The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomic research and provides the perfect environment for aspiring scientists to begin to realise their research ambitions.

The winners of the Sanger Institute Prize will be offered an all expenses paid* 3-month internship in an Institute laboratory during the summer of 2010. To explore the research undertaken at the Sanger Institute please visit our academic faculty pages.

The Sanger Institute Prize is an opportunity to experience the very cutting edge of genomic research and the competition is open to all undergraduates with a strong interest in the genomics field and a good command of English. We particularly welcome entries from those studying in the developing countries.

The 2010 competition will be run as a two stage process.

Stage one: expression of interest The expression of interest should consist of:

• a short (150-200 word) statement about what the entrant would gain from an internship at the Sanger Institute;
• an up-to-date CV (in addition to the standard information, your CV should also include: University, Department, subjects studied and the date you started undergraduate education);
• names and contact details of two referees, including one academic reference (for example a tutor/advisor).

Entries should be submitted by email to phs@sanger.ac.uk by 19 March 2010.

Stage two: essay The expressions of interest will be reviewed by the Sanger Institute Prize Fund Board of Trustees and, during March 2010, those shortlisted will be invited to submit an essay. The title of the essay will be provided and the essayist will be expected to demonstrate an understanding and insight into genetics and/or genomics as well as a proficiency in the use of the English language. The deadline for the receipt of the essay is likely to be around mid-April 2010 and the winner will be notified by the end of May 2010. The winner will be expected to take up their internship during summer 2010.

The judges' decision will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into.

* Travel to the UK (if required), accommodation and living expenses

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MELLON TEACHING FELLOW IN SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA
Centre of African Studies and Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Salary: £27,319-£35,646 pa

Limit of Tenure: 30/09/2012

The Centre of African Studies and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science invite applications for a 2-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science, Medicine and Society in Africa. Ideal applicants will have gained a PhD (or equivalent) within the last 5 years or by the time of the appointment, in disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.

Full details on the project and how to apply are available on our websites www.african.cam.ac.uk or www.hps.cam.ac.uk or from The Administrator, Centre of African Studies, The Mond Building, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF.

Quote Reference: JN06251
Closing Date: 12 March 2010
Interview Date: 21/04/2010

For more information, click here   
How to apply, click here    
Application Form PD18 click here

SMUTS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Centre of African Studies

Salary: £27,183-£35,469 pa
Limit of Tenure applies*
The Centre of African Studies invites applications for the Smuts Research Fellowship in African Studies, from candidates at the postdoctoral level in all disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Ideally applicants will have gained a PhD (or equivalent) within the last five years or will have gained a PhD by the time of the appointment. The appointment will be from 1 October 2010 for a period of three years, and is non-renewable.

To apply please complete a PD18 and send it together with a covering letter, a copy of your c.v. plus a brief description (not more than 1,500 words) of your intended research. Three academic reference letters are to be sent directly to the Centre.

The closing date for applications is 28 February 2010. Interviews will take place in May 2010.

Further details are available on our website www.african.cam.ac.uk or from: The Administrator, Centre of African Studies, The Mond Building, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RF (tel. 01223 334396, e-mail afrenq@hermes.cam.ac.uk)

*Limit of tenure: 3 years
Quote Reference: UA06163, Closing Date: 28 February 2010

For more information, click and HERE
For Application Form PD18 click HERE

LIDC is contributing thousands of pounds towards field costs for five three-year PhD Studentships. The funds will support research projects in a range of innovative and specialised areas including using mobile phones to help monitor infectious disease, analysing sexual behaviour among young women in South Africa, and exploring land and legal issues in post-conflict countries in Africa. They will supplement the five development Studentships, out of a total of 13 Studentships, offered by The Bloomsbury Colleges. Each development project - Studentship plus field costs – is worth more than £60,000.

Successful applicants will begin their PhDs in September/October 2010 as part of the scheme run by The Bloomsbury Colleges (a consortium made up of Birkbeck, Institute of Education, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, School of Oriental and African Studies, and The School of Pharmacy). Each student will be guided by two academics - a lead supervisor from one of the Bloomsbury Colleges and a collaborating supervisor from another. This joint supervision approach will promote interdisciplinary research, a primary aim of LIDC. The Colleges, via the consortium, will provide Studentships to include tuition fees and a stipend. LIDC is committed to contributing a total of approximately £31,000 towards the field research costs across the five development Studentships.

Research questions
The five PhD research areas and the academics responsible for supervising them are set out below (lead supervisor listed first):-

Background
The Bloomsbury PhD Studentships were created to promote cross-College collaboration, particularly in areas likely to benefit from interdisciplinary work. They are awarded every year for a range of topics, including international development.

Applications
Click here for more information and to apply. The Studentships cover the cost of UK/EU tuition fees and a maintenance stipend. Applications are welcome from students of all nationalities. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2010.

A postdoctoral fellowship position is available to train in the field of solid organ transplant immunology. The successful candidate will work with an exciting team of scientists at the NorthwesternUniversity Comprehensive Transplant Center.

The main focus of the laboratory is to develop immune monitoring assays for monitoring subjects enrolled in ongoing clinical trails of transplantation tolerance at our center which is one of the largest transplant centers in the country. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. M. Javeed Ansari to dostudies specifically related to Th17 immunity and to elucidate the mechanisms of allograft rejection and tolerance. Strong background in immunology is required. Professional development of the trainees is facilitated.

The center has a number of renowned investigators doing transplantation immunobilogy research including Drs. Joshua Miller and Stephen D. Miller who will serve as co-mentors. There is ample opportunity for interaction and collaboration with other scientists within the center and the Microbiology-Immunology Department at Northwestern University Feinberg School ofMedicine.

For more information, refer to:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 30;106(26):10734-9
J Exp Med. 2008 Dec 22;205(13):3133-44

To apply:
Please send CV and reference information to:
M. Javeed Ansari, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Organ Transplantation/Department of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Tarry Bldg, Suite 11-723
300 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611

Tel: 312-503-2677
Fax: 312-503-3366
E-mail: jansari@northwestern.edu

Website: www.northwestern.edu

The Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) at the University of Manchester is seeking high-quality PhD and DBA candidates to research topics on ICTs/information systems and socio-economic development.  Some scholarships are available for those starting in September 2010; deadline dates vary but many require application before end February or end March 2010.

The CDI is seeking candidates typically  those with a distinction-level Masters degree from an internationally-recognised university in an appropriate topic (which includes but is not limited to information systems, management, or development); good English skills; and a relevant topic for study backed by a proposal that demonstrates an ability to work with academic theory.

Candidates may choose to study a PhD, for which they will typically be based in Manchester during much of their study, other than a period of fieldwork in a developing country.  Those already in employment may choose the DBA route, taken over a four-or-five-year period and requiring roughly two two-week periods of intensive study/supervision per year in Manchester.  (Scholarships are not available for DBA study.)

Selected candidates will join the Centre for Development Informatics, the largest academic group working on issues of ICTs in developing countries (www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi).  CDI will consider any topic related to development informatics although we have particular priorities at present for work on:

• m-finance;
• ICTs and small/micro-enterprise;
• gender implications of ICTs; IS methodologies in developing countries;
• e-government;
• ICTs and civil society organisations;
• ICT policy; and ICT-based offshoring.

Further details about application and scholarships, please visit the CDI website at www.sed.manchester.ac.uk

Applications and further details can be obtained from:
Mrs Parveen Chahal, Course Administrator
Telephone: 0121 414 4906
Email: p.k.chahal@bham.ac.uk

PhD Scholarships available for October 2010
The School of Psychology is offering up to 10 University and Research Council funded research studentships for students wishing to start a research degree in October.  The studentships pay the tuition fee and a maintenance allowance currently £13,290 per annum.  Home and international students are eligible to be considered for these studentships. This includes students without a degree in psychology but with a degree that equips them with relevant skills in computer science, engineering, physics, medicine or biology. Tuition fees for overseas applicants will be paid at the home tuition fee rate.

Overseas Research Scholarship

£12k bonus award
The University of Birmingham is currently offering a number of postgraduate research awards to the value of £12,000 to overseas graduates in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.  These awards aim to reward academic excellence, enhance any scholarships you may have already obtained and allow you to take advantage of training and development to enhance your future career.

Awards at Doctoral level will commence in October 2010 and all overseas applicants are eligible to apply for one of the several College bursaries, awarded competitively and worth £4000 per annum £12,000 total. Applications are open to all new international graduates. Students already receiving full fee and maintenance support from other sources will still be eligible to apply. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, and are normally tenable for three years only.  Applications should be made via the normal procedure.

For more information on overseas research scholarships:
http://www.postgraduate.bham.ac.uk/scholarships/les/index.shtml

Scholarships for M.Res Programmes starting October 2010

The School of Psychology is offering up to five scholarships, of £1600 each for Home/EU applicants, for it’s suite of full-time research training masters courses: .

• MRes Psychology
• MRes Cognition and Neuroscience
• MRes Cognition and Computational Neuroscience
• MRes Cognitive Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation
• MRes Brain Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience
• MRes Clinical Psychology

For more information on our MRes-courses:
http://www.psychology.bham.ac.uk/postgraduate/programmes/combined.shtml

St Cross College invites applications for this scholarship from students who will begin studying at the University of Oxford in the academic year 2010-2011 for a postgraduate research degree in either the School of Geography and the Environment, the Environmental Change Institute, the Department of Zoology or the Department of Plant Sciences on a research topic related to one or more of the following: the nature, history, environmental significance and management of forests. Applicants must list St Cross College as their first choice college on their Graduate Admissions application in order to be eligible to apply for this scholarship.

The Osmaston Scholarship has the value of the annual College fee, currently £2268 per annum for 2009-2010, and is tenable for three years coterminous with college fee liability. Applications should be received by the application deadline of Friday 7th May 2010.

The Scholarship is tenable at St Cross College only. Application forms can be downloaded from this site or requested by email using the Contact Form (choose the category Academic and Admissions). Written requests should be sent to the Admissions & Academic Secretary, St Cross College, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LZ.

Information for 2010/11 Loughborough University is delighted to announce full-fee scholarships for international full-time taught postgraduate students who are currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa.

These will be known as the Loughborough University Graduate School Development Trust Africa Scholarships. The scholarships will cover 100% of the course fees for your chosen postgraduate taught course for one year (replacing any Departmental or Loughborough University scholarships or bursaries you may already have been awarded).

The scholarships are being funded through a combination of generous external funding and University funds. The University will award a limited number of scholarships and the standards required are very high.

Students will be expected to fund their travel and maintenance costs through other sources.

Application Process and Eligibility Criteria For entry 2010 the scholarship application procedure is an open competition. Students may only apply for the scholarship after an offer for a place has been made. Students who are in possession of an offer (conditional or unconditional) of a place on a postgraduate taught course can apply for the scholarship using the application form which can be downloaded below.

The deadline for applications is 30th April 2010.

Applications will be initially shortlisted and the final decision on the awards will be made by a selection panel of senior staff of the University. The selection panel will use the following eligibility criteria when assessing applications:

• Currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa
• Evidence of exceptional academic achievement (normally a 1st Class Honours Degree)
• Commitment to return to their home country on completion of postgraduate programme
• Evidence of the ability and commitment to making a significant contribution to their home country on their return
• Full understanding of the costs involved in coming to study and live in the UK
• Evidence of strong motivation and initiative to secure funds to cover the remainder of the costs involved

Applicants are advised to spend considerable effort ensuring that this application reaches the selectors in a form that is clear, well presented and which reflects your abilities and motivation.

The application form can be downloaded below, and should be returned (by post, fax or email) to:

International Office
Academic Registry
Loughborough University
Leicestershire LE11 3TU
UK

Fax: +44 (0)1509 223971
Email: international-office@lboro.ac.uk

NOTE THAT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNLESS THE APPLICANT IS HOLDING AN OFFER OR A PLACE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION (THIS OFFER MAY BE CONDITIONAL OR UNCONDITIONAL).

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR OFFER LETTER.

LU Graduate School Development Trust Scholarship Application Form 2010/11

The final closing date for applications is 30th April 2010, and applicants must not apply late. All those applying will be notified of the outcome of their application by email by the end of May at the latest.

Any award made to an applicant holding a conditional offer will be subject to those conditions being met in full. Applicants will also be expected to provide evidence of funds to cover their travel, living and maintenance costs and may be asked to pay a deposit towards their living costs as part of the conditions of the scholarship offer.

Further Information For further details about these awards, please contact the International Office.

BU is justifiably proud of its reputation for excellence in research. In the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results, BU was the fourth most improved university in the UK for the quality of its research and achieving a high global research profile.

The RAE ranking means that BU is now in the top ten for research amongst the 60 new universities (UK institutions which have become universities since 1992).

There are over 100 PhD researchers carrying out their subject-based research under the supervision of some of the leading researchers in their fields at BU. Many of our research centres have an international reputation for their outputs, and they also focus on research with potential for commercial exploitation.

As part of our continued investment into our research profile, we are offering 25 fully-funded studentships commencing in October 2010. The first call for applications is for projects in the following Research Centres:

• Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Change
• Centre for Excellence in Media Practice
• Centre for Forensic Science
• Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health
• Creative Technology Research Group
• Centre for Wellbeing and Quality of Life
• Design Simulation Research Centre
• International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research
• Psychology Research Group

Click here for application Procedure for PhD Studentships

Externally Funded Studentships

The Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE), a collaborative venture with the University of Bath and industry partners has fully-funded studentships on offer in Digital Entertainment.

Research Degrees
At BU there are also opportunities for full-time or part-time self-funded students to apply for a research degree.

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