Postdoctoral research position 2011

Highlights:

1.      All applications materials must be received by September 24, 2010. Interviews will be conducted in January 2011. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified of the status of their application by January 31, 2011. Funds are available for Fellows to start anytime between March and September 2011.

2.      The Society for Conservation Biology is pleased to solicit applications for the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program. These Fellowships enable outstanding early-career scientists based at a United States institution to improve and expand their research skills while directing their efforts towards problems of pressing conservation concern for the United States. The Program especially encourages individuals who want to better link conservation science and theory with pressing policy and management applications to apply.

3.      We envision that the cadre of scientists supported by the Smith Fellows Program eventually will assume leadership positions across the field of conservation science. Fellows are selected on the basis of innovation, potential for leadership and strength of proposal.

4.      Smith post-doctoral Fellows will be awarded two years of support for applied research in the field of biological conservation. Fellowship applicants must have received their doctorate within the last five years, demonstrate high potential for innovative research and leadership in their field, and propose a research plan that creatively and effectively addresses a pressing conservation question. Each

5.      Fellow is mentored by both an academic sponsor who encourages the Fellow's continued development as a conservation scientist, and a conservation practitioner who helps to connect the Fellow and her/his research to practical conservation challenges. Fellows must secure sponsorship from an academic sponsor at an institution in the United States well-suited to carrying out the proposed research. Each fellow will choose a field mentor with expertise and experience in “on-the-ground” application of conservation science and who is associated with a government agency, nongovernmental organization, or other conservation organization.

6.      Applicants who arrange for mentors and research sites before submission of their application provide the review panel with strong evidence of initiative and leadership, and help to ensure that proposed research is relevant to conservation practices.

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Research position for postgraduate 2011 at South African

Highlights:

1. The South African Research Chair in Property Law has the following positions available for full-time postgraduate research students in Property Law for 2011:

Full-time LLD (3 years): 4

Full-time LLM (2 years): 4

2. Requirements to qualify for one of these positions:
3. For the LLM positions you have to be in the final year of your LLB degree (four year or postgraduate) in 2010, scheduled to complete the degree at the end of 2010. For the LLD positions you must already hold an LLM degree or be scheduled to complete it by the end of 2010.
4. South African citizens will be preferred.
5. Students must be willing and able to study full-time and to live and work in Stellenbosch. Work space is provided on the premises of the Research Chair in the Law Faculty.
6. Special interest in Property Law is required. Students who completed Property Law electives in their LLB or who did an LLM in Property Law will be preferred.
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Postdoctoral position at University of Maine, Le Mans, France

Highlights:

1. A POSTDOCTORAL position located in the University of Maine in Le Mans (France) is available for 12 months. The expected starting date is december 1st 2010 (salary: 30,000 euros pa).
2. The work is focused on the synthesis of new ligands issued from the biomass and their evaluation in asymmetric catalysis and organocatalysis.
3. Applicants MUST HAVE a PhD in organic chemistry. The successful candidate will have a strong background in organic synthesis and have good skills in usual analytical techniques.
4. An experience in asymmetric catalysis and/or organocatalysis is requested.

Doctoral positions in materials science in Germany

Highlights:

1. The International Max Planck School for Advanced Materials (IMPRS-AM) is a joint project of the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, and the University of Stuttgart.
2. The research interests of the IMPRS-AM cover a broad spectrum from fundamental to performance-oriented chemistry, physics and materials science. The research activities will be focused on three areas: 1) Physics and Chemistry in Low Dimensions, 2) Interface Controlled Materials, and 3) Nano-biotechnology and Biomimetics Describing the whole range of research and the top notch facilities would exceed the scope of this advert.
3. The IMPRS-AM is an exciting, interdisciplinary PhD program that will motivate young scholars to choose a career in research. The synthesis and preparation of novel compounds, the characterization of physical and structural properties, and theoretical descriptions are closely linked together.
4. In addition to the structured program of scientific learning, a training program in complementary skills will be provided. Finally, the courses will be conducted in English, since the program is open to all nations.
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Postdoctoral grant call for Long-Term and Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships

 Highlights:

1. The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) supports innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Biological research has become increasingly quantitative through the participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics. Such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize the evolution and interactions of organisms and biological systems. Within this framework the HFSP invites applications for two international programs that offer postdoctoral fellowships for basic research training:
2. Long-Term Fellowships (LTF) are reserved for applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline to embark on a new project in a different field of the life sciences. Preference is given to applicants who propose an original study in biology that marks a departure from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work so as to learn new methods or change study system.
3. Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships (CDF) are open to applicants with a Ph.D. from outside the life sciences e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences who have had limited exposure to biology during their previous training. Applicants for the CDF should propose a significant departure from their past research by changing e.g. from material science or physics to cell biology, from chemistry to molecular biology, or from computer science to neuroscience.
4. The HFSP postdoctoral fellowships extend over 3 years. Fellows may interrupt the HFSP support after the second year for up to two years while being funded through other programs or grants of the host supervisor. The third fellowship year can be used as a return fellowship to the home country to prepare the initiation of an independent laboratory. Repatriating HFSP fellows have the opportunity to apply for the HFSP Career Development Award (CDA).