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Medical Research Council Fellowships, Methodology Research, UK

MRC fellowships enable outstanding individuals to undertake challenging projects in excellent research and training environments. An MRC award is there to enable you to do something truly out of the ordinary in training and developing you as a potential research leader.

This Fellowship is open to applicants already working in, or who wish to move into, health related research. It provides up to four years’ funding for multidisciplinary research training into innovative statistical methods and their application in clinical research. Applicants should present not only a challenging research project but also clear and ambitious plans for their development as researchers able to apply advanced skills to an increasingly broad range of problems.

Who can apply?

Applicants should either hold, or expect to receive before the award starts, a doctorate in statistics, biostatistics or a related discipline and less than 5 years post-doctoral experience. However, please note that candidates without medical statistical experience are welcome to apply; provided they specify a training package appropriate to the aims of this fellowship.

At the postdoctoral level, all Fellowships provide the Fellow’s competitive salary and necessary research training costs (e.g. consumables, travel, equipment etc) and other costs allowable under Full Economic Costs (FEC). Any research staff required should be requested and clearly justified but this would be considered exceptional.

The deadline for applications is 4.00pm on Friday 8th October 2010

PhD Researcher in Innovation Studies, Netherlands

Energy transition processes take a very long time. One of the reasons is the huge inertia of existing systems and the unwillingness of very powerful regime actors to quickly move into new directions. Entrepreneurs with novel ideas often do not posses the power to break through these inert techno-institutional complexes. Therefore, they need to develop specific strategies in order to become successful.
This project focuses on the fundamental mechanism that strongly influences all energy transition processes: the interplay between strategies of entrepreneurs who strive to introduce novelty and strategies of incumbents who have strong vested interests and therefore often resist these processes of change. The two types of actors differ strongly in their respective power positions and therefore very different strategies are likely to be pursued. The government is often confronted with the strategies of both types of actors and needs to find a balance in dealing with both interests. Surprisingly hardly any information on this issue can be found in the literature while this is crucial information to accelerate transition processes. In the project, two empirical domains will be studied that strongly differ in the structure of the incumbent regime: the automotive sector and the built environment in The Netherlands. The PhD-student will study one of these empirical domains.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate holds a M.Sc. (or equivalent) degree in a relevant field (e.g. innovation studies, sustainable development, evolutionary economics, organisation science, policy science) with experience in empirical research.

Contact Person: Prof. dr Marko Hekkert (M.Hekkert@geo.uu.nl; phone: +31 30 253 6112).

You may also visit the faculty’s website at: www.geo.uu.nl.

How to apply:

Please send your written application, before 15-08-2010, consisting of a letter of motivation, curriculum vitae and addresses of two referees, to:

Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences
Personnel Department
Postbus 80115,
3508 TC Utrecht
The Netherlands or (preferably) by email to PenO@geo.uu.nl

Please mention vacancy number 72178 in all communications and mention where you first saw this advertisement.

The Phillipa Weeks Scholarship in Law 2010, Australia

The Phillipa Weeks Scholarship in Law was created in memory of Phillipa Christine Weeks who was a member of staff of the ANU College of Law from 1979 until her death in 2006 at the age of 53. The Scholarship Fund was established from money donated by the University, the College, staff of the College, alumni, family and friends.

Eligibility
The Phillipa Weeks Scholarship in Law is available to a person who:
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Is a successful applicant for entry to the first year of a program of study leading to the award of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) whether undertaken as a single degree or part of a combined program;
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has attended secondary school in a regional or remote area of Australia,
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has completed school in the last 12 months; and
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is a citizen of or holds permanent resident status in Australia.
The successful applicant must not have been previously enrolled in any tertiary degree or diploma program at a university or other institution of tertiary education whether in or outside Australia.

Application
Applications shall be called for annually with a closing date as set, from time to time, by the ANU College of Law Scholarship Committee.
The application shall be submitted in the form of a letter (with any relevant attachments), which sets out information in relation to the applicant’s achievements relative to opportunity, in the following areas:

academic performance over the final two years at secondary school;

leadership at school; and

community involvement.
The application should also give information about the regional or remote area in which the applicant lives and has received his or her schooling.
Three references supporting the application should be forwarded separately to the ANU College of Law Scholarship Committee. It would be expected that one of those references would cover leadership and academic performance, and one would cover community involvement. The third reference might be from another person who has known the applicant for a significant period but is not a member of the applicant’s family.
The applicant must apply separately for entry to the Australian National University.

Selection
The ANU College of Law Scholarship Committee will consider the applications taking into account the applicant’s academic performance, leadership qualities and achievements, and
contribution to the community, all made relative to opportunity over the final two years of secondary school.

Application Deadline 30 November 2010