The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the opportunity to people from selected developing countries to undertake development-related studies in New Zealand. This may include study related to education, health, rural livelihoods, governance, human rights, or economic development, depending on the human resource development training needs of the home government. New Zealand -Development Scholarships are offered for full-time, tertiary level study at participating New Zealand education institutions. The NZDS scheme has two categories: 1-New Zealand Development Scholarships – Public category (NZDS-Public) The NZDS-Public scholarships scheme is a bilateral scheme available to individuals from selected partner countries in Southeast Asia and thePacific. The selection criteria is determined by the partner government and NZAID. Shortlisted applications, mostly from public sector employees, are endorsed for a scholarship by the partner government. Employees from civil soc...

Applications are invited for the Scott Family Trust PhD Scholarship in Marine Science at the University of Auckland. The scholarship (NZ$35,000 per annum) consists of a stipend of $25,000 per annum together with University of Auckland fees and research expenses. Applications for the Scholarship must be made on the application form available from the Scholarships Office or their website (http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/current-students/cs-scholarships-and-awards/cs-search-for-scholarships-and-awards/cache/?form=details&detailCode=500367) and specify which of the projects below the candidate is applying for. Closing date for applications is 1 October 2009 . Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact the main supervisor for any of the projects below for more details. Feeding in the omnivorous parore, Girella tricuspidata (Girellidae) Herbivorous fishes can be abundant on temperate reefs, but the factors influencing their food choice, and their impacts on seaweed commun...

PhD Scholarships in Freshwater Ecology, the University of Canterbury, New Zealand Two PhD Scholarships in Freshwater Ecology at the University of Canterbury (a) Flow variation and threatened galaxiid fishes, and (b) influence of urbanisation on stream invertebrate populations. Two fully funded PhD studentships are available within the Freshwater Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury for freshwater ecology research. This is a chance for high calibre students to join a successful research team investigating a wide variety of issues in freshwater ecosystems. We are looking for students who can undertake innovative research that will both improve understanding of fundamental issues and enhance current management. There is an opportunity for students to develop their own research ideas as long as they fit within the overall focus of the research group. However, we would especially like to hear from students who wish to work on either (a) the effe...

PhD Scholarship in Electronic Engineering, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand The Electronic Instrumentation research group at Victoria University of Wellington was recently awarded funds for the development of new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technologies. We are now looking for a suitable PhD student to assist with this work. The research grant provides a three year NZ $27,000 per annum tax free scholarship as well as tuition fees. The Project Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is a relatively new sensing technology that has yet to be applied to the everyday world. One of the barriers to adoption is the complexity of the method and the sophistication, size and cost of the supporting electronics. The aim of this project is to continue the development of compact high performance systems by taking advantage of new FPGA, sampling and signal processing technologies. More specifically we wish to design a high performance band-pass sampling digital NMR receiver where traditional RF techni...

PhD in Biological Sciences (specialising in the field of plant science) The main purpose of the Scholarship is to assist eminent Chinese scholars from nominated areas of China to study plant sciences at The University of Auckland and to promote links between China and New Zealand in the field of plant sciences. One Scholarship will be awarded, for a period of three years, and will be of the value of $20,000 pa. The Scholarship will be awarded to a PhD candidate in the field of plant science who has paid the fees, or arranged to pay the fees, for full-time enrolment in the School of Biological Sciences. Deadline: 1 Oct Further Scholarship Information and Application

Two PhD scholarships are available in the Computational Evolution Group at the University of Auckland under the supervision of Dr Alexei Drummond, co-founder of the BEAST software package for Bayesian evolutionary analysis. The successful candidates will be involved in developing a Bayesian unification of geographical population dynamics and phylogenetics with a focus on human pathogenic viruses. Current phylogenetic models provide inferences about genetic variation, however this research will focus on the roles of landscape, geography, dispersal and migration, in shaping (viral) genetic histories. The successful candidates will work on two novel classes of tractable phylogenetic models that explicitly include the spatial distribution of samples and the geographic features of surrounding habitats. While the primary focus of the research will be on viral pathogens, the proposed work will have the potential to establish a new foundation for phylogeographic modelling in general. Besid...

PhD Fellowship in Molecular Epidemiology / Microbial Genetics and Evolution, Massey University, New Zealand We offer a 3-year Marsden-funded PhD programme examining the molecular evolution of New Zealand’s most prominent human pathogen: Campylobacter. We are looking for someone with an interest and background in population genetics or statistics who would like to develop skills applying phylogenetics, molecular epidemiology and coalescent-based genealogical modelling to genome-scale data. You will be based at Massey University in Palmerston North and will be supervised by a team of scientists based at the Hopkirk Research Institute, the Allan Wilson Centre, ESR Ltd, and the Universities of Oxford and Lancaster. You must be willing to spend some time working in the United Kingdom during the PhD programme. Application For further information please contact: Professor Nigel French Hopkirk Institute, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences College of Sciences Massey Univers...

PhD Research Position on Foundations of XML Databases at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand The PhD is part of a project supported by the Marsden fund council from Government funding, administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. We invite applications from excellent domestic or international candidates who have a Master’s degree in mathematics or computer science (or equivalent), and an interest in applying methods from logic, discrete math and complexity theory to database research. Stipend: 25,000 NZD per year (tax-free) plus fees Additional income: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to supplement the stipend by contributing to undergraduate teaching. Duration: available for 3 years, commencing 01 March 2009 (or earlier) How to apply An application that includes an explanation of the candidates interest in the position and background, a full CV, an academic transcript and a confirmation of the prerequisite qualification, a two-page summary of the ...

PhD Scholarship in Genetic Programming for Data Mining Tasks, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Genetic Programming and Evolutionary Computing research group The Genetic Programming and Evolutionary Computing research group at Victoria University of Wellington was recently awarded a large research grant in Genetic Programming (GP) for data mining tasks by the Marsden Fund of New Zealand (similar to the National Science Foundation in USA). We are looking for a good PhD student in this field. The grant will provide full funding for the student to cover the tuition fees, living allowance, and travel cost. The Project Data mining tasks arise in a wide variety of practical situations, ranging from classification to regression, clustering, and optimisation tasks. Since the 1990s, genetic programming (GP) has become a promising approach to building reliable data mining models quickly and automatically. GP uses ideas analogous to biological evolution to search the space of possibl...

PhD Studentship in Programming Languages, University of Wellington, New Zealand (Ownership and Immutability) Unification of Immutability and Ownership. I am actively looking for a PhD student in programming languages (ownership types and immutability). I have full funding available to cover fees, living, and travel. Please email me for more information if you have a Masters or Honours degree and a good background in programming languages and/or type systems! Applications from both domestic and international students invited. The Project Object-oriented programs at run-time consist of objects - small software components that are created, changed, and destroyed as the program runs. The uncontrolled ability of objects to change other objects is well known to result in many errors in large systems. Immutability - an ability to prevent changes to objects - is a mechanism that could be used to provide such control. While immutability controls whether an object can be changed, it is not enoug...

Auckland University of Technology PhD Scholarship in Software Engineering Research Laboratory School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences A fully funded PhD position is available in the Software Engineering Research Lab at Auckland University of Technology and applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates. The scholarship is tenable for up to four years to support work in the area of stochastic and fuzzy modelling in the management of software development projects. Successful candidates will have an Honours (or more likely a Masters) degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline. They will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the software development lifecycle and have an interest in software project management. Strong development skills, preferably in Java or C++, will be required. Applications are invited from potential international students as well as New Zealand citizens, Permanent Residents and Australian citizens. Applicants with interests in t...

NIWA is a leading environmental research institute and a key provider of atmospheric, freshwater and marine research in New Zealand. This is an exciting opportunity to undertake research on a two year Post-doctoral grant on the modelling of diffuse pollution from catchments. You will join an active team of researchers in this area, within a multi-disciplinary work environment. Your work will involve development and testing of new models and applying existing models, to complement our existing catchment modelling of nutrients, microbes and sediments. The Post-Doc provides funding for research projects, and in addition provides the opportunity to contribute to NIWA research programmes and high-level consulting activities. You must have a PhD in a relevant field such as applied mathematics, hydrology, or environmental engineering. You will need to have strong mathematical/computer modelling skills, and preferably will have experience with computer programming languages, GIS, and water qua...

Auckland University of Technology PhD Scholarship Software Engineering Research Laboratory School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. A fully funded PhD position is available in the Software Engineering Research Lab at Auckland University of Technology and applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates. The scholarship is tenable for up to four years to support work in the area of stochastic and fuzzy modelling in the management of software development projects. Successful candidates will have an Honours (or more likely a Masters) degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline. They will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the software development lifecycle and have an interest in software project management. Strong development skills, preferably in Java or C++, will be required. Applications are invited from potential international students as well as New Zealand citizens, Permanent Residents and Australian citizens. Applicants with interests in the...

Applications are invited for PhD scholarships in Economics at the University of Otago. Applications from students interested in doing research in either trade theory or the empirical aspects of monetary policy are particularly encouraged. An Otago PhD is by research only. The scholarships are tenable for three years. Find more information on these scholarships , and to download an application form. Find more information on PhD study in the Department of Economics at Otago . For any additional queries regarding PhD study in the Department of Economics email Dr Stephen Knowles (sknowles[ at ]business.otago.ac.nz). Note that the application form should be returned by post or courier to the University’s Scholarships Office at the address given on the application form, not to the Department of Economics. Deadline: 1 November 2007

Funded by the New Zealand Government and administered by Education New Zealand, the New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarships (NZIDRS), are a significant educational opportunity. The scholarships provide financial support for international students undertaking doctoral degrees by research in New Zealand universities. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit. A World Class Opportunity New Zealand universities provide the opportunity to study under internationally recognized academics and researchers in a wide range of disciplines. A qualification from a New Zealand university ranks with the best internationally. New Zealand degrees have a reputation globally for being practical, modern and desirable. In some niche areas, such as biotechnology, forensic science and marine engineering, New Zealand degrees are acknowledged as world-leading. Students educated in the New Zealand education environment are earning a reputation as a new breed of innovative thinkers...

Within the large research project on Seismic Retrofit Solutions at the University of Auckland a PhD scholarship is available for conducting research on the retrofitting of steel structures. The research aims at a consideration of the structure, footing and subsoil as a whole system and to develop adequate solutions to keep structures under strong earthquakes intact. Information on the project is available at this page. Funding The scholarship is available for a period of three years, and is valued at $25,000 per annum tax exempt. In addition all academic fees will be covered. Funding for experimental tests is also available. The research is sponsored by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Background required Applicant with high academic merit (Dipl.-Ing. or Master degree) in structural engineering or engineering mechanics is required. Abilities to perform creative, accurate and careful works are essential. Applicant with excellent computational skills or experimental e...