New Zealand Development Scholarship

The New Zealand Development Scholarships (NZDS) scheme offers the
opportunity to people from selected developing countries to undertake
development-related studies in New Zealand.
This may include study related to education, health, rural
livelihoods, governance, human rights, or economic development,
depending on the human resource development training needs of the home
government.

New Zealand -Development Scholarships are offered for full-time,
tertiary level study at participating New Zealand education
institutions.
The NZDS scheme has two categories:
1-New Zealand Development Scholarships – Public category (NZDS-Public)
The NZDS-Public scholarships scheme is a bilateral scheme available to
individuals from selected partner countries in Southeast Asia and the
Pacific. The selection criteria is determined by the partner
government and NZAID.

Shortlisted applications, mostly from public sector employees, are
endorsed for a scholarship by the partner government. Employees from
civil society or private sector organisations may apply for the NZDS-
Public in some countries depending on country-specific selection
criteria. The levels and fields of study available for study in New
Zealand are determined according to the partner country's human
resource development training needs.
Country eligibility download: Cambodia (pdf 6K), Indonesia (pdf 8K),
Lao PDR (pdf 6K), Philippines, Timor-Leste (pdf 5K), Viet Nam (pdf
5K), Cook Islands (pdf 9K), Fiji (on hold), Kiribati (pdf 9K), ,Papua
New Guinea (pdf 4K), ,Samoa (pdf 1K), Solomon Islands (pdf 1K), Tonga
(pdf 2K), Vanuatu (pdf 1K).
2-New Zealand Development Scholarships – Open category (NZDS-Open)
The NZDS-Open scholarships scheme is a non-bilateral scheme available
to candidates of some developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin
America and the Pacific. Under the NZDS-Open scheme, candidates
independently apply for a scholarship.

NZDS-Open scholarships are generally directed at employees of private
sector or civil society sector organisations, including non-
governmental organisations. In some countries, public sector employees
can also apply for a NZDS-Open scholarship depending on the country or
region-specific selection criteria. This criteria also determines the
levels and the fields of study under which candidates can apply to
study in New Zealand.
Eligible countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia: Cambodia (pdf
66K), Indonesia (pdf 68K), Lao PDR (pdf 66K), Maldives (pdf 58K),
Mongolia (pdf 58K), Myanmar (pdf 58K), Nepal (pdf 58K), Philippines
(pdf 62K), Sri Lanka (pdf 58K), Timor-Leste (pdf 75K), Viet Nam (pdf
55K)
Eligible countries in the Pacific region: Federated States of
Micronesia (pdf 84K), Marshall Islands (pdf 84K), Palau (pdf 84K),
Fiji (On hold), Kiribati (pdf 69K), Papua New Guinea (pdf 84K), Samoa
(pdf 61K), Solomon Islands (pdf 71K), Tonga (pdf 82K), Vanuatu (pdf
91K)
Eligible countries in Latin America: Argentina (pdf 74K), Bolivia (pdf
74K), Brazil (pdf 74K), Chile (including Rapa Nui) (pdf 74K), Ecuador
(pdf 74K), El Salvador (pdf 74K), Guatemala (pdf 74K), Honduras (pdf
74K), Nicaragua (pdf 74K), Paraguay (pdf 74K), Uruguay (pdf 74K)
Eligible countries in Africa: Kenya (pdf 70K), Mozambique (pdf 70K),
South Africa (pdf 70k), Tanzania (pdf xxK), Zambia (pdf 70K)
More info: http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/scholarships/nzds

Beasiswa Monbukagakusho Program Penataran Guru dan Japanese Studies

Pendaftaran untuk program Penataran Guru mulai dibuka tanggal 17 November
2008 dan akan ditutup pada 30 Januari 2009. Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut
mengenai program Penataran Guru, dan Japanese Studies, bisa dikunjungi
homepage kedutaan besar Jepang di Jakarta,
http://www.id.emb-japan.go.jp/sch.html

Wassalam

Ijum

Tokyo



BEASISWA MONBUKAGAKUSHO


WHAT's NEW ?

* Beasiswa Monbukagakusho Program Penataran Guru dan Japanese Studies

Pendaftaran untuk program Penataran Guru mulai dibuka tanggal 17 November 2008 dan akan ditutup pada 30 Januari 2009. Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut mengenai program Penataran Guru, klik di sini, sedangkan untuk program Japanese Studies, klik di sini.
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Study in Japan, situs mengenai berbagai informasi mengenai belajar ke Jepang.
Soal-soal ujian Monbukagakusho 2007 yang lalu sudah dapat dilihat di sini, termasuk soal ujian program Japanese Studies.



Pada saat ini sekitar 1600 siswa Indonesia tengah melanjutkan pendidikannya di Jepang. Dari jumlah tersebut, sebagian besar adalah mereka yang menerima beasiswa, baik dari pemerintah Jepang, instansi maupun perusahaan lainnya. Beasiswa Pemerintah Jepang yang cukup dikenal oleh masyarakat Indonesia adalah beasiswa dari Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Olah Raga, Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi Jepang (Monbukagakusho/ MEXT). Beasiswa ini meliputi biaya studi dan biaya hidup, tanpa ikatan apapun.
Kedutaan Besar Jepang di Indonesia dan Konsulatnya di Surabaya, Medan dan Makassar setiap tahun melaksanakan pendaftaran dan penyeleksian bagi para peminat beasiswa Monbukagakusho. Adapun program-program yang ditawarkan kepada siswa Indonesia adalah Program Research Student bagi lulusan perguruan tinggi, Undergraduate, College of Technology dan Professional Training College bagi lulusan SLTA dan Japanese Studies bagi mahasiswa program studi Jepang serta Teacher Training bagi guru.

PhD Studentship

"Design and Mission Analysis of Femtosatellites"

Space Advanced Research Team, Department of Aerospace Engineering

The Space Advanced Research Team at the University of Glasgow is currently seeking a PhD student to investigate the "Design and Mission Analysis of Femtosatellites"

The project consists of the design and development of femto-satellites with a volume of 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm and a weight of approximately 10 grams. These very tiny satellites are expected to be mainly made of stacked silicon microchips. Some microchips will be responsible for very specific tasks necessary for the survival of the mission (for example, communication, attitude control, etc.), whereas other microchips will form the scientific payload (for example, embedded microcameras, radiation detectors, etc.) These femto-satellites have the potential to drastically lower the costs of space missions and increase the frequency of the launches. Furthermore, the possibility of having a huge number of femto-satellites (more than 1,000) at a reasonable manufacturing price (less than £200 each) will increase the overall mission reliability (losing some of them will not jeopardize the overall mission objectives). It will also allow the conception of new mission scenarios and the assembly of large structures in space consisting of thousands of small elements (for example, interferometric antenna arrays, synthetic aperture radars, etc.) The doctoral student selected for this project will have to take into account not only the design trade-offs of present microelectronic technology, but also the mission design and analysis trade-offs applicable to space applications. In this process, it is expected that the doctoral student will be able to produce some advances in the state-of-the-art of this interdisciplinary field of research since the present design rules of small satellites cannot be directly applied to the design and development of femto-satellites due to the severe constraints in size and power consumption.

The PhD candidate for this post will hold an upper 1st class degree in either aerospace engineering or electrical & electronics engineering. The successful applicant will have good analytical and modelling skills, and good knowledge of microprocessors and/or space mission analysis and design. Enthusiasm and determination in exploring original ideas as well as good team spirit are desirable qualities of the successful candidate. A very good spoken and written English is essential.

Each Scholarship will run for 4 years, cover all tuition fees (EU or overseas) and provide the successful student with a stipend at the Research Council recommended rates (£12,940 for 2008/09). On top of this the project benefits from £5,300 per year research costs.

The project will start between January 2009 and April 2009.

In the first instance the documentation submitted by the applicant will include a cover letter detailing why you wish to be considered for the post and how your skills fit the proposed research, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and the name and address of two referees willing to submit a confidential reference.

Informal enquiries and applications should be sent to Dr Gianmarco Radice, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. Tel: +44-(0)141-3304068. Email: gradice@aero.gla.ac.uk

Note that unsuccessful but nevertheless outstanding candidates may be considered for other scholarships with a start date of October 2009.

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Vacant positions at KTH

PhD in Electronic Systems Design
Ph.D. position in Polymer Technology
Doctoral student in electrical machines and drives
Ph.D. Position in Approximability
PhD Student in Internal Combustion Engines
Openings for 4 Ph.D. Students at Automatic Control Laboratory
PhD Positions in Astrophysical Dynamos

http://www.kth.se/om/2.1445?l=en_UK
http://www.ee.kth.se/php/index.php?action=openpos&cmd=listopenpos

http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/engindex.html#PhDstudents

PhD position in Complex Metal and Semiconductor Nanoclusters,
stationed at MAX-lab Lund
at the Department of Physics and Materials Science
Application no later than December 16, 2008. UFV-PA 2008/3086

PhD position in Medical Science
at the Department of Medical Sciences
Application no later than December 17, 2008. UFV-PA 2008/2627

PhD position in Neuroscience within the subject of mechanisms of
improved stress tolerance and welfare of farmed fish
at the Department of Neuroscience
Application no later than December 15, 2008. UFV-PA 2008/2928

PhD student
at the Department of Physics and Materials Science
Application no alter than January 30, 2009. UFV-PA 2008/3000
Extended date of application

PhD position within the IceCube project
at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Application no later than January 15, 2009. UFV-PA 2008/2838

PhD positions in theoretical physics, especially string theory
at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Application no later than January 15, 2009. UFV-PA 2008/2833

PhD position in organic chemistry - organic nanochemistry and
graphene
at the Department of biochemistry and organic chemistry
Application no later than December 15, 2008. UFV-PA 2008/2859

PhD position in microbial ecology
at the Department of ecology and evolution
Application no later than January 7, 2009. UFV-PA 2008/2947

PhD student in nuclear physics with emphasis on experimental hadron
physics
at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Application no later than December 15, 2008. UFV-PA 2008/2741

website link:
http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~stgruber/PhD_CRYOSUB_UZH.pdf

PhD studentship
Glaciology, Geomorphodynamics and Geochronology
Department of Geography
University of Zurich, Switzerland

We are seeking a PhD candidate for the project CRYOSUB: Mountain
Cryosphere Subgrid Parameterization and Computation, starting 1 March
or 1 April 2009.
The expected outcome of this project is a method that allows for
continental-scale modeling of permafrost, snow and glacier mass
balance in mountain areas under present and simulated future climate.
This is important because the mountain cryosphere influences a large
proportion of the global land mass and population, experiences high
rates of climate change and is currently inadequately resolved in
regional climate models due to the dominating influence of sub-grid
variability. This project will provide a proof of concept for the
inclusion of topography sub-grid schemes into climate models as well
as applications of mountain cryosphere models over large mountain ranges.
Applicants are required to have successfully completed a Masters level
degree in a relevant area, e.g., Climatology, Meteorology, Computer
Science, Mathematics, Physics, Computational Geography or Earth
Sciences. Programming skills (low level such as C/FORTRAN and high
level such as Matlab/IDL) and experience with GIS are important
assets. You have a very good standard of written and spoken English
and will be working in a heterogeneous and multi-disciplinary
environment. Mountaineering skills are welcome. You will receive the
standard PhD salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Curriculum Vitae, transcripts and contact details (including e-mail
addresses and phone numbers) for two references should be sent with
your letter of application to:

Dr. Stephan Gruber
Department of Geography
University of Zurich-Irchel
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich, Switzerland
stephan.gruber@geo.uzh.ch

Reviews of applications will commence on 1 February 2009.