Scholarships for the Graduate Program in Economics and Finance, CEMFI, Madrid, Spain At CEMFI we train students for careers as professional or academic economists. Our graduates acquire the quantitative tools and research skills to work as economists in business, finance, government, and academia. The basic graduate offering at CEMFI is its highly prestigious Master in Economics and Finance. Unlike many Master programs in the US and elsewhere, ours is self-contained and offers a well respected qualification. CEMFI grants a subset of its Master students exemptions from the tuition fee and/or scholarships for living expenses amounting up to EUR 10,000 per year. They are granted according to academic merit. In previous years, the Fundación Carolina, in cooperation with the Fundación BBVA, has endowed several scholarships for Latin American students of the Master. If new grants are endowed, they will be announced on CEMFI’s web page. An important distinguishing feature of our Master is tha...

Master/PhD Studentship in Computer Vision, Universitat AutÒnoma de Barcelona, Spain ADMISSION of PhD STUDENTS IN THE COMPUTER VISION CENTER PhD Students in Computer Vision (Object Recognition and Medical Imaging group, CVC) The Object Recognition and Medical Imaging group from the Computer Vision Centre (http://www.cvc.uab.es), Barcelona (Spain), invites applications for several positions as a pre-doctoral researcher in the area of machine learning, human behavior modeling and/or medical imaging. The work will be focused on (but not restricted to): Advanced machine learning techniques in object recognition problems. Application of advanced Computer Vision techniques for Human Behaviour analysis. Image-guided coronary intervention. Analysis of Endoscopic videos from Wireless Capsule Endoscopy. Duration: Initially, 1 year for a Master degree finalization (Master degree fees are included in the scholarship). According to the results, a renewal up to a total of 4 years for the PhD complet...

PhD Position in History and Philosophy of Logic, Semantics and Axiomatics, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Full-time, 4 years Vacancy number 1.2008.00340 The Faculty of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam, has a vacancy for a PhD position in the research project “Tarski’s Revolution: A New History – Semantics and Axiomatics from Bolzano to Tarski against the background of the Classical Model of Science” (TRANH). The project is funded by a Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) and led by Dr. Arianna Betti (Principal Investigator). More information on the project: http://www.surfgroepen.nl/sites/cmsone/TRANH/index.html Tasks The PhD student is expected to: carry out the subproject “Semantics and Axiomatics in Bolzano against the background of the Classical Model of Science” take part in the activities of the research team, including (co-)organizing and participating in international meetings, joint editorial projects and grant applications; take on a small amoun...

MPhil / PhD Studentships at University of Hong Kong, Hongkong FELLOWSHIPS & STUDENTSHIPS FOR MPHIL AND PHD STUDIES Application Address: Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, RR. China THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG GRADUATE SCHOOL Fellowships & Studentships for MPhil and PhD Studies at The University of Hong Kong 2009-2010 Founded in 1911, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) is the longest established English speaking university in Hong Kong. It has gained the reputation as a world-class comprehensive research university with excellent research record and facilities. To further promote an international and multicultural campus, we encourage students from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds to join our MPhil and PhD programmes. Highlights A uniquely positioned study centre of East and West A cultural mix of MPhil and PhD students from all over the world High quality teachers and students Leading-edge research in over 120 academic departme...

2009 / 2010 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) Undergraduate Scholarships Awards, Worldwide OFID (The OPEC Fund for International Development) is pleased to announce that qualified undergraduate students are welcome to apply for the OFID Scholarship 2009/10. The OFID Scholarship will be awarded to support an undergraduate student from any developing country, to pursue higher education in a relevant field of development, in any recognized university/college in the world. Through its scholarship scheme, OFID aims to help highly motivated, highly driven individuals overcome one of the biggest challenges to their careers – the cost of advanced professional or graduate training. The winner of the OFID Award will receive a scholarship of up to US$100,000. The funds will be spread over a maximum of two years, toward the completion of a Master’s degree, or its equivalent, at an accredited educational institution, starting in the autumn of the academic year 2009/10. I.Eligibilit...

PhD Position on Isotopomer Studies of Plant-climate Interactions, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umea University, Sweden Little is known on interactions between plants and atmospheric and climate change on time scales of centuries. The goal of the project is to deduce separate climate and physiological signals from tree rings, to be able to detect these interactions. We have developed an approach to measure isotopomer abundances (i.e. the intramolecular distributions of stable isotopes in metabolites), by NMR spectroscopy. Isotopomers turn isotope abundances into multiple information channels, as basis for parallel reconstruction of climate and physiological signals. The PhD project will focus on the deuterium isotope, applied to tree ring series and material from annual plants. The research environment includes chemists, earth scientists, and forest ecology. Qualifications: Applicants must have a master’s degree in chemistry, earth sciences or a related field. We s...