phd research | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 2

PhD Research in Process Technology or Smart Systems and Energy Technology, Belgium

Imec offers a stimulating environment to do PhD research. The world-class facilities and available expertise guarantee an unmatched support. And if you come to imec from abroad, you will find an international atmosphere, and most likely also colleagues from your home country.Belgian and Dutch-speaking students will find application information on the Dutch webpages of this website. All others may apply using the application form. Make sure to attach as indicated on the application form the documents listed below to your application form. We need these to allow us to screen your application and to select you.
A résumé;
A letter motivating your application;
Certificates of your Bachelor and Master Diploma (if you have not finished your Master education yet, you can submit your Master certificate when you graduate);
Transcripts in English of your Bachelor and Master Diploma;
At least 2 reference letters;
For EU citizens and students with a European Master degree: We recommend that you have passed the (general) GRE test. Please, add a copy of your GRE test result sheet;
For non-EU citizens: add a copy of your GRE and TOEFL ( or IELTS ) test result sheets.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
We do not have a deadline for the submission of PhD applications; we deal with applications as they come in, throughout the year.

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Rio Tinto Centre for Mining Automation Scholarship in Field Robotics, Australia

The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) at the University of Sydney has established a major new Centre for Mine Automation. Rio Tinto, a global mining company, has committed $21 million of funding for an initial period of five years for this new Centre. The aim of the Centre for Mining Automation is to develop and implement the vision of a fully autonomous, remotely operated mine.

The ACFR is seeking students interested in PhD research in the area of autonomous systems, including data fusion, perception, control, learning and systems to be part of this exciting new initiative and apply for a full time scholarship sponsored by Rio Tinto.There is no closing date for this opportunity. Applications are now open year round and successful applicants are expected to commence at the start of either semester one or semester two.

Scholarship Application Deadline:31 December 2011

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PhD in Experimental Nanobioscience and Dairy Research,University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

A PhD scholarship in experimental nanobioscience and dairy research is available at the Department of Physics and Chemistry (IFK) from 15 May, 2011 – 15 May, 2014.The position is associated with the MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics with collaborators at NanoSYD (ALSION, SDU), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB, SDU) and LIFE (KU).Outstanding candidates with a strong background in nanobioscience, biophysics, bioimaging, or related fields are invited to apply. Experience with the characterization of soft nanoparticles and nanostructures will be an advantage. The candidate will be involved in a highly interdisciplinary project devoted to the characterization of casein micelles and other soft nanostructures in dairy samples. The project will focus on high resolution imaging and establishing a link between nanostructure and derived product function.

The successful candidate will be required to perform experiments at SDU (Odense, DK) as well as NanoSYD (Sønderborg, DK). The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Graduate School of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Southern Denmark.Appointment as a PhD Research Fellow is for three years. Employment stops automatically at the end of the period. The holder of the scholarship is not allowed to have other paid employment during the three-year period.

Scholarship Application Deadline:9 March, 2011

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