The PhD position is embedded in a sandwich program jointly carried out between National University of Rwanda and the Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Austria. The  PhD  position  is  linked  to  the  EU  FP7-funded  research  project  HEALTHY  FUTURES.    

HEALTHY  FUTURES  is  motivated  by  concern  for  the  health  impacts  of environmental changes. HEALTHY FUTURES aims to respond to this concern through construction of a disease risk mapping system for three water-related, high-impact vector-borne diseases (malaria, Rift Valley fever and schistosomiasis)  in  Africa,  taking  into  account  environmental/climatic  trends  and  changes  in  socio-economic conditions to predict future risk.

Application deadline: August 15th, 2011

Further details: Visit www.healthyfutures.eu or contact Dr. Theophile Niyonzima (tniyonzima@nur.ac.rw )

We welcome you to the web presence of the Vienna International Post-Doctoral Training in Molecular Life Sciences (VIPS) at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)!

About  V I P S
The VIPS Post-doctoral training is a pioneer programme with special support from the Austrian government and the City of Vienna. The mission of this programme is to offer an excellent environment to post-doctoral scientists and to support them on their way to scientific independence.

VIPS offers new international PostDocs a 3 to 5 year long post-doctoral training at the MFPL with the specific aim of preparing them for a career as principal investigators. To increase the chances for success and the establishment of their own research groups, the VIPS PostDocs will be encouraged to develop their own research topics and apply for independent grants in the second half of their training. During the final phase of their training, VIPS PostDocs will be supported as they apply for group leader positions outside the MFPL.

VIPS calls will be announced biannually and candidates selected through a competitive procedure. Successful applicants will be affiliated with one or two of the eligible research groups at the MFPL. Post-docs will also choose an independent postdoctoral mentor from the faculty that will provide additional advice and career support. The VIPS programme actively supports scientists who wish to combine family life with a successful career.The implementation of the VIPS post-doctoral programme is supported by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research and the City of Vienna as part of a large pioneer programme that aims at promoting young investigators at all career stages: PhDs, PostDocs and Junior Group Leaders. The central aspect of VIPS is the combination of scientific training and career development.

All VIPS fellows are employed with an internationally competitive salary according to the guidelines of the Austrian Research Funds (FWF).

Download information leaflet as pdf or Apply now!

More info. see:  www.projects.mfpl.ac.at/vips/index.php?mid=1&smid=2&1_section=1&1_id=1&1_mode=

GIScience- Geographic Information Science University of Salzburg, Austria Doctoral College - DK-GIScience Announcement of 9 Doctoral Positions

Supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the program offers 9 scholarships for doctoral researchers at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg The positions are in accordance with the regulations of the FWF (www.fwf.ac.at) and the gross salary is 26278.- Euro per year, regardless of age and family situation. Contracts will be awarded for three years with an extension option of several months under defined circum­stances. It is foreseen to spend one semester at one of 22 pre-selected partner Universities worldwide.

Candidates need to choose from the following list of 9 topics while providing a first choice and a second (alternative) choice. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found at www.uni-salzburg.at/giscience.

PI / supervisor

R/M-1 T. Blaschke Incorporating LiDARscapes in an OBIA framework

R/M-2 L. Schrott Visualisation of la ndforms and geomorphic process domains using regional data sets – creating a digital geomorphological map of theEuropean Alps

R/M-3 R. Marschallinger 3D modelling and simulation of sediment structures in overdeepened alpine basins and implications for hydro(geo)logical modelling

R/M-4 F. Neubauer 3D Structure of major fault zones and its application in engineering geology and geothermics

T/P-1 J. Strobl Spatial System Dynamics: Simulation for Decision Support

T/P-2 A. Koch Spatial Simulation of Urban Segregation Processes

T/P-3 E. Beinat Geo-spatial models for collective sensing

S/M-3 S. Reich scalability and performance in near-real-time processing of geo-spatial data streams

S/M-4 M. Leitner Developing a research framework for criminal geographic profiling

Requirements are the excellent completion of a degree at the Masters level in Geoinformatics, Geomatics, Geography, Compute r Science or any scientific/technica l subject in a relevant field, and excellent English language (both oral and writing) skills.

Important dates:

• First Application deadline: 20 April, 2011 (later applications may be considered for a second round of interviews if any positions remain open)
• Selection workshop (for pre‐selected applicants): end of May / early June, 2011
• Start of the program: Late September 2011, start of regular classes: 03 October.

Applicants have to submit the complete scholarship application as detailed at the website from 01 February. Successful candidates will then be invited to start their admission process at the University of Salzburg.

Further information will be forthcoming at www.uni-salzburg.at/giscience

For all inquiries, please contact giscience@sbg.ac.at

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY 
BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME 
STRENGTHENING HUMAN SECURITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION 
10 - 20 July 2011

ETC | EUROPEAN TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE 
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY 
GRAZ | AUSTRIA 


BACKGROUND 

ETC’s International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security has been held since 2001, first in Montenegro and Macedonia, and since 2003 in the Human Rights City of Graz. 
Following different topics in the past ten years - ranging from human rights and human wrongs in the Balkans over a culture of human rights to the question of threats that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations bring for the peacebuilding and reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region - it has never lost the focus on the interdependency of human rights, human security and human rights education. The 10th summer academy (re)turns to the local level, resuming different approaches to human rights implementation in cities and towns, discussing progress and setbacks and giving examples not only of the Human Rights City of Graz. The programme is designed to raise awareness on human rights challenges and possible solutions by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to strengthen democratic and human rights principles, to contribute to bringing the scientific discourse closer to civil society and to build future relations and in! 
clude the participants in existing networks. 

The programme further provides an introduction to the concept of human security which is set into relation to societal factors such as poverty and exclusion, but also racism and right-wing extremism and their effects on “old” and “new” minorities. Concluding the summer academy, human rights education strategies will be reviewed in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human and minority rights. 

TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS 

* Concepts of human security 
* The interdependency of concepts: Human rights, human security and human rights education 
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Poverty and exclusion 
* Re-build my town! 
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Racism and the “old” and “new” minorities 
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Right-wing extremism 
* Reasoning strategies against hate speech 
* Human (in)securities in the past 
* Local strategies for human rights and human security: The concepts of human rights cities and the Coalition of Cities against Racism 
* Building a culture of human rights: Human rights education strategies 
* Learning by doing: Interactive theatre as a participatory instrument 

METHODOLOGY 

The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of international and local academics and practitioners who work on the topics of human rights education and implementation on the local level. Their broad professional orientation - from lawyers to human rights educators to theatre performers - guarantees the interdisciplinary approach to human rights and human security issues that has made our previous summer academies a success story. 

The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows for the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well. The training is based on morning lectures and discussions and afternoon workshops. In order to assure sustainability and multiplying effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on an interactive approach, offering a week-long simulation game in one of the afternoon working groups and visits to numerous local institutions in the second working group. Working language of the summer academy is English. Participants who have actively taken part in the whole programme will receive a certificate of attendance. 

TARGET GROUP 

The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for 
- young professionals, especially in local administration, 
- postgraduate students and young researchers, 
- and representatives of NGOs whose work agenda focuses on the implementation of human rights and democratic proceedings. Special focus will be laid on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe. The number of participants is limited to 30 in order to provide an intensive learning atmosphere. Participants will be selected on the basis of their fields of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme. 

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

APPLICATION DEADLINE 

31 March 2011

For more information, follow this link:  www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118#c2421 

The VBC PhD programme ensures that its students all have a productive, worthwhile experience during their PhD. Students in the programme are part of a strong, supportive community made up of fellow students and the post-docs, staff scientists, and group leaders that make up the campus. VBC PhD students receive attentive scientific guidance from their advisors and all members of the community. From the practical side, the programme assists students with administrative issues related to obtaining their degrees through the University of Vienna.

How do you get into the programme? Getting into the VBC PhD programme requires three things: a written application, a personal interview, and a PhD position offer from a VBC group leader.

What’s required?
• Completed online application
• Two letters of recommendation
• Degree (Masters or your country’s equivalent)
• less than 30 years of age at the time of application

When is the next application deadline?
There are two selections each year, the application deadlines are as follows:
Winter selection - 15 November (website opens for applications on 15 September)
Summer selection – 30 April (website opens for applications on 1 March)

Is it hard to get into the programme?
The VBC PhD programme is competitive. Attracted by the high quality of research, the strong scientific support, and the great city of Vienna, about 200 students apply in each selection. But if you are excited about research, enjoy discussing science, and can think independently, you have a good chance of getting in.

How does the selection work?
A panel of VBC faculty first reviews all complete applications. Candidates with strong academic achievements, clear scientific thinking, and dedication and interest in research are invited to Vienna for interviews. All prospective students come to the VBC campus for five days, during which, they have the opportunity to learn first-hand more about the programme, life in Vienna, and research at the VBC. The VBC PhD programme covers travel costs and accommodation during the visit. A formal interview on the second day requires that the prospective students present a short “journal club” and their own research experience to a panel of VBC faculty. More details about the formal interview are provided to students when they are invited. Candidates who perform well in the interview then have two days to discuss potential research projects with individual group leaders and get to know the different labs. During this discussion period, students prioritize the groups they would like to join. Finally, group leaders offer positions to the students who best fit the project and the lab. Candidates have 3 weeks to accept or decline the offer.

• Application Process
• Online Form

More info : www.vbcphdprogramme.at/index.php?id=392

The Vienna PhD School of Informatics is an international PhD School, funded by the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), the City of Vienna and private sponsors. PhD students for this full-time programme are recruited world-wide, all courses are held in English.

The application deadline for the next call for applications (for the study year 2011/2012) will be on May 8th, 2011. Further details about the schedule will be published in January 2011.

The PhD School is located at TU Vienna and admits Austrian as well as international students annually. TU Vienna invites applications for a maximum of 15 PhD scholarships per year. The first study year of the PhD School started in October 2009. No tuition fees have to be paid by these holders of scholarships.

Call for applications 2011/2012
Detailled information about the application process and the application schedule will be published on this webside in January 2011.

Overview

The Vienna PhD School of Informatics involves an intense period of supervised study and research, culminating in the submission of a thesis. The duration of the PhD School is three years. The degree is awarded to candidates who, through original investigation, make a distinct and significant contribution to knowledge in their field of specialisation.

The PhD-School’s curriculum covers the main research areas of the Faculty of Informatics. In addition, it may also imply cooperation with other TU Vienna faculties. The school is designed to facilitate the integration of industry, either by defining joint research issues, by offering workplaces (with well-defined research related tasks) during summer breaks, or by sponsoring.

TU Vienna aims at positioning this PhD School of Informatics at a high level of excellence within the international community. The vision is to increase both the quality and the quantity of excellent young researchers in the field of informatics.

More info & contect: www.informatik.tuwien.ac.at/teaching/doctoral/phdschool/index.html

VIPS - PostDoc-Positions at MFPL

With support from the Austrian Ministry of Science & Research and the City of Vienna, VIPS offers Post-Doc Positions at the MFPL, comprising
+ 3 to 5 years of training
+ employment at the MFPL with full access to Austrian Social Insurance
+ independent research budget
+ travel money

VIPS encourages and supports Post-Docs in developing their own research ideas, to apply for independent research money and to start their own research project.

The main aim of VIPS is to prepare young researchers for their own independend research group outside the MFPL. The VIPS PostDocs will be selected through a competitive screening process in bi-annual international calls.

Online Application possible from 15 September 2010 to 15 November 2010!

Click here to apply online!

How to apply
We will only accept applications submitted electronically via the Online Application System on our website. The online submission form will be open from 15 September 2010 until 15 November 2010. Applications submitted by fax, email or mail can not be considered.

Please apply in time! After the application deadline we are not able to open the online submission form again.

Letter of Recommendation:

For your application we ask you for 2-3 letters of recommendation. These letters have to be sent by your refeeres to vips@mfpl.ac.at . Please encourage your refeeres to put the text "NameApplicant - Recommendation Letter" to the subject heading of the e-mail so we can definitely relate the letters to your application. The letter of reference – signed and printed on official letter paper – should be emailed before 15 November 2010 to vips@mfpl.ac.at. An information sheet for the letter of recommendation can be downloaded here. It is your responsibility to ensure that references reach us on time.

Eligible faculty:
You find a list of all members of the eligible faculty here.

Editing your application:

After your application you will get an affirmation e-mail with all your application information. If there are any mistakes or information missing, you can edit your application during the application time. Click on the link in your affirmation e-mail and you will be able to edit your application.
If you don't get an affirmation e-mail please contact the VIPS office vips@mfpl.ac.at.
If there are any changes concerning your contact dates after the application period, please contact the VIPS office.


If there are any technical problems or if you have any questions concerning the application please contact: vips@mfpl.ac.at

Eligibility
Successful candidates are expected to have a strong training in molecular life sciences or a related discipline (MD, Mathematics, Physics, etc.) and be determined to follow an academic career in research.
You must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent before the start of the PostDoc-training but not necessarily when applying.

There are no restrictions concerning the nationality of the applicants.

Interview
The interviews for the spring selection 2010 will take place in February 2011. The results will be announced after the interview in Vienna. The successful candidates should start their fellowship until 1st of June 2011 at the latest.

All costs incurred during the selection process (traveling and stay in Vienna) will be paid by VIPS.

CAUTION: You have to have a valid passport as further selection processes (interviews, etc.) will take place in Vienna, Austria.

Source: www.projects.mfpl.ac.at/vips

The Vienna PhD School of Informatics is an international PhD School, funded by the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), the City of Vienna and private sponsors. PhD students for this full-time programme are recruited world-wide, all courses are held in English.

The call for applications for the study year 2010/11 is now open.

The PhD School is located at TU Vienna and admits Austrian as well as international students annually. TU Vienna invites applications for a maximum of 15 PhD scholarships per year. The first study year of the PhD School started in October 2009. No tuition fees have to be paid by these holders of scholarships.

Call for applications 2010/11:
Application deadline: 7th May 2010
Interviews: 4th June - 14th June 2010
Notification of Acceptance: 16th June 2010
Start Programme: 11th October 2010

Overview The Vienna PhD School of Informatics involves an intense period of supervised study and research, culminating in the submission of a thesis. The duration of the PhD School is three years. The degree is awarded to candidates who, through original investigation, make a distinct and significant contribution to knowledge in their field of specialisation.

The PhD-School’s curriculum covers the main research areas of the Faculty of Informatics. In addition, it may also imply cooperation with other TU Vienna faculties. The school is designed to facilitate the integration of industry, either by defining joint research issues, by offering workplaces (with well-defined research related tasks) during summer breaks, or by sponsoring.

TU Vienna aims at positioning this PhD School of Informatics at a high level of excellence within the international community. The vision is to increase both the quality and the quantity of excellent young researchers in the field of informatics.

Further Information, use this link: www.informatik.tuwien.ac.at/teaching/doctoral/phdschool and read at the bottom of that page.