Physical Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 435

PhD Position in Astrophysics: Stellar Activity and Magnetism, Sweden

The successful applicant will work with Oleg Kochukhov on problems connected to the stellar magnetism and activity, in particular spectropolarimetric observations of active stars and investigations of stellar magnetic field topologies. Applicants with backgrounds and interests in stellar physics are particularly encouraged to apply. The position is financed through a research grant from the Swedish Research Council.

To be eligible for a PhD position you should have a basic university degree in physics, astronomy or astrophysics (at least BSc) and fulfill the entry requirements for the PhD programme.
Applications should include a description of research interests and past experience, CV, copies of degree diplomas and grades, two reference letters, and copies of any previous research-related work.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 February 2011
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Erasmus Mundus Masters in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy

The ME3 Masters program extends over 2 years. It is composed of an academic period which lasts 3 semesters, and of an industrial or research project period, which covers the 4th semester.

For the 2011-2013 edition of the ME3 program, 3 options should be available. Students will have to indicate their preference for option during application process. The ME3 academic steering board will decide the final option for each accepted applicants which will be informed in their acceptance letter.

The Consortium of the European joint Masters of Science in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy (ME3) is composed of five institutions :

– Ecole des Mines de Nantes (EMNantes), France which is the coordinating institution
– Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Madrid from Universidad Polytecnica de Madrid (UPM/ETSII), Spain
– Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology) (KTH), Sweden
– Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary
– Queen’s University of Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The first three institutions will host students during the academic part of the programme. The two last ones will participate in the teaching, and possibly may host students during the last semester devoted to the Master Thesis.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
Erasmus Mundus scholarship Category A is 15 December 2010 for paper applications, and 22 December 2010 for online applications.
The application deadline for candidates who apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship Category B is Spring 2011.

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ESSKA Scholarship for International Applicants: Orthopaedic sports medicine, Arthroscopy

The ESSKA Scholarship programme is reserved to young colleagues from Eastern Europe (10 candidates each year) and from throughout the world (5 candidates each year), who strongly wish to enlarge and improve their knowledge and competencies in orthopaedic sports medicine, knee surgery and arthroscopy.

The scholarship allows the scholars to visit highly qualified teaching surgeons and recognized sports medicine centres in Western Europe for several weeks.

Candidates must be, at the time of application, below 40 years of age. The scholars will be notified of their selection during the month of June of each year. The scholarship lasts 1 month and the exact date of the scholarship will be chosen by the Head of the selected Centre in accordance with his availability.

The scholarship can only be won once. Applicants who have not been selected are allowed to apply again.

The amount of the grant is 1.700 EUR, which will have to cover all expenses of the applicant who, during his stay, will be lodged at his own expense.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 May 2011

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