Acada Links - scholarships and admissions guide.: August 2012

Friday, August 24, 2012

PhD SCHOLARSHIPS IN DENMARK UNIVERSITIES

Here is a list of vacant PhD positions in various universities ranging across various fields of study in Danish universities.

Danish PhD scholarships are fully funded, i.e. you receive a salary and there is no tuition fee. Some PhD programmes are developed as partnerships between universities and private companies

Below are links to Danish university PhD positions. Please note that availability, application formalities and deadline may vary among universities.

Aalborg University

Faculties: Engineering and Science, Humanities, Social Sciences
Available PhD positionsat Aalborg University

Aarhus University

Faculties: Humanities, Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Theology, Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Research Institute, School of Business, School of Education
Information about PhD positions at AarhusUniversity

Please note that Aarhus University informs about their vacant PhD positions attheir departments

Copenhagen Business School

Faculties: Business Administration, Modern Languages
Available PhD positions atCopenhagen Business School

The IT University of Copenhagen

Technology and media
Available PhD positions atthe IT University of Copenhagen

Roskilde University

Faculties: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences.
Available PhD positions at RoskildeUniversity

Technical University of Denmark

Faculties: Engineering, Chemistry, Environment, Mathematics, Nanotech, Space, Systems Biology.Available PhD positions atthe Technical University of Denmark

University of Copenhagen

Faculties: Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Science, Social Sciences, Theology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Life Sciences.
Available PhD positions atUniversity of Copenhagen

University of Southern Denmark

Faculties: Health Sciences, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Social Sciences
Available PhD positions atUniversity of Southern Denmark

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Institutes: Building Culture, Technology, Planning, Design and Communication.
Available PhD positions atthe Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Check here for a complete list http://studyindenmark.dk/study-in-denmark/phd-positions

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Australian Regional Development Scholarships (ARDS)

Provider:

Government of Australia

Handler:

AusAID

Study Level:

Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate Degrees

Deadline:

Depending on your country

Summary:

Australian Regional Development Scholarships provide opportunities to people from some developing countries to study at selected education institutions outside Australia.

The purpose of the scholarships is for people to gain knowledge and skills which will help the development of their home country.

The scholarships are offered for the minimum period that the individual could be expected to complete the academic program. Scholarships may include preparatory programs (including English language tuition) which are normally limited to one year.

Applicants considering studying for particular professions (eg medicine, legal studies, etc) should note that they are expected to complete their practical training in their own country. Only under exceptional circumstances do scholarships include a practical training period required for professional registration.

Field of Study:

Australian Regional Development Scholarship students study a wide range of disciplines at selected education institutions in the Pacific region.

The scholarship numbers and fields of study for each country are determined annually as part of Australia's bilateral development assistance program with that country.

Some countries may limit the level of study (technical, undergraduate or postgraduate) and give priority to certain fields of study to better meet development needs.

Currently Australian Regional Development Scholarships are offered to people from the Pacific to study at Pacific tertiary institutions in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa.

Country specific information is available from the Australian Diplomatic Mission in the country of citizenship.

Nations Covered:

Australian Regional Development Scholarships are currently restricted to Pacific countries such as Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

Enquiries about scholarships should be made with the Australian Diplomatic Mission. For example, scholarship information for citizens of the Solomon Islands is only available from the Australian Diplomatic Mission in Honiara.

Type of Scholarship:

Scholarship entitlements vary between countries and institution of enrolment.

Generally entitlements cover a return airfare from your home country to the country of study, academic and other compulsory fees, an establishment allowance and a living allowance paid fortnightly.

In some countries the living allowance may be paid at a higher rate when the student is joined long term by one or more family members. No assistance is available with the airfares of family members.

Eligibility:

Applicants compete on their merit which includes academic achievement and other selection criteria. The selection criteria vary between countries and are developed jointly by the Australian and partner governments.

AusAID has a gender/equity policy (half of the scholarships are awarded to women and half to men).

To be eligible for a scholarship applicants must:

be a citizen of and a resident in the ARDS participating country
not have or be entitled to permanent residence in Australia; and not be married or engaged to be married to a person who holds or is eligible to hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residence status (unless their country does not issue passports - the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)
meet specific eligibility criteria imposed by the Government of the applicant's country of citizenship
satisfy host government's immigration requirements for regional students
not hold another scholarship during the period of the ARDS
not be transferring from another scholarship
not hold or have held an Australian Government Scholarship in the two years preceding the proposed time of commencement of the ARDS (excluding Papua New Guinea Secondary School Project students)

Scholarship Conditions

Applicants who are offered a scholarship will be asked to sign an undertaking declaring that they will comply with the conditions of that scholarship. Partner countries may impose their own conditions on the scholarship.

Conditions include:

studying full time and meeting all course requirements
not changing enrolment without the prior written approval of AusAID
making satisfactory academic progress
complying with restrictions on employment in the country of study
accepting that the scholarship may be withdrawn by the Australian Government
returning to the home country on completion of the scholarship
restrictions on returning to the country of study or travelling to Australia within 2 years of the completion of the scholarship
repaying the total amount of the scholarship if condition (f) or (g) are not adhered to

Website:

Website: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/pages/studyout.aspx

Note: Please always visit the respective website of the scholarship for comprehensive information. In areas you don’t understand, contact the relevant Contact Person via email on the scholarship website. You may as well contact us, but we may not have the complete information like the scholarship providers. Thank you.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

50 Ph.Ds and PostDoc Research Scholarships in Germany

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ in Germany – a leading research centre in Europe with exciting research topics, excellent supervision, solid structures, interdisciplinary team work and tailored qualification at the UFZ Graduate School HIGRADE – the best conditions to start a successful career.

The Centre is recruiting 50 doctorate and post-doctorate candidates (male or female) in addressing the most pressing societal and scientific challenges across ten large integrated projects (IP) in research areas like land use, biological diversity, water, soil, chemicals, health and energy.

Eligibility

You are an excellent graduate in natural, social or economic sciences? You are, e.g., biologist, hydrologist, engineer or economist with outstanding skills, knowledge and ideas? We invite you to submit an application to the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, the international centre of competence for environmental sciences and member of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz Association. Come to Leipzig, Halle or Magdeburg, three modern and unique science locations with an appealing culture and flair.

Deadline - August 24 2012

Areas of Research - The 10 IP areas of interest are stated below.

IP No. 1: Mitigating of land useconflicts
4 PhD students (m/f) and 1 scientist / post-doc (m/f, 50%)

The general aim of the integrated project is the development of scenarios, indicators and optimization tools to quantify, to value and to safeguard ecosystem services and biodiversity in new cultural landscapes for future generations. Carrying out several local and regional case studies in mainly agricultural, urban-rural and protected regions we want to provide a scientific consistent concept for upscaling results to the national level.

IPNo. 2: Emerging ecosystems: functional dynamics under global change
4 PhD students (m/f) and 1 post-doc (m/f, 50%)

Changes in land use and climate, invading species (including pathogens and their vectors) as well as chemical stressors alter environmental states into previously not encountered conditions. Using experiments, observation and modelling, we aim at identifying functional changes in ecosystems emerging under these novel conditions.

IPNo. 3: Land use aspects of transforming the energy system
5 PhD students (m/f) and 1 post-doc (m/f, 50%)

This Integrated Project focuses on aspects of the (above- and below-ground) land use change driven by the politically fostered large-scale transition to decentralized renewable energy systems. In an interdisciplinary team of natural and social scientists, socio-economic and environmental impacts will be assessed and options for a sustainable implementation and effective governance will be developed.

IP No. 4: Urban transformations
2 scientists (m/f, 50%), 1 PhD student / scientist (m/f, 50%) and 1 scientist (m/f)

This IP provides research contributions on sustainable urban development focussing on resource efficiency, quality of life and resilience. The challenge is to ensure a fair distribution of resources with simultaneous consideration of needs to adapt to global change. This applies to both, growing and shrinking urban areas.

IP No. 5: Healthy aquaticecosystems
4 PhD students (m/f)

An interdisciplinary team of scientists (ecologists, ecotoxicologists, social and legal scientists) develops innovative strategies to optimize the status and functions of inland water bodies exposed to multiple pressures.

IPNo. 6: Water and solute fluxes in catchments
6 PhD students (m/f)

A quantitative understanding of solute fluxes in catchments is an important prerequisite for the management of solute exports from landscapes and the mitigation of adverse effects on the receiving waters. Within IP No. 6 new data and model driven concepts to better understand and quantify solute fluxes in catchments will be developed.

IPNo. 7: Water scarcity – Water management in semi-arid regions
6 PhD students (m/f) and 1 scientist (m/f)

To secure water for living will be one of the most challenging global tasks of the 21st century. In this highly interdisciplinary project we will develop future water scenarios for semi-arid and arid regions by combining monitoring and modeling strategies of hydrological and hydro-geological processes with the development and implementation of new technologies for a better water use efficiency and a socio-economic and legal assessment of water resources management options.

IPNo. 8: Exposome – Environmental pollution and its impacts on human health
6 PhD students (m/f)

There is evidence that environmental factors including life style contribute to complex diseases significantly more than genetic factors. The project goal is to identify causative links between perturbation-induced exposure in the body and adverse outcome pathways.

IP No. 9: Controlling chemicals’fate
7 PhD students (m/f)

The project “Controlling chemicals’ fate” aims at evaluating and modeling the capacity of ecosystems to degrade chemicals with the goal to promote the eco-compatible design, the predictability of fate and the sustainable management of chemicals in ecosystems.

IPNo. 10: From local observations to regional predictions
3 PhD students (m/f)

Land surface models describe the exchanges of energy, water and CO₂ with the atmosphere. The integrated project “From local observations to regional predictions” examines how biodiversity and succession can be incorporated in the descriptions of land surface models. Hyperspectral imaging, ecosystem productivity and soil moisture measurements with cosmic ray sensors are currently installed in the TERENO observatories and will be used in the model development and for evaluation.

If you are interested, go to the website http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=30617 and click on any of the areas and contact the email attached to it.

Goodluck with your application.

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Bachelors and Masters Research Scholarships in Germany

The Centre is recruiting local and foreign students into some of its Masters research areas.

Eligibility

You are a graduate in natural, social or economic sciences? You are, e.g., biologist, hydrologist, engineer or economist with outstanding skills, knowledge and ideas? We invite you to submit an application to the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, the international centre of competence for environmental sciences and member of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz Association. Come to Leipzig, Halle or Magdeburg, three modern and unique science locations with an appealing culture and flair.

Also a Bachelor final year student who intends to conduct research in one of the areas below in a link exchange programme is also welcome.

Thesis 1 - Analysis of the item of plant protection products in the cultivation of energy crops in the river with the help of the runoff potential model

Department - Bioenergy/System

Work Place - Leipzig

Reference number - ohne

Application period - 30.08.2012

Contact - Katja Bunzel (katja.bunzel@ufz.de)