February, 2011 | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 116

Visiting Fellows at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

The Institute hosts university professors, lecturers and researchers with independent funding keen to carry out research and take advantage of the resources and services the Institute has to offer (library, interaction with faculty members and students) as well as its unique location at the heart of international Geneva.
Visiting Fellow positions are granted depending on available space , the number of professors, PhD candidates and post-doctorates who wish to spend from two months to a year at the Institute carrying out research.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 June 2011 (1 July-31 December); 1 December 2011 (1 January-30 June)

Scholarship Information and Application

PhD Position in Car2Car Communications, Luxembourg: Car-to-Car communications and intelligent transportation systems (ITS)

The University of Luxembourg seeks to hire outstanding researchers at its Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) http://www.securityandtrust.lu .
SnT is a recently formed centre carrying out interdisciplinary research in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) systems and services, often in collaboration with industrial, governmental or international partners. SnT is active in several international research projects funded by the EU 7 th framework programme and the European Space Agency. A successful candidate will conduct research in one or more of the centre projects and assist in the development of the SnT project portfolio. The Centre invites researchers from diverse research areas to contribute to our projects in areas such as Satellite Systems, Vehicular Networks, Network Security, Model-drive Security, Security Cloud computing, and ICT Services & Applications.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 March 2011

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Galaxy Evolution at High Redshift, University of Edinburgh, UK: Physics and Astronomy

Applications are invited for a Post Doctoral Fellow to work at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA), Royal Observatory Edinburgh in the study of galaxy evolution, especially in the high-redshift Universe. It is anticipated that the appointee will ideally be an experienced post-doctoral researcher capable of taking a leadership position in the field of galaxy evolution.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 28 February 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application