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Doctorate Scholarship for Foriegn Citizens, Slovenia

For classification of study field in the area of education classification KLASIUS-P of Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as SURS), available at http://stat.si/doc.klasif/Klasius-P.pdf,  shall apply. The following categories of the classification KLASIUS_P fall into fields of natural sciences, technology and medicine:
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science
Engineering, Production Technologies and Civil Engineering
Agriculture, Forestry, Fischery and Veterinary Science
Health
Transportation Services
Environmental Studies.
Interdisciplinary and other study programmes will be classified based on the publicly available information about the study programme. Distribution of credits, hours and courses, and if necessary also the purpose and scope of study programme, will be taken in consideration for classification of such programme into one of the areas as per KLASIUS-P. If both study fields will be equally represented, the study field more favourable for the candidate will be considered as predominant.
The scholarship is granted for:
– tuition; the highest granted amount of yearly scholarship for tuition for an individual year of study according to this call for applications shall equal 100% of tuition, but not more than 3,000.00 EUR, for individual study year of doctoral studies,
and
– living expenses; in the total amount of 7.500,00 EUR for each year.
Tuition is considered to be the amount paid annually by an individual to an educational institution for participation in the education programme. Tuition does not comprise any other payments, mandatory or not, made to an educational institution, such as costs of registration, study materials, memberships in organisations or clubs, contributions for the use of laboratory, health or other insurance and other costs.

The value of the call for applications
The total value of the call for applications is 500.000,00 EUR for all years of study of the chosen candidates from the academic year 2010/11 onward for individual doctoral programme. The right to scholarship shall be granted from the study year that starts in calendar year 2010, onward, but no longer that till the end of the study programme, to which the candidate is enrolled. The candidate must enrol and start studying in the study year, in which he is enrolled, in the calendar year 2010.
Conditions of the call for applications
A candidate must meet the following conditions:
– he/she is not a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, and will not obtain citizenship of the Republic of
Slovenia during the entire duration of the study, for which he/she is applying for scholarship,
– his/her permanent residence is outside the territory of the Republic of Slovenia,
– he/she has not concluded undergraduate study in the Republic of Slovenia,
– he/she has been accepted or has enrolled for doctoral studies in natural sciences, technology or medicine in the academic year 2010/2011,
– the studies referred to in the previous indent shall take place under a publicly valid (accredited) study programme at a publicly valid (accredited) Slovene educational institution,
– he/she will be awarded a publicly valid diploma upon completion of his/her studies,
– he/she will have valid permit for temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia for the study
programme for which he/she is applying for scholarship,
– he/she shall not come to Slovenia under an academic exchange programme,
– he/she will have the status of student throughout the study period of the scholarship applied for,
– he/she will live in the Republic of Slovenia for the whole period of his/her studies, however
exchanges abroad, if they are part of the study programme are allowed if they are not carried out in the student´s home country,
– the study concerned is not organised in the form of distance learning or mere consultations in the Republic of Slovenia,
– during the study, for which he/she is applying for scholarship, he/she will not be receiving any of the scholarships based upon the Scholarship Act,
– during the study, for which he/she is applying for scholarship, he/she will not be receiving any other scholarship or any other form of education grants under other regulations in Republic of Slovenia,
– during the study, for which he/she is applying for scholarship, he/she will not be employed or self?employed in the Republic of Slovenia or abroad,
– during the study, for which he/she is applying for scholarship, he/she will not be registered as an unemployed person with the Employment Service of Slovenia or with the relevant institution of this type abroad,
– the candidate has not previously concluded a scholarship contract with the Public Fund for the same study programme at a previous call for applications,
– during the study concerned he/she will not have and will not obtain the status of early stage researcher.
The period of collecting applications starts on the day the call for applications is published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia and continues until the expiry of the deadline, i.e. Wednesday 22. September 2010.
An application is submitted in due time if the Public Fund receives it within the time limit for submission of applications. If the application is sent by registered mail, the day of posting is considered to be the day of receipt by the Public Fund.
The application can be submitted personally at the Public Fund’s address, during office hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00 to 15.00 o’clock, Wednesday between 9.00 and 16.00 and Friday between 9.00 and 14.00 o’clock.
Applications submitted after the expiry of the application period shall be dismissed.
An application is considered as complete if it is submitted on the requisite application form and contains all the required documents and information, as provided in this public call. Candidates whose applications will be incomplete will be invited to complete the applications. In case a candidate fails to complete the application within the time period determined in the request for
completion, his/her application will be dismissed.

In pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 28, point 26, of the Administrative Fees Act (OG of the RS No. 14/07?UBP3, 126/07), the application is exempt from fee.
Additional information
Additional information can be obtained from the Public Fund’s website www.sklad?kadri.si under Scholarships and Grants ?> 91th Call for Applications, or at the headquarters or telephone number of the Public Fund, during official hours: Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 12.00 o’clock, and Wednesday also between 14.00 and 16.00 o’clock – contact person: Doris Sattler, tel. +386 (0)1 434?58?92,
e?mail: doris.sattler@sklad?kadri.si.
Javni sklad Republike Slovenije za razvoj kadrov in štipendije
(Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund)
Dunajska 22, 1000 Ljubljana
tel.: +386 (0)1 434?10?80,
email: info@skladkadri.si, website: http://www.sklad?kadri.si
Further Scholarship Information and Application
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Research Fellows and Research Scholar, Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Singapore

As a subproject of “Sustainable Urban Waste Management for 2020”, which is funded by the National Research Foundation, this project will focus on recovery of energy from co-digestion of sludge and other wastes. We are looking for highly motivated Research Fellow and Research Scholar in the following research areas: anaerobic digestion, recovery of nutrients, energy recovery.

1. Research Fellow

Job Scope:

* Setting up and development of lab scale anaerobic digester
* Planning and monitoring laboratory experimental tests
* Development and optimization of system operating methodology
* Setting up the pilot plant, and co-ordinate and monitor the whole testing programme

Requirements:

* A recognized PhD Degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology or related fields
* Familiar with Anaerobic Processes and microbiology.
* Familiarity with statistical packages for data analysis will be an advantage
* Preferably with about 2 years of relevant research experience and/or industrial background.
* Knowledge and experience in microbial communities analysis would be an advantage
* Team player with self-motivation and able to work independently
* Strong inclination for applied research and development work

Suitably qualified applicants are invited to send in their application electronically to ExecDir-NEWRI@ntu.edu.sg on prescribed form obtainable from here.

Please indicate clearly the position applied for when submitting an application.
Deadline for application: 23 Aug 2010.

2. Research Scholar

Job Scope:

* Successful candidate will be enrolled in NTU as PhD student and studying the enhanced anaerobic process
* Successful candidate will be responsible for designing, planning, execution and co-ordination for the setting up of laboratory and pilot scale bioreactors
* In addition, candidate will be responsible for samples collection and analysis from both lab and pilot systems

Requirements:

* A recognized BS/BENG/MSc/MENG degree in environmental engineering, chemical engineering, environmental biotechnology or other related fields
* Have knowledge and experience on process development and bioreactor operation would be an advantage.
* Good planning and management skills
* A motivated individual with good communication skills.
* Have interest in conducting research and development projects.

Suitably qualified applicants are invited to send in their cv electronically to ExecDir-NEWRI@ntu.edu.sg

Please indicate clearly the position applied for when submitting an application.
Deadline for application: 23 Aug 2010

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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PhD-Position, ‘Numerical flow Simulation of Atmospheric Nocturnal Wind Bursts’, Netherlands

The Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology has 15 professorial chairs with about 65 academic and 60 technical specialists, as well as 110 graduate and 375 undergraduate students. The leading research themes cover functional materials, transport physics, and plasma physics and radiation technology. The department has extensive national and international partnerships, including industrial partners. It participates in several national (top) research schools, and in two national top technology institutes: Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) and Materials Innovation Institute (M2i). Eindhoven University of Technology is one of the three participants in the Dutch 3TU Federation of Universities of Technology.

The project aims to solve a long-standing problem in boundary layer meteorology: to find the physical mechanism that drives intermittent (discontinuous) turbulence in the atmospheric nocturnal boundary layer. During intermittency, periods with ‘laminar’ flow are interrupted by chaotic bursts of turbulence and a significant transport of heat, moisture and momentum occurs. Bursts also act as an efficient ‘venting’-mechanism of pollutants that usually accumulate in quiet periods. The problem is highly relevant in weather and climate prediction and for air pollution problems. Current nocturnal boundary layer parameterizations are highly empirical and lead to significant errors in weather and climate predictions, especially in arctic regions.

The candidate will perform numerical simulations of stably stratified channel flows (with a Direct Numerical Simulation model). Different numerical experiments will be set up. The aim is to start with simplified studies and then increase the complexity of the simulations as to mimic atmospheric flows. Thus we start from non-interactive surface boundary conditions towards simulations that mimic (rudimentary) atmosphere-vegetation interactions. The outcome of the simulations will be used to develop a theoretical framework to predict this intermittence character of turbulence (using hydrodynamic stability analysis). Finally, results will be compared with readily available observations that were obtained in the outside atmospheric nocturnal boundary layer.

Requirements recent or impending MSc-degree in Physics, Mathematics, Meteorology or Mechanical Engineering with a special focus on fluid mechanical topics. Experience with numerical flow simulation (LES, or DNS) is a clear advantage. Finally, the candidate should have some interest in geophysical flows and be willing to follow courses on this topic if necessary.

Application Deadline 30-09-2010

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