UK : Overseas Student Scholarships 2008 - 2009 University of Dundee UK

The University of Dundee works with a variety of educational organisations and Trusts who kindly offer scholarships, both for undergraduates and postgraduates.

Overseas Student Scholarships Undergraduate Taught Entrants 2008 - 2009

Students who apply and are offered entry to undergraduate courses at the University of Dundee in the Colleges listed below may apply for a College Overseas Student Scholarship, unless otherwise stated below.

What are the values of the scholarships?

• College of Arts and Social Sciences Exception: LLB Law Accelerated Graduate Entry: £2,000 (College Scholarship)
• College of Art, Science and Engineering: £2,000
• College of Life Sciences: £2,000

Postgraduate Taught Entrants 2008 - 2009

Students who apply and are offered entry to postgraduate taught courses at the University of Dundee in the Colleges and courses listed below may apply for a College Overseas Student Scholarship, unless otherwise stated below.

What are the values of the scholarships?

• College of Arts and Social Sciences Exceptions : Accountancy and Finance, Social Work and Community Education, Law Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, Communication and Language Studies: £2,000 (College Scholarship)
• College of Art, Science and Engineering: £2,000
• College of Life Sciences: £2,000

What is the application deadline?
The final deadline for submission of scholarship applications is 31st August 2008

Further Information about the Scholarship

UK : Postdoc on the project Quantification of key geodynamic processes

Goal of the project is to evaluate and test key geodynamic processes at particularly lithosphere plate boundaries and to quantify their surface imprints. As part of an international collaboration programme with research groups in The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, new avenues will be explored to improve plate reconstruction scenarios. The research at Utrecht University involves numerical modeling of various lithspheric processes, and the embedding of the results in a wider geoscientific context.

Requirements
Doctorate. We will be seeking a researcher with a PhD-degree in quantitative geodynamics, with a publication record that is in agreement with his/her experience. The successful candidate is able to demonstrate an interest in solid Earth processes, and in geophysical and geological observations. He/she communicates easily in English, both verbally and in writing.

Organization
Utrecht University. The Faculty of Geosciences offers education and research concerning the geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and anthroposphere. With a population of 2200 students (BSc and MSc) and 575 staff, the faculty is a strong and challenging organisation. The Faculty is organised in four Departments: Innovation and Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical geography, and Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning.

The Utrecht Department of Earth Sciences conducts teaching and research across the full range of the solid and environmental Earth sciences, with activities in almost all areas of biogeology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics and hydrogeology. The Department currently hosts an international group of about 100 PhD's and post-doctoral researchers. The Geodynamics Research Group at the Department is an internationally acclaimed team of scientists, headed by Professor Rinus Wortel and Professor Wim Spakman, that focuses on lithosphere and mantle processes, in particular in the Mediterranean region.

As of July 1st 2008 we are looking to fill the following position:
Postdoc on the project 'Quantification of key geodynamic processes: causes, evolution and consequences'

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2802
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Initially for a period of two years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
Successful candidates will be offered a full-time postdoc position, initially for a period of two years. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities. The monthly salary will start at € 2,802.- gross per month, depending on the experience of the candidate and is supplemented by a holiday allowance of 8% per year and a year-end bonus of 6.4%. We also offer a pension scheme, a health insurance allowance and flexible employment conditions. The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Department of Earth Sciences of the Faculty of Geosciences.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof Dr Rinus Wortel
E-mail address: wortel@geo.uu.nl
telephone (intl access) +31 30 253 5074, fax (intl access) +31 30 253 5030

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.

• About the organization
• The website of Utrecht University's Institute of Earth Sciences

Application
You can apply for this job before 16-08-2008 by sending your application to:

Faculty of Geosciences
Personnel Departement
P.O. Box 80.115
3508 TC Utrecht
E-mail address: PenO@geo.uu.nl

Applications, including a motivation for this position and a statement of your research interests, a curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of two referees please.

The position is open until filled, but we would like to receive your application before August 16, 2008. The preferred starting date is October 1, 2008, or a.s.a.p. thereafter.

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 72110.

USA : Graduate Assistantship, Suburban Ecology, Bedford, NY

Graduate assistantship in Suburban Ecology
Location: Bedford, NY
Source: Suburban areas have been rapidly expanding around the world for decades, yet only recently has the scientific community come to recognize the value of protecting the often unique biodiversity resources of suburban nature preserves and the specific conservation issues presented by these ecosystems.

Each year the Mianus River Gorge Preserve (Westchester, NY) offers one competitive 3-year assistantship ($7,000 / yr) to a graduate student in the field of ecology, wildlife, forestry, or the social sciences interested in conducting applied suburban ecological research. Successful candidates will have to 1) demonstrate how their research will contribute to the practical knowledge of conserving and managing suburban natural resources and 2) serve as a mentor to a high school wildlife technician on a multi-year project. Housing is provided.

More information and to apply: http://www.mianus.org/RAP.html
Deadline: 15 August 2008

UK : John Lowe Foundation Scholarship University of Leicester School of Management

The University of Leicester School of Management is delighted to offer this scholarship in support of its doctoral programme. The successful applicant will receive the sum of £8000 per year over a period of three years in support of their PhD education. In return, you will have an opportunity to study at Leicester with an internationally renowned group of critical and heterodox scholars of management.

The John Lowe Foundation Scholarship is aimed at applicants wishing to pursue research within the subject area of accounting and/or finance. Our website (for details visit http://www.le.ac.uk/ulsm/) contains details of current accounting and finance research pursued by our academic staff. To be eligible for the award, applicants must be born in and/or currently live within Leicestershire at the time of application. Applicants will normally be expected to have a Master's degree in a social science discipline. Full details of the terms and conditions of the scholarship can be found on our website.

To apply, send a completed University of Leicester Graduate Application Form (available online at http://www.le.ac.uk/graduateoffice/application_form.pdf) and a 1500 word research proposal, together with a one page covering letter explaining why you would like to study for a PhD at the University of Leicester, to

Teresa Bowdrey
PhD Office
School of Management
Ken Edwards Building
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7RH

Applications must be received by Friday 15th August 2008. Interviews will be held by Friday 29th August. For all PhD enquiries please contact the PhD administrator at t.bowdrey@le.ac.uk

Germany : 3 PhD-scholarship positions at the Mathematical and Meteorological Institutes of the FU-Berlin

Free University of Berlin (FU) 3 PhD-scholarship positions at the Mathematical and Meteorological Institutes of the FU-Berlin are open. The positions will be incorporated in one of the graduate programs of the Free University of Berlin (Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) or International Max Planck Research School(IMPRS)).

Salary:
Dahlem-Research-School fellowships (approx. 1500EUR/month after tax)

Description:
The positions are available within a new project "Advanced Methods of Time Series Analysis and their Application to Climate Research and Insurance Risk Optimization" and are the part of the excellence research initiative of the Free University of Berlin. The research project is aimed at development and application of data-analysis techniques and advanced climate/weather models in the field of climate change research and insurance risk minimization.

Requirements:
University degree with a track record above average in mathematics, meteorology, physics or in related fields. Good mathematical and programming skills are required.

Contact Person:
Prof. Dr. Illia Horenko
Institut fur Mathematik
Freie Universitat Berlin
Arnimalle 6
14195 Berlin

E-mail: horenko@mi.fu-berlin.de
Tel.: (+49) 30 / 838 - 75 347
Fax : (+49) 30 / 838 - 75 412

Sweden : 2009 Malmberg Scholarship for Study in Sweden

2009 Malmberg Scholarship for Study in Sweden Guidelines The Malmberg Scholarship will be awarded to financially assist up to one year of proposed academic study in Sweden.

Background: The Malmberg Scholarship and Fellowship Program is supported by earnings from the endowment established by a generous contribution to the American Swedish Institute (ASI) from Cornelia Malmberg. Cornelia Malmberg was a lifelong educator who spent time abroad teaching. A native of Winthrop, Minnesota, Cornelia Malmberg took great interest in the work of ASI after her retirement. Her particular areas of interest were educating youth about Sweden, particularly the Swedish language.

Annual Timeline:
Summer-Fall: Scholarship and Fellowship publicized
September 1: Applications accepted
November 15: Application deadline
Nov.- Dec.: Applications reviewed and finalists interviewed by phone
January 15: Recipients of Scholarship and Fellowship announced
April or May: Malmberg Banquet at ASI to honor recipients

The project schedule must fall between the dates of June 1, 2009, and August 31, 2010. Project duration depends on the individual proposal (see application).

Eligibility: Applicants for the Malmberg Scholarship for Study in Sweden must be a U.S. resident who is either (a) a student enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university, or (b) a qualified scholar engaged in study or research whose work can be enhanced by study in Sweden.

Awards: Scholarships are usually granted for a full academic year term (nine months), but can also be awarded for study periods of shorter duration. Both the Malmberg Scholarship and the Malmberg Fellowship (see separate description) are awarded at an annual presentation and banquet event to honor present and past recipients and featuring a notable honored speaker. The awards are administered by the American Swedish Institute.

Further Scholarship Information

Ireland : Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland SFI PhD position in population genetics/genetic mapping

An exciting opportunity for a PhD student in the area of neurogenetics/population genetics has arisen through the Science Foundation Ireland funded project: "The application of MRI to identify endophenotypes in focal epilepsy".

Rapid progress has recently been made in the field of human genetics. With the maturation of the Human Genome and HapMap projects, it is now possible to simultaneously assess the contribution of millions of polymorphic sites across the human genome to the development and treatment of common disease. However the success of such large scale genetic mapping studies depends heavily on the quality of the underlying patient phenotypes.

The experiences of the research community have shown that endophenotypes are required to augment the power of genetic mapping studies in neurological disorders. Based on in-vivo Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (QMRI), this programme will identify subtle structural variations in the brain which are both heritable and involved in the development of temporal lobe epilepsy. These novel endophenotypes will then be measured in a larger cohort of epilepsy patients for whom whole genome association data is already available. This combined large-scale genetics and neuroimaging dataset will provide a strong basis not only for empowered genetic mapping of epilepsy but also improved application of MRI in the clinical setting.

Research will be carried out within a translation medical/research team at Beaumont Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. This is a 3 year project starting in September 2008. You will be provided with excellent training in research methods and supported in your development as an independent researcher. Through the international scientific consortium EPIGEN (www.epigen.ie), part of your training will be conducted at prestigious overseas laboratories.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a minimum of an upper second-class honours degree in mathematics/statistics/physics/genetics or related undergraduate science degree.
• Have the ability to work in a highly motivated team and the initiative to work independently when required.
• Have strong communication and organisational skills.
• Have experience in programming and/or the application of magnetic resonance imaging (both desirable but not essential).

Any questions relative to this post should be directed to Dr. Gianpiero Cavalleri (gcavalleri@rcsi.ie). Candidates should email a CV and letter of application outlining their suitability for the position to: gcavalleri@rcsi.ie. The closing date for applications is September 1 2008.