PhD Studentship
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

Faculty of Medicine & Health

PhD Studentship

Value of Award: One studentship - Fees paid at international rate,
plus £13,290 maintenance for up to three years full-time study. We
would particularly welcome applications from candidates from low to
middle income countries

Closing Date: 31 March 2009

Minimum Academic Requirements:

A good first degree or post graduate qualification in a relevant
discipline. The studentship will be awarded to the strongest candidate
by merit.

Content Area:

The Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS) invites applications for
a PhD Studentship in one of the following areas:

* Piloting MDR-TB treatment in the community in Bangladesh
* Is a community-based intervention 'Smoke Free Homes' successful
in the implementation of smoking restrictions at homes?
* Understanding and facilitating health decisions in individuals
with a family history of cancer
* Evaluating Artificial Intelligence methodologies used to create
individualised interventions in healthcare.
* Assessment of age-inequalities in cardiac care across England and Wales

For further particulars about these projects, look at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/jobspostgrad2.html

Application Procedures: Two application forms (Institute and
University) must be completed:

The LIHS Application Form is available at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/jobspostgrad2.html or by post from the
Research Support Secretary, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences,
Charles Thackrah Building, University of Leeds, 101 Clarendon Road,
Leeds LS2 9LJ

Tel: +44 (0)113 34 37354 Email: k.weston-garcia@leeds.ac.uk

A University of Leeds Application Form for undertaking postgraduate
study is available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/appfmweb.doc

All enquiries about the application process are to be made to:
Claire Walton, Postgraduate Research Student Co-ordinator, Faculty
Graduate School Room 10.110, Level 10 Worsley Building, University of
Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL Tel: +44 (0) 113 34 37497 Email:
hcscw@leeds.ac.uk

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UN Journalism Fellowships

Posted: 07 Mar 2009 02:08 AM PST

United Nations is pleased to announce that the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2009 Fellowship Program. The deadline for submission of application is March 22, 2009. (Please allow sufficient time for your application to arrive by Friday, 20 March , 2009)

The Fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from developing countries who are interested in coming to New York to report on international affairs during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Fellowships will begin in mid-September and extend to late November and will include the cost of travel and accommodations in New York, as well as a per diem allowance.

The Fellowship Program is open to journalists who are native to one of the developing countries in Africa, Asia, South America and the Caribbean, and are currently working full-time for a bona fide media organization in a developing nation. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in and commitment to international affairs and to conveying a better understanding of the United Nations to their readers and audiences. They must also have approval from their media organizations to spend up to two months in New York to report from the United Nations.

The journalists who are awarded Fellowships are given the incomparable opportunity to observe international diplomatic deliberations at the United Nations, to make professional contacts that will serve them for many years to come, to interact with seasoned journalists from around the world, and to gain a broader perspective and understanding of matters of global concern. Many past Fellows have risen to prominence in their professional and countries.

This is the 48th year the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund has sponsored the Fellowship Program for Journalists. The program is administered on a volunteer basis by journalists at the United Nations, who raise money from foundations, corporations and diplomatic missions.

Eligibility and documentation requirements and Fellowship application form are available at: http://unjournalismfellowship.org

Questions about the program, eligibility and application process can be directed to info@unjournalismfellowship.org.

NCCR Democracy
Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century

Open positions: Two Ph.D. students
NCCR project “Civil Society – Government Interactions in Global Governance”

The NCCR Democracy is an interdisciplinary research program on the
challenges to democracy in the 21st century funded by the Swiss
National Science Foundation and the University of Zurich. In the
framework of the NCCR project “Civil Society – Government Interactions
in Global Governance” we are seeking two Ph.D. students. The
appointment is for four years and will begin on October 1, 2009.

Project description: The project will study how civil society groups
(NGOs and business groups) and government representatives interact in
the context of global environmental policy making. It will concentrate
on developing a formal (game theoretical) model to explain government
and civil society groups behavior. It will also use a combination of
qualitative case studies and statistical analysis to test hypotheses
generated by the theoretical model. The empirical work will mainly
cover global climate change and ozone layer policy as well as policies
pertaining to trade in hazardous wastes and endangered species.

Position / Profile: We are looking for two PhD students with a strong
interest in analyzing global environmental issues from a political
economy perspective. We expect you to hold an MA/MSc in political
science and/or economics, to have strong methodological skills, a keen
interest in questions of political economy, a good knowledge of
political science and political economy theories, and a strong command
of English. Expertise in formal modelling (game theory) is not
necessary, but will have to be acquired during the first year.

Terms of employment: We offer the successful candidates an
intellectually challenging position in one of the leading political
science research centers in Europe and the prospects of obtaining a
PhD from ETH Zürich (http://www.ib.ethz.ch/phd/index). Your employment
and workplace will be in the International Political Economy research
group at the CIS, which is led by Prof. Thomas Bernauer
(http://www.ib.ethz.ch). The salary will be according to the pay scale
of the Swiss National Science Foundation (ca. CHF 3’000.- /month,
which is sufficient to support a modest one person household in
Zürich). The employment is for four years. Applications: Applications
should include a letter of motivation, a detailed curriculum vitae,
two letters of recommendation, copies of all academic
degrees, the MA/MSc thesis or two recent seminar papers. Please submit
your application in two Pdf files, the first containing all parts of
the application except the MA/MSc thesis or seminar papers, to Ms
Claudia Jenny at cjenny@icr.ethz.gess.ch.

The deadline for applications is May 15, 2009.

--
ETH Zurich
Dr. Michael M. Bechtel
Center for Comparative and International Studies
WEC C 25
Weinbergstrasse 11
CH-8092 Zurich
michael.bechtel@ir.gess.ethz.ch
www.ib.ethz.ch/people/mbechtel
+41 44 632 62 68 phone
+41 44 632 12 89 fax

researcher with a university degree in engineering, life or computer sciences without PhD

Medical University of Gdansk is seeking enthusiastic researchers willing to participate in the TEAM project: "Integrated measurement of arterial function and sympathetic nervous system activity: development, validation and application of a new method"

We are seeking a highly motivated research scientist with interest in molecular biology, who would like to work in an interdisciplinary environment on the development and application of methods assessing vascular and autonomic function in humans.

Website
http://www.amg.gda.pl/attachment/attachment/4917/TEAM_project_-_recruitment.pdf

How To Apply
e-mail

Application Deadline
23/03/2009

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index_en.cfm?l1=1&l2=1&l3=1&idjob=27877289&CFID=5461111&CFTOKEN=896d96a62f55b215-DD901D4B-E236-8A5D-0EB96183BCBC2937

Please take a look at the following very interesting compilation of financial aid for international students attending US universities from 2006:

http://www.oacac.com/docs/IntlFinAid.xls
http://www.oacac.com/docs/IntFinAid.pdf

I would like to point out again my frequent claim that many of the top-tier schools in the US are very aggressive and generous with financial aid (at least prior to the economic downturn).

Here is a snapshot of the top-ranked places:

MIT, int'l students: 305, w/aid: 261, avg award: US$ 33,057.
Harvard, int'l students: 585, w/aid: 437, avg award: US$ 36,705.
Yale, int'l students: 452, w/aid: 237, avg award: US$ 29,843.

And as usual, please keep the discussion related to beasiswa on this mailing list and don't email me personally.

Regards,
Julius

website link:
http://www.jobs.sdu.dk/vis_stilling.php?id=4962&lang=eng

2 PhD Scholarships at the Integrative Innovation Unit, Department of Marketing and Management

Job description:

Two PhD Scholarships within the Integrative Innovation Management unit are vacant from 1 June 2009 or soon after for a period of three years. Integrative Innovation Management is a cross-disciplinary research group that bridges two faculties: Social Sciences and Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. These positions are anchored at the Department of Marketing & Management in Odense and require enrolment in the PhD programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Applications are invited from candidates with a Master's Degree.

The vision for Integrative Innovation Management is to integrate the partial approaches to innovation management by developing new methods and producing scientific insights into the innovation process by applying a theory-driven approach to support empirical results. The approach is founded on engineering perspectives combined with marketing and management aspects.

To exemplify, the group is developing research projects within the field of sustainability and innovation and open innovation. One proposal could be to develop a framework for supporting integrative and methodical product development in the renewable energy sector. Another proposal could be to study open innovation practices, in particular emphasising value co-creation among interrelated actors utilising network and learning theories. However, these suggestions are only indicative of possible PhD proposals.

We therefore invite project proposals within the broad field of integrative innovation management. Especially, we encourage project descriptions from the perspectives of marketing and management as well as integration with engineering aspects on integrative innovation management. The research unit welcomes applicants with background within engineering, business economics (especially marketing and management) and economics.

As part of the PhD programme, an individual education programme within the field of business administration has to be completed. You will be expected to complete a six-month stay at a research institution abroad and, over the period of the programme, to acquire experience of teaching or other types of presentation. You are also expected to participate in the various activities within the research units and – apart from your stay abroad – to be routinely present at the unit.

Further information can be obtained from the director of the research group Integrative Innovation Management: Professor Mette Præst Knudsen, tel. +45 6550 7455 or mpk@sam.sdu.dk.

Information about the PhD programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, can be found at the homepage

The application should include a detailed description of the PhD project. Besides a general problem formulation it should discuss relevant theory, research design and methods, and include a work schedule. The project description must not exceed 8 pages.

Read more:
PhD programmes at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Application, salary, etc.:

Your employment as a Salaried PhD Research Fellow is regulated by the agreement of 1 October 2008 on Graduate Employees in government appendix 5 – protocol on PhD Research Fellows.

Fill in the application form available on our homepage or call the Social Science Faculty secretariat, Dorte Cohrt Nebel, phone +45 6550 3895, dcn@sam.sdu.dk.

All interested persons are encouraged to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background.

Please submit 5 copies of the application including curriculum vitae, project description, certified master degree certificate, publications if any, marked nr. 351/527-095620, before 17 April 2009 at 12.00 to the University of Southern Denmark, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.

Read more:
Application form

Closing date 17 April, 2009 at 12 noon
Location: Odense

Mark application Job ID 351/527-095620 and send it to:

University of Southern Denmark
Faculty of Social Sciences
Campusvej 55
DK-5230 Odense m