UK : The Julius Nyerere Master's Scholarship

Deadline: April 1, 2010

The University of Edinburgh will offer a Scholarship to a student from Tanzania for postgraduate Master's study in any subject offered by the University for the 2010-2011 academic session.

The Julius Nyerere Scholarship was set up in 2009 in memory of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere who led Tanganyika to independence in 1961 and became the first prime minister and later president of Tanzania. Nyerere received a scholarship in 1949 to attend the University of Edinburgh where he obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Economics and History. He was the first Tanzanian to study at a British University and only the second to gain a University degree outside Africa.

The Julius Nyerere Master's Scholarship will cover the full overseas tuition fee, living costs of £10,000, and a return flight from Tanzania to the UK. In 2010-2011 the tuition fees and living costs will be covered by the University of Edinburgh, while the return flights will be covered by the Tanzania Edinburgh Community Association.

The scholarship will be tenable for one academic year.

Completed application forms must be returned to the Scholarships and Student Finance Office no later than 1 April 2010.

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UK : Goldsmiths International Postgraduate Scholarship

Deadline: April 1, 2010

There are up to 10 scholarships available to prospective international students studying for a full-time taught Master's programme . The scholarship provides a £5,000 fee waiver and is tenable for one year only.

To be eligible to apply you must have applied for a place on a full-time postgraduate taught degree, have an international fee liability and are self-financing to some extent. You will also need to demonstrate academic excellence and / or significant achievement in your chosen field of study.

Please note that current students are not eligible to apply for this scholarship.

How to apply

You will need to complete an International Postgraduate Scholarship application form (Doc), and return it to:

Bursaries & Scholarships Officer
Student Support RHB 124
Goldsmith, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW

Please note that your application form for a scholarship is processed separately from your application form for admission. You must therefore ensure that you provide COPIES of all relevant transcripts and certificates with the application.

Selection criteria
All applications will be assessed on academic merit only – financial circumstances will not be taken into account.

More information can be foubnd here:
Goldsmiths University of London or University of London

USA : Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund Educational Grants US/Canada 2010-2011

For students from developing countries who are currently studying in the United States or Canada, the MMMF (Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund) awards grants of approximetly $12,000 each; grants are not renewable. Every year, the MMMF also invite the recipients in Washington DC to participate in a three day Awards Program organized in their honor.

Follow the application procedure below.

Application Forms: available online from November 5, 2009.
Deadline for submitting completed applications: midnight February 18, 2010
Results: ONLY successful applicants will be notified around May 1, 2010

Eligibility Criteria

A woman is eligible to apply for an MMMF grant if she meets all the following criteria:

1. Has a record of service to women and/or children in her country.
2. Resides in the U.S. or Canada at the time she submits the application.
3. Is enrolled at an accredited U.S. or Canadian educational institution for the academic year 2009-10 and remain enrolled during the entire year of the grant.
4. Uses the grant to continue to study for her degree.
5. Is a national of a lower or middle income country as designated by the Country Eligibility List of the World Bank (Country Eligibility List). Applicant cannot ba a U.S. citizen, permanent U.S. resident or Canadian Land Immigrant.
6. Demonstrates a plan to return to a developing country in about two years after receiving the grant.
7. Demonstrates financial need.
8. Is at least 25 years old by December 31, 2009 (Born before December 31, 1984).
9. Is not related to any World Bank Group staff member or his/her or her spouse.

There are no exceptions to the MMMF Scholarship criteria listed above.

Application Instructions

The complete Application Package consists of:

• Online Application Form (The Application Form can only be completed and submitted online. Click here (DOC) to get a draft
  1. Registration: First time users please click here to register with the MMMF and access the form.
  2. Accessing your Application Form: Returning users click here to access your application form.
• Online Recommendation (Deadline: midnight February 18, 2010)
  Two (2) recommendations from professors/supervisors must be submitted using MMMF online recommendation form. Please provide the person with website: www.mmmf-grants.org, and tell them to go at the bottom of the page to click on US/Canada Program, in order for them to click here (PDF) to access, complete and submit recommendation. At least one recommendation must be from a professor/advisor at your current institution and one must have known you for at least one year.
• Documents to be mailed
  The following documents are required and must be mailed together in one envelope to the MMMF, postmarked no later than February 18, 2010 addressed to:
  The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
  P.O Box 27255
  Washington, DC 20038-7255
  USA
  1. copy of Fall 2009 Registration
  2. Official copy of transcript for fall 2009 in a sealed enveloppe from the Registrar.
  3. Official estimate of annual expenses for students published by your institution.
  4. One (1) passport-size photograph
  5. Copy of US/Canada Visa
  6. For applicants at US Universities, copy of I-20 / DC-2019 (formally IAP-66)
  7. For applicants at Canadian Universities, copy of Study Permit
  8. Copy of curriculum vitae/resume (Maximum two pages)

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UK : Overseas Scholarships in Music from City University London

Deadline: January 25, 2010

The Department of Music at City University London announce a scholarship scheme (a total of four awards) for students beginning their postgraduate studies in Music in 2010-2011.

These scholarships are open to full-time overseas research students (UK/EU students are ineligible) who begin an MPhil-PhD in Music in 2010-2011. The award comprises a £4,000 contribution to overseas tuition fees, renewable for a further 2 years dependent on progress.

Overseas students who wish to study for an MMA-DMA degree (joint with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama) are eligible for an award of £2,000.

Applications will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• Level of achievement at Undergraduate and Master's degrees
• Markers of esteem such as prizes for outstanding work or a publication list, or major performance engagements
• Research excellence or demonstrable research potential

You must complete the application procedure for a research degree in the normal way and, once submitted, must email the Research Administrator at the School of Arts, Amber Burrow-Goldhahn of your intention to be considered for an Overseas Scholarship in Music.

The closing date for receipt of applications: Monday 25 January 2010. The outcome will only be announced after the City University Studentship competition results have been released.

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UK : PhD Studentship Ethical Implications of ICT in Personal Health Monitoring, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)

De Montfort University - Faculty of Technology

A full funded sponsored PhD studentship is available for in the following research area:

Ethical Implications of ICT in Personal Health Monitoring

Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)

CCSR undertakes research, consultancy and advice to individuals, communities, organisations and governments at local, national and international levels on the actual and potential impacts of computing and related technologies on society and its citizens. CCSR is a mature research group with its well-established Information Society Doctoral Programme (ISDP) with currently 25 research students and 23 research graduates.

CCSR holds two European FP7 grants; Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications (ETICA) led by Professor B Stahl (CCSR Reader) and Personalised Health Monitoring: interdisciplinary research to analyse the relationship between ethics, law and psychosocial as well as medical sciences (PHM-Ethics) led by Professor S Rogerson (Director of CCSR).

ETICA identifies the potential ethical issues surrounding emerging ICT within a 10-15 year future window, whilst PHM-Ethics is situated at the development phase of new ICT applications to assess their ethical, legal and psychosocial consequences. There is a valued added opportunity for research, funded through this student bursary, to be undertaken between the ETICA and PHM-Ethics projects. The research will draw upon the forecasts from ETICA and the taxonomy instruments of PHM-Ethics to investigate the ethical implications and social impact of continuing to use advancing ICT in individual health monitoring scenarios.

This research will be done at a national rather than European level with empirical investigations being undertaken both at General Practices and Hospital Trusts. The outcome will be an empirically grounded ethical analysis of the impact of ICT on personal health monitoring within the UK. It will provide valuable input into future health policy and act as a platform for future grant application in the area of health informatics.

The supervisory team will comprise Dr N Ben Fairweather, Senior Research Fellow, who has undertaken published research on electronic patient records, Dr M Shaw, CCSR Research Associate who is a medical Consultant in public health and Dr N K McBride, Reader who has undertaken published research in NHS information systems. This research is multidisciplinary, focuses on one of the university’s overall research themes and has the potential to involve the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences either on this project or on spin-off future grant proposals.

Informal enquires to: www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk

Professor Simon Rogerson, 0116 2551 551 Ext: 7475. Email: srog@dmu.ac.uk

Application information:

The studentship is available for three years full-time study and provides a bursary of £13,290 p.a.. Candidates should hold a good first degree (First Class, Upper-second Class or equivalent) in a relevant subject area. Applications are welcome from citizens from the EU and those with overseas status.

Applicants are requested to send an email to techfacultyoffice@dmu.ac.uk for a copy of the application form. Applicants will need to provide full contact details including email addresses, and two supporting references. The completed application form should be returned to:

Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University, the Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, marking the envelope clearly ‘CCSR PhD Studentship’ OR (preferably) returned by email to techfacultyoffice@dmu.ac.uk .

Closing date: noon on Friday 11th December 2009.

Interviews will be held Tuesday 15th December 2009.

UK : Two mIMP PhD Research Assistantships Business Marketing and Supply Chain Management

The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School

Closing Date: 26 February 2010

Supervisor

Professor Stephen Naudé

The project

4 years duration.

The manchester Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Research Group (mIMP), Manchester Business School, is looking to recruit two research assistants to work with Professor Peter Naudé, Professor Stephan Henneberg and Professor Paul Cousins.

They will register on our full-time PhD Business and Management programme which has been ranked No. 1 in the world for the last two years (Financial Times 2008, 2009). They will be offered a robust, systematic and flexible research training and have access to dedicated resources and facilities.

The post holders will also work with their supervisors on a number of different research projects, one of which will form the basis of their PhD thesis.

Research topics cover different aspects of business marketing. One of the research assistants is expected to work on a combined business marketing and supply chain management topic.

For more information about the mIMP Research Group please see www.mbs.ac.uk/research/marketingpurchasing/index.aspx

Entry requirements and funding

The posts are available to UK/EU and International applicants holding a first or upper second-class honours degree and a Masters degree in a related discipline and wishing to pursue a PhD in the broad area of business-to-business marketing. The positions are for four years, commencing September 2010. While no salary will be earned, the award covers full-time PhD programme tuition fees.

Successful candidates will be provided with an office and IT facilities and where opportunities are available, they may undertake paid teaching and/or grading work within the school.

Enquiries and Applications

For more information about PhD programme at Manchester Business School, please visit www.mbs.ac.uk/postgraduateresearch/index.aspx or email Professor Peter Naudé: Peter.Naude@mbs.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)161 275 7782.

UK : PhD Studentship Stem cell patterns in malignancy

Barts and The London - Centre for Cutaneous Research, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science

Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Queen Mary, University of London

Supervisor: Professor Ian Mackenzie 2nd supervisor: Professor Iain Hutchinson

Applications for this project are invited from graduates with experience and interest in a Relevant Biological Science with a first class honours degree or an upper second class honours degree with a masters degree in a relevant discipline. The student will be based at the School’s Whitechapel Campus in London.

The project: Most of the proliferative cells within a malignant lesion are capable of limited growth but, as for normal tissues, only a sub-population of proliferative cells is capable of indefinite growth. These are the “cancer stem cells” (CSCs) and this fraction of cells is responsible for driving the growth and spread of malignancies. Such cells have now been identified in a wide range of tumour types and there is increasing evidence that it may be essential to target CSCs if therapy is to be successful. It has been shown for several types of tumours that stem cells have greater resistance than the bulk of tumour cells to killing by radio- and chemo-therapies, and that therapeutic agents may appear to be clinically effective without actually destroying the CSC population responsible for tumour regeneration. The aims of the project are to determine how CSC properties of individual tumours are predictive of in vivo behaviour and clinical outcomes, and to develop information of therapeutic value for targeting CSC maintenance signaling pathways.

Cancer stem cells are a major interest of research in the BICMS and further information about the BICMS and people working within the Stem Cell Initiative can be found at http://www.icms.qmul.ac.uk/stemcell/index.html

The studentship: This studentship will provide UK/EU home fees and a minimum stipend of £15510.00 per annum for 3 years. This studentship is available immediately and the start date would be as soon as practicable.

Non EU nationals are eligible to apply for this studentship but would need to fund the difference between home and overseas tuition fees themselves, approximately £8000.00 per annum for a minimum period of three years.

Applications and Enquiries: To apply, please download the School of Medicine & Dentistry application form from our website: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/index.html and return to the Admissions Office - email: pgsmd@qmul.ac.uk with a copy to the supervisor i.c.mackenzie@qmul.ac.uk

For enquiries please contact: Brenda Bell b.bell@qmul.ac.uk

Closing date for applications: 22 December 2009.

UK : PhD Research Studentships Development of Low-Cost High Efficiency Electrode Materials for Batteries Applications

Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Engineering and Computing

Opportunity for a PhD Studentship in: Development of Low-Cost High Efficiency Electrode Materials for Batteries Applications

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD research Studentship within the School of Engineering and Computing. The studentship is for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress and provides payment of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate plus an annual stipend of £14,275*. The successful candidate is expected to undertake up to 6 hours of academic support activity per week.

*[please note that students from outside the EU are required to pay the difference between International and EU fees, currently this would amount to £6,100 per annum. This will be deducted from the stipend at the beginning of each session providing an annual stipend of £8,175.]

Project Description

It is generally accepted that the global demand for energy will dramatically rise in the future. Energy storage technologies (batteries) are considered the most promising for electric vehicles and renewable energy systems operating on intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar. The battery industry now employs a wide variety of metals and metal alloys as electrodes in various types of batteries. However, there remains a general requirement for new positive and negative electrode materials to facilitate production of the next generation of these energy storage devicesThe present project propose to employ electrochemical processes, with minimum environmental impact, to improve battery life by utilising as electrode materials metallic alloys to which constituents are added to impart an amorphous structure to the metallic electrode materials.

Objectives:

• To employ economically viable and environmentally acceptable process to produce more active and cost effective electrode materials based on Pd-M alloys (M = Co, Ni, Sn and Fe).
• To optimise the properties of the alloys (binary and tertiary). This will be achieved through optimisation of the system parameters and the electrocatalytic performance of the electrode/electrolyte interface of the battery system.

We are looking for highly motivated candidate with a good honours degree (minimum 2.1) or Masters in Electrochemistry/Chemistry or related discipline, who will have good analytical skills and strong interest in some of the following areas: electrolytes properties, electrode kinetics, electrochemical systems and processes, metallic coatings and their properties. The candidate must have a positive attitude toward interdisciplinary research and team work.

For informal enquiries and further details of this project please contact Professor M. El-Sharif by email at: mel2@gcal.ac.uk

School of Engineering and Computing

How to Apply:

Application forms are available here

Please state the Project Title on the completed application form.

The closing date for applications is Friday 15th January 2010

UK : PhD Research Studentships Development of Low-Cost High Efficiency Electrode Materials for Batteries Applications

Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Engineering and Computing

Opportunity for a PhD Studentship in: Development of Low-Cost High Efficiency Electrode Materials for Batteries Applications

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD research Studentship within the School of Engineering and Computing. The studentship is for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress and provides payment of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate plus an annual stipend of £14,275*. The successful candidate is expected to undertake up to 6 hours of academic support activity per week.

*[please note that students from outside the EU are required to pay the difference between International and EU fees, currently this would amount to £6,100 per annum. This will be deducted from the stipend at the beginning of each session providing an annual stipend of £8,175.]

Project Description

It is generally accepted that the global demand for energy will dramatically rise in the future. Energy storage technologies (batteries) are considered the most promising for electric vehicles and renewable energy systems operating on intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar. The battery industry now employs a wide variety of metals and metal alloys as electrodes in various types of batteries. However, there remains a general requirement for new positive and negative electrode materials to facilitate production of the next generation of these energy storage devicesThe present project propose to employ electrochemical processes, with minimum environmental impact, to improve battery life by utilising as electrode materials metallic alloys to which constituents are added to impart an amorphous structure to the metallic electrode materials.

Objectives:

• To employ economically viable and environmentally acceptable process to produce more active and cost effective electrode materials based on Pd-M alloys (M = Co, Ni, Sn and Fe).
• To optimise the properties of the alloys (binary and tertiary). This will be achieved through optimisation of the system parameters and the electrocatalytic performance of the electrode/electrolyte interface of the battery system.

We are looking for highly motivated candidate with a good honours degree (minimum 2.1) or Masters in Electrochemistry/Chemistry or related discipline, who will have good analytical skills and strong interest in some of the following areas: electrolytes properties, electrode kinetics, electrochemical systems and processes, metallic coatings and their properties. The candidate must have a positive attitude toward interdisciplinary research and team work.

For informal enquiries and further details of this project please contact Professor M. El-Sharif by email at: mel2@gcal.ac.uk

School of Engineering and Computing

How to Apply:

Application forms are available here

Please state the Project Title on the completed application form.

The closing date for applications is Friday 15th January 2010

UK : PHD Internships Bank of England

Overview

The Bank of England is the central bank for the United Kingdom. Its core purposes are to ensure monetary stability and to contribute to UK financial stability. In addition, it manages the UK’s foreign currency reserves, issues banknotes and acts as the bankers’ bank.

We are offering PhD internships for two to three months on projects that are relevant for monetary policy and financial stability. These positions are based both in the Financial Stability and Monetary Analysis areas of the Bank. On some projects, interns may be estimating on onsite-only datasets (see below) jointly with our staff. Timings of individual internships are flexible.

Salary

A daily rate of £100 per day and holiday entitlement pro rata based on 28 days per annum are offered. Overseas candidates will also receive a small accommodation allowance during their stay and be reimbursed for an economy class return flight to London.

Background

The Bank of England provides a unique environment in which economic analysis and research inform policy at the highest level. The Monetary Analysis area of the Bank is seeking applications from economists with a keen interest in monetary policy related issues. The Bank’s Financial Stability area conducts analytical work to identify and reduce threats to the stability of the financial system.

Skills and experience

Candidates should be expecting to submit their PhD thesis within the next two years.

All fields are considered, although we are particularly interested in candidates with a strong background in:

• monetary economics
• open-economy macroeconomics and international finance
• applied econometrics
• macrofinance and asset pricing
• financial economics, including banking theory/regulation and credit risk modelling
• economics of payment systems and networks.

The Bank of England has access to many interesting datasets including real-time macroeconomic data, monetary data, data on international banking groups, interbank payments and bank balance sheets. Please note that all appointments are subject to security clearance and immigration clearance. To apply please visit our website: http://www.bankofenglandjobs.co.uk/opportunities/gap-year-internships/phd-internship/

Closing Date: 22 January 2010.