Science@Leuven Scholarship 2011-2012 14/03/2011
Application for the Science@Leuven Scholarship 2011-2012 is open from the 1st of December 2010. The Faculty of Science of the K.U.Leuven and its Alumni Association Science@Leuven are proud to announce The Science@Leuven Scholarship!Motivated and talented international students, interested in participating in an international master programme of the Faculty of Science of the K.U.Leuven are invited to apply for a scholarship. Which masters give the right to apply for the Scholarship? : Master of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Master of Biology, Master of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Master of Chemistry, Master of Physics, Master of Geography, Master of Mathematics and the Master of Statistics. Amount of ScholarshipThe amount of the scholarship can be up to 8.000 Euro for 1 year. The Board of the Science@Leuven Fund will decide exactly how much a scholarship will be. The scholarship will always cover the tuition fee for 1 year, the insurance and a basic health insurance coverage. The amount awarded for living expenses can vary. Most master programmes of the Faculty of Science are 2-year programmes. A scholarship for the second master year will be only be continued for students having had outstanding results the first master year. Admission requirementsApplicants must meet and prove the following requirements:
Applications for the academic year 2011-2012 will open the 1st of December. Selection Procedure (for 2011-2012)
Faculty of Science Maximum Salary: € 2,612 gross/month Vacancy number: 62.92.10 Closing date: 14 January 2011 Job description Recurring chromosomal abnormalities have been identified in a variety of cancers, but are most frequently associated with haematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These cytogenetic changes often cause gene fusions leading to expression of chimeric oncofusion proteins. In this project you will focus on unravelling the role of these oncofusion proteins in carcinogenesis. Your aim will be to identify the binding regions, the transcriptional consequences and epigenetic features associated with oncofusion protein expression. You will use next-generation sequencing to identify oncofusion protein target sites, which then will be further characterized, structurally as well as functionally, in relation to the aetiology of acute myeloid leukemia. Requirements You should have: • an MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences/Biology/Molecular Life Sciences/Bioinformatics; • experience in Molecular and Cell Biology and/or Bioinformatics; • a strong affinity for fundamental research related to human disease; • a well-structured working style; • well-developed social and communication skills. You are accurate, and motivated to perform cutting-edge research. Organization Research at the department of Molecular Biology is aimed at unravelling the molecular basis of development and differentiation emanating from the genome and epigenome in the context of health and disease with an emphasis on cancer. State-of-the-art technologies are applied ranging from single molecule studies to genome-wide elucidation of genetic and epigenetic pathways and mechanisms. A next-generation sequencing platform is operational in the department for analysis of transcription factor binding sites, epigenetic marks, DNA methylation and RNA seq at a comprehensive genome-wide scale. In-depth analysis of genome-wide data is performed and sustained by our own bioinformatic team as well as with outside collaborators. Moreover, the group participates in a number of international consortia tackling pathways and molecular mechanisms in lineage commitment of (embryonic) stem cells. Website: www.ncmls.nl/molbio/home.htm Conditions of employment Employment: 1,0 fte Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 2,612 gross/month The starting salary is € 2,042 per month and will increase to € 2,612 per month in the fourth year. PhD scale. Duration of the contract: 4 years. Additional conditions of employment You will be appointed as a PhD student for four years. Your performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years. Other Information Interested candidates should send a letter of motivation with full curriculum vitae and contact information on at least two references. Additional Information Dr. Ir. Joost Martens, group leader Molecular Carcinogenesis E-mail: j.martens@ncmls.ru.nl Application You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 62.92.10) before 14 January 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to: RU Nijmegen, FNWI, P&O, mr. M. Frieling P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, NL Telephone: +31 24 3652294 E-mail: pz@science.ru.nl Faculty of Science Maximum Salary: € 3,755 gross/month Vacancy number: 62.91.10 Closing date: 14 January 2011 Job description Recurring chromosomal abnormalities have been identified in a variety of cancers, but are most frequently associated with haematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). These cytogenetic changes often cause gene fusions leading to expression of chimeric oncofusion proteins. In this project you will focus on unravelling the role of these oncofusion proteins in carcinogenesis. Your aim will be to identify the binding regions, the transcriptional consequences and epigenetic features associated with oncofusion protein expression. You will use next-generation sequencing to identify oncofusion protein target sites, which then will be further characterized, structurally as well as functionally, in relation to the aetiology of acute myeloid leukemia. Requirements You should have: • a PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences/Biology/Molecular Life Sciences/Bioinformatics; • experience in Molecular and Cell Biology and Bioinformatics; • a strong affinity for fundamental research related to human disease; • well-developed social and communication skills; • well-structured working style. You are accurate, and motivated to perform cutting-edge research. Organization Research at the department of Molecular Biology is aimed at unravelling the molecular basis of development and differentiation emanating from the genome and epigenome in the context of health and disease with an emphasis on cancer. State-of-the-art technologies are applied ranging from single molecule studies to genome-wide elucidation of genetic and epigenetic pathways and mechanisms. A next-generation sequencing platform is operational in the department for the analysis of transcription factor binding sites, epigenetic marks, DNA methylation and RNA seq at a comprehensive genome-wide scale. In-depth analysis of genome-wide data is performed and sustained by our own bioinformatic team as well as with outside collaborators. Moreover, the group participates in a number of international consortia tackling pathways and molecular mechanisms in lineage commitment of (embryonic) stem cells and pluripotency, nuclear receptor action and cancer. Website: www.ncmls.nl/molbio/home.htm Conditions of employment Employment: 1,0 fte Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 3,755 gross/month The minimum salary for the postdoctoral position is € 2,861 (scale 10.4). The initial salary depends on relevant work experience. Duration of the contract: 2 years. Additional conditions of employment You will be appointed as a post-doctoral researcher for a period of two years. Other Information Interested candidates should send a letter of motivation with full curriculum vitae and contact information on at least two references. Additional Information Dr.ir. Joost Martens, group leader Molecular Carcinogenesis. E-mail: j.martens@ncmls.ru.nl Application You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 62.91.10) before 14 January 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to: RU Nijmegen, FNWI, P&O, mr. M. Frieling P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, NL Telephone: +31 24 3652294 E-mail: pz@science.ru.nl PhD student 'Pardon my Espanglish. Communication between non-native speakers’ (1,0 fte) 01/01/2011
Faculty of Arts Vacancy number: 23.19.10 Closing date: 1 February 2011 Job description As a PhD student you will investigate how native speakers of Spanish communicate with native speakers of Dutch in English, under different conditions (requiring formal or informal speech). You will focus on how Spanish speakers adapt their pronunciation, how they prevent or solve miscommuniciation, how intelligible they are, and on how they are judged by native speakers of Dutch. For this, you will collect a corpus of English produced by Spanish students communicating with a native speaker of Dutch of their own social status, and talking to a group of native speakers of Dutch and Spanish of the same and higher social status. You will provide an orthographic transcription of this corpus and then analyse this corpus with regard to pragmatic aspects (how is miscommunication prevented and solved?), acoustic aspects (what are the qualitative and quantitative aspects of English spoken by Spanish language users) and receptive aspects (what are the consequences of deviant patterns on comprehension and on speaker evaluation?). These corpus studies will be supplemented with experimental studies. You will write at least four papers on the basis of this research for high-impact international journals, and also present the research at international conferences. Requirements You should: - have a Master's degree in English, Linguistics, or (Business) Communication; - have excellent writing and speaking skills in English; - have thorough knowledge of linguistics and be highly motivated; - be able to quickly learn new theories, research methods, and methods for data analysis. Knowledge of Spanish and phonetics will be considered as an advantage. Organization Radboud University Nijmegen is strategically located in Europe and is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. Established in 1923 and situated in the oldest city of The Netherlands, it has nine faculties and enrolls over 17.500 students in 107 study programmes. The Faculty of Arts consists of ten departments in the areas of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and business communication, which together cater for about 2.900 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research. The departments of Linguistics and Professional Communication, which will host this PhD-project, are two of the largest departments within the Faculty of Arts. As a PhD student you will be a member of the Centre for Language Studies, which hosts all linguistic research carried out at the Faculty of Arts. Website: www.ru.nl/cls Conditions of employment Employment: 1,0 fte The gross starting salary is €2,042 per month based on full-time employment. The total duration of the contract is 3.5 years. You will be offered an initial contract for 18 months with the possibility of extension by 2 years. Other Information Please submit a cover letter and an up to date CV. Additional Information Dr. M.T.C. Ernestus, Associate Professor Telephone: +31 24 3612970 E-mail: m.ernestus@let.ru.nl Prof. Dr. M.J.P. van Mulken Telephone: +31 24 3612923 E-mail: m.v.mulken@let.ru.nl Application You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 23.19.10) before 1 February 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to: RU Nijmegen, Faculty of Arts, Dr. M.T.C. Ernestus P.O. Box 310, 6500 AH, Nijmegen (NL) E-mail: m.ernestus@let.ru.nl Faculty of Science Maximum Salary: € 2,612 gross/month Vacancy number: 62.46.10 Closing date: 28 February 2011 Job description One of the fundamental questions in neuroscience is how a neural network's structure shapes its dynamics and vice versa. We will address this question by studying the correlation patterns that emerge in complex neural networks of stochastic neurons. Correlations in the spiking activity of neuronal systems have received substantial attention in experimental and theoretical neuroscience as they might contribute to coding in populations of neurons and as they may allow conclusions on the structure of the underlying neural network. Over the past five years, it has become feasible in various biological systems to simultaneously record the spikes from many neurons and therewith study patterns of spike train correlations in intact and operating living neural networks. This raises an urgent demand for theoretical studies on the interplay between network structure and spike correlations. The proposed study will employ recently developed stochastic spiking neuron models that allow an analytical approach to the subject. The project will be supervised by Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer (Radboud Unversity, Nijmegen, Netherlands) and is a collaboration with Yoram Burak (Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA) and Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Max-Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany). Requirements You have a strong theoretical background (theoretical physics, mathematics, or equivalent) with an interest in neural network theory. Organization The vacancy for the 4-year position is in the Neuroinformatics department of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, one of the leading neuroscience institutes worldwide. The Neuroinformatics department aims at a theoretical understanding of the complex dynamics of neural systems at the level of microscopic precise spiking dynamics and at the level of mesoscopic collective dynamics to explain emergent large-scale phenomena such as control and learning of behaviour. Website: www.ru.nl/neuroinformatics Conditions of employment Employment: 1,0 fte Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 2,612 gross/month The starting salary is €2,042 per month and will increase to €2,612 per month in the fourth year. PhD scale. Duration of the contract: 4 years. Additional conditions of employment You will be appointed as a PhD student for four years. Your performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years. Additional Information Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer, assistant professor Telephone: +31 24 3652166 E-mail: r.memmesheimer@science.ru.nl Application You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 62.46.10) before 28 February 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to: RU Nijmegen, FNWI, P&O, mrs. M. van Oostveen P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, NL Telephone: +31 24 3652250 E-mail: pz@science.ru.nl Faculty of Social Sciences Maximum Salary: € 4,374 gross/month Vacancy number: 24.31.10 Closing date: 7 January 2011 Job description The research project will investigate how children come to perform actions jointly with others during the first few years of life. More specifically, you will focus on the development of two mechanisms: the ability of humans to incorporate other people’s actions into their own action plan and their ability to flexibly coordinate their own actions with those of others. The experiments will be conducted at Radboud University’s Baby Research Center (BRC). Methods available comprise controlled behavioural experiments as well as eye-tracking and EEG. The research project is funded by a NWO Brain and Cognition grant awarded to the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (DI) at Radboud University Nijmegen and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN). Requirements You have a PhD degree in Psychology or a related discipline, and a strong motivation for scientific research. You should have a background in (developmental) neuroscience, developmental psychology, experimental/cognitive psychology or a related field. Experience with behavioural experiments with young children and/or experience with neuroscientific methods (such as EEG, fNIRS) is a plus. A good command of spoken and written English is essential. Moreover, it is important that you speak Dutch or are willing to learn it. Organization The Faculty of Social Sciences is one of the largest faculties at Radboud University Nijmegen. The faculty’s ambition is to become one of the top social science institutes in Europe, providing high-quality research programmes and study programmes that rank among the best in the Netherlands. You will work in a highly interdisciplinary team of developmental psychologists, neuroscientists, and cognitive psychologists at the DI and BRC. The institute boasts a unique combination of state-of-the-art experimental facilities, including an infant EEG lab. Moreover, you will work in close contact with a second postdoctoral researcher, located at the NIN, who will examine how adults learn to act jointly in a novel cooperation task and which neural mechanisms are involved in establishing joint action. Together, the two subprojects will result in a neurocognitive model of joint action acquisition that will account for short- and long-term learning processes. Additional information on the research group and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour can be obtained through the following links: http://www.ru.nl/donders/ http://www.nici.ru.nl/anc/index.php Additional information on the Nijmegen Baby Research Center can be found at www.babyresearchcenter.nl Website: http://www.ru.nl/fsw Conditions of employment Employment: 1,0 fte Maximum salary per month, based on a fulltime employment: € 4,374 gross/month The minimum salary for the postdoctoral position is €3,195. The initial salary depends on relevant work experience. Salary scale: 11 Duration of the contract: 1 year. Additional conditions of employment Starting date: after March 1, 2011. You will be appointed as a postdoctoral researcher for an initial period of one year, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2 years. Additional Information prof. dr. H. Bekkering E-mail: h.bekkering@donders.ru.nl dr. Sabine Hunnius E-mail: s.hunnius@donders.ru.nl Application You can apply for the job (mention the vacancy number 24.31.10) before 7 January 2011 by sending your application -preferably by email- to: Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Social Sciences/ P&O P.O. Box 9104 6500 HE Nijmegen (NL) E-mail: vacancies@socsci.ru.nl Huygens Scholarship Programme 31/12/2010
Eligible candidates: Students from all countries in the final phase of their Bachelor degree or in their Master phase. PhD students from China, Croatia, Iceland, (FYR) Macedonia and Turkey. Average level of scholarship: € 16,560 plus tuition per year Application deadline Utrecht University: 1 December 2010* Application deadline scholarship: 31 January 2011* Average number of scholarships granted each year (UU): 20-25 Provided by: Dutch Government / NUFFIC *Complete applications must be received by this date. The Huygens Scholarship Programme aims to promote the influx of talented international students into Dutch higher education. Outstanding students who have (nearly) completed a programme of higher education and have (nearly) obtained their Bachelor's or Master's degree may apply for admission to a study or research programme at Utrecht University. If the student is admitted, he or she may be nominated for a Huygens Scholarship by the university. The student will be notified if this is the case, and can then send an application to Nuffic. The application procedure for the Huygens Scholarship Programme for 2011-2012 is available on the Nuffic website as of 1 November. Note that students who wish to apply for the Huygens Scholarship must apply for admission to Utrecht University before the early bird deadline of 1 December 2010. Please indicate clearly on the statement of financial resources (see the application instructions) that you wish to be considered for the Huygens Scholarship. POSTDOC: Social Development of Adolescents 31/12/2010
Job Description The Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, has a postdoctoral position available for the duration of 2 years. The postdoc position is embedded in the research and graduate school ICS (Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology) and in the research line Social Development of Adolescents. Topics that are studied are antisocial behavior, prosocial behavior, bullying and victimization, peer status, peer relations, and parent-child relationships. Tasks - Engage in academic research within the abovementioned research line and publish internationally over this topic - Write proposals for the acquisition of external funds - Teach within the department of Sociology in the bachelor and master program Criminality and Security for graduate students (20%) - Supervise graduate students' master theses (20%) - Actively participate in research activities of the research line, department and research school. Job Requirements - A completed PhD in Sociology, (Developmental) Psychology, Criminology or associated disciplines - Affinity with one or more of the topics of social development of adolescents - Some (basic) experience in teaching or supervision - Theoretical and conceptual thinking, creativity, flexibility, motivation, and independent worker - Publications in international refereed journals Project Initiators Jan Kornelis Dijkstra (RuG), René Veenstra (RuG) Additional information over this position and the research project is available by contacting: Dr. Jan Kornelis Dijkstra via email: jan.dijkstra@rug.nl Location: Groningen Innovational Research Incentives Scheme 31/12/2010
Line of action : Opportunities for researchers Secretariat : NWO Participants : ALW, CW, EW, GW, MaGW, ZonMw, N, STW Apply : Yes, you can apply now Deadline : 6 January 2011 23:59 hrs Objective The Innovational Research Incentives Scheme has been set up in 2000 by NWO, KNAW and the universities jointly. The aim is to promote innovation in the academic research field. The scheme is directed at providing encouragement for individual researchers and gives talented, creative researchers the opportunity to conduct their own research programme independently and promote talented researchers to enter and remain committed to the scientific profession. Application Who can apply Excellent researchers (m/f) who are among the best 10 to 20 per cent of their age group. Researchers from abroad may apply What can be applied for
Limited submission possibilities for Veni and Vidi: With effect from 2011 a new submission condition applies to applicants. For the Veni and Vidi rounds, researchers may only submit a proposal on two occasions. Only applicants who had already submitted a proposal twice before 2011 may make a third submission via a transitional arrangement. For Vici, researchers may submit a proposal on three occasions. New deadline Vidi: The deadline for the Vidi round in 2011 is 4 October. With this change the deadline is shifted from February to October. For applicants who fall outside of the submission conditions as a result of this shift in deadline, a transitional arrangement applies: applicants who gained their doctorates between 1 January 2003 and 4 October 2003 can submit a Vidi proposal. Researchers who do not need to make use of the transitional arrangement fall within the standard conditions of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme. Aspasia: Starting in 2005, the new-style Aspasia programme is to be linked to the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (Vernieuwingsimpuls). Aspasia subsidies will be awarded to university Executive Boards that promote female recipients of Vidi and Vici grants to associate professor (UHD) or full professor (hoogleraar) level within a year of the award of grant. The specific conditions under which subsidies will be awarded to Executive Boards are published on the Aspasia page. There is no need for applicants for Vidi and Vici grants to express an interest in Aspasia. NWO will itself approach those who are successful in the relevant selection rounds. Selection Criteria Full information about the target groups, procedures and guidelines can be found in the brochure Innovational Research Incentives Scheme ('Vernieuwingsimpuls') 2011. An English version will follow soon. Procedure Applications can only be submitted electronically via NWO's Iris system. The forms can be downloaded two months before the deadline from the website and be submitted electronically. More information about the procedure can be found in the brochure and the instructions on the website. Applications for the Division for Medical Sciences must be submitted through ZonMw's ProjectNet. These applications are not to be submitted through Iris. Additional information Budget Awarding of 150 million euro for the Veni, Vidi and Vici grants on a yearly basis. Financiers Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) via NWO. Contacts
The NFP PhD studies is one of the sub-programmes of the NFP. The maximum duration of a PhD fellowship is four years. PhD degrees can be pursued at one of the 21Dutch universities and institutes for international education. The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) are fellowship programmes designed to promote capacity building within organizations in 60 developing countries by providing training and education to their mid-career staff members. The NFP is for mid-career professionals who are nationals of and working and living in one of NFP countries. Candidates from Sub-Saharan Africa, women and members of priority groups and/or marginalized regions are specifically invited to apply for an NFP fellowship. Deadline: 1 February 2011 For more information click here | CategoriesAll |
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