Grants and Fellowships | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 5

2011 University of Southern Denmark offering PhD Fellowship in the Faculty of Engineering

The Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark is seeking a highly motivated graduate for a PhD. fellowship within the topic of identifying and recovering critical resources in future waste flows.The PhD fellow will work in the interdisciplinary research field of Environmental engineering, Life Cycle Assessment, product design and resource management.

The fellowship is funded by and part of the large research program called TOPWASTE, financed by the Danish Council for Strategic Research, see the description of the program below, called TOPWASTE. This fellowship is part of Work Package 2 of this program. Further, the fellowship will be established within the research training program ‘Energy and Environmentally Efficient Technologies’ at the Faculty of Engineering at University of Southern Denmark, see link below, called EMT. Finally, the fellowship will be enrolled in the ph.d. research school called 3R, Residual Resources Research, see link below, called 3R. These multiple affiliations and networks of research will ensure a high degree of national and international co-operation with other researchers in the field.

Scholarship Application Deadline:1 August, 2011

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JRF and Project Fellowship Positions in the Department of Physics at Karnatak University, India

Application are invited for the post of Junior Research Fellow( JRF)/Project Fellow to carry out research in the Department of Physics, Karnatak University,Dharwad under project entitled” Study of Fission Hindrance in Th-224 system: measurements of ER and spin distribution”. Details are as follows: Selected candidate should be prepared to under take research work at Department of Physics, Karnatak University Dharwad as well as Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi . Interested candidates may send an application form along with CV to the principal Investigator on or before May 16, 2011. Short listed candidates will have to attend an interview on a date to be intimated later. No TA/DA will be paid for the interview.
Eligibility: M.Sc degree in Physics, specilisation in Nuclear Physics. The NET/GATE qualified students will be preferred.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 16 May 2011

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The Society for Renaissance Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships 2011-2012, UK

The Society for Renaissance Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships,which support research in Renaissance Studies. Two of the Fellowships to be awarded in 2011 are open to all suitable candidates working in the field.The third has been founded in memory of Ruth and Nicolai Rubinstein, with a view to supporting research in Italian history and culture.
Applicants for both Fellowships must be graduates of British or Irish universities, with PhDs awarded in the last five years, and currently engaged in full-time research, part-time teaching or independent scholarship.The Fellowships are worth £5,500 and should not be held in conjunction with another full-time postdoctoral or academic teaching post. Applicants should be aware that the Society is developing a number of international links, including one with the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento, which would be willing to provide practical support for Fellows wishing to spend time in Florence.
The period of tenure will be twelve months from 1 October 2011, during which time the Fellows will be invited to attend meetings of the Society’s Council.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 May 2011

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