The Scholarship

The Discipline of Social Statistics and the Centre for Census and Survey Research at the University of Manchester offer an MSc programme in Social Research Methods and Statistics. The programme provides a firm grounding in advanced quantitative methods, taught within an applied social science framework. The programme is designed to be accessible to non-statisticians yet [...]

The Masdar Institute (http://www.masdar.ac.ae) is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Institute offers Masters and PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. Its faculty is of the highest quality and the intent [...]

The Department of Humanities is delighted to invite applications for 15 MRes Studentships in 2010, as part of its annual Postgraduate Awards Scheme. Successful candidates will be awarded a full fee waiver, available from September 2010. The MRes degrees are ideal preparation for students wishing to pursue doctoral studies, careers in professional research or teaching. [...]

We seek an exceptional Ph.D. student to conduct NSF-funded independent research on the interactions of microbial exudates (siderophores) with mineral surfaces and metals. Activities include conducting traditional geochemical, molecular modeling, and cutting-edge spectroscopic experiments to better understand the fundamental mechanisms of biogeochemical processes. Opportunities exist to interact closely with collaborators in and travel to Northern [...]

Edinburgh’s research and teaching have been influencing the world since 1583. In the recent RAE, 63% of our research was considered either world-leading or internationally excellent. We were rated the best in the UK for hospital-based clinical subjects, Veterinary, Linguistics and Informatics research. We offer all our PhD students training in transferable skills in public [...]

Graduate and postdoctoral students are invited to apply for the “2010 FIZ CHEMIE-CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence” until March 28, 2010. The scholarship program of the Division of Chemical Information (CINF) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) funded by FIZ CHEMIE honors innovative ideas of the next generation of international researchers. It is given to [...]

Job Description : Interested in a career in Global Health? Exciting new funding opportunities are available at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for research degrees. The School has an internationally excellent reputation in public health and tropical medicine. With staff and students from over 120 countries, and alumni from 167 countries, the [...]

The Environmental Sciences Division (ESD), http://www.esd.ornl.gov, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), http://www.ornl.gov, has an immediate opening for one post-masters fellowship in bioenergy sustainability. The post-master’s will be responsible for assessing indicators of sustainability for bioenergy systems. The person will be required to perform literature searches, evaluate recent publications, organize the analysis, and write a [...]