Durham University Doctoral Fellowship 2009/2010, UK The University offers a generous package of support to outstanding doctoral research students through the Durham University Doctoral Fellowship scheme. The scheme provides: » Full payment of tuition fees at home or overseas rate » A maintenance stipend at the national rate (£13,290 in 2009/10) » A research training support grant (£1,000 in 2009/10) » An allowance to attend the North East local Grad School. Eligibility Applicants must meet the standard University and department admissions criteria and have applied to the University for admission in the session 2009/10, as a registered research student, to a course of full-time study for a PhD. Students who are already registered for a PhD course are not eligible to apply for an award. Nature of Awards Awards will normally be extended for another two years subject to progress being deemed satisfactory by the academic department and the Graduate School’s Postgraduate Awards Sub-Committee...

PhD Positions in Privacy, IT Security and in Computer Networking, Karlstad University, Sweden Karlstad University invites applications for: Two Ph.D. positions in Computer Science with specializations in Privacy & IT Security and in Computer Networking 1) PhD position in Privacy & IT Security, 100% , Reference FAK1 2008/176 The Ph.D. position is available within the Privacy & Security Group at the Department of Computer Science at Karlstad University.The Privacy & Security Group is focusing on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), network and operating system security, as well as usability of security & PETs. Qualifications: Qualified for this position are candidates with a University degree of 240 ECTS, from which at least 60 ECTS were awarded for courses at advanced level and have a Master’s degree or the Swedish Magister or Civilingenjör Degrees in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent. Qualified are also those candidates who have achieved corr...

PhD Position in Chemistry-cloud-climate links in the Marine Boundary Layer, the University of East Anglia, UK A PhD position for 3 years is available at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK to investigate the role of stratiform clouds for the chemistry and the role of chemistry for cloud properties and climate forcing (funding unfortunately only for UK/EU students). Clouds have a profound effect on climate due to their ability to reflect sunlight back to space and thermal radiation back to the Earth. At the core of each cloud droplet there is a so-called cloud condensation nucleus (CCN) that determines the properties of the droplet. Many different types of particles act as CCN, each with different properties. The goal of this project is to improve our quantitative understanding of the bi-directional links between chemistry, the CCN population and stratiform clouds as well as between these clouds and climate (via so-called indirect aerosol effects). Our main interests are stratifo...

The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR), is offering 1 PhD position or half Post-doc in the field of transport modelling in the research unit “Marine Meteorology” (working group: Ocean-Middle Atmosphere interaction) of the research division “Ocean Circu-lation and Climate Dynamics”. Job Description/ Duties The research is proposed within the WGL project TransBrom (”Very short lived bro-mine compounds in the ocean and their transport pathways into the stratosphere” ( www.ifm-geomar.de/~transbrom ). The applicant will investigate the real contribution of marine emissions of very short lived substances on the stratospheric bromine content with the help of coupled chem-istry climate models (CCMs). A Lagrangian transport model will be used for the evaluation of future changes of transport pathways from short lived brominated source gases from the ocean and their entry points into the stratosphere. Different CCMs will be used and compared with each oth...

Pre-Doctorate / PhD-level Fellowship in Any Discipline, Le Moyne College, USA Le Moyne College invites applications for a year-long pre-doctorate Fellowship. The college is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty, and welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups. Candidates must be at the ABD stage and nearing the completion of their doctoral dissertation. Candidates from any discipline may apply, but we are especially interested in candidates working in Mathematics, Religious Studies, English, History or Philosophy. At the successful completion of the Fellowship, the Teaching Fellow will receive strong preference in the event that a tenure-track position is authorized. Terms: » Salary and Benefits » Library privileges, office space and computer » Mentored by Senior Faculty » Valuable classroom teaching experience (one course per semester) » Program dates: August 15, 2009 to August 15, 2010 Application: Candidates must forward a full curriculum vitae, copy...

Master grants for candidates from developing countries !NEW CALL! This Ghent University programme provides master grants to candidates from developing countries who wish to obtain a master's degree at Ghent University. The grants are available for all master programmes at Ghent University. They are awarded for the duration of the studies with a maximum of 2 years. In case of a two-year-programme the scholarship will only be paid for the full term if the student successfully completes the first year of the programme. The scholarship consists of an allowance of 964 euro per month plus the yearly tuition fee. For more information, you can contact Liesbeth Vandepitte . All documents listed below, are the new documents for 2009-2010. This is the right way to start your procedure: * Decide what programme you would like to follow (consult the brochure 'International Masters); * take care of your admission, this can take 3 months (consult the admission pdf!); * start comple...

PhD position available at UNESCO-IHE (SSI-2 Project), Upscaling small-scale land and water system innovations in dryland agro-ecosystems for sustainability and livelihood improvements (SSI-2) Re-Advertisement Recently, an interdisciplinary research project was approved by the UNESCO-IHE Partnership Research Fund (UPaRF). This project will form part of the broader successor programme of SSI, in which the following institutes collaborate: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (Delft, The Netherlands), University of Dar Es Salaam, University of KwaZulu Natal, Delft University of Technology, the International Water Management Institute, Sokoine University of Agriculture and the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Within the current project a PhD positions is available, linked to the themes described below. If successful, the PhD degree will be awarded by Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Project description The project focuses on the semi-arid areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where ...

The Institute of Microelectronics at the University of Ulm, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD Candidates and PostDocs in Microelectronics and Integrated Circuit Design The positions are limited in time for 3 years with the possibility of an extension. Our research focus is in the design and development of low power, analog and mixed-signal CMOS circuits for applications in medical engineering, sensor- and communication techniques. A/D-converters, implantable interface electronics for biomedical applications as well as reconfigurable and self-correcting circuits are currently main research areas. The current vacancies cover CMOS mixed-signal Circuit Design for Field Programmable Analog Arrays or Neural Stimulators & Recorders. The Institute of Microelectronics is equipped with a variety of high-end, commercial IC development CAD tools, a modern computer-infrastructure and a laboratory with measurement equipment for analog and digital circuit design. We offer an interesting, indep...

United Nations University (UNU) will organize the tenth regular session of its six-week UNU International Course at UNU Centre in Tokyo, Japan, from 11 May through 19 June 2009. The UNU International Courses (UNU/IC) are organized annually for a select group of postgraduate students and professionals in various occupations (from multidisciplinary educational background including environmental sciences) who wish to pursue careers in international fields in public-service or private organizations, including the United Nations, multinational corporations and non-governmental organizations, as well as national foreign service organizations. The courses are designed to provide analyses of global issues from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. UNU/IC consists of a compulsory Core course (UN System: Pressing Issues and Sustainable Solutions) and optional Courses (Students are allowed to choose one or two courses from - Peace and Human Rights; Global Change and Sustainability; Interna...