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2011 PhD Studentship in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden

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PhD studies in theoretical chemistry directed at calculations of photoinduced chemical reactions. The work is aimed at development and use of quantum chemistry software for the understanding of the photochemistry of melanin and other pigments. The theoretical work is conducted in close collaboration with experimentalists using ultrafast laser spectroscopy.Basic entry requirements for PhD studies are: a degree at advanced level, courses to an extent of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 at advanced level, or corresponding proficiencies.Special requirements for this position: MSc in chemistry or physics or corresponding education. Knowledge of theoretical chemistry, chemical physics and scientific programming is meritorious.

Regulations for employment as a postgraduate student can be found in the Swedish Statute Book (SFS 1998:80). Only those admitted to postgraduate studies can be appointed to such a position. When appointing applicants to such a position, first and foremost their ability to benefit from postgraduate studies must be taken into consideration. In addition to pursuing postgraduate studies, the doctoral student may also perform other duties, including research, teaching and administration, according to the specific regulations.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 2011-02-22

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PhD Position-Services for Information Society Research Group, University of Vigo, Spain: IT Engineering in CLOUDIA project”

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We seek a highly motivated candidate to work in user-oriented assistance to access services in the cloud. A pre-doctoral position (FPI Grant) funded by MICINN (Spanish Government) is available. The position is associated to the project “CLOUDIA: Social ecosystem for the ubiquitous and personalized provision of services in the cloud”, and will be based at University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain).
Environment
The Services for Information Society Research Group (SSI) at the University of Vigo is integrated in the Department of Telematics Engineering (DET). This group has proven experience in IDTV research and development (inter-operable Set-Top Boxes according to MHP, applications, etc.). During the last years, the research work of the group has been oriented to the development of transversal methodologies for personalization, recommendation and adaptation of contents, based on semantic technologies. In this field the group has taken part and directed pilot projects for the construction of personalized services on different domains of application as tourism, advertising, and audiovisual and educational contents. More recently, the interest of the group is also focused on the combination of the potential of semantic reasoning methodologies and those of social collaboration derived from Web 2.0 technologies. These research lines have been founded through contracts with companies and especially through research projects obtained in competitive tendering processes from the Xunta de Galicia, the National R&D Plan of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, programs PROFIT and AVANZA of the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce and several programs of the European Union.

Qualifications
Applicants should be university students (both Spanish and foreign, who belong to member states or not) who are in possession of a degree or fulfill all the requirements in order to access third cycle education or Official Postgraduate studies obtained after 1st January 2007. According to the research field, we are looking for University degrees in Information Technologies (Informatics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, …). Qualifications obtained in foreign Universities must be validated or officially recognized at the time of submission. A good command of English is required.

See conditions and frequently asked questions in Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación athttp://www.micinn.es (Programa nacional de formación de Recursos Humanos, Subprograma de Formación de Personal Investigador).

If you are interested in this position, please send your application letter including detailed curriculum vitae (preferably in pdf) to Ana Fernández Vilas (avilas-at-det.uvigo.es).

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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Past and Present Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in History in London University, UK

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The Past and Present Society and the Institute of Historical Research will offer up to two one?year postdoctoral Research Fellowships in History for the session 2011–12, tenable at the Institute.  The Fellowship stipend will be based on salary scales for the coming year. As a guideline it was worth £19,500 during the 2010–11 academic year. It will be payable in four instalments through the Institute.  Contributions to USS or other superannuation schemes on a similar scale will be made when this is requested and an arrangement can be agreed.The Fellowship will be awarded to a graduate who expects to have submitted his/her doctoral thesis in history (broadly defined) by 1 October 2011. It is a strict condition of the Fellowship that the thesis should have been submitted by that date. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a broad interest in processes of social, economic, political and cultural change, as manifested in their particular field of study.

A condition of the award is that the Fellow should undertake further historical research and writing. The Fellow will be encouraged to submit his/her articles or books to the Editors of  past and Present for consideration.  He/she will not be required to be resident in London, but should participate in the activities of the Institute, by regular attendance at and presentation of papers to appropriate seminars and by giving information and help to fellow scholars working in the same field.  At the discretion of the Director of the Institute, the Fellow may be given leave of absence from the Institute for a limited period for the purposes of his/her research, and to engage in teaching or other paid work for up to six hours a week (note however that some categories of non-national may need to obtain a work permit in order to undertake this).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 April 2011

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