Jobs & Scholarships

Tilburgh University

Through the generosity of Mr Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, exceptional students can apply for a Fentener van Vlissingen Environmental Management MBA Scholarships, which grants 3 winners each an amount of 10,000 Euro towards the cost of a full-time MBA.

Three scholarships will be awarded to full-time MBA students who want to contribute to sustainable development. The recipients will be required to complete their MBA with a research project in the field of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development.

In this essay candidates should outline how, by following a TiasNimbas MBA and completing it with a development related research project, they can benefit their local community or environment.

To apply for the scholarship, candidates must write a 1000 word essay.

Each candidate’s financial situation and academic credentials will also be considered by the scholarship committee.

The deadline for receipt of essays is 30 April 2007. Completed essays, together with your MBA application form and sent to the TiasNimbas Admissions team.

For more information about the Environmental Management MBA Scholarships see http://www.tiasnimbas.edu/

A position is available for a highly motivated student to undertake research studies leading to a PhD at The University of Sydney in the Australian Key Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis (http://www.emu.usyd.edu.au). The student will be based at the Electron Microscope Unit of the University and will work closely with staff of the Major National Research Facility – Nanostructural Analysis Network Organisation (MNRF-NANO) (http://www.nano.org.au).

Colorectal cancer is a common malignant disease, with the majority of deaths attributable to liver metastasis. In the Western world, it is the second cause of cancer death in women after breast cancer, and the third cause of cancer death in men after lung and prostate cancer. Our team explores the mechanisms of liver colorectal cancer metastasis, proliferation and as well as mechanisms of cell death and survival by collecting unknown fine structural tissue and (sub)cellular molecular information. In this project we especially endeavour to elucidaHte further the complex and dynamic machinery of membrane transport and signalling mechanisms which have been shown to be a key event in colorectal tumour cell survival and further metastatic outgrowth. The successful candidate will apply cutting-edge 3D and 4D microscopic methods in combination with correlative immunocytochemistry- and molecular biology techniques to address the aims of the study.

We are interested in talking to students with, or who expect to achieve, an Honours 1 or 2A degree or equivalent in disciplines such as biology, biochemistry, biomedicine, medicine, pharmacy, molecular biology or other related disciplines in the life sciences.

The scholarship valued at $24,851 per annum (tax exempt) and may be renewed for up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress.

Further information can be obtained from A/Prof Filip Braet, Australian Key Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, Madsen Building, F09, Room 8a and 8b, The University of Sydney NSW 2006 (Phone: + 61 2 9351 7619, Email: see below). Applications should be sent direct to A/Prof Braet at the above address and should include a curriculum vitae, a copy of an academic transcript, and the names and contact details of at least two referees

Email: filip.braet@emu.usyd.edu.au
Closing Date: 3/01/2007

Source:http://fmweb01.ucc.usyd.edu.au/research/FMPro

Holland Royal Dutch/Shell Centenary Scholarships at T/U Delft (Deadline: 1 February 2007)

The Technische Universiteit Delft (TUD) with support from The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund (TSCSF), offers scholarships to postgraduate students from developing countries. The aim of the scholarship is to give students the opportunity to study at the TUD and gain skills that will make a long-term contribution to the further development of their countries.

Eligible students. Candidates for these scholarships should normally be:

aged 35 or under;
intending to study a subject that will be of significant value in aiding the sustainable development of their home country;
of such outstanding academic ability as to be able easily to obtain a place on the MSc programme of their choice;
fluent in spoken and written English (paper based TOEFL-score at least 550, computer based at least 213, Internet based at least 80 or IELTS-score (academic version), overall Band score of at least 6.0);
neither a current nor former employee of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies.

Eligible countries:

Students who are nationals of and resident in any country other than the following may apply for a scholarship: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Students must also intend to return and take up permanent residence in their home country/country of residence after completion of the MSc programme in the Netherlands.

Eligible master programs at TU Delft . The following master programmes are eligible under the TSCSF scholarship scheme:

Aerospace Engineering
Applied Earth Sciences
Applied Mathematics
Applied Physics
Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Biochemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering*
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Design for Interaction
Electrical Engineering
Engineering and Policy Analysis
Geomatics
Integrated Product Design
Life Science and Technology **
Management of Technology
Marine Technology
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Media and Knowledge Engineering
NanoScience**
Offshore Engineering
Science Education and Communication
Strategic Product Design
Systems and Control
Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics
* Jointly with Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC)
** Jointly with Leiden

How many scholarships are available?
For the academic year 2007-2008 a total of 6 scholarships will be available. Students who already started their studies at TU Delft are not eligible.

Costs covered: Full-cost scholarship including tuition fees, international travel, living allowances and health insurance.

Duration of scholarship: The duration of the Master programme with a maximum of two years.

Application procedure:

In order to be nominated you must have been (conditionally) admitted to a MSc programme of TU Delft.
If you have been (conditionally) admitted, the MSc programme selection committee may decide to nominate you.
If the MSc programme selection committee wishes to nominate you they will inform the International Office accordingly.
The International Office will subsequently send you the application form by email.
You must fill in the application form as soon as possible and return it by email to the International Office.
The International Office will check your application on the basis of the Royal Dutch/Shell criteria.
If you meet these criteria the International Office will nominate you to Shell.
Shell will then start the selection procedure and after a positive assessment, you will be invited for an interview with the local Shell Operating Unit.
Once the results of these interviews are available, Shell will decide which student will be awarded a scholarship and will inform the International Office accordingly.
The International Office will inform the nominees about the outcome of their scholarship application in June 2007.

Deadline:
If you wish to be nominated for a scholarship, you must submit your MSc application form to arrive before the 1st of February 2007. Students who have been nominated by the MSc Selection Committee must return their completed scholarship application form by e-mail to the International Office to arrive before the 28th of March 2007.

For further information please contact:

TU Delft
International Office
Julianalaan 134
2628 BL Delft
The Netherlands
Telefax: +31 15 278 5690
Email: msc2@tudelft.nl
Website: www.tudelft.nl/msc

The Meertens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a full time PhD position in phonology.

The succesful applicant receives a training within the Dutch LOT-system, participating in the LOT Summer and Winter Schools. He/she will carry out research within the group Variation Linguistics of the Meertens Institute. The research should lead to a dissertation.

The contract will be for 2 years and 8 months, but can be extended 4 months if the prospects for a thesis are favorable. The starting date is March 1, 2007, or as soon as possible if that is convenient for the prospective candidate.

The research is to be carried out in the context of the NWO-funded program Tone and Intrasegmental Structure in West-Germanic. This project aims to develop a typology of processes in West-Germanic dialects where segments and tone interact, and to work out an explanation of the attested phenomena in terms of formal phonology. Specifically it investigates Limburg dialects, in the South East of the Netherlands, and the dialects spoken in the adjacent areas in Germany and Belgium. A description of this project can be found at here.

The project is supervised by Ben Hermans, Marc van Oostendorp (both at the Meertens Institute) and Paul Boersma (Institute of Phonetic Sciences at the University of Amsterdam) .

The Meertens Institute is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Linguistic research at the Meertens Institute concentrates on the study of linguistic variation in the Netherlands from a variety of perspectives. For more information on the Meertens Institute, and the Institute of Phonetic Sciences, please refer to: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl and http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/

The ideal candidate holds a strong Master’s degree in theoretical linguistics, or in Germanic linguistics, with emphasis on phonology. He or she should have thorough knowledge of German or Dutch.

The salary is determined by the Dutch scale CAO-OI and amounts appr. to: first year EUR 1903; second year EUR 2217; third year EUR 2322.

Applications are requested by January 20, 2007. They should include a cover letter, a CV and two references. They should be addressed to Ben Hermans or Marc van Oostendorp at:

ben.hermans [at] meertens.knaw.nl
marc.van.oostendorp@meertens.knaw.nl

Please direct futher questions to either of these two addresses.

Application Deadline: 20-Jan-2007

Contact Information:
Ben Hermans
Email: ben.hermans [at] meertens.knaw.nl

Apply on-line at: http://meertens.knaw.nl