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2011 Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program

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Scholarships are for student and research exchanges at the graduate level.The Government of Canada offers scholarships to Canadian publicly funded universities or colleges as part of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program (CCSP) and Government of Canada Awards (GCA). Publicly funded Canadian institutions must submit applications on behalf of candidate. CBIE does not accept applications submitted directly by candidate or partner institutions (foreign institutions).

Canadian faculty members who are submitting applications should notify the international relations department of their respective institutions. By doing so, this will assist with central coordination by the institution in the event that multiple applications need to be prioritized.Open to all disciplines including interdisciplinary programs. Projects with a scientific research component will be prioritized.

Scholarship Application Deadline:April 29, 2011

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Filed Under: Engineering, Finance & Accounting, Information Technology, Masters Degree, Physical Science Tags: commonwealth scholarship, international relation, International Relations, international relations department

2011 PhD Studentship: fMRI Decoding of Mental State at Radboud University, Netherlands

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We invite applications for a PhD position at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. You will be working on the NWO project Sparse Learning of Deep Models which aims to improve the decoding of what someone perceives or imagines from brain activity alone. In this project, you will develop probabilistic machine learning methods and collect fMRI data at the institute’s 3 Tesla MRI facility.

You are highly motivated and have a Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, or a related field of study. Experience with Matlab programming and data analysis is a must. Experience with functional magnetic resonance imaging and/or machine learning is desirable. You should have a demonstrated interest in and qualification for scientific research, be able to work in an interdisciplinary team in an international context, and have excellent writing skills in English.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 May 2011

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Filed Under: Doctorate Degree, Information Technology, Medical Science, Physical Science Tags: cognitive neuroscience, Computer Science, functional magnetic resonance imaging, neuroscience, PhD, phd position, phd students, probabilistic machine, Radboud University

Kurdish Studies PhD Studentship at University of Exeter, UK: political science, history, geography, sociology, language and literature, religious studies, anthropology, and gender studies.

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Applications are invited by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies for PhD studentships in the field of Kurdish Studies commencing in October 2011. The awards have been made available through a grant awarded to the Centre for Kurdish Studies by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. It is anticipated that up to three PhD studentships will be available for the 2011/12 academic year.

Your research project may be in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences as applied to the study of the Kurds and Kurdistan, including (but not limited to) political science, history, geography, sociology, language and literature, religious studies, anthropology, and gender studies.The studentships cover the cost of tuition fees (at the UK/EU or international level) and provide a maintenance grant of up to £12,600 a year. As part of the studentship, award holders will undertake 80 hours of work for the Centre per year during their period of registration.

Scholarship Application Deadline:29th April 2011

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Filed Under: Arts & Administration, Doctorate Degree, Physical Science, Social Science Tags: Anthropology, gender studies, Geography, History, Humanities, humanities and social sciences, kurdish studies, literature, phd student, phd studentships, political science, religious studies, Social Sciences, Sociology, university of exeter

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2011 Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program

2011 PhD Studentship: fMRI Decoding of Mental State at Radboud University, Netherlands

Kurdish Studies PhD Studentship at University of Exeter, UK: political science, history, geography, sociology, language and literature, religious studies, anthropology, and gender studies.