Doctorate Degree | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 5

2011 PhD Position in the Department of Information Technology

/ July 26, 2011 Leave a Comment

2011 PhD Position in the Department of Information Technology at Ghent University, Belgium

 

Study Subject(s):Information Technology

Course Level:PhD

Scholarship Provider: Wireless & Cable

Scholarship can be taken at: Belgium

 

Eligibility: -We are looking for motivated candidates who want to explore the world of location aware personalization. We offer a pleasant work climate within a young dynamic team and the possibility for obtaining a PhD.

  • Researchers work with the latest technologies and have a high degree of freedom to explore and experiment.
  • WiCa works closely together with IBBT, an independent research institute with a mission to stimulate ICT innovation in Flanders and provides opportunities to meet other researchers in several disciplines

 

Scholarship Open for International Students: No

Scholarship Description: The “Wireless & Cable” (WiCa) research group is the expertise center of the Department of Information Technology of Ghent University/IBBT (Interdisciplinary Institute for BroadBand Technology) in Belgium for research within the domain of personalized software systems. WiCa is currently offering the opportunity for a researcher to explore the field of mobile, location aware personalized applications. This research includes the creation of a theoretical framework describing new ways of personalization on mobile devices. The research also includes the creation of prototype applications using several state of the art mobile and server side technologies that allow the processing of big data sets.

 

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Scholarship Application Deadline: 2011-09-30

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Singapore- MIT Alliance (SMA) Graduate Fellowship at SMART, Singapore

/ June 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

 

Singapore- MIT Alliance (SMA) Graduate Fellowship at SMART, Singapore

Study Subject(s): BioSystems and Micromechanics, Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Infectious Disease ,Future Urban Mobility

Course Level:PhD

Scholarship Provider: The Ministry of Education

Location: Singapore

 

The Ministry of Education has recently launched a prestigious Singapore-MIT (Massachusetts Institute of  Technology) Alliance (SMA) Graduate Fellowship. These 4-year SMA Graduate Fellowships are available for highly talented doctoral graduate education and research for students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) who wish to conduct their research at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre.

The selection of candidates will take place twice a year, in time for the start of the semesters in August and January.

Eligibility

The Fellowships  are open to students of all nationalities who gain admission to any Ph.D. programme at the University where research interest fits within one or more of projects currently being carried out in on of the SMART Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) :

  • BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSYM);
  • Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM);
  • Infectious Disease (ID)
  • Future Urban Mobility (FUM)

The student must have graduates with an undergraduate degree at the level of a first class or second uppers (equivalent).

Award Amount

  • A monthly stipend of S$3,200
  • Cover all tuition fees at NTU and other compulsory fees
  • A travel grant of S$12,000 to help cover the expenses associated with a six-month research residency at MIT (travel grant covers airfare; MIT housing; MIT visiting student fee and health insurance)

Award Period

The award is tenable for 1 year in the first instance; but subject to the Fellow’s satisfactory progress, it may be renewed annually. The maximum period of award is four years.

Bond

No bond is required

Application Procedure

Applicants will have to submit their application for the Fellowship cum Ph.D. candidature via
http://smart.mit.edu/fellowships/sma3-graduate-fellowship/sma3-graduate-fellowship.html

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 July 2011

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Research Position in Centre for Studies in Science Policy at JNU, India: Socio-economic Study of Rainfed Agriculture and Low Input Animal Husbandry in India

/ May 12, 2011 Leave a Comment

Applications are invited from senior, middle and junior economists for a project entitled “Socio-economic Study of Rainfed Agriculture and Low Input Animal Husbandry in India”. The Economic Research Unit based at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University is mandated to undertake macro-economic analyses, simulation modeling and case-study based analyses to improve our understanding of the functioning of rainfed dryland agriculture and its possible macroeconomic contribution in India. The objective of the Research Unit is to build an evidence-based case for directing more public investment to rainfed areas and the precise form such investment should take in the relevant sectors. The project is funded by the Ford Foundation and will run through December 31st, 2012.
A series of positions are being filled over the next few months, ranging from junior researchers to senior fellows. These are not time-bound positions, and hence applications are invited on a continuing basis. Successful candidates will need to have a PhD in Economics and some combination of experience of conducting field surveys, demonstrable abilities with statistical and econometric packages and a reasonable publication record. Salaries  for the respective positions will be awarded as per agreed upon in the final project budget. For clarifications please feel free to contact the Project Director. The qualified candidates should apply with their resumes and a sampling of their publications to the following address. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview.

Scholarship Application Deadline: An application window is open from 1st May, 2011 to 1st September 2011.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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