DAAD Research grant for Doctoral Candidates

International Students Scholarship Research grant awards to applicants from Sub-Saharan Africa is subject to the limit of 32 years of age at the time the scholarship begins. Field research in the country is possible up to 9 months. The grants are open to all academic disciplines. German language skills are not expected. The DAAD International Students Scholarship will pay a flat-rate travel allowance, the appropriate monthly allowance and health insurance. There will be no money for research work.Application deadline: 30 September each year.


Open Scholarship for International Students: Yes

International Students Scholarship Information: The length of grants provided by the grant committee at the selection session. Depending on the project in question and the applicant's work schedule, grants can be paid generally for between one and ten months, in the case of full doctoral programs in Germany for three years, and the exceptions to a maximum of four years. http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
http://thescholarshipprogramme.com Support can only be given to complete a full doctoral program in Germany when special support policy reasons exist. reasons including, for example, the lack of comparable research or academic supervision opportunities in the country of origin or when the doctoral topic requires several years of research in Germany. International Students Scholarship Support for full doctoral program in Germany is based on three-year long program, if foreign graduates first have to qualify for entry into the doctoral program, the grants can be awarded for a period of four years.International Students Scholarship Even when support has been provided for a full doctoral program, that award will initially limited to a maximum of one year. Extensions then depend on whether or not the evaluation finds the previous award period has been successfully completed.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: September 30, 2011

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PhD Positions International Students Scholarship in Stem Cell Research

International Students Scholarship Department of Biology laboratory based in the new campus was opened Masaryk University in Brno. Department hosted a multi-national scientists and provide a highly interactive environment with research facilities and friendly state-of-the-art. In addition to the regular scholarships, the outstanding PhD students will receive scholarships of research 5500CZK per month including travel expenses for meetings and conferences that are most relevant. This International Students Scholarship team has published numerous articles in leading scientific journals, for example: Stem Cells, 27:1847-1857, 2009, Nature Biotechnology, 28:371-377, 2010; Stem Cells 29:46-56, 2011 Successful candidates are expected to work inone of the following research topics: • Network signal on pluripotent stem cells from genomic instability • modeling • pluripotent stem cell induction of disease using pluripotent stem cells • molecular mechanisms underlying neurogenesis • Cardiac differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and Metabolism • making cell fate in pluripotent stem cells.

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How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: July 10 - August 25, 2011

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Master's International Students Scholarship

This International Students Scholarship program offers very good graduates with a first university degree (Bachelor or equivalent) the opportunity to earn a Masters degree in disciplines that have particular relevance to social development, political and economic state of origin. With this program, DAAD intends to contribute to support good governance and civil society structures in selected partner countries and regions.

International Students Scholarship for (generally) two-year Master's program in Germany
higher education institutions. The successful candidate will study
The selected Master courses with one of the following focuses:

Development and Governance
Public Policy
Non-profit organization management
Democratic Governance and Society
Public Economics, Law, and Politics

How to Apply?

Please submit the following application documents (English or German) in
triplicate:

DAAD Form (see attachment or downloaded from
A full history curriculum
A motivation letter contains a precise description of the applicant's academic or professional and personal reasons for wanting to participate in this program.http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
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Two letters of recommendation dated recently, for example from the employer or the former and from your academic supervisor (in English or German)
Certified copies of academic degree certificate obtained, along with English or German translation
Certified copies of academic transcripts, covering the full duration of academic studies, along with English or German translation
Each certificate German language and / or English language certificate (TOEFL 550 / 80 points or IELTS Band 6; please send an international TOEFL)
Letter of acceptance from German universities are not required.

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Master's Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance (PPGG), Germany
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Master's Scholarships for Public Policy and Good Governance (PPGG), Germany

Early Stage Researcher (PhD) International Students Scholarship Transport and Signalling mechanism

International Students Scholarship Candidates with experience in soft matter physics, optical trap, automation instruments and / or biological physics are welcome. A basic knowledge of cell biology is also desirable. In addition to proven experimental skills candidates must have a strong interest in the theoretical background of the experiment. International Students Scholarship Characterization tools such as image / video analysis will be used and developed. Training will study towards a PhD and therefore applicants must also obtain admission as graduate students. According to EU regulations, a candidate can be any nationality. They must have less than 4 years of research experience and should not be in England for more than 12 months during the last 3 years.

According to EU regulations, candidates can be of any nationality. They should have less than 4 years of research experience and should not have resided in the United Kingdom for more than 12 months during the past 3-year period.

Applications

Please send applications to Dr. Pietro Cicuta (pc245@cam.ac.uk). Applications should include a brief statement of interest, a Curriculum Vitae, parts 1 and 3 of the CHRIS/6 cover sheet (see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/chris6/), and the names and contact details of two referees. Please indicate the vacancy reference no: KA08039.

Application Deadline: 7 May 2011.

Utrecht University International Students Scholarships

The International Students Scholarships research continues by investigating how median trajectories can be used in various applications. These include trajectory collection visualization, trajectory clustering, classification, and related problems, for which efficient algorithms and implementations should be developed. This will be done in collaboration with researchers in these application areas, whose data will be used.

The International Students Scholarships research will lead to scientific ID in the fields of computational geometry and geographic information knowledge, to be published in conference proceedings and journals. The collective research results will lead to a PhD thesis.

You will have office space at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences and will be supervised by Dr M. van Kreveld.

Requirements

• Master in computer knowledge, or arithmetic with minor in CS.
• Interest in GIScience applications and algorithms development.
• Fluency in English writing.

Situation of employment

You are offered a full-time position for 4 years years. Salary is in the range between € 2,042 and maximum € 2,612 per month.

The International Students Scholarships salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme, a to a degree paid parental leave, flexible employment situation. Situation are based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities. The research group will provide you with necessary support on all aspects of the project.

More information in this area the employment situation.

Contract type

• Temporary

Organisation

Utrecht University, Faculty of Knowledge

The International Students Scholarships Faculty of Knowledge consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Arithmetic. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000 staff and is internationally celebrated for the quality of its research. The Faculty’s academic programmes reflect developments in today’s society.

Department

Department of Information and Computing Sciences

The department of Information and Computing Sciences actively takes part in this dynamic and quick evolving world. We are on the edge of research and educate enthusiastic students to become thorough professionals in these fields. The department of Information and Computing Sciences is one of the leading institutions in the Netherlands for research and teaching in the information and computing sciences. Our mission is to learn new principles for information and computing systems, to make new techniques for the design and use of intelligent systems in knowledge and business, to educate first-rate students, and to delight in the fantastic things in our field. IT is intriguing, IT is fascinating, IT is hot, IT’s fun! Join us in our quest for a better understanding of the power of computing.

Bonus information

Bonus information in this area the vacancy can be obtained from: Dr M. van Kreveld (marc@cs.uu.nl).

You can also visit the website of the Multimedia and Geometry Group.

Place: Postbus 80125 3508 TC Utrecht
Function types: PhD positions
Scientific fields: Natural Sciences
Hours: 40.0 hours per week
Salary: maximum € 2612
Education: University Graduate
End course of action: 30 April 2011

Federal Academic Competitiveness Grant International Students Scholarship

The ACG International Students Scholarship is a federal grant for Pell Grant recipients who are U.S. citizens, and is designed for students and the second, completed a program of rigorous high school. Students receive $ 750 and $ 1,300 the second year.
MSU will try to determine if you qualify for ACG and enter the first forecast. Once approved by the Federal Government and a review of your high school transcript, the estimated price will be replaced by actual prices. There International Students Scholarship is no separate application and pay the award automatically once you have registered. You can receive the award while enrolled at least full time (12 credits per semester), but the amount paid is less than the amount shown on your award letter. In addition, the recipient of the second year of 3.0 GPa.

Application deadline: 1 July 2011

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PHD International Students Scholarship

Applications are invited for a full-time scholarship available in the School of Built & Natural Environment. The International Students Scholarship is tenable for up to 3 years for a PhD (via MPhil route) [subject to satisfactory progress] and is open to international applicants only. UK/EU applicants are not eligible to apply. The scholarship will provide £15000 towards the cost of the International tuition fee over 3 years. Numerous initiatives and rhetorical statements seek to promote energy saving and carbon reduction by improving the environmental performance of urban areas, in particular residential property. While initially a trans-disciplinary desk exercise that draws on, and provide a systematic overview of, a wide range of international comparisons, the evaluation and testing stages of this research will require a range of different types of engagement. These may include ‘Action Research’ and Ethnographic methodologies to identify ‘public’ and institutional attitudes and behaviour, alongside analysis of the policy making and implementation process within various public bodies, its impact on commercial decisions and the wider business environment, and other approaches to market testing and performance measurement. This International Students Scholarship should include identification and appraisal of various schemes intended to provide a standardised way of classifying buildings, projects or places in terms of their environmental performance or contribution to sustainability, energy or carbon goals.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 13 May 2011

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International Students Scholarship Positions in Arctic Geophysics at University Centre in Svalbard

UNIS provides education and carries out scientific research based in Svalbard within the high Arctic, and benefits greatly from this geographical location. Approximately half of the staff and students are from abroad, and all teaching is in English. UNIS is located in a new building in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, with very good access to modern laboratories and equipment. UNIS is a state owned.

Qualifications

The successful candidatesmust have a Master degree in Physics or equivalent in a field related to the above described projects. Due to logistics, the candidates need to have driver licenses.Admission to the doctoral programme at one of the Norwegian mainland universitiesis a condition of employment in the position as PhD student. The final plan for researcher education shall be approved and a contract signed with the mainland university at the latest six months after commencement. The applications will be prepared by the candidates and the supervisors. Employment Conditions for Ph.D positions :The employment contracts are of 4 years and include mandatory duties of 25% each. The successful candidatesmust live in Longyearbyen. They are expected to contribute actively to ongoing scientific activities in the department. It is also expected that the Ph.D. students take an active part in the advancement of their field of research, and they must also be willing to contribute to the development of UNIS in a more general sense.

All salaries are set in accordance with the Norwegian government’s University salary scale. Ph.D students starts at salary step 48, which currently is a gross salary of NOK 383 900.As a resident in Svalbard an annual allowance of NOK 26 400.(Svalbardtillegg) will be added to the salary. A Social Security contribution of 2 per cent, to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, will be deducted from the salary. Income tax on Svalbard is 8 per cent, plus 7.8 per cent toward National Insurance coverage. Selection and appointment :An expert Committee appointed by the Managing director of UNIS, will evaluate the qualifications of the applicants. The Committee will review the applications in detail, and is the basis for interviews. The final appointment will be made by the Appointment Committee.

Selection and appointment

An expert Committee appointed by the Managing director of UNIS, will evaluate the qualifications of theapplicants. The Committee will review the applications in detail, and is the basis for interviews. The finalappointment will be made by the Appointment Committee.

Application and further informationInquiries about this position may be directed to :

Prof. Dr. Fred Sigernes, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 35, email: fred.sigernes@unis.no

Prof. Dr. Dag Lorentzen, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 36, email: dag.lorentzen@unis.no

Managing Director Gunnar Sand, Phone no: +47 79 02 33 05, email: gunnar.sand@unis.no

Deadline for application is 15. April 2011.

Please apply online by using our application form found at www.unis.no/vacancies