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Fellowship Programme of the International Youth Library, Germany

The International Youth Library’s fellowship programme has two primary goals: to support research in the field of international children’s and youth literature and illustration, and to promote academic exchange and international cooperation.

Through the fellowship programme, which has been funded by the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany for 50 years, the International Youth Library would like to encourage comparative research about literature for children and youth in an increasingly networked world. At the same time we would like to encourage the academic use of our international collection of books for children and youth, which spans 400 years.
Fellowship Application Deadline: September 30 2011
Further Fellowship Information and Application

Postdoctoral Position, Laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland

The NCCR-TransCure is a research network sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation involving several universities in Switzerland. It focuses on membrane transporter research in the treatment of common human diseases. We are looking for a postdoctoral In the laboratory for Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern / Department of research of the University of Bern.

The aim: To study the role of transport proteins in the placenta in preeclampsia, diabetes and other gestation-associated disorders.

Requirements:
The successful candidate should hold a PhD in biochemistry, biology, pharmacy or medicine (MD PhD). Solid knowledge in molecular and cellular biology will be required for this project. The postdoctoral position will be available from January 2011. Salary according to the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) guidelines.
Fellowship Application Deadline: January 2011
Further fellowship Information and Application

Erasmus Mundus MSc in EuroAquae-HydroInformatics and Water Management

The Joint Master Course is developped by the EuroAquae consortium coordinated by the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and associated to 11 leading international universities:Technical University of Catalonia (ES), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU), Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus (DE), Newcastle University (UK), Universidad Nacional del Littoral (AR), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (CH), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IND), National University of Technology (SIN), University of Incheon (KR).

Scholarship Application Deadline: Before 31st of January 2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application