Postdoctoral | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 8

Orion Center Research Grant for PhD and Postdoctoral Research 2011, Israel

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The Orion Center invites applications for its research grants (up to $2000). Preference is given to junior scholars (Ph.D. students and post doctoral students).
The grants are for research on the Dead Sea Scrolls and associated literature in all relevant disciplines. Preference is given to integrative studies involving the Scrolls and other aspects of Second Temple studies. Research connected with the grant must be carried out in Israel; grant recipients will be associated with the Orion Center and participate in Center programs.
The name of the applicant must appear on each page. Please include:Topic of research and a short description in English.A detailed description of the proposed research, outlining the method, goals and potential publications connected with the project,Curriculum vitae. Two references from instructors familiar with your work, along with contact information for each referee.

Scholarship Application Deadline: May 1, 2011

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

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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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Postdoctoral Position on Social Network Security, Privacy and Trust, University of Uninsubria, Italy

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The position is financially supported by Lombardy Region and a Google Research Award.

The research topic is the design, implementation and evaluation of
next generation privacy-preserving technologies for Social Networks, with a particular focus on trust modelling and management.

The ideal candidate:
– holds Ph.D. in a relevant area of computer science or a closely related area. You may even apply if you have
not yet completed your PhD degree, but expect to do so before the position starts.
– has a solid background in data management, and knowledge of data security; knowledge about privacy-preserving
techniques and semantic web technologies is a plus;
– has good teamwork skills and experience;
– has creative thinking & proactive working style;
– is fluent in spoken and written English, knowledge of Italian is not mandatory.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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