CASTLE consortium: 14 positions of Early Stage Researchers within a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN)

 

CASTLE consortium – (Marie Curie Initial Training Network) –invites applications for 14 full-time research vacancies for early stage researchers (ESR). Selected researchers are expected to undertake transnational mobility in order to implement an Individual Research Project (IRP) at one of the consortium partner institutions, as well as to participate in a joint network training programme.

Eligibility criteria

Nationality: Nationals from any country may apply.

Mobility: at the time of the recruitment, the researcher must not have resided or carried out

his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.), in the country of the chosen host institution for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to the date of the recruitment (01.01.2010 - 31.12.2012). Early Stage Researcher (ESR): researchers who, at the time of the recruitment, have not yet been awarded a doctorate degree and are in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers, including the research training period that would entitle them to a doctorate. (Non-research work after acquiring a Master’s degree is not counted in the four years of the research career; certificates on the nature of tasks in non-research employment will be requested for shortlisted candidates.).  Each ESR position includes a planned PhD affiliation with a university, which can be negotiated,  including cases of an existing enrolment to a PhD programme.

 
CASTLE consortium: 14 positions of Early Stage Researchers within a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN)

African Humanities Research Fund ORISHA DPhil Scholarship

The African Studies Committee invites applications for the ORISHA Studentship for research in the Humanities in Africa from persons who will be registered as graduate students of the University from October 2013. Students may be registered in any of the following disciplines: African Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Development Studies, History, Human Geography, Literature, Politics and International Relations, Religious Studies. Proposals must include a major focus on Africa.
   
Last Date    18 January 2013
Further enquiries    The  Administrator, African Studies Centre
african.studies@africa.ox.ac.uk
Reference    http://www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/prospective_students/scholarships/orisha



African Humanities Research Fund ORISHA DPhil Scholarship

PhD positions Asymmetric catalysis chemistry: Italy

Two PhD positions (36 months) are available at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Milano in the frame of the Marie Curie action Initial Training Network – European Industrial Doctorate (ITN-EID) “Affordable Solutions for Asymmetric Reductions of Industrially Relevant Substrates” (REDUCTO) funded by the European Commission.

The two researchers, who will take part in the above project,  will be enrolled by the University of Milano (UMIL) in the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Technologies (PhD Course of Chemical Sciences), granting a PhD degree at the end of three years. 

The two researchers will spend half of their time (18 months) at UMIL and half (18 months) at DSM Innovative Synthesis (Geleen, The Netherlands), the industrial partner of the project.  In particular, researcher-1 will spend the first 18 months at UMIL (http://www.unimi.it/ricerca/dottorati/2326.htm ) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Cesare Gennari ( http://users2.unimi.it/dpcorind/en/?page_id=9 ) and the following 18 months at DSM Innovative Synthesis (http://www.chemelot.nl/?id=3&template=bedrijf.htm&bid=95&taal=en ) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Johannes G. de Vries (http://www.catchbio.com/about_catchbio/management_team/prof._johannes_g._de_vries ), while researcher-2 will spend the first 18 months at DSM and the following 18 months at UMIL.

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PhD positions Asymmetric catalysis chemistry: Italy

Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral research scholarship position

Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship for Applicants Residing Abroad

The Foundation awards scholarships to overseas students who aspire to study or conduct research in Japanese universities or graduate schools. Its scholarship fund is supported by the contributions of Rotarians throughout Japan. The Foundation is Japan’s largest private scholarship organization, both in terms of program scale and number of scholarships awarded.

Eligibility

Overseas students meeting all of the following requirements are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Citizenship & Place of Residence

Not be a citizen of Japan nor be residing in Japan.

Permission for Pre-arrival Admission in Japanese

University or Graduate School

Major Field of Study: All fields are eligible.

Age

Up to age 39.

Academic Degree

Persons who already hold a bachelor’s degree are not eligible for an undergraduate scholarship.

Persons who already hold a master’s degree are not eligible for a master’s scholarship.

Persons who already hold a doctoral degree are not eligible for a doctoral scholarship.

Student who will hold a scholarship from another organization when this scholarship goes into effect are not eligible to receive this one.

Persons who have held a Yoneyama scholarship in the past are not eligible for this scholarship.

Scholarship Amount, Supplemental, Tenure

Scholarship amounts

- Undergraduates:   ¥100,000 per month

- Master’s students:   ¥140,000 per month

- Doctoral students:   ¥140,000 per month

- Research students (undergraduate, master’s and doctoral research students):   ¥100,000

Supplemental

Only for the first year of the scholarship, a supplemental of ¥400,000 is provided upon arrival in Japan.

Undergraduate, master’s and doctoral research scholarship position

Scientist: ‘C’ position at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), DehraDun

Under the Government of India approved scheme, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehra Dun is operating the “Centre for Glaciology”, which is likely to

eventually usher into an independent “National Centre for Himalayan Glaciology” under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Major objective of the Centre is to mount a coordinated research initiative on Himalayan glaciers to understand the factors controlling the effects of climate on glaciers.  The three-fold action plan includes: (i) To establish flagship field station for carrying out high quality  meteorological, hydrological, sediment transfer as well as mass balance and glacier dynamic studies to establish interlinkages between various  forcing factors.  (ii) Document and understand long-term glacier-climate interactions in the Himalaya through laboratory based, chronological constrained studies on sediment records including ice-core (iii) To create manpower through training program in India and abroad to take up research in challenging areas of glaciers.

To achieve the projected targets and to develop trained manpower and achieve major scientific goals in these challenging areas of glaciology, the Institute invites applications  from eligible Indian nationals for the following positions:

Scientist: ‘C’ position at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), DehraDun