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International Student Research Fellowships, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

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HHMI’s new fellowship program supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies.

HHMI will award three-year fellowships to international students to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program. Eligible fields include biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, even plant biology—as well as interdisciplinary research.

HHMI expects to fund up to 40 fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year. Each fellow will receive an annual stipend of $30,000, plus an educational allowance.

Nomination Process and Eligibility:

  • HHMI has designated selected U.S. institutions to nominate students to participate in the fellowship competition. Only these institutions are eligible to nominate students for this competition. (See PDF list of designated institutions below.)
  • Only students nominated by their host institutions can apply for the fellowship.

To be nominated for the fellowship competition:

  • Students cannot be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents of the U.S.
  • Students must be in the 2nd or 3rd year of a Ph.D. program in the biomedical or related sciences at a designated nominating institution.
  • Students must have entered a laboratory in which they will conduct their dissertation research.
  • Students in the 1st, 4th, or 5th year of their Ph.D. program are NOT eligible for nomination.

To activate the fellowship:

  • Students must be in the 3rd or 4th year of a Ph.D. program in the biomedical or related sciences at a designated nominating institution.
  • Students in their 1st, 2nd, or 5th year of their Ph.D. program cannot activate the fellowship.
  • In no case will support past year 5 of the Ph.D. program be provided.

Important Dates:

  • Institutional nomination deadline: December 1, 2010
  • Application deadline: February 16, 2011
  • Award notification: May 2011
  • Fellowships begin: September 1, 2011

Further fellowships details:
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/international-student-research-fellowships-howard-hughes-medical-institute-usa/2010/08/21/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarshipPositions+%28International+Scholarships+and+Financial+Aid+Positions%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail#ixzz0y5EQQ6ee

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JRF Positions in National Chemical Laboratory, Digital Information Resource Centre & Centre of Excellence in Scientific Computing, India

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Applications are invited for one JRF post to work in a research project titled “Building cloud computing tools for chemoinformatics and in-silico design of new materials” sponsored by DST. This cloud computing project aims at the development of chemoinformatics tools in a java platform. Interested candidates may please send their bio-data along with the copies of the mark sheets, degree certificates, contact information and other testimonials to

Dr. M Karthikeyan,
Scientist, Digital Information Resource Centre,
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune – 411 008,
on or before 31th August 2010.

No. of Position: 1 Junior Research fellow (One) leading to PhD

Duration: 3 years

Salary: Rs 16000/- pm + HRA for first 2 years, Rs 18000/- pm + HRA for the third year.

Qualifications:M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry/Bioinformatics/ M.Sc. Chemistry

Essential: NET/GATE qualified

Desirable: Candidates with JAVA Programming Skill will be preferred.

Further Fellowship details:
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/jrf-positions-in-national-chemical-laboratory-digital-information-resource-centre-centre-of-excellence-in-scientific-computing-india/2010/08/21/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarshipPositions+%28International+Scholarships+and+Financial+Aid+Positions%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail#ixzz0y5AbwWd5

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Graduate fellowships from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology

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Recruiting students and postdocs for projects within the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), to be supervised by myself and MIT faculty. In those projects we apply mathematical engineering to problems in bioengineering and biochemistry, for example: o Bayesian multiscale modeling of cell physiology o stochastic modeling and control engineering in the context of tissue generation. Closing Date: 30 November 2010 Please send detailed curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, GRE and TOEFL scores (if available), three references, and relevant publications (if applicable) electronically to: Prof. Justin Dauwels Nanyang Technological University School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Singapore recruitment@dauwels.com Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/graduate-fellowships-from-singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-technology/2010/08/11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarshipPositions+%28International+Scholarships+and+Financial+Aid+Positions%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail#ixzz0y4Xn4cMM

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