Science | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 42

PhD Position in Ecophysiology, Denmark

Impact of environmental stress on nitric oxide homeostasis, respiration and gill ion transport mechanisms in fish. Research on the influence of environmental stress (hypoxia, salinity change and other challenging conditions) on physiological mechanisms involves studies at organism, cellular and molecular levels. The investigation employs a variety of techniques, including chemiluminescence detection of nitric oxide metabolites, PCR and immunohistochemistry. The successful applicant should have a background or an interest in the field and some experience with relevant techniques. As this is a mobility fellowship, the student’s present degree must have been awarded from a university other than the University of Southern Denmark. For further information please contact Frank Bo Jensen; fbj@biology.sdu.dk). 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. The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement of 1 October 2008 on salaried PhD scholars between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). The successful candidate will be enrolled at this university in accordance with faculty regulations and the Danish Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities (PhD order). The university encourages all persons interested in the position to apply, regardless of their age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background. Application must be made in the form of a Declaration of Interest including the following: • A letter stating your specific interest, motivation and qualifications for the project in question (max. two pages) • Detailed CV, including personal contact information and list of publications • Copy of degree certificate(s) • Two reference letters, signed All applications should be marked: “Job ID 103038”. Further information about the PhD-study can be found at the homepage of the University. Applications must be forwarded by e-mail (in Adobe PDF format or Word XP 2003 legible format) to sciencejobs@sdu.dk. Incomplete applications and applications received after the deadline will neither be considered nor evaluated. This also applies to reference letters. Closing date 9 September, 2010 at 12 noon Further Scholarship Information and Application Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/phd-position-in-ecophysiology-denmark/2010/08/20/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarshipPositions+%28International+Scholarships+and+Financial+Aid+Positions%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail#ixzz0y5otDXJY

Erasmus Mundus: Master’s Programme of Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems

The master’s programme in Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT) offers advanced schooling in the field of sustainable energy systems for the future. SELECT aims at delivering schooling for high competency and quality engineering skills in the field, including industrial interaction throughout the programme. Students graduating from the SELECT programme will have gained experience in the following topics:

– Training in multidisciplinary issue analysis and solving.
– Advanced team building in a multinational setting, along with stimulating international experience.
– A novel and multidimensional way of learning involving actual and virtual classrooms
– Close collaboration with industry in the work of thesis work.
– A distinctive network of fellow students, SELECT alumni and industry specialists in the field of sustainable energy.

The SELECT master’s programme is presently a cooperation between the Royal Institute of Know-how in Sweden (KTH), Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo), Eindhoven University of Know-how in the Netherlands (TUE), Technical University of Catalonia in Spain (UPC) and Aalto University School of Science and Know-how in Finland (Aalto). SELECT is also part of the InnoEnergy Sustainable Energy masters programme. It is a two-year Master’s programme including compulsory mobility for the scholars.

SELECT is powered by scholarships opportunities from Erasmus Mundus, as well as the EIT KIC InnoEnergy. Students from all over the world are welcome to apply.

Deadlines and documents for SELECT:

NOTE: All applicants must submit a complete application, in the correct category, regardless of prior applications.

Application periods:

For applicants from non EU-member states except Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland (category A)

15 September – 15 November, 2010
Latest arrival day for documents: 19 November

For applicants from EU-member states, and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland (category B):

The application deadline for applicants from EU-member states is being revised due to changes instructed by the European Commission. Please visit the website regularly to stay updated.

Required documents for SELECT:

  1. A signed cover sheet (generated from the web-based application at studera.nu/english – application code SELEC)
  2. A correctly certified copy of your bachelor’s degree in original language and translated into English.
  3. A correctly certified copy of your transcript of records in original language and translated into English. All courses taken must be included.
  4. Proof of your English proficiency.
  5. A Curriculum vitae including details on your academic career.
  6. A letter of motivation.
  7. A copy of your passport or some other kind of identification in English.
  8. Two letters of recommendation from professors of the most recently attended higher institution.

For directions on how to prepare the Curriculum vitae, motivation letter and letters of recommendation please follow the link below.

Send your documents to the address on the cover sheet and keep an eye out for the link to the Erasmus Mundus Complementary Information form. It will be sent to ‘Your pages’ at www.studera.nu/english when we have received your application documents. Your application is not complete without it.

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships:

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// The EACEA (the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency) awards 7 to 10 category A scholarships and 6 to 8 category B scholarships per Erasmus Mundus Master’s programme.

Category A scholarships:

Application period: 15 September-15 November

can be awarded to applicants from non-EU member states (but not to applicants from Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland)

UNLESS they have resided in a EU member state or in Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland, for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years (by 31 January of the year of enrollment).

The category A scholarship includes:
– Travel and installation costs: € 8000 for a 2 year programme
– Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 4000/semester
– Monthly allowance: € 1000/month

Category B scholarships

Application period: 15 January-30 March

can be awarded to applicants from EU-member states and to applicants from Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland

The category B scholarship includes:
– Travel and installation costs – only if the EM master’s programme includes a mobility period to a Third-Country partner: € 3000
– Participation costs (including insurance coverage): € 2000/semester
– Monthly allowance: € 500/month

Who can apply for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship (Action 1)?

Candidates who apply for an Erasmus Mundus Master Programme are at the same time considered for a scholarship nomination for this specific programme. The scholarships are awarded to the highest ranked candidates that fulfill the following scholarship conditions:

  • The applicant has applied correctly, fulfilled the admission requirements and is nominated for a scholarship by the EM consortium.
  • The applicant has not applied to more than three (3) Erasmus Mundus master’s programmes during one round of applications.
  • The applicant should be able to spend his study period in at least two of the consortium partner countries. These two countries must be different from the country in which the applicant has obtained his/her last university degree; the mandatory mobility periods cannot be replaced by virtual mobility, neither can they take place in institutions outside the consortium.
  • The applicant has not yet benefited from an EM master’s programme scholarship.
  • The applicant should not benefit from another Community grant while pursuing their Erasmus Mundus masters studies.
  • The applicant should be enrolled as a full-time student and commit himself to participate in the master’s programme in accordance with the terms defined by the consortium in the Student Agreement. Failure to do so could lead to the cancellation of the scholarship.

Further scholarship information:
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International PhD Studies in Fundamental Problems of Quantum Gravity and Quantum Field Theory

This is to announce launching of the International PhD Projects Programme (MPD) at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. MPD is open internationally to all candidates satisfying conditions specified below. It is offering four years PhD program within quantum gravity and quantum field theory for 10 students. The research projects for the PhD students together with the list of the corresponding would-be-supervisors are shown here . For more details concerning MPD consult the web pages of the Foundation for Polish Science .

Application Requirements:

The candidates wishing to apply should select a research project and a supervisor from the list and obligatory provide the following documents:

  1. Request for admission from Internet Candidate Registration System at the University of Warsaw. The candidates have to register on-line via website http://www.irk.uw.edu.pl. In case of any difficulties contact the UW Admissions Office; e-mail: admission@uw.edu.pl, telephone: +48225524043, +48225524048.
  2. Personal data sheet (download Polish or English version)
  3. Photo
  4. Opinion from the place of employment (in case of candidates who graduated in the past and started professional work).
  5. CV
  6. Candidates must be graduate of the post-graduate (2.-degree) studies in domains: physics, technical physics, mathematics. Copy of their graduation diploma must be submitted. His/her M.Sc. diploma must be with the grade: very good (or equivalent) and must be presented together with a detailed list of all courses taken and assessed (with grades obtained for each course) during the study period (the so-called diploma supplement in case of Polish students).
  7. Letter-of-intent, i.e. a short (not more than two pages A4) description of his/her qualifications for particular research project the candidate would like to carry within MPD. He/she should point out how the former education (courses completed, skills acquired) make him/her most eligible for the given project. Letter-of-intent should be prepared in English.
  8. Two evaluations of his/her diploma thesis, prepared by:
    • the thesis tutor (it should include an estimate of candidate scientific activity performed so far)
    • thesis referee
  9. An address data (name, position, affiliation, office address, e-mail, telephone numbers) of at least one referee who might be contacted by the Admission Committee and asked to provide the recommendation letter for the applicant.;
  10. A certificate proving fluency in English as a working language.

Additional documents:

  1. Applicants whose scientific results have been already published should prepare a list his/her publications. In case of several-author articles, the candidate should try to evaluate approximately and state his/her contribution to the paper.
  2. Applicants who during the study period completed extra courses that may have connection with the target-project should present the adequate certificates and brief characterization of the course.
  3. Applicants who successfully passed an entry examination to a PhD program (physics, mathematics and related domains) during last two years and completed no more than one year of the studies may also apply to the MPD program. For these candidates the requirements 1, 2, 3 and 4 do not apply. The candidates should present a reference letter of their tutors within the framework of the actual PhD program containing a detailed evaluation of candidate’s abilities together with the approval of the present tutor of candidate’s application to the MPD.

Recruitment procedure:

The recruitment procedure consists of two stages: the first based on documents provided by a candidate, and the second based on an interview. Only candidates who pass the first stage will be invited for the interview. Documents submitted by the applicants will be considered by Admission Committee composed of 4 to 6 persons, including the would-be-tutors in the MPD project, co-chaired by the persons in charge of the PhD Programme at the Faculty Physics of the University of Warsaw and invited experts. A person representing the Foundation for Polish Science will be invited to the Committee. Only candidates with the highest admission scores will be invited for the interview. In special cases candidates can be interviewed on-line or by the telephone. The Admissions Committee will decide on the form of the interview for each candidate. A supervisor selected by a candidate can participate in the interview but the final judgment is made solely by the Admission Committee. The admission decision is based on the total number of points obtained and with the positive opinion from the prospective supervisor. The total score achieved is not available to the applicant. Candidates have 14 days from the announcement of the decision to appeal the admission decision. If one or more positions is not filled, the recruitment procedure will be repeated for these positions in June 2011.

The deadline for submitting applications is September 15th 2010, 10 AM of Warsaw local time. Only applications received before the deadline will be considered. All documents (in PDF format) should be submitted to the email address: mpd2.rekrutacja@fuw.edu.pl. Any question should be submitted to the same email address.

Contact Person: Joanna Szutta

Email: mpd2.rekrutacja@fuw.edu.pl

Further scholarship details:
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/international-phd-studies-in-fundamental-problems-of-quantum-gravity-and-quantum-field-theory/2010/08/20/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarshipPositions+%28International+Scholarships+and+Financial+Aid+Positions%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail#ixzz0y5WuojBD