Doctorate Degree | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 179

PhD Positions in Law, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Research will be carried out in one of the research programmes of the Faculty’s centres of excellence.Research in the field of public international law is embedded in the ACIL (Amsterdam Center for International Law). Research programmes within the ACIL in particular focus on international constitutional law (including human rights law), international responsibility, international criminal justice, and the reception of international law in the domestic legal order.

  • Engage in supervised scientific research that will ultimately result in a doctoral thesis
  • Candidates may also lecture on subjects relevant to the thesis in the Faculty’s curriculum
  • Regularly present intermediate research results at international workshops and conferences, and publish them in proceedings and journals.
  • Collaborate with the researchers in relevant other parts of the programmes.
  • Participate in the organization of research activities and events, such as conferences, workshops and joint publications.
    Requirements :
  • Completed law degree with excellent grades in a relevant field
  • Excellent analytical, social and organizational skills
  • Excellent academic writing skills, fluency in English
  • Ability to work independently
  • Creative researcher and writer
  • Scholarship Application Deadline:1 March 2011

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    Debesh-Kamal Scholarship for Higher Education/Research Abroad: humanities and the basic sciences

    Debesh-Kamal Scholarships will be awarded by the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, to deserving candidates for the purpose of higher education/research abroad. The scholarship will be open to Indian nationals irrespective of caste, creed, or religious faith.

    Applications

    i) Applications for the scholarships, as well as any subsequent correspondence, are to be addressed to the Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata 700 029, and the envelopes should carry the inscription ‘Debesh-Kamal Scholarship’.

    ii) Candidates will have to submit, along with their applications, a Postal Order/ Bank Draft for Rs. 100/- in favour of the Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, as the application fee which is not refundable.

    Qualification and Age

    i) The candidates must have a uniformly good academic record with first class marks at the Honours or Post-graduate level, relaxable by the Selection Committee.
    ii) They should not ordinarily be more than 30 years of age. Exceptions may be made for short-term post-graduate or post-doctoral researchers.

    Area of Study
    The preferred subjects of study/research are the humanities and the basic sciences, but candidates in other disciplines, such as social sciences and applied science and technology, will also be considered.

    Scholarship Application Deadline: 25 April, 2011

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    MyoGrad International Research Fellowship 2011, Germany

    In November 2009 the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) established MyoGrad – the International Research Training Group for Myology. Partner institutions are the Free University Berlin and the Medical Faculty of the Charité in Berlin together with the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (Paris VI). The working language of the program is English.

    In the course of the program MyoGrad students have also access to complementary training classes in transferable skills (writing scientific papers, grant application etc.) thus ensuring long-term scientific success. Teaching in Summer School settings, continuous communication between students and teachers in seminars and journal clubs face-to-face and online and a myology “E-learning” platform are the cornerstones of the educational concept.

    Scholarship Application Deadline: March 31, 2011.

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