Three-year PhD program at CBS allows you to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by a research training program. PhD students will be enrolled in departmental PhD training program that includes a course packet of Economic Innovation, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Econometrics, Qualitative Methods, plus Publishing Course. The program is very international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and spend time abroad as guest PhD student at another university.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year of work (840 hours). This scholarship salary positions fully, in accordance with the Danish national collective agreement. Scholarship covers tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with 23.770 DKK (app. € 3,160) per month up to 28.964 DKK (app. € 3,860) depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution of 17.1% of 85 percent of base salary.
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with Treasury agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).
To be considered, candidates must have basic training at Masters level (similar to the Bologna process 3 2 +). Educational background in social sciences is required. The applicant must have successfully completed a Master’s degree before starting a PhD program at CBS. The applicant must be fluent in English. The Department will give priority to applicants with high grades from their university.

Level : PhD
Provider : Copenhagen Business School
Location : Denmark
Application Deadline : May 15, 2012

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The Ibsen Scholarships are awarded annually and applications are subject to supervision by an appointed jury. The Ibsen scholarship was initiated by the Norwegian government and will be distributed for the fifth time in 2012. Ibsen Award has so far handed over scholarships to 15 projects in 11 countries.

The winners of The Ibsen Scholarships 2012 will be presented at Skien International Ibsen Conference on September 10^th and 11^th in Skien, Norway.

Ibsen Scholarships 2012 winners will be presented at the Skien International Ibsen Conference on September 10 and 11 in Skien, Norway.

For more information, statutes and application forms, please visit our website www.ibsenawards.com

Contact: Hilde Guri Bohlin
E-mail: post@ibsenawards.com
Phone: +47 35 58 10 00 / + 47 917 67 903 (cell)

Level : Postgraduate/PhD
Provider : The Ibsen Scholarships
Location : Norway
Application Deadline : April 30, 2012

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The orchestra aims to strengthen economic competitiveness and the Basque community, both of Wich immersed in the dynamics that go beyond the regional level, but remain ever aware of the need to promote sustainable development. With offices in the University of Deusto, Donostia and Bilbao the Campus, the institute has an extensive network of collaborators, with the major role played by the Basque Government (through the regional development agency, Spri), the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Euskaltel, Kutxa and Repsol-Petronor.Additionally, Institute has the support of the Boston Consulting Group, the Basque the Ente Vasco de Energia (EVE) (Basque Energy organization), Gamesa and Iberdrola, in the Department of Energy.

Orchestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness (University of Deusto) offers grants for:

• Students who want to do a Ph.D. research in a doctoral program offered by the Basque Institute of Competitiveness and the University of Deusto.
• Postgraduate students at other institutions whose research focus is one of the topics mentioned below and who want to do a fellowship in the Basque Institute of Competitiveness, while continuing their studies.

Requirement

Scholarship candidates must have skill in English language (excellent) and Spanish (basic)

Level : PhD
Provider : Cranfield The Basque Institute of Competitiveness
Location : Spain
Application Deadline : April 30, 2012

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ENTITLE is an EU-funded Initial Training Network under Marie Curie actions of FP7, coordinated by ICTA in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (icta.uab.es and www.eco2bcn.es) and with the collaboration of 11 research and NGO partners (Grant Agreement: 289 374 ).

ENTITLE will train 17 researchers in the emerging field of Political Ecology, giving them the skills of theoretical, analytical and complement each other that will keep them employed in jobs related to environmental policy analysis and advocacy. Research and training that is framed around five main cluster is concerned with the analysis: the conflict environment, the environmental movement, natural disasters, changes in work production and common property, and environmental justice and democracy. The study was based on a series of empirical investigation based on a series of diverse geographic and thematic case studies. The researchers of the network will collaborate to offer a theoretical and methodological framework for empirical research and will synthesize the results of individual cases in a series of published output. The study will be the actions and policies that culminated in a series of action-oriented and policy briefs targeting civil society organizations and policy makers.

The researchers selected for this program will be trained through an integrated curriculum of local networks and intensive courses on topics related to, a summer school with teachers of international caliber, apprentice to EJOs (environmental justice organizations) and public and private sectors through training and employment. Entitled to build on an ongoing collaboration in training among the participating institutions, manifested in a series of summer schools (www.environmentalconflicts.com). It brings together some of the world’s top scholars in political ecology and related approaches, and overcome the fragmentation of political ecology research that already exists in Europe, offers a critical mass of research and training. The researchers trained the network will be employed in academia, public administration and EJOs.

The successful applicant will be given three-year contract with salary, benefits mobility and additional funding for research related to cost. Includes the cost of living salary (€ 38,000 per year – / + correction factor for each country that can be checked on the website Marie Curie). This is a gross salary; net salary will be reduced after the deduction that would apply in the host country, such as taxes and social security. In addition, the researchers recruited will receive a mobility allowance (700 – 1000 euro per month, depending on the correction factors and family circumstances); in some countries may tax, in others not.

All applicants are expected to pursue a PhD at the host institute. While the applicant has been enrolled in the PhD program may apply (depending on the condition of mobility), in general preference will be given to applicants who will enroll in the PhD program of the host institution. Physical presence is a necessity, the researchers will be involved actively in the implementation of the program and the organization of training and dissemination activities. The researchers also will spend time perbantuan in a non-academic and the time to visit at any other university of the network. As part of the training program titled researchers selected will attend a series of local undergraduate program and a series of networks throughout the training program and summer school.

Level : Postgraduate

Provider : European Network for Political Ecology (ENTITLE)

Location : Spain

Application Deadline : April 20, 2012

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http://www.politicalecology.eu/

Eligible Programme
•    Each program MPhil / PhD in which students will work on some aspects of Japanese Studies.
•    Part time programs are not eligible.

Requirement

•    Registered in SOAS PhD program, or in which new students will be enrolled in the SOAS MPhil program s/he must have an MA degree from SOAS or equivalent institution in a relevant subject.
•    Where an official letter to offer a place to learn is waiting, a letter from the employer SOAS potential candidates will be required.
•    Open to applicants British / EU and overseas.

Level : PhD
Provider : School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Location : UK
Application Deadline : May 25, 2012

More Information    

http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/meiji-jingu-studentships.html

Successful applicants will have their fees waived for each year of their period of study (1 year for MPhil students; 3 years for PhD students) together with an annual maintenance award of £10,000. The scholarship is for one year in the first instance and in the case of PhD students, subject to satisfactory progress, will normally be renewed up to the maximum of a further 2 years.

Requirement

Area of research interest resonant with the expertise and current interests of available School of Law staff. Proven, or potential, ability to teach at undergraduate level. If English is not the applicant’s first language, a minimum of 7 in IELTS, or equivalent, will be required.

Level : Master, PhD
Provider : The School of Law at the University of Strathclyde
Location : UK
Application Deadline : May 31, 2012

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http://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/courses/law/courses/lawbyresearch/cbsr/

The starting date is as soon as possible.

The PhD student will be a part of the Colloids and Biological Interface group at the Department of Micro and Nanotechnology.

Qualifications
The ideal applicant should hold a Master of Science in synthetic organic chemistry or, alternatively, polymer chemistry and have a strong interest in working experimentally in a cross-disciplinary environment. Strong communication skills and a strong academic record is an advantage. The applicant should strive towards developing scientific skills at the highest level, be ambitious and hard working.

Additional information
Additional information may be obtained from Associate Professor Thomas L. Andresen, phone (+45) 4525 8168, e-mail: thomas.andresen@nanotech.dtu.dk.

Approval and Enrolment
The PhD scholarships are subject to academic approval and the candidates will be enrol­led in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see the DTU PhD Guide.

Salary and appoint­­ment terms
The salary and appoint­­ment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD students at DTU. The period of employment is 3 years.

Application Deadline : 12 March 2011.

Applications will be evaluated when received and applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Please open the link “apply for this job online”, fill in the application form and attach all the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae including a list of publications (guidelines)
• A letter motivating the application (guidelines)
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma
• Conversion of grade averages to Danish grades(excel spreadsheet for the conversion)

Source Link

http://www.dtu.dk/English/About_DTU/vacancies.aspx?guid=5397ad3c-8fb9-409d-b559-af054f543390

• The Open Scholarship Scheme is only open to applicants already holding an offer to study for a degree programme at the University of Leicester.
• Candidates for Open Scholarships must be classified by the University as international students for fees purposes.
• For Open Scholarships, candidates must not be in receipt of a full scholarship (tuition fees and living costs) from any other sources. Students may only receive one partial scholarship from the University, whether it is an Open or Departmental scholarship. Students with partial scholarships from other sources will be considered.

Application Deadline
May 31, 2012 – For PhD and Masters and
April 30, 2012 – For Undergarduate

Source Link
http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/international/need-to-know/feesandfunding/scholarships/open

The research grant is associated to a yearly renewable contract, for a maximum duration of 3 years. The project work plan can be found at http://www.it.pt/project_detail_p.asp?ID=1570

The research grants are available in accordance with the FCT regulations for advanced training and qualification of human resources, see http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.

Eligibility
The candidates must fulfill the following conditions:

• Background on the relevant technical areas. Preference will be given to candidates that better understand video compression principles, stereo/multi-view processing and computer vision, including view synthesis and depth estimation
• Strong motivation for research work on the video compression and processing fields and for the publication of results in international conferences and peer reviewed journals
• Fluent in English and with good skills in technical writing and presenting
• Good programming skills (C/C++, Matlab, etc.) are required

Candidates that would like to pursue a PhD degree are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline : 2 February 2012

Source Link
http://www.it.pt/other_positions_p.asp

The accepted candidate will get access to extensive research databases, such as longitudinal matched employer-establishment-firm databases for Sweden that are linked to firm-level Community of Innovation Surveys as well as patent and R&D data. These databases may be used for empirical research in the dissertation work.

Eligibility

An applicant has basic eligibility for third cycle studies if he or she:
1. has been awarded a second cycle degree,
2. has completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, including at least 60 credits at second cycle level, or
3. has acquired the equivalent knowledge in some other way, either in Sweden or abroad (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)

An applicant is eligible to be admitted to the third cycle degree programme in Economics if he or she fulfils the basic eligibility requirements, and has documented qualifications worth at least 90 credits in Economics and independent projects (degree projects) worth at least 15 credits in Economics. The official plan of studies for a doctoral degree in Economics can be found at, http://www.nek.lu.se/FU/document/EHLEconomicsDr.pdf

Source Link
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=433659&Type=E