Sciences | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 43

Two Full-Time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES), Australia: Phonological and Morphological Development

Two full-time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships (MQRES) are available in the Child Language Lab at Macquarie University’s Centre for Language Sciences.
The Child Language Lab at Macquarie University’s Centre for Language Sciences is keen to recruit suitably qualified PhD students to conduct research on phonological and morphological development. We are especially interested in recruiting those with strong quantitative, experimental, and phonetics background to explore issues in early speech perception and production in typical, language/hearing impaired, bilingual, and L2 populations. Methods include acoustic analysis, articulatory studies using ultrasound methods, infant speech perception studies, etc.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 7 March 2011

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PhD Studentship Positions in University of Worcester, UK: Psychology

This research studentship is fully funded by the University of Worcester (UK). During your time at Worcester, you will be provided with your own computer and an office space, which you will normally share with other full-time research students. Your office will normally be located within the Psychological Sciences academic unit, which consists of 12 lecturers and a number of postgraduate students and research assistants.

The research studentship is also linked to the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS). The focus of which is securely set on a body of work that will improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and those who work to support them. Established under the leadership of Professor Dawn Brooker in May 2009, ADS works in partnership with health and social care providers, practitioners, commissioners and government agencies to provide research, education and expert consultancy in the field of person-centred dementia care and support.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 10 March 2011

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The Lawrence Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, UK: Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

The Lawrence Scholarship is for top performing students who receive an offer for a 4 year programme of study from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University of Exeter (Streatham or Cornwall Campus).  The Scholarship is for students who make the University of Exeter their first choice and who are experiencing hardship likely to prevent them from attending the university.  We are also looking for students who can demonstrate commitment to their subject, through work placements or other practical experience for example, and for involvement in voluntary or entrepreneurial activities.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

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