Sunday, June 21, 2009
15 PhD Scholarships at University of Padova, Italy
Notification of 15 PhD grants for foreign students (25th series)
Deadline: 3rd September 2009
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
5 PhD Fellowships available in Grenoble Informatics, France
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Urban Environments
- Multi-radio, Multi-interface Wireless Mesh Networks
- Network Security and Traffic Analysis
- Software-defined Radios and Wireless Network Experiments
- Extended LANs and Quality of Service
If you join the Drakkar group, you will:
- join a 3 year PhD programme.
- study in a dynamic and highly innovative environment in the Grenoble Informatics Laboratory.
- benefit from strong collaboration with our industrial and academic partners in Europe.
- work in an international environment (the French language is a plus but not a requirement)
- obtain a fellowship starting from ? 19,899 gross per year (depending on the type of funding for each position)
For more information, please refer to:
http://drakkar. imag.fr/spip. php?rubrique55
This site also provides instructions on how to apply for each position. Basically, the candidates must send a cover letter, a detailed CV, one page research statement, and the names of several
references.
Informal enquiries can also be addressed to Prof. Andrzej Duda, Head of Drakkar (email: Andrzej.Duda@ imag.fr).
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 1st July 2009.
Best regards,
Fabrice Theoleyre
http://membres- liglab.imag. fr/theoleyre/
TEACHING/RESEARCH POSITIONS (PhD/Postdoc) INSTITUTE OF STATIS
INSTITUTEOF STATISTICS UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
Starting from September 2009, the Institute of Statistics of the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, is offering a series of full time teaching assistant positions and one research assistant position for preparing a PhD in statistics, as well asone
postdoctoral research position.
Description of the positions
Startingas of now, and until the application deadline (May 22, 2009), the Institute of atatistics(IS) is filling 7 teaching and one research position for preparing a PhD and one
postdoctoral position.
As a teaching assistant (up to 6 years´ contract with average monthly salary of about 2600 Euros including social security) the doctoral student, besides working on his/her thesis, is teaching tutorials in a variety of service and master courses of the IS.
As a research assistant (up to 4 years´ tax-free monthly grant of about 1500 Euros) the doctoral student´s main activity is working on his/her thesis in the field of asymptotic theory for semiparametric statistics, but he/she can be involved on a small scale into some teaching activities of the IS.
The postdoctoral position (1 year grant, roughly 2000 Euros per month tax-free) is not linked to a specific domain but can be in any of the fields connected to those represented by the researchers at the IS.
Description of the working environment
The Institute of Statistics is a renowned research centre of high international reputation which offers a very stimulating working environment. It is equipped with modern computing facilities, a statistics library, a vivid visitors´ programme and ample funding for scientific travel. At the IS there are about 15-20 doctoral students working under the supervision of 10 professors, in a variety of fields of methodological and applied statistics, including biostatistics and actuarial sciences. They are integrated into the Graduate School in Statistics and Actuarial Scienceswhich offers them an up-to-date training in their field via regular seminar series, short courses and
workshops, all in English and often given by international short and long-term visitors. A high percentage of the PhD students graduate from the IS and succeed in starting a promising career, be it in academia or industry.
The IS is part of a large international research network. It has numerous academic contacts, including those to neighbouring fields (medicine, agronomy, social science, economy, finance and engineering) as well as collaborations with industry. It is placed in the heart of a modern, vivid
and international university campus, in close proximity of Brussels and its international airport, and in short travel distance to other European capitals.
Required qualifications
- For the PhD positions: degree on the master level in statistics, mathematics or physics, bio-engineering, commercial or civil engineering, quantitative economics, finance or actuarial sciences. This diploma must be obtained with at least distinction or an equivalent grade.
- For the postdoc position: PhD in statistics or mathematics.
- Good active knowledge of French for the teaching assistant positions (however, French is not a requirement for a research grant position).
- For the teaching positions, please register and send the required documents following the link http://www.uclouvai n.be/11617 under the item : Assistant, as of now and at the very latest before May 22, 2009.
- For the research and postdoc position, please send the following documents to the administrator of the IS, Isabelle Petit (isabelle.petit@ uclouvain. be) as of now and at the very latest before May 22, 2009:
- a letter of motivation (which can - but does not have to - include a statement of interest in one or several of the diverse fields of research at the IS)
- a curriculum vitae including a list of the relevant courses taken within a qualifying progamme (including evaluation grades)
- copy of diplomas
- two letters of reference to be sent by e-mail directly by the referees
For further information please contact Professor Ingrid Van Keilegom (ingrid.vankeilegom@ uclouvain. be) and/or Professor Rainer von Sachs (rvs@uclouvain. be).
Further information on the Institute of Statistics can be obtained from http://www.uclouvai n.be/en-stat. html.
Undergraduate Scholarship Program
| Work Schedule: | Full Time |
|---|---|
| Location: | Washington, DC metropolitan area |
Applications for the Undergraduate Scholarship Program are accepted from August 1 - October 15.
If you are a high school senior planning to enroll in a 4-or 5-year college program, or you are a college sophomore enrolled in a 4-or 5-year college program, who is looking for career experience in a dynamic environment, apply to the CIA's Undergraduate Scholar Program and contribute to the work of the nation before you graduate.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
International Undergraduate Scholarships
The University has awarded over 280 International Undergraduate Scholarships to students from a variety of countries and schools.
Number
Benefits
Eligibility
Selection
Application Process
Outcome
Deferring
More information
Number
- up to 10 x 50% fee remission scholarships
- up to 10 x 100% fee remission scholarships
are awarded annually.
Benefits
The scholarship provides
- a 50% remission from tuition fees for the normal duration of an undergraduate course OR
- 100% remission from tuition fees for the normal duration of an undergraduate course.
Please note this scholarship covers tuition fees only. It does not cover extra costs such as Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
Eligibility
Eligible students must:
- be a citizen of a country other than Australia. Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens are not eligible
- not be receiving any other tuition scholarship
- receive an unconditional offer of a place in a New Generation* undergraduate course, or the Bachelor of Engineering.
* New Generation Courses
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Biomedicine
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Environments
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Scienceor
Selection
Selection is based on academic merit. If you are undertaking an Australian Year 12 program or International Baccalaureate (IB), you will be considered on the basis of your VTAC course application. If you didn't apply through VTAC you will still be considered as long as you applied directly to the University of Melbourne.visit official website for more info
Undergraduate Scholarship
Eligibility Requirements
Each year, an independent selection committee of academics and international education experts is assembled to select the Undergraduate Scholarship grantees. This committee is looking for students who:
- are currently second and third year students and will be in their third and fourth year during their stay in Germany
- are seeking DAAD support for a 4-10 month period in Germany during the German academic year.
- possess outstanding academic records and personal integrity, as evinced by both their grades and letters of recommendation.
- are US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents thereof. Foreign nationals are eligible if they have been full-time students at an accredited US or Canadian university for more than one year at the time of application and will return to the US or Canada after the scholarship period to complete their Bachelor's degree.
- have well-defined study, research or internship plans for their stay in Germany.
- submit the DAAD language evaluation form with their application, although German language competency is not mandatory.
- demonstrate an interest in contemporary German and European affairs and who explain the significance of their project in Germany to their future studies, research or professional goals.
- are enrolled, full-time students in an undergraduate degree-granting program at an accredited North American college or university.
All applications for the academic year 2010/11 must be postmarked by January 31, 2010.
Click here for online application
visited official website for more information
PhD Positions in Umea University
Open Positions at Umeå University
Umeå University welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and academic disciplines.
Your complete application should include the requested documents in the job listing. If you apply to more than one position, you should send all documents for every position, so the respective department can have the chance to review your submittal in its entirety. It is important to mark your application with the appropriate reference number.
The university saves application documents, including attachments, for two years. If desired, the documents can be returned. Documents sent electronically should be in pdf or word format. Applications for professors, senior lecturers and PhD student positions should be sent
in paper form, not electronically, if mentioned.
Please note: The list of current vacancies below are sorted by the date they are posted in our database. For application deadlines and reference numbers, read the complete job description by clicking the job title link.
Current Vacancies
[2009-06-17] Two Postdoctoral Fellows in Environmental Chemistry, 2 years
[2009-06-12] Two PhD student positions in Sociology
[2009-06-09] 6 forskarassistenter/ 6 positions as Assistant Professor
[2009-06-08] Professor in Literacy
[2009-06-08] Professor in ICT, Media and Learning
[2009-06-08] Professor in Special Education
[2009-06-08] Professor in Measurement and Evaluation (profile Evaluation)
[2009-06-08] Professor in Measurement and Evaluation (profile Measurement)
[2009-06-08] PhD Student Position in Theoretical Physics at Integrated
Science Lab (IceLab)
[2009-06-08] Postdoctoral fellowships in the area Biotechnology for
the biorefinery
[2009-06-04] PhD position(s) in the subject of Medical Science with an
orientation towards: Anatomy
[2009-06-03] Three PhD positions in chemistry
[2009-06-02] Post Doc Position in Lens Developmental Biology
[2009-06-01] Ph.D. student position in Chemisty at Computational Life
Science Cluster
[2009-05-28] PhD student position in Molecular Biology
[2009-05-26] Postdoctoral position in wireless multimedia sensor
networks (2 years)
[2009-05-26] PhD student position in theoretical physics
[2009-05-20] PhD position in Molecular Microbiology
[2009-05-19] Post-doctoral position (two years) in the Ageing and
Living Conditions Programme
[2009-05-08] Two Ph.D.-students in Social and Economic Geography
[2009-05-05] Assistant professor in the field of printable solar cells
[2009-04-30] Four PhD studentships
[2009-04-29] PhD student position in Social and Economic Geography
[2009-04-29] PhD-position in Social and Economic Geography
[2009-04-23] Five PhD student positions in sociology
[2009-03-19] Post-doctoral position at the Department of Medical
Biosciences, Pathology