Computer | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 7

PhD Scholarship at Top USA universities

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Employer: Top USA universities

Level: PhD

Scholarship Description: The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State sponsors the International Fulbright Science & Technology Award for Outstanding Foreign Students (Fulbright S&T) to provide exceptional foreign students with an opportunity to pursue Ph.D. study at top U.S. universities.

Fulbright S&T is designed to be the most prestigious international scholarship in science and technology and to demonstrate the United States’ commitment to welcoming top-notch future researchers and leaders to pursue serious scientific study and research at U.S. institutions.

Eligibility

Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree (comparable to a U.S. bachelor’s degree) on or before August 2012 and cannot reside in the U.S. at the time of application to the program. It is highly recommended that the applicant have received his/her bachelor’s degree in the same or a related field for which he/she plans to pursue Ph.D. study. Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency with a recent TOEFL score (or equivalent) of 580 or higher

Grantees receive three years of funding from ECA followed by support from their U.S.host institution until the completion of Ph.D. programs.
Applications for the competition will be accepted starting February 1, 2011.
Scholarship Application Deadline: Please check with the Fulbright Office in your country to learn the application deadline date.

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Students who have experience in radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics can apply for this scholarship.

Students who have experience in radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics can apply for this scholarship.

Study Subject: Computer

Employer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

Level: Postdoctoral

Fellowship Description: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cosmology to begin in Summer or Fall 2011. The fellowship will be awarded initially for two years with the possibility of extension.

LBNL, in collaboration with UC Berkeley, participates in several astrophysical/cosmological observational programs, including SDSS-III (BOSS), BigBOSS, DES, Planck, and JDEM/WFIRST. The rich cosmology program in Berkeley includes the Berkeley cosmology group (http://cosmology.lbl.gov) and the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (http://bccp.lbl.gov). The Computational Cosmology Center (https://c3.lbl.gov) and the Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering (https://ccse.lbl.gov) are currently extending the computational capabilities of an existing massively parallel radiation-hydrodynamics code to perform cosmological simulations relevant to the aforementioned experiments. In particular, we will be focusing on a study of the observability of baryon acoustic oscillations in the intergalactic medium as probed by the Lyman alpha forest.

Qualifications
Ph.D. in relevant field within the last five years is required. Applicants should have a strong programming background (in C, C++, and/or F90) and experience working on radiation transport and/or hydrodynamics. While not required, parallel programming experience is desirable.

Fellowship Application Deadline: December 31, 2010

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