2011 Falak Sufi Scholarship at the Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University

The Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University is pleased to announce the Falak Sufi Scholarships awarded by the master’s program in Near Eastern Studies at the Kevorkian Center. Candidates for the master’s program in Near Eastern Studies are eligible to apply, including applicants to the program’s joint degree with Journalism, the concentration with Museum Studies, and the business track.

The Falak Sufi Scholarship is to honor her memory and to support students from countries with a majority Islamic population in South Asia who might not otherwise be able to obtain a graduate education. These students, preferably female, will be enrolled in the two-year master’s program in Near Eastern Studies.

The holders of this scholarship should embody the intellectual spirit and promise of Falak Sufi, and possess a deep and abiding commitment to the role of women in academia and to the questions that she explored, primarily the study of gender in the countries of the Near East, Middle East, and/or South Asia with a majority Islamic population.

For 2011–12, the scholarship includes an academic-year stipend (a minimum of $23,046), tuition, student health insurance, and registration and services fees for up to two years, provided that academic standards of the Graduate School and the graduate program are met.

Application information for all potential students to the master’s program in Near Eastern Studies can be found online in the GSAS Application Resource Center.
 The online application for admission is also the application for all Graduate School financial aid. No additional forms are required. If an applicant explicitly wishes to be considered for a Falak Sufi Scholarship, that person should add one paragraph to the application’s “Statement of Purpose” explaining how the candidate meets the criteria for the scholarship and how the award will enable the candidate to pursue graduate education.

The application deadline for fall 2011 admission is January 4, 2011

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International Masters Scholarships in Economy, State & Society (IMESS) 2011

Study Subject: International Masters in Economy, State & Society
Employer: Erasmus Mundus
Level: Masters

The IMESS degree offers three distinct interdisciplinary study tracks, reflecting the unique multidisciplinary expertise of the IMESS partner institutions. Students enroll onto one of the study tracks and specialise, from beginner’s level, in one of the partner institution languages. Additionally, for non-native English speakers a nine-week course in ‘Academic writing in English’ is included in the first semester at UCL. Each IMESS track combines compulsory language training, research methodology, specialist electives and a research dissertation carried out from the end of the first year.

All applicants must complete the standard UCL graduate studies application form and include the additional required materials, paying particular attention to the guidelines below on how to complete the IMESS Supplementary Questionnaire. Failure to complete the IMESS Supplementary Questionniare will result in your application being discarded.

Students can either apply by downloading a hard copy of the application form, requesting a hard copy application pack to be sent off to a contact address or by applying online (for all these options please click the UCL graduate studies application form link below). If you apply online, please ensure that you properly upload your degree transcript, proof of citizenship, English language certificate and Erasmus Mundus scholarship application form (if appropriate). Incomplete applications remain frozen in the UCL Registry and this may affect your chances of scholarship nomination. If you have all of your application materials in paper form, including your references, an old-fashioned paper application can prove to be quite efficient.

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University of Nottingham – ASEAN Masters Scholarship

2011 International Office Scholarships
The University of Nottingham offers a comprehensive and expanding range of scholarships in order to encourage academic excellence, aid diversity, develop relationships with sponsors and offer real financial assistance in cases of hardship, whether individually or by region.

10 scholarships of 25% towards tuition fees

Eligibility:

You can apply for this scholarship if you:

• are a national of (or permanently domiciled in) one of the ASEAN member countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam AND
• are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes AND
• already hold an offer to start a full-time Masters deagree programme (including MRes) at Nottingham in 2011 – any subject area (excluding MBA)

The closing date for applications is 3rd June 2011University of Nottingham aim to notify applicants of the outcome within 6 weeks of the closing date

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Nationaal Initiatief Hersenen & Cognitie (NIHC) PhD student in Neuroscience

PhD student will test the hypothesis that the structural, functional and effective connections in the brain of adults with ADHD and of healthy controls are different. The PhD student will also investigate if the
connections, in which these differences localize, are heritable, and if genetic variants in connectivity genes impact on the ADHD-relevant brain connections in patients and/or healthy individuals, and in this way impact on cognition and disease risk. The project is aimed at making a substantial contribution to the knowledge about a) the development of tools to investigate different types of brain connectivity, b) how brain connectivity is affected in ADHD, and c) how ADHD genes affect brain connectivity.

Scans the participants (together with a second PhD student)
Optimizes and develops new methodology for the analysis of brain connectivity (structural, functional and effective) and use in genetics studies

Requirements

• Master in neuroscience or comparable
• Strong background in systems level neuroscience/neuroimaging
• Good programming skills (Matlab)
• Strong interest in molecular genetics, high affinity with fundamental research related to human disease
• Interest in working with ADHD patients, good communicational skills
• Highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary environment at the cutting edge of science

Conditions of employment

Temporary 4 years
36 hrs per week
Salary level 10A: maximal € 2,673 gross per month
Maximum all-in yearly salary on full time basis is € 37,700 gross

Organisation: UMC St Radboud

Department: Human Genetics

The Department of Human Genetics provides counseling and diagnostics for patients with inherited and acquired diseases. The research groups perform cutting-edge studies to investigate the relationship between genes and diseases, in particular cancer, deafness, blindness, mental retardation, and congenital abnormalities. State-of-the-art facilities are available for sequence-, genescan-, linkage-, and microarray analyses.

Application Deadline: 2011, January 17

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Oxford And Cambridge Scholarships 2011 from The Said Foundation

These Guidance Notes are intended to answer your questions about the Foundation and its scholarship criteria, and also to guide you through completing the application process for Oxford and Cambridge.

The Said Foundation is a charity based in the UK. One of our aims is to promote education and development in the Middle East. To this end, the Foundation offers a number of partial or full-cost scholarships annually to enable graduates to pursue postgraduate courses and other training at Oxford and Cambridge universities. The Foundation will consider applications for one year postgraduate courses and for PhDs/DPhils.

From 2011/12, the Foundation will award one or two PHD scholarships a year. These will be of three years’ duration.

Scholarship criteria for the academic year 2011/2012

As the Foundation’s funds are limited and it receives many applications for scholarships each year, the Board of Trustees sets criteria and priorities for applicants. All applicants must meet these criteria. For the academic year 2011/2012, the Foundation’s criteria are as follows.

Applications are restricted to candidates who are Syrian, Lebanese, Jordanian or Palestinian;

Scholarships are offered for postgraduate study or training only. Applications for undergraduate study cannot be considered.

Applications from candidates who will be forty years old or more at the beginning of the 2011/2012 academic year cannot be considered;

Evidence of proficiency in English is required by the Foundation and must be at the level required by Oxford or Cambridge;

Applicants must hold a first degree of a high enough standard to indicate that they are likely to complete their proposed course of study at Oxford or Cambridge successfully;

Applicants cannot be considered if they have not followed the proper application procedures for Oxford or Cambridge;

Candidates must be in genuine need of partial or full funding;

Successful applicants are required to sign a binding undertaking to apply the skills and knowledge they have gained in one of the Foundation’s target countries (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine).

Priority will be given to applicants with work experience whose studies will benefit their field of work. Candidates must normally have at least two years work experience but exceptional applicants who do not meet this requirement may be considered;

Applications from candidates whose siblings or spouses are currently being supported by the Foundation cannot be considered.

Applying to the Foundation

The Foundation awards a number of scholarships each academic year at Oxford and Cambridge. There are no quotas per country and scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit. Each application is carefully considered by the trustees and staff of the Foundation and the best candidates overall are chosen. The Foundation bases its decisions on academic record, financial need, likelihood to succeed in the UK, usefulness of subject to the applicant’s country, motivation, future career intentions, practical ability to make use of the knowledge to be gained in the UK on return to the Middle East and personality.

If you are awarded another scholarship and require partial funding, the Foundation is happy to consider this request. The Foundation does not choose its scholars according to how much funding they require but bases its decisions on the factors set out in the paragraph above.

The Application Procedure

Further details on application procedures are found below. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online.

The Foundation’s Board of Trustees makes the final selection by end of July at the latested. You will be informed by the Foundation or Oxford or Cambridge of the outcome of your application. The Trustees’ decision is final and there is no right of appeal. Please do not use your contacts to lobby for your scholarship application. This will not help, and may harm, your application.

After submission of your postgraduate course admission application by the required deadline your application is considered by the university. If you are offered a place by the university your application is then considered by the Foundation in London. The Foundation interviews all of the candidates it has shortlisted. Interviews take place in May/June in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine.

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DTU Nanotech Doctoral scholarships in Organic Synthesis and Polymer Chemistry

CBIO group of Department of Micro and Nanotechnology (DTU Nanotech) offer 2 (two) full doctoral scholarships. The position will be part of colloboration CBIO group with some Pharma and Medico companies in Denmark, and part of larger effort in developing of synthetic gene delivery systems at the forefront of research in nanomedicine.

Position 1: Surface engineering of nanoparticles

One of the major tasks in the development of nanoparticle systems for both drug delivery and diagnostic applications is controlled surface functionalization and surface coating. We need to develop multienveloped systems where modern synthetic chemistry is a highly important tool. There is furthermore a need to develop new synthetic tools for the quantification of the biomolecular functionalization and to characterize how this is influenced by nanoparticle surface chemistry and morphology. This position is open to a student with a background in organic synthesis or polymer chemistry.

Position 2: Biodegradable transfection systems

Current cellular transfection strategies of DNA/RNA utilize cationic lipid and polymer systems (polyplexes) that show cellular toxicity and are thus unsuitable for in vivo use. There is a need to develop new biodegradable polymer systems that are less toxic to cells. This PhD project is focused on the synthesis of new polymers for lowering the toxicity without hampering the transfection efficiency. One part of the project is focused on fluorescent labeling of the polyplexes to conduct cellular trafficking and organelle localization experiments. The successful candidate will have a background in synthetic organic chemistry or polymer chemistry.

Qualifications

Applicants should have a master’s degree in engineering or a similar with an academic level equivalent to the master’s degree in engineering.

Approval and Enrolment

The scholarships for the Doctoral degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. See the DTU PhD Guide if you need information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies.

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UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships Programme

2011 Cycle – Reinforcing its belief in “people building the next era”, the Government of Japan offers 20 fellowships per year, for the eleventh
consecutive year, to be awarded to deserving candidates from developing countries, especially the least developed countries (LDCs), who are eager to undertake research on one or more of the topics listed below. The aim of the fellowships is to support innovative and imaginative post-graduate research in four areas of development of particular interest to UNESCO.

(Deadline for the submission of applications: 7 January 2011. Please see the announcement letter of the programme which is available in:English, French, Spanish and Arabic)

Fellowship application form

A. INTRODUCTION

UNESCO designed the project “UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships

Programme” (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) in the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Capacity-Building of Human Resources which was established in November 2000 by the Government of Japan to enable UNESCO to give impetus to research in four areas under UNESCO’s Priority Programme Areas.

B. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) funded under a Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the capacity-building of Human Resources will aim, in particular, to impact on capacity-building and research activities in the following areas:

Environment (with particular attention to Water Sciences);

Intercultural Dialogue;

Information and Communication Technologies; and

Peaceful conflict resolution. No other research topics will be considered.

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Next Generation Wireless Cellular Communication Systems, PostDoc Research in Chalmer University, Sweden

Division of Communication Systems and Information Theory

Research in the department focuses on methods and algorithms for digital communication systems. We study systems as the next generation of wireless cellular communications, communications between vehicles to allow important applications of road safety, fiber optic communications systems, communications equipment and limited. Our research is different in nature
and includes basic project-oriented applications, and disciplinary and interdisciplinary. We are heavily involved in graduate communication engineering. The division employs about 30 people, a figure that will rise in the near future, as we have been successful in attracting research grants. Chalmers University of Technology is located in Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. It is among the top research schools in Europe. The environment of international research and candidates of all nationalities are welcome to apply.

Job description

The general research topic is about improving the user experience of future ubiquitous communication mobile cellular radio systems. The research was conducted as part of the research project “Advanced radio interface technologies for 4G systems (ARTIST4G)”

 http://www.chalmers.se/s2/EN/research/divisions/communication-systems/research-projects/advanced-radio-interface, in close collaboration with our project ARTIST4G Swedish and European partners. In addition, participation in our ongoing research projects on the future of mobile wireless systems, ITU, IMT-Advanced and beyond, is also provided The main objective of this research is to invent new techniques for systems using the cooperation of multi-cellular base station and relayin.

Required qualifications

You must have a very good knowledge of wireless communications and a recent Ph.D. degree in a related field of wireless communications, preferably with experience in multi-antenna distributed. Programming knowledge coordinated beamforming and the relay, joint multi-point transmission and reception, using the planning and design multi-layer is advantageous, and interest in information theory and Bayesian methods. In addition, interest in interdisciplinary work with scientists and engineers from other sectors is essential, as are technical skills in simulation and mathematical analysis. You should have a good command of spoken and written English and have good interpersonal skills. Teaching experience is an advantage

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The One-World-Scholarship Programme for Developing Countries, Austria

One World-The Fellowship Programme is aimed at students from developing countries in Austrian universities and aims to contribute to the peaceful coexistence of people from different countries of origin through improving equal opportunities, intercultural dialogue, understanding and collaboration. It has been established within the Austrian Educational Cooperation, and together with the other programs which supports their concerns (the fight against poverty, conserve resources, peacekeeping, etc), the creation and expansion of qualified staff and Consequently, the advancement of education, and economic systems (capacity and institutional development), with lasting effects.

It is complementary to other scholarship programmes and laid out globally, it enhances the ability for independent, creative, critical and self-determined thinking and acting and shall strengthen the competence for innovative problem solving strategies. The OWS contributes to the socially required production of knowledge and awareness, it promotes a global perspective and the creation of the globally educated citizen. It attaches a high significance to regional, international and trans-cultural networks. The programme is co-financed (government, church and private funds and own resources of the recipients of the benefits) and significantly contributes to the economic, social and cultural development of the southern countries.

The One-World-Scholarship-Programme is directed at students from Africa, Asia and Latin America who are interested in development policy and who have come to Austria on their own initiatives, in order to complete their education. With their decision for studying abroad, the students have demonstrated a high degree of assertiveness, creativity and mobility. The scholarship will contribute to following up on the right of education also for those critical and intellectual young people who will find poor conditions in their home countries. These aspects will apply still more strongly to women. So scholarships will offer a chance making up for the ethnic, religious, social and regional discrimination, and in individual cases, also for violations of human rights. The scholarships are divided into:

Scholarships for the promotion of students doing bachelor degrees (application in Austria)

Scholarships for the promotion of students doing doctoral degrees (application in Austria)

Scholarships for the promotion of students doing masters degrees and training programmes (application in Austria or in the country of origin)

Through study-accompanying measures (the entire educational measures in the OWS will massively support the publicity for development policy and the intercultural dialogue) – like conducting workshops and seminars on returning home and reintegration, job prospects and job applications as well as respective counselling talks and in-between homeward journeys – the project target of a successful occupational reintegration in the countries of origin can be essentially supported.

Organisation:

most important scholarship within the AAI Graz

coordinated by the One-World-Scholarship-Team of the contact committee for third world scholarships (study counsellors of the AAI, the LAI, the ÖAD, the ÖOG)

co-financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation and the Catholic Womens Movement

administrated by ADA (Austrian Development Agency)

The OWS is conceived as a comprehensive programme, which will comprise scholarships and special study expenses, study-accompanying measures and tutoring, study-accompanying training, supporting reintegration and follow up-contacts. The OWS is a mobility programme acknowledged by the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Art (in terms of scholarship regulations). Recipients of the scholarships are exempt from tuition fees.

The scholarship programme is co-financed with means from the Austrian Development Cooperation, the Catholic Womens Movement and private funds.

The monthly allowance amounts between 500 and 550 Euro. Students can apply for the scholarships by using the application form between the middle of March till the end of May each year.

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PhD Student Position in Gasification of Biomass – Gas Cleaning, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

The Division of Energy Technology within the Department of Energy and Environment at Chalmers University of Technology invites applications for a position as PhD student.

The research within the Department of Energy and Environment covers a wide field within the areas energy and environment/sustainable development, from a global perspective to industrial, building, and product scale. The research fields include energy technology and energy conversion, conducted both experimentally and theoretically, and development, use and evaluation of methods and tools for analysis of technical systems, regarding both environment/sustainable development and energy. In total some 150 persons are working in six divisions at the department.

Gasification of biomass is seen as one of the most promising technologies for the production of renewable fuels that can replace fossil fuels in all energy sectors – transport, industry and heat and power supply. At the division of Energy Technology at Chalmers we work with several industrial partners to take forward knowledge and new technologies to meet the request of the society to break today’s dependence of fossil fuels.

The efficient cleaning of producer gas from gasification is the key for the efficient production of 2nd generation fuels biofuels such like dimethyl ester (DME), Fischer-Tropsch-diesel (FT diesel) and substitute natural gas (SNG). However, present cleaning technologies are costly and energy intensive preventing the introduction of these fuels. Goal is the development of a low-cost, simple and reliable gas cleaning system that breaks down tars (long hydro carbons) and removes simultaneously sulfur.

The solution of this task is vital for the commercialization of the production of large quantities of biofuels (methane, methanol, synthetic Diesel, etc) from biomass. The technology is based on Chemical Looping Reforming (CLR) and is funded by E.On, directed strategic governmental funding and Swedish research council.

Information about the gasifier and the gas cleaning activities at Chalmers

CLR is a special application of Chemical Looping Combustion and more about the CLC activities at Chalmers

Job description

The work will primarily have an experimental focus on the potential of using different bed materials, such as different ores and manufactured materials based on, for example, nickel. The work will as well include work dedicated to the optimization of the process emphasized toward scale up of the CLR process. The work will be carried out at the division of Energy Technology Department of Energy and Environment.

This PhD project will be a part of the gasification research at Chalmers, which is a group of more than ten researchers.

Required qualifications

A required background is a master of science in Chemical Engineering with Engineering Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biological engineering or similar.

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