Research | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 11

PhD and MSc Scholarship Opportunities – Oncology & Medical Physics, University of Alberta, Canada

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Academically accomplished domestic and international students are invited to apply for funded positions in the M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs of the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta, an institution that ranks among the top 100 in the world. Graduate applications are now being accepted for September 2011. Please visit our website for complete information.

Research Environment
The Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta is located within the Cross Cancer Institute, the major cancer treatment centre in Central/Northern Alberta, Canada.

Thesis-based M.Sc. and Ph.D. research topics include but are not limited to:
• genetic and epigenetic control of nuclear organization
• regulatory mechanisms in neural development, retinoblastoma and brain tumours
• metabolism of cachexia and wasting diseases
• mechanisms of cell-cycle control
• molecular events in ovarian cancer
• novel gene therapeutics
• nutrient-gene interactions in cancer
• tumor imaging and positron emission tomography
• molecular basis of DNA-repair
• molecular events in multiple myeloma
• computer based modeling and drug discovery
• molecular mechanisms of melanoma pathogenesis

The Medical Physics Program, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP), prepares students for a career as a Medical Physicist in North America.

Graduate students in Oncology enjoy many benefits, including:
• dedicated trainee-oriented staff
• an interdisciplinary research environment
• a centrally managed state-of-the art imaging facility
• world-class computational facilities for molecular modeling
• state-of-the-art animal and tumor imaging facilities
• real-time image-guided adaptive radiotherapy
• accredited training and research opportunities in Medical Physics
• a modern city with ready access to Canada’s most spectacular National Parks.

Please visit our website for more information about the Oncology graduate program, or about the specialized streams of Experimental Oncology or Medical Physics.

Funding and Awards

In 2011-12, graduate students will be funded to a minimum level of $25,000 – $27,000 CAD. Support comes from sources such as:
• departmental/university scholarships
• competitive provincial and national awards
• tuition scholarships
• travel and conference awards
• supervisor-funded stipends.

Exceptional new candidates are also be eligible for recruitment awards including:
• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships: prestigious national award valued at $50,000 CAD/year
• Cathy & Harold Roozen Endowment Entrance Award
• Antoine Noujaim Graduate Entrance Scholarship

Our funding website contains more detailed information about scholarships and awards.

Candidate Requirements
The Oncology program welcomes academically accomplished domestic and international students with a baccalaureate degree (or its academic equivalent) and an appropriate research background. Specific requirements regarding English Language Proficiency, GRE scores, and minimum GPA, can be found on our website.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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PhD Position at LIRMM-INRIA, Montpellier, France: Whole body control framework for lower limb stability in computational rehabilitation

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INRIA is the French national institute for research in computer science and control. DEMAR project’s research interests are centered on the human sensory motor modeling, including muscles, sensory feedbacks, and neural motor networks.

research direction:
Identification of biomechanical dynamics and muscle dynamics for neurologically damaged patient is already challenging as the system
response can drastically vary depending on the degree of the patient deficiencies. In FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation), movement
synthesis and control are still a challenging task due to the complexity of whole body dynamics computation and the nonlinearity of
stimulated muscle dynamics. One of the challenge concerns the feedback (torque, EMG, joint angle) that can be used to control joint angle,
torque or stiffness. Moreover, control strategies have to be designed in order to be performed on portable architecture and tuned through
advanced modeling and simulation.
In this context, the goal of this PhD work is to study the optimization-based motion synthesis and real-time control framework
which can generate stimulation patterns from the pre-computed motion synthesis database. Motion capture system together with the estimation of the Center of Mass would be used to assess the strategies. This work aims at the development of automatic method to establish deficient limb stability in computer-aided rehabilitation.
This PhD work is performed under the collaborative project named @walk (artificial walking) between INRIA DEMAR project and AI lab of
Stanford University.

Research background:
-Master in control engineering, computer science, biomechanics, robotics or related disciplines.
– good knowledge of C/C++ programming and matlab.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer

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The Centre for Development Studies Nawal Al Sharif Scholarship, UK

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These Scholarships are worth up to £10,000 annually and are awarded for MscEcon or MPhil degrees within the Centre for Development Studies Students can apply for a Nawal Al Sharif scholarship if:- They are a national or resident of Jordan and Palestine – They have been accepted on their proposed course of study within the Centre for Development Studies- They can demonstrate additional funding – They have a background in social development in the region. The scholarships commemorates Nawal Al Sharif, a friend of the University and a highly respected colleague on the University’s Jordanian projects for a number of years before her death in 2001. The Nawal Al Sharif scholarship is for: – A maximum award of £10,000 made annually (the size of the award will be adjusted for part-time/mixed mode study)  Study for the MSc or MPhil (in exceptional cases PhD candidates may apply) Applicants must provide a full CV and a statement (maximum 1000 words) on how they would intend to use the opportunity to study in CDS to further Social Development in Jordan and in the Palestinian Territories. Applications will be assessed by the CDS Study Award Board and decisions will be notified by 31st May.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 30 April 2011

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