Beasiswa S3: Ph.D. full scholarships 2010 for Students from Muslim Coun

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
This scholarship program named Davis Scholarships

4 four-year Ph.D. full scholarships available in the fall of 2010.

Mrs. Kathryn Davis, an HEI alumna who obtained her PhD in 1934, is founding four Ph.D. full scholarships for a four-year period.
Two of these grants (Kathryn Davis Grant and Shelby Cullom Davis Grant) are intended for students of any nationality

- having completed a degree programme in an American university.

Two other grants (Davis Grants) are intended for

- two students coming from a Muslim country .

These grants will be attributed in the Spring of 2010 to students starting their PhD programme in September 2010 at the Institute exclusively. They will exempt them from tuition fees and provide a living allowance of 15000 CHF per year. They will last for a period of four years and will be renewed each year depending on the thesis progress.

Contact

Mrs Stéfanie Onofri
+41 22 908 43 44
Download a scholarship request form [pdf]

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International Ph.D. Programs in the Life Sciences, University of Zurich

International Ph.D. Programs in the Life Sciences

Description: The Life Science Zurich Graduate School consists of several highly competitive Ph.D. programs, run jointly by the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich.
Each program offers research and education opportunities
in a stimulating international environment for ambitious students who wish to work towards a Ph.D. degree. Accepted students perform their
research project in one of the participating research groups of their favorite program, according to their scientific interest. Advanced teaching and training courses are offered throughout the curriculum. The program language is English throughout. Ph.D. studies usually last 3-4 years.

Applicants must hold or anticipate receiving a Master’s degree or equivalent from a university in a relevant field before starting the Ph.D. program. Applicants accepted for the program will have to register with either the University of Zurich or ETH Zurich, depending on the affiliation of their future research group.

To apply: Our web pages provide detailed information for submission of application. Please refer to the guidelines as we only take into consideration applications received in the required format. Submission of application only via Internet at http://www.lifescience-graduateschool.ch/index.php?id=108

For further information please contact the LSZGS administrator:

Life Science Zurich Graduate School
Dr. Susanna Bachmann
University of Zurich
Institute of Molecular Biology
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zürich
Fax: ++41 44 635 68 61
Email: gradschool@lifescience.uzh.ch

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PhD Scholarships in Epidemiology at Swiss Tropical Institute

PhD Scholarships in Epidemiology at Swiss Tropical Institute

Neglected Tropical Diseases and integrated demographic surveillance in mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad In the frame work of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ProDoc scheme, a PhD position in Epidemiology is open at earliest convenience.
PhD Position in Epidemiology at the human-animal interface
Working places: Basel, Switzerland and N`Djaména, Chad
Remuneration: According to the salary scheme of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Duration 3 years.



Conditions:
1. Master of Science degree
2. Registration at the University of Basel
3. Experience with field work in Africa
4. Fluency in French, written and spoken
5. Notions in Arabic are an asset
6. Suitable candidates have preferably a background in biology, public health, animal health, population biology or health geography.

Applicants are invited to send:
1. Letter of motivation
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Copies of their diplomas
4. Letters of recommendation
5. Names and addresses of two reference persons

To:
PD Dr. Jakob Zinsstag,
Swiss Tropical Institute,
PO Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland,
or by email to jakob.zinsstag@unibas.ch,
Tel. +41 61 284 81 39

Background and Aims of the Project:
Substantial gains have been made in global health, including reductions in overall and child mortality in developing countries. However, progress remains uneven and there are growing differences in mortality, morbidity and disease burden rates according to geographical region. For example, communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, and micronutrient deficiencies cluster in the tropics and subtropics, and contribute to delay the social and economic development. Improving the health and livelihoods of the global poor could save millions of healthy life years, enhance equity and alleviate poverty, and hence contribute to achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs). Certain MDGs are addressed by global alliances and partnerships; e.g. the control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Fewer efforts are placed on the so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), e.g. helminth infections and zoonoses. The focus of this project is on the epidemiology and control of NTDs in semi-arid and humid contexts in Central and West Africa.

The goal of this proposal is to deepen our understanding of morbidity patterns and transmission dynamics of NTDs in two eco-epidemiological settings of Africa, and to study the effects of control interventions aiming at reducing the burden due to NTDs. This will entail the development of methods and analytical tools for demographic surveillance of a highly mobile population in Chad, and a rural sedentary population in south-central Côte d`Ivoire. These demographic surveillance system (DSS) sites will serve as platforms to monitor changes in morbidity patterns following locally-adapted interventions.

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PhD Studentships for Cancer Research at London Research Institute

London Research Institute Four Year PhD Studentships

The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (LRI) conducts innovative basic biological research to improve our understanding of cancer. The LRI has made significant breakthroughs since its inception, and continues to be at the forefront of its field.

With more than 550 staff and students, the LRI also has a strong academic programme and is committed to training the next generation of world-leading scientists.
The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (LRI) invites talented and motivated final year undergraduates or recent graduates to apply for four year PhD studentships.

The LRI is part of the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world and is committed to training the next generation of cancer research scientists. Our research groups, based in laboratories
at Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Central London) and Clare Hall (just north of London), are well-resourced and benefit from state-of-the-art equipment and on-site scientific services.

Postgraduate students are at the core of our scientific community. To enable our students to develop into independent research scientists with excellent career prospects, we provide exciting and challenging research projects, a supportive environment, and tailored transferable skills training. A partnership with University College London provides additional academic and social facilities.

PhD studentships are available in the following areas:

Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories:

* Paul Bates Biomolecular Modelling
* Dominique Bonnet Haematopoietic Stem Cell
* Julie Cooper Telomere Biology
* Adrian Hayday Immuno Surveillance
* Caroline Hill Developmental Signalling
* Banafshe Larijani Cell Biophysics
* Neil McDonald Structural Biology
* Peter Parker Protein Phosphorylation
* Caetano Reis e Sousa Immunobiology
* Erik Sahai Tumour Cell Biology
* Gipi Schiavo Molecular Neuropathobiology
* Almut Schulze Gene Expression Analysis
* Martin Singleton Macromolecular Structure & Function
* Nic Tapon Apoptosis & Proliferation Control
* Barry Thompson Epithelial Biology
* Takashi Toda Cell Regulation
* Sharon Tooze Secretory Pathways
* Richard Treisman Transcription
* Frank Uhlmann Chromosome Segregation

Clare Hall Laboratories:

* Simon Boulton DNA Damage Response
* Vincenzo Costanzo Genome Stability
* Peter Karran Mammalian Cell DNA Repair
* Jesper Svejstrup Mechanisms of GeneTranscription
* Helle Ulrich DNA Damage Tolerance

Applicants should be recent graduates or final year undergraduates who hold or expect to gain a first/upper second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject and who have laboratory or research experience (either as part of or outside of a university degree course).

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a three day interview programme, which will be held at Clare Hall from 24th to 26th January 2010 and at Lincoln’s Inn Fields from 27th to 38th January 2010.

Successful applicants will be awarded stipends of £17,830 (outer London) and £19,160 (inner London) for the first year, with annual increases thereafter. University tuition
fees will also be paid by the LRI.

Applications must be made online via our website:

http://london-research-institute.co.uk/jobs/phd/

This site also contains more detailed information about the LRI, its PhD programme and the PhD projects available. Closing date for applications: 23rd November 2009

How To apply:

Applications must be made online via our website:
http://www.london-research-institute.co.uk/lrijobs/jobsphd/

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Beasiswa S3: Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program (EMJD) 2010-2013

Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Program (EMJD) 2010-2013

Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates form a new element within Erasmus Mundus. These doctoral-level training and research programmes will offer fellowships covering up to three years of doctoral activities.
The Erasmus Mundus Programme is open to higher education institutions and to any organisation active in the field of higher education and research as well as to students, doctoral candidates, teachers, researchers and university staff (academic and/or administrative) from any part of the world.

Doctoral candidates can receive fellowships for:
- Doctoral studies (Actions 1 and 2);
- Post-doctoral studies (Action 2);



Students, doctoral candidates, teachers, researchers and other academic staff should address their applications directly to the selected Erasmus Mundus masters and doctoral programmes (Action 1) and to the selected Erasmus Mundus partnerships (Action 2), in accordance with the application conditions defined by the selected consortium/partnership.

Scholarship amounts can vary according to the level of studies/teaching/ research, their duration (3 months to 3 years) and the grantee`s nationality (scholarships for non-EU individuals are higher than for EU individuals).

List of all Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJDs)
Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Communication and information sciences Engineering, technology Health sciences Humanities Law Mathematics, informatics Natural sciences Social and cultural sciences, economics.

For more information click here:
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/results_compendia/selected_projects_action_1_joint_doctorates_en.php

Applicant for doctoral candidates should contact the consortium offering the EMJD for more information on courses and application procedures. Note that some websites are under construction.

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Beasiswa ke Perancis, 2009

Please find below a PHd position offer,

Title: Fast and accurate radio propagation models for indoor and
indoor/outdoor radio network planning and optimisation.

Supervisors: Guillaume Villemaud / Jean-Marie Gorce

Place: CITI Lab - INSA Lyon, France; and Ranplan Wireless Network Design
Ltd.- UK
http://citi.insa-lyon.fr

Description:

In the framework of the iPLAN European project the aim of this thesis is to enhance the computational efficiency and to adjust the complexity-accuracy trade-off of the MR-FDPF (Multi-Resolution Frequency Domain Partial Flows) method for indoor radio coverage prediction. This method, particularly efficient for indoor propagation, is devoted to be implemented in a radio
network planning tool. This tool needs to propose all kind of modern radio link conditions: indoor, outdoor, indoor to outdoor, outdoor to indoor, for 3G/4G, WLAN or WMAN (WiMax), from macrocells to femtocells.

Thus, the study will contain four main parts:

-computational efficiency enhancement of the MR-FDPF method;
-implementation of statistical analysis of radio channel behaviour
rather than only considering mean power level;
-integration of our indoor propagation tool into a wide areas
simulation tool with other propagation methods such as ray-tracing in
collaboration with other partners;
-measurement campaigns and model calibration.

The PhD candidate will work the first year in the CITI Lab of INSA Lyon in order to propose all possible enhancements on the MR-FDPF method and will be associated to the SWING INRIA project team (at INSA Lyon, France). Then he will spend two years seconded in Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd, partnet of the iPLAN project (located in Luton, UK). Ranplan's R&D department is expected to launch an automatic planning tool, and the results of this work will contribute to this innovating tool.

References:
[1] G. de La Roche, K. Jaffres-Runser and J-M. Gorce. "On
predicting Indoor WLAN coverage with a fast discrete approach,"
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation. Vol 2, No 1, 2007, pp.3-12.
[2] J-M. Gorce, K. Jaffres-Runser and G. De La Roche.
"Deterministic Approach for Fast Simulations of Indoor Radio Wave
Propagation," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. Vol 55, Issue 3, Part 2, March 2007, pp.938-948.

Contacts: guillaume.villemaud@insa-lyon.fr; jean-marie.gorce@insa-lyon.fr

--
Prof Jean-Marie Gorce
CITI, INSA-Lyon
head of SWING team, INRIA
bat Claude Chappe
6 avenue des Arts
69621 Villeurbanne cedex
tel : 33 4 72436068

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Beasiswa: Environmental Health Scholarship Program

2009 ASPH/CDC Environmental Health

Scholarship Program

The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), announces the availability of funds to support up to six (6) scholarships for students currently pursuing their doctorate degrees.
The scholarship recipients will conduct doctoral-level studies related to the efforts of CDC/NCEH linking the built environment with public health or to the efforts of CDC/NCEH related to public health and climate change.

Scholarship recipients will have the opportunity to pursue their studies while receiving guidance and input from CDC experts in two key areas of study: the relationship between public health and community design; and, the relationship between public health and climate change.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Further Scholarship Information and Application

http://www.asph.org/AuxDocs/NCEH_Scholarship_Application.doc (Doc)
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=751&JobProg_ID=19

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