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USA: GTA/RA in EE, Univ of South Florida

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:01:18 +0000

Graduate research and/or teaching assistantships for the Ph.D. program in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida are currently available. The research focus areas are in Wireless Sensor Networks, Signal Processing for BCI, Speech/Speaker Recognition for Biometrics. The appointment is for the AY 2010-2011 includes tuition. Support beyond the first year will be based on the availability of funds, performance, and other factors.

Interested candidates should contact Prof. Ravi Sankar (r.sankar@ieee.org) and send by email their resume outlining the Education and Professional Experiences, Statement of Purpose, Potential for conducting independent research, Transcripts, GRE scores, References, etc.

Application Due Date: Feb 28, 2010

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Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) 2010

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:55:16 +0000

Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) is now accepting applications for admission to the 2010 fall semester, and applications are due before 31 March, 2010 TIGP offers the following nine Ph.D. programs:

Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Science and Technology
Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences
Molecular and Cell Biology (to be open soon)
Bioinformatics
Nano Science and Technology
Molecular Medicine
Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing
Earth System Science

No application fee is required. Please send the completed application to:
Admissions Office Taiwan International Graduate Program
No. 75, Lane 12, Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang District,
Taipei City 11529 ,Taiwan, R. O. C.

TIGP now also offers the option to apply online for admission to the program. If you wish to learn more about our online application system, please via the website at http://db1n.sinica.edu.tw/textdb/tigp

For more information, please contact Nancy Yang/ Alice Lee at +886-2-27898050/ +886-2-2789-9696. Email: nancyy@gate.sinica.edu.tw / alicelee@gate.sinica.edu.tw. TIGP website: http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/applying.html

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Ireland: LGSSE Studentships

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:42:13 +0000

The Lero Graduate School in Software Engineering (LGSSE), the main education initiative of Lero – the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, offers a four-year PhD program provided jointly by the four leading Irish Universities involved in Lero (Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and University of Limerick). The LGSSE program cycle begins in September 2010. The first year includes taught modules in research theory and practice, as well as technical software engineering modules. Also during the first year the candidate will prepare a research proposal that will be the basis for a three-year individual research project. In this way LGSSE seeks to combine the best features of the European and US models of PhD education.

We are now offering generous PhD studentships covering stipend, equipment and fees – awarded on a competitive basis.

Closing date is the end of February 2010.

For application details and more on the LGSSE programme, please explore the LGSSE website.

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New Zealand: Masters/PhD Scholarships at University of Canterbury

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:34:58 +0000

The University of Canterbury (UC) offers a number of scholarships for study towards a PhD degree or for the thesis year of a Masters degree. There is strong competition for these scholarships and application must have gained at least a first class honors degree, or the equivalent, for it to be worth applying.

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The Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:29:43 +0000

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) was established in April 1988 with financing from the Government of Japan.

It aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of ADB’s developing member countries to pursue postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.

Upon completion of their study programs, scholars are expected to contribute to the economic and social development of their home countries.

The ADB-JSP enrolls about 300 students annually in 20 academic institutions located in 10 countries within the Region.

The ADB-JSP provides full scholarships for one to two years.

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UK: PhD positions in SMALL ITN Project

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:20:09 +0000

SMALL ITN is a European Commission Framework 7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network. SMALL represents ‘Surface for Molecular Recognition at the Atomic Level’ and is focused on training 22 PhD students across 11 different institutions in cutting edge nanoscience, chemistry, physics and theoretical methods. To find out more about the research studentships available please click on one of the project titles in the list on the right, or visit our vacancies page.

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Sweden: PhD Position Lund University

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:21:16 +0000

Lund University is Scandinavias largest institution for education and research in a great number of disciplines, such as engineering, natural sciences, law, social science, economics, medicine, theology and the arts. The University has over 38,000 students and approximately 5,300 employees located in Lund, Malm and Helsingborg. We have a comprehensive global network and a growing co-operation within the resund University framework within Southern Sweden and Eastern Denmark.

LTH forms the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, with approximately 6,500 students and 850 PhD-students. The research carried out at LTH is of high international standard and we continuously develop our teaching and adapt our courses to the needs of today.

Lund University invites applications for the following position:

Doctoral student in thermal power engineering, PA 2009/4911
Doctoral student in Engineering Logistics, PA 2009/5078
Doctoral students in Mathematics, PA 2009/4596
Doctoral student in Combustion Physics, PA 2009/4733
Doctoral Student in Structural Engineering , PA 2009/4848
Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Laser-based Combustion Diagnostics, PA 2009/4051
Doctoral student in materials chemistry, PA 2009/5043
Doctoral Student in Automatic Control, PA 2009/4618
Doctoral student in electronic circuit design, PA 2009/4732
Doctoral Student in Numerical Analysis, PA 2009/4657

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Germany: PhD Student Fellowships on Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:59:20 +0000

Job Description
EVIMalaR is a collaborative research Network of Excellence, funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the University of Glasgow. It currently engages 49 Principal Investigators from 34 institutions in Europe (29) and malaria endemic countries (5). The consortium conducts research on malaria parasites and their interactions with both mammalian hosts and mosquito vectors. EVIMalaRs International PhD Programme aims to train talented young scientists from both North and South in malaria research, with emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches. It thus offers a unique opportunity for students to become engaged in malaria research in world-leading malaria research institutions.

Training of the future EVIMalaR students is conducted through the virtual European Malaria Graduate School, which is organized and operated in collaboration with the EMBL and the Heidelberg University.

Applications are invited for studentships (funded for a maximum of 3.5 years) linked to collaborative research projects, each supervised by two or more principle investigators from different countries.
Applicants should hold the necessary qualifications entitling them to undertake a PhD study in their host country, and should possess a high standard of written and spoken English.
Applications are to be submitted online via www.evimalar.org (application system open from 8 January on) and are due by 8 March 2010.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to EMBL, Heidelberg, on 26 28 May 2010, for interviews with the Admissions Committee.
Successful candidates should be available to start in October 2010 to attend the 3-week PhD Core Course in Heidelberg.

For detail information you can visit EVIMalaR homepage and/or contact evimalar.phd@med.uni-heidelberg.de.

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Japan: SISF Foundation Scholarship 2010

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:34:38 +0000

Sato International Scholarship Foundation (SISF) announced their scholarship program for April, 2010.

Eligibility
Students from the following countries are eligible to apply: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, Vietnam.

Amount of Scholarship

Undergraduate students 120,000 yen/month
Graduate students 180,000 yen/month (plus additional support to cover cost for attending conferences)

Duration of Scholarship : 2 years
Number of Scholarships Granted : Around 10 students will be accepted.
Details : Please check SISFs website.

How to apply
You are required to apply through the Gakumu-gakari (educational affairs section ) of your Faculty/Division. First, please check the application deadline date of your Faculty/Division, then hand in all the application documents by the date.

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How to Identify Scholarship Scams

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:12:52 +0000

Now that you’re applying for scholarships, we wanted to share some of our best tips for applying for scholarships and fellowships on internet.

How to Identify Scholarship Scams ! Tips from Scholarship-Positions.com

Application Fee. Scholarship scams and organizations that charge fees for almost all the scholarship availing procedures that can be undertaken free of cost. Never pay for scholarship application fees.
Guaranteed Scholarship Award. Scams that guarantee an award- Now this trap can be tempting to an aspiring student. Nobody can guarantee a scholarship. If you are worthy and your concerns are true you will certainly get it. Don’t get into the trap called ‘Scholarship guarantee’. No such thing exists.
You “Win” a Scholarship that You Never Applied. Scholarships scams will contact college students informing them that they have won full college scholarship. You cannot win a scholarship if you have never for applied for it.
Free Scholarship Scams. Nothing in life comes easily. There is no such thing like Free Scholarship. Scholarship is generally given to students with high quality academic record. Simply money does not grow on three.
Request for Personal Information. Some scams ask for your personal details, such as bank statement, date of birth, passwords, account numbers, social security number etc. Never share your personal information with anyone online. Your identity might get cloned.

We always try to work very hard to publish correct scholarship information for students. We always verify the source before publishing on our blog. As a scholarship applicant you need to research thoroughly on the funding procedures. Otherwise you can fall a victim to any scholarship scam.

We hope you find these tips helpful.