information technology | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 5

PhD Studentship: The T-Mobile Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security at Goethe University, Frankfurt

To strengthen our team we are looking for a committed, creative and flexible PhD candidate (male/female) with advanced professional knowledge in Information Technology and interest in the current development in business informatics. The environment of mobile systems and applications will give you valuable work experience in interdisciplinary and multinational projects with travel and project responsibility. Beside your project work and other activities at the chair, the preparation of your PhD thesis is in key. Our interdisciplinary environment with computer scientists and economists leads to synergies in our research and teaching, especially in IT Security, Identity Management and secure infrastructures in mobile environments. Our cooperation with donator T-Mobile International provides extraordinary strategic and infrastructural opportunities.

What we expect from you:
– A University degree with excellent results, relevant work experience welcome
– Relevant professional skills in informatics/computer science
– Ability to work independently and scientific ambition
– Excellent knowledge in English (spoken and written)
– Communication skills and the ability to work in a team
– Willingness to travel

You have advanced knowledge and special skills in the following domains:
– IT Security and cryptography background
– Programming languages and experiences in software projects
– Administration skills in different platforms (e.g. UNIX, Linux, Windows)

Knowledge in the following areas is highly preferable:
– Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and data protection
– Identity Management
– Smartcards and Trusted Computing
– Mobile Application Development (e.g. in Android, etc.)
– Web technologies and development
– Project management
Your Tasks:
– Participation in EU wide projects and tasks at the chair
– Assistance in teaching and supervising bachelor, master and diploma theses
– Preparation of your PhD

The position is available immediately and has a fixed-term of 3 years with an extension option. The employment will be according to E13 TV-G-U, and can be full or part time. Goethe University Frankfurt aims at a higher proportion of female staff and explicitly invites qualified women to apply. Severely disabled people with equal skills will be preferred. The duration of the contract is limited by the regulations of the german “Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz” and the “Hessisches Hochschulgesetz”.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011

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TEAM Programme for MSc Students, PhD Students and Postdoctorals, Poland: Bio, Information, Technology

The overall objective of the programme is to increase engagement of young scientists in research performed by the best teams and in the best laboratories in Poland. The projects may be carried out in one of the three main thematic areas: Bio, Info, Techno.

The programme is addressed to research teams’ leaders intending to engage students, PhD students or young PhDs (up to 4 years after the PhD) in the project. The students, PhD students and young PhDs must be selected in an open competition procedure that iscarried out on international level. The number of research team members selected trough such a competition should not be lower than 6.

The main evaluation criteria are the following:

* team leader’s scientific record as well as experience in implementing projects (achieved within the last 4 years),
* scientific or innovative quality of the projects, which will be realized by the selected team members.

The very important element to evaluate the projects is the planned international cooperation of the team (here the minimum guarantee of the intended future collaboration will be the letter of intent signed by the foreign partner, enclosed to the application form).

Scholarship Application Deadline:15 March 2011 and 30 September 2011.

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KOLUMB Fellowship Programme for Polish Postdoctoral Applicants: Bio, Information, Technology

The stipends are awarded for a stay at one research centre, or in justified instances more than one. Stipendees who would like to extend their stay abroad may seek additional funding, on a one-time basis (for 3 months at most), but the duration of the stipend may not exceed 15 months in any event.

To be eligible to apply for a stipend, researchers must:
* hold a doctorate
* file a stipend application no later than 4 years after obtaining the doctorate, which period is extended by 2 years in the case of: men who took documented paternity leave or childrearing leave for at least 3 months, or women who gave birth to a child or adopted a child, based on the birth certificate or adoption certificate

* hold Polish citizenship, or obtained in Poland a permit to settle or a permit for long-term residence in the European Union

Scholarship Application Deadline:1 March 2011 and the second deadline this year is 15 October 2011.

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