons not having notarized/legal bearing will not be accepted.
3. Two reference letters: References should be from applicants' supervisor at work and/or an academic advisor or professor.
4. TOEFL/IELTS certificate (if available): The TOEFL/IELTS test score must be from an examination taken after December 10, 2007. If a score is unavailable, the applicant will be requested to sit for a TOEFL/IELTS examination prior to receiving a final decision on the scholarship award.

All submitted application material must be presented in English or be accompanied by an official English translation. The material will be considered under the control of the IMF and provided to the relevant school(s) and the Government of Japan as it sees appropriate. None of the material will be returned to applicants.

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[Japan] Tsukuba Scholarship for Undergraduate English Course Students

The University of Tsukuba invites applications from international students for the 2010 University of Tsukuba "Tsukuba Scholarship". The University of Tsukuba's "English Course Program", which will commence in the 2010 academic year, is newly established program through which international students studying at the University of Tsukuba at the undergraduate level can earn their academic degrees by taking classes only in English.

Application Qualifications and Conditions
Applicants for this scholarship must fulfill the following conditions:

Nationality: Applicants whose nationality is of a country other than Japan (limited to those countries with which Japan has diplomatic relations).
Applicants who fulfill the qualifications for entering the English Course Program in any of the following undergraduate schools:
(reference) Courses to be established in 2010
Undergraduate Program of International Social Studies, School of Social and International Studies
Interdisciplinary Course of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Applicants who, upon entering the University of Tsukuba, do not receive nor expect to receive a scholarship or scholarships from any other scholarship-granting organizations or bodies for the purpose of studying abroad.
Duration of Scholarship
The duration of the scholarship will be from the first month of entering the university until the end of the applicable academic year (August 2010 to March 2011). From April 2011, students may apply for other scholarships from the University of Tsukuba or from other scholarship-granting organizations or bodies.

Scholarship Amount Details

Travel expenses: The scholarship will pay a uniform amount of 100,000 yen for travel expenses to Japan from abroad when entering the University of Tsukuba. However, this travel expense payment is limited to those recipients who will be newly coming to Japan from abroad for the purposes of entering the University of Tsukuba.
Monthly stipend: Scholarship recipients will receive one of the following monthly stipends based on their results in the entrance examination etc.
Class 1:100,000 yen per month
Class 2: 60,000 yen per month
Enrollment fee and first-year tuition exemptions: In addition to the above noted travel expenses and monthly stipend, scholarship recipients will receive exemptions from paying their enrollment fee (a one-time only fee of 282,000 yen) and their first-year tuition (from August 2010 to March 2011, 357,200 yen), for a total of 639,200 yen.
Application Period
Applicants for this scholarship should send by mail the "2010 University of Tsukuba 'Tsukuba Scholarship' Application Form" to the following address during the application period indicated in the application guidelines for the English Course Program. Please note that application documentation arriving later than the prescribed application period will not be accepted.

Address for submitting application documentation:
International Student Center
University of Tsukuba
Tennodai 1-1-1
Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken JAPAN
305-8577

Inquiries Regarding the Tsukuba Scholarship for 2010
Inquiries may be directed to:
The Division of International Students
Department of Global Activities
University of Tsukuba
Tel: +81-29-853-6086
Fax: +81-29-853-6204
Email: isc-somu@un.tsukuba.ac.jp

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[France] Eiffel Scholarships 2010

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launched the Eiffel excellence scholarship programme in January 1999 to support French centres of higher education in their international outreach initiatives, in a context of mounting competition among developed countries, to attract elite overseas students on master's, engineering and PhD courses.

Timetable

• Application forms put online: 10 September 2009
• Deadline for reception of applications by Égide: 8 January 2010
• Announcement of results: week of 22 March 2010

Rules
Eiffel Programme guide – 2010/2011 (PDF)

Application forms

• Eiffel application forms – master's/engineering courses DOC or PDF
• Eiffel application forms – PhD courses DOC or PDF

Contact
Égide - Programme Eiffel
28 rue de la Grange-aux-Belles
75010 Paris
eiffel@egide.asso.fr

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CANADA; PhD Positions in EECS at Carleton University

Several openings are available for self-motivated PhD students in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Canada. The positions will start in either Spring or Fall 2010. The successful candidates are expected to research on advanced wireless networking systems.

Qualifications:
1. A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering is preferred
2. A good background in mathematics and networking/communications/

security
3. Good GPA in related fields

If you are interested in the position, please email your resume/CV to Prof. F. Richard Yu at Richard_Yu@Carleton.ca. Please also visithttp://www.csit.carleton.ca/~fyu/ for further information.

ITALY; PhD positions at University of Parma

XXV Ciclo: I Dottorati di Ricerca 2010 – Gazzetta Ufficiale 4^ serie speciale n. 80 del 16 ottobre 2009
• Bando
• Fac-simile Domanda di ammissione al concorso

http://www.unipr.it/www.php?info=Studenti&tipo=dottorati

deadline: 6 novembre 2009

ITALY; Funded PhD Scholarship at University of Calabria

UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA – PhD PROGRAM IN SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (CYCLE XXV)
NON-ITALIAN RESIDENTS

Administrative Location: University of Calabria – Department of Electronics, Computer and System Sciences (DEIS).

General Information:

* Number of available positions for non-Italian residents: n.2 positions (one of which carries a scholarship for
an amount determined according to current Italian legislation);
* Duration: 3 years.
* Areas of interest: Computer Science and Engineering, Automation and Control Systems, Telecommunications,
Electric and Electronic Measures, Electromagnetic Fields and Antennas, Electric Machines, Converters and
Actuators,  Numerical Analysis.

Applicants admitted to the PhD program will be assigned to one of the above areas, based on their
Curriculum Vitae and their Research project.

Admission procedure:

Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their Curriculum Vitae and Research Project and the other
submitted documentation, as requested below. Failing to follow the instructions below may imply
the candidate to be excluded from the evaluation process.

* Applicants are requested to properly fill-in the on-line application form available from here by November 19, 2009, 11:00 am GMT.
* Along with filling-in the application form, applicants are also requested to send by email to palopoli@deis.unical.it the following required material by November 19 2009, 11:00 am GMT:
o A photocopy of a personal ID
o Curriculum Vitae (which must be compliant to the template available from here)
o Research project (2 pages max)
o References (Recommendation letters) (2 max)
o Academic transcript stating courses taken and grades received

The evaluation results will be published on www.deis.unical.it by December 18, 2009.

For further information on the PhD program, thematic areas, available grants and admission procedure,
applicants may contact the Director of the PhD program, Prof. Luigi
Palopoli – Dipartimento di Elettronica
Informatica e Sistemistica, Edificio 41C – piano 4 – Tel.: +39 (0)984
494749, e-mail: palopoli@deis.unical.it.

NETHERLAND; PhD Position 2DQD Project

Job description

We offer a PhD position for 4 years in a European research project investigating the possibilities to use type-II quantum dots in a 2D electronic system for data storage. The task to be done in Eindhoven is first to characterize the structures grown in Lancaster concerning the geometry, position and chemical composition of the quantum dots. This will mainly be done using cross sectional scanning tunneling microscopy XSTM at room temperature. A next step will be to study the electronic properties of the quantum dots and its interaction with the surrounding heterostructure by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy, also in XSTM geometry. For this work our lab offers an STM operating at low temperature (down to 5K). These 2 parts of the project are rather straightforward, whereas the following tasks will be challenging and might require optimization of the experimental setup. In order to avoid the restriction to a cleaved quantum dot we want to detect scanning tunneling spectroscopy on capped quantum dots in an in-plane geometry. The challenge here will be to handle the capping in order to prepare a sufficiently clean surface and to still be able to address the electronic states of the quantum dots. An even more challenging last part of the project is to detect tip induced luminescence in order to independently map the electronic states of the quantum dots. This task has to cope with the detection of low numbers of photons since type-II quantum dots are needed in order to store data over sufficiently long periods of time.

Technically the PhD project is based on scanning probes, mainly STM and scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Since the STMs are operated in ultra high vacuum the candidate must have a strong attitude in experimental physics.

The European framework of the project will offer nice opportunities to interact with colleagues abroad, from e.g. the UK and from Germany.

Requirements

We welcome applications from candidates with a Master degree and an excellent academic record in physics (condensed matter or optical physics). Candidates must prove a strong attitude towards experimental physics. Candidates with engineering or material science background will not be considered.

Conditions of employment

Contract type
Temporary

4 years

Organisation

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Department

Department of Applied Physics

The Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology has 15 professorial chairs with about 65 academic and 60 technical specialists, as well as 110 graduate and 375 undergraduate students. The leading research themes cover functional materials, transport physics, and plasma physics and radiation technology. The department has extensive national and international partnerships, including industrial partners. It participates in several national (top) research schools, and in two national top technology institutes: Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) and Materials Innovation Institute (M2i). Eindhoven University of Technology is one of the three participants in the Dutch 3TU Federation of Universities of Technology.

Additional information

Dr. J.K. Garleff
040-2473157