VIB is offering eight PhD scholarships for international life sciences students. Apply now to kick-start your scientific career in a centre of excellence, backed by first class research facilities and training in our multidisciplinary, international scientific community. VIB scientists work at the frontlines of molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, structural biology, plant systems biology, genetics, biochemistry and microbiology. VIB is a life sciences research centre in Flanders, Belgium, in the heart of Europe. Selected candidates will be fully funded with a yearly net salary of €23.500 and are expected to start in October 2012. Deadline for application: 15 February 2012
More info/Source: www.vib.be/en/training/international-phd-program/Pages/default.aspx Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium, Fellowships for applicants from developing countries 23/11/2011
For the following courses (partial or full) scholarships are available:
Who is eligible?
Other scholarships The ITM officially collaborates with the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP). Applicants to Master’s programs from member countries of the World Bank are eligible for these scholarships. ITM annually negotiates partial scholarships for applicants from the European Union (on average 10 per annum). These scholarships can cover up to 80% of tuition and registration fees. Applicants to Master’s programs and short courses are both eligible. Depending on the availability of funds, non-European students may also be eligible for these partial scholarships. Yearly a limited number of fellowships for doctoral studies is awarded. These are financed from ITM's own funds with additional support from the DGD and other sponsors. In addition, a number of full scholarships is available for African students wishing to enrol in the Short Course on Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine (SCREM). An optional tuition fee supplement for the Master’s programs provides a subsidized portable computer with wireless technology. This is an initiative of the ITM to promote ICT compatibility between students and with the institute's hotspots and e-environment. All ITM fellowships cover this supplemental fee and we recommend other funding agencies to do the same. The computer will remain the student's property. Note: For all ITM fellowships (for both applicants from developing countries and EU countries), the funding application must always be included with the course application form. It cannot be submitted separately at a later stage. Additional information is available from: ITM Student Service Nationalestraat 155 B-2000 Antwerpen Belgium Tel. +32 (0)3 247 64 85 source: www.itg.be/itg/GeneralSite/Default.aspx?WPID=192&MIID=316&L=E The Scholarships Program 2012-2013 is now availaible. OVERVIEW OF THE 2012-2013 PROGRAM. Within the programme for international courses and training programmes, CIUF grants 150 scholarships for participation into the courses and 70 for participation into the training programmes. You will find on this site a list of international courses and training programmes for which there is a possibility of scholarship and the modalities of introduction of an application file as well as the rules of selection. These rules define the conformity of the files and therefore are very important. Practical information about Belgium is also available on this site. THE BOLOGNA REFORM: Click here to see the Bologna Reform TRAINING PROPOSED BY THE FLEMISH UNIVERSITIES OF BELGIUM Flemish universities also propose training programmes and courses for key-persons from developing countries. Please refer to the website of the Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR) which groups the Flemish universities, for more information about this programme : www.vliruos.be source: www.cud.be/content/view/339/208 Information on Applications For the 2012/13 academic year: The online application tool for both non-European and European students will be activated again from September 15, 2011 until January 10, 2012. Applications received during this period (all applications must have been postmarked on January 10, 2012 at the latest) will be considered for general admission into the programme AND for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. The deadline for students that wish to apply for admission into the programme but NOT for an Erasmus Scholarship are March 31, 2012 for Non-European applicants and April 30, 2012 for European applicants. Duration in months: 24 months Starting month of the Masters Course: September Course description: The European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis aims at providing a high quality education in designing and assessing public policies targeted to the agricultural and food sector as well as the rural environment. This European Master responds to the increasing need to better understand and anticipate the various and often complex socio-economic and environmental effects of these policies either in a functioning market economy as in the European Union or in economies in a development or transition phase. The European Master offers a two-year academic curriculum with integrated and advanced theoretical, methodological and empirical courses in economics and quantitative methods as well as in agricultural, food and environmental sciences, agricultural and trade policy, environmental and natural resource policy, rural development policy and agribusiness management and market analysis. To connect theory and methodology to practice, a problem solving project is developed and presented as a master thesis at the end of the two-year curriculum. The European Master is jointly organised by five leading European educational and research institutions: the Corvinius University of Budapest (CUB) in Hungary, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Sweden, the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn (UBonn) in Germany, the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain. These five partner universities are recognised worldwide for the quality of their educational programme and scientific achievements in agricultural, environmental and economic sciences. The required 120 ECTS credit points are structured into three blocks: a minimum of two semesters of studies (55 ECTS) at a first partner university, as well as two semesters of studies (60 ECTS) at a second partner university, and two joint summer schools (5 ECTS) at partner universities. The language of instruction and examination is English for most of the courses in three partner universities while it is either French at UCL or Spanish at UPC for most of the courses. The Master degree is awarded as a double degree from the two home and host universities. This European Master is accessible to candidates holding a bachelor degree or a recognized equivalent academic degree with a minimum of 180 ECTS or 3 years university study from an accredited institution, with sufficient undergraduate training in economics and agricultural or environmental sciences, with an excellent scholastic average, and with fluency in English but also French or Spanish if attending either UCL or UPC respectively. Recipients of this European Master are qualified to understand the fundamentals of public policies oriented to the agricultural and food sector, rural areas and natural resources, develop and use quantitative methods to perform rigorous socio-economic and environmental assessment of these public policies, and provide sound and relevant policy recommendations for a more sustainable development of this sector and rural areas. They are qualified to take responsibilities in international, national and regional agencies, non-governmental organisations, consultancy firms, professional organisations and private companies. Main area: Social sciences (including economics), cultural sciences Second area: Agricultural and forestry sciences Third area: Geography, earth and environmental studies At the end of the course, graduated students will be awarded a double degree. Tuition fees: 3000 €/per year for EU students 6000 €/per year for Third country students Coordinator : CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN, Belgium Prof. Bruno Henry de Frahan Partners:
source: www.uclouvain.be/afepa PhD student Inorganic and physical chemistry 16/10/2011
Background: www.uhasselt.be/IMO Task description The topic of the PhD project is situated in the study of highly advanced nanostructured inorganic materials with applications in energy generation (e.g. photovoltaics) and energy storage (e.g. batteries). These materials are synthesized by menas of wet chemical methods (sol-gel, hydrothermal precipitation, ). All projects have a strong interdisciplinary component (chemistry, materials science) whereby there is collaboration with other universities and research centres such as IMEC. According to the interest of the candidate, the emphasis of the work can be on synthesis or on characterization of the developed precursors and end materials by means of e.g. UV-micro-Raman spectrometry or other advanced techniques such as EXAFS. Also didactical tasks such as assistance in laboratory or theoretical exercises and/or internships will be part of the assignment. Profile
Candidates have a master diploma (or equivalent) in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, engineering or materials science.Employment Appointment for a period of 2 x 2 years (with evaluation after 2 years). Further information Content job responsibilities: Prof. dr. An HARDY, +32-11-268308, an.hardy@uhasselt.be Prof. dr. Marlies VAN BAEL, +32-11-268307, marlies.vanbael@uhasselt.be Content terms of employment and selection procedure: jobs@uhasselt.be, +32-11-268080 Application Applicants must use the official application forms which can be downloaded here www.uhasselt.be/download/APengelsUH.doc Application by e-mail will only be taken into consideration when sent to the following address: jobs@uhasselt.be Please add a copy of your diploma, a list of courses and your results per course. Without these we cannot evaluate your application. The completed application forms must reach the above mentioned address no later than 01 November 2011. Selection procedure Preselection on the basis of CV. Interview with the selected candidates. source: www.uhasselt.be/vacancies_detail?taal=04&vacid=129 OVERVIEW OF THE 2012-2013 PROGRAM. Within the programme for international courses and training programmes, CIUF grants 150 scholarships for participation into the courses and 70 for participation into the training programmes. You will find on this site a list of international courses and training programmes for which there is a possibility of scholarship and the modalities of introduction of an application file as well as the rules of selection. These rules define the conformity of the files and therefore are very important. Practical information about Belgium is also available. source/more info: www.cud.be/content/view/339/208 Concept The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) at Antwerp awards each year maximally three PhD fellowships to outstanding alumni from its international Master and expert courses, as part of a comprehensive capacity strengthening programme supported by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (IMT-DGD programme). The candidates must be linked to a scientific institute or university in their country and present an utstanding PhD project proposal co-supervised by promoters at the home institute and the ITM, and at the university that is awarding the PhD degree. The fellowship is awarded after a competitive procedure based on the evaluation of academic merit, a full PhD project proposal and the quality and relevance of the institutional set-up. The doctoral research project will typically last four years. The scholarships are of the ‘sandwich’ type; meaning that the student will spend the doctoral research time partly in the home institute/country and partly at the ITM. Alumni working in partner institutes of the ITM's capacity strengthening programme, including associated institutes, are not eligible for this individual scheme, but can apply for a PhD fellowship as part of the institutional collaboration. Eligibility criteria - Candidates should have a diploma of one of the ITM Master programmes or a certificate of one of the ITM short courses (list of eligible short courses in annex 1). Alumni of the Interuniversity Programme in Molecular Biology (IPMB) can apply on condition that they finished their Master thesis at the ITM (15 ECTS credits). Alumni of the European Master in International Health of the tropEd Network (www.tropEd.org) can apply on condition that they earned at least 12 ECTS credits at the ITM. - Candidates should be linked to a scientific institute or university in the South that is not a partner in the ITM's capacity strengthening programme supported by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation, including associated institutes (list of partner institutions in annex 2). - At least one promoter at both the home institute and the ITM should declare their commitment to supervise the thesis work. Both must be eligible as formal academic promoter of PhD theses according to their national and/or institutional regulations. The promoter of the Belgian university awarding the PhD diploma needs to be identified and committed as well. - Candidates should be able to obtain the PhD degree before the age of 45. - Candidates should be citizen of a country eligible for fellowships funded by the Directorate General for Development (list in annex 3). - Candidates must be fully committed to their doctoral research during the grant period, with written consent and commitment of his/her superiors. The student is allowed to fulfil other academic and clinical tasks for maximum 8 hours per week. Grant conditions The grant includes allowances to cover costs for the student (living allowance), research costs and supervision costs. The living allowance in Belgium amounts to 1500 euro per month and can maximally be allowed for up to 24 months (in the total grant period of 48 months). A monthly living allowance in the home country/institute can be awarded according to the home institute’s salary/PhD fellowship regulations with the possibility of a maximum 80% topping up of the gross salary, if justified. The payment and follow-up will be ensured by the ITM’s Student Services. The fellowship does not constitute an employment relationship between the ITM and the grantee; in Belgium the candidate will have the legal and fiscal status of a student. The legal and fiscal status in the home institution and country is the responsibility of the candidate and the home institute. A bench fee of maximally 6000 euro per year is allowed to cover costs directly related to the student’s training and research. The supervision allowance (max. 500 euro/month) is meant to cover costs for the support and supervision of the student. Payment of the supervision allowance will be made to the scientific department/unit of the promoter of the home institute during the candidate’s stay in the home institute and to the scientific department/unit of the ITM promoter during the candidate’s stay in Belgium. All grant specificities will be detailed in the PhD contract (annex 4). Duration The grant is initially allocated for a period of two years, with a renewal for another two years after a positive progress evaluation by the promoters and the ITM PhD Committee. Evaluation criteria All eligible applications will be examined by the ITM PhD Committee. The selection will be based on: - Scientific quality of the candidate - Study results and/or relevant research experience - Publications (quality and quantity) - Support letters of the promoters - Scientific quality of the proposal - Quality and feasibility of the research plan - Relevance to health and health development in developing countries - Coherence with research programmes at the home institute and at the ITM - Potential output - Contribution to capacity strengthening of the home institute and/or country Application procedure and timeline - Applications have to be completed and submitted by the candidate, with support from the promoters, according to the guidelines and on the format in annex 5. - The deadline for submission is 30 November 2011. - The evaluation and ranking by the ITM PhD Committee will take place between 1 December and 15 January 2012. - The final decision is taken by the ITM Director’s Committee before 15 February 2012. - The candidates and their promoters will be notified at the latest by 1 March 2012. - The PhD scholarship can start between 1 March and 1 September 2012. Contact Further information can be obtained from Ann Verlinden, ITM Research Coordinator (averlinden@itg.be; +32 (0)3 247 66 86), to whom also the applications should be sent. source: www.itg.be/itg/Uploads/Onderzoek/Individual%20PhD%20scholarships-ITM-DGDC-call%202011.pdf CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2012/2013 ADVANCED ACADEMIA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS (SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES) With the support of a donator within the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS Sofia) announces a Call for Applications for its 2012/2013 In-Residence Advanced Academia Fellowships in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. OBJECTIVE CAS Sofia is an independent Institute with international and multidisciplinary profile. Located in Sofia, Bulgaria, it promotes high-level scholarship in the social sciences and the humanities. In addition to supporting focus-group research, CAS Sofia invites outstanding scholars to pursue their individual research projects during in-residence periods of up to five months. The invited Fellows participate in the intellectual life and the scholarly community of the Centre (Bulgarian and foreign fellows) while working on projects of their own choice. Fellows receive adequate material and intellectual support and can profit from the Centre's wide international networks, international seminar- and guest-lecturer programme. CAS Sofia assists Fellows in all practical matters concerning travel, residence and research in Sofia. FORMAT For the academic year 2012/2013 CAS Sofia provides in-residence fellowships of two- to five- month duration to post-doctoral non-Bulgarian researchers. Junior as well as Senior scholars are invited to apply. The selected Fellows are entitled to:
Candidates must indicate the preferred fellowship duration and its starting date within the following periods: I. 1 March 2012 - 31 July 2012 II. 1 October 2012 - 28 February 2013 The selected Fellows will take part in the regular Fellow seminars and the other scientific events organized by the Centre (workshops, conferences, lectures, etc.) and are invited to present and discuss their project in lectures or seminars. The results of their work shall be summarized in a paper (in English), to be published in the electronic CAS Working Paper Series. ELIGIBILITY Candidates must
As an international academic institution CAS conducts most of its work in English which is also the language of the presentations of research results. Therefore, a good command of English is highly desirable. APPLICATION Links for downloading: Please carefully consider these two documents when preparing your application. They can be downloaded also from www.cas.bg For Junior scholars (up to 12 years after PhD defense) only: two letters of recommendation by scholars familiar with the applicant's academic work should be faxed/mailed/emailed to CAS by the referees. Extensions to this period may be allowed in case of eligible career breaks which must be properly documented (maternity leave, long-term illness leave, national service). All application documents should be presented in English and sent by e-mail to kolarska@cas.bg with a subject entry "Advanced Academia Fellowships" Deadline for applications: October 1, 2011 SELECTION CRITERIA
The selection will be carried out by the international Academic Council of CAS based on evaluation of the potential of the candidate relative to his/her career stage and the quality of the proposed project. In some special cases candidates may be invited for an interview. The results will be announced by the end of January 2012 by e-mail and at the website of the institute: www.cas.bg The Academic Council reserves the right, in cases of candidatures with equal quality, to grant advantage to candidates that have not been CAS Fellows within the preceding 3 years / have not repeatedly held CAS fellowships in the past. CONTACT PERSON AND MAILING ADDRESS Ms Neliya Kolarska, e-mail: kolarska@cas.bg Centre for Advanced Study Sofia; Sofia 1000, 7-B, Stefan Karadja Str, tel.: + 359 2 9803704 / fax: + 359 2 9803662 source: http://cas.bg/en/news/call-for-applications-advanced-academia-fellowships-for-international-scholars-1558.html VLIR-UOS Masters and Training Scholarship 23/08/2011
VLIR-UOS seeks applications from eligible candidates for the masters and training scholarship programs offering opportunity to study in Belgium Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) awards scholarships to students from developing countries for pursuing master or training programmes in Flanders, Belgium. For 2012, VLIR-UOS is seeking applications for the 180 scholarships to first-year master students and 70 scholarships to training participants. Eligibility:
The master programmes, lasting one or two academic years, focus on specific problems of developing countries. These are designed to enable graduates to share and apply acquired knowledge in the home institution and country. In the shorter training programmes, lasting one to four months, the focus is on transferring skills rather than knowledge, thus creating opportunities for cooperation and networking. International Master Programmes 2011-2013 Master of Aquaculture; Master of Biology – Specialisation Human Ecology; Master of Biostatistics; Master of Environmental Sanitation; Master of Food Technology; Master of Marine and Lacustrine; Science and Management (Oceans & Lakes); Master of Molecular Biology (IPMB); Master of Nematology; Master of Nutrition and Rural Development, Main Subject: Human Nutrition; Master of Physical Land Resources; Master of Water Resources Engineering Deadline February 1, 2012 For more info. follow this link www.scholarships.vliruos.be DescriptionWith omics@VIB, we offer 10 international fellowships to integrative biology postdocs who have advanced skills in omics technologies. The omics@VIB postdoc program offers you a highly stimulating and multicultural environment. Embedded in excellent research groups, you will be working on breakthrough science, with access to cutting-edge technologies, three year secured funding and personal career assistance. We expect you to propose your own integrative biology project, focusing on the use or the introduction of ‘omics’ (bioinformatics, metagenomics, genomics, proteomics...) in the research topic of your choice. This program is cofinanced by the European Commission Marie Curie FP7 People Cofund. Read more at www.vib.be/postdoc Profile VIB International Postdoc program “OMICS@vib” is open to applicants from all nationalities. Applicants should not have been carrying out research in Belgium for more than 12 months during the last 3 years before the deadline of the program on 31/8/2011. Postdocs selected for this program should be able to start their postdoc project before 1/6/2012. University degree Applicants must hold a PhD degree before the start of the fellowship, but not necessarily when applying. Publication record Applicants must have a proven record of research accomplishments and at least one original first author publication (including joint authorship), either published or accepted in an international peer-reviewed journal with high recognition in the field. Experience Candidates should not have more than 5 years of postdoc experience, with exception for those researchers demonstrating a career break. Language English is used in all VIB laboratories for spoken and written scientific communication. Candidates must deliver proof of a solid English working knowledge. Adding TOEFL test results in your cv is recommended. How to apply? Please follow carefully the different steps during the preparation stage and final submission stage of your project application. | CategoriesAll |
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