Hermes fellowships are granted for 3 to 9 month periods. They were designed in order to give foreign researchers the opportunity to:

• carry out an individual research project within a hosting laboratory;
• become part of French and European scientific networks;
• set up lasting partnerships between their home institutions and the hosting institutions in France

The hosting laboratories in France – university research units or research institutions in Paris or elsewhere in the country – are chosen by the invited researchers. This decision is made in agreement with the fellowship selection committee and the scientific board of the FMSH. This joint process is intended to help candidates make the necessary contacts.

Scientific Fields Covered by the Hermes Program
All disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are eligible. However, priority is given to research projects addressing issues facing the contemporary world and those that have an interdisciplinary dimension.

Application deadlines: March 31 and September 30 of the current year.

Scientific director: Hinnerk Bruhns
Program administrator: Neli Dobreva

visit the website:

http://www.msh-paris.fr/en/research/mobility/hermes-fellowships/

Faculty

• Teaching faculty: 4,016

• Chancellor: Gene Block
• Faculty Honors and Awards
• Faculty Nobel Laureates
• National Medal of Science winners

Size and Location

• Enrollment 26,536 undergraduates, 12,716 graduates and professional(Fall 2008)
• Westwood Village in Los Angeles, about 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean
• 174 buildings on 419 acres

Academic Offerings

• College of Letters and Science and 11 professional schools
• Degree Programs: 118 undergraduate, 200 graduate
• UCLA Library ranks among top 10 in U.S., has 8.2 million volumes

UCLA Admissions Policies

• UCLA Freshman Admission Policy – 2010-11
• Transfer Admission Policy – 2010-11

University and State Policies for Applicant Data

• California Information Protection Act (IPA)
• UC Records Management Program (RMP-11)

Application deadline: 30 June 2010

The ALA program comprises ALA Scholarships and ALA Fellowships. These awards are for leaders or those who have potential for leadership roles that can influence social and economic reform, both in their own countries and in the Asia-Pacific region.

ALA Scholarships are for study at Masters or Doctorate level in an Australian university. Study programs must relate to a priority development area: disability, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development, water and sanitation. ALA scholars also undertake a Leadership Development Program in Australia.

As ALA Scholarships are an investment in the future of the Asia-Pacific region, ALA scholars are required to return to their home country or the region for two years after they have completed their studies in Australia.

Selection for ALA Scholarships is competitive, based on leadership qualities, academic excellence and potential impact on return home. To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria:

1. You must be a citizen of one of these countries, and not hold or be married/engaged to someone who holds Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency (except for nationals of Niue, Tokelau and Cook Islands who also have NZ citizenship): Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Burma (Myanmar); Cambodia; Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago; China; Cook Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Iraq; Kiribati; Laos; Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Nauru; Nepal; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis & Futuna
2. English proficiency
   • an IELTS Academic Test with a score of at least 6.5 (with no band less than 6), or
   • a TOEFL paper-based test score of at least 580, or
   • a TOEFL computer-based test score of at least 237, or
   • a TOEFL internet-based score of at least 92.
3. University offer
   You must have an unconditional offer for a postgraduate course (either Masters or Doctorate) starting in the year for which you are applying for a scholarship, to be undertaken full-time at an Australian campus of one of the participating institutions.

Applications for the 2011 intake open on 10 March 2010
and close on 30 June 2010

For more information visit the official website http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/ala.cfm

Selection criteria
Target group: PhD degree
Purpose: Research
Field of study: Agriculture, forestry and fishery , Medical and health sciences, Natural sciences
Countries: Thailand
Eligible candidates: Lecturers or researchers with different criteria in different categories, e.g. is in certain management position in the university, have certain numbers of publications in international journals.

Grant information

Value and purpose of grant: 2-3 million baht per year

Grant award period: various

Closing date: various

Grant provider: The Thailand Research Fund (www.trf.or.th )

More information: http://www.trf.or.th/fund/default.asp, http://academic.trf.or.th, 02-2788251-9, email: trfbasic@trf.or.th

The Max Perutz PhD Program offers positions across all fields of molecular life sciences involving Cell Signaling, Chromosome Biology, Membranes & Cytoskeleton, Infection Biology, RNA Biology, and Computational & Structural Biology.

The deadline for applications is April 5th, 2010.

To apply:

Our webpage provides further information about our institute and the application procedure:

http://www.mfpl.ac.at/phdprogram

Employer:

The Max F. Perutz Laboratories are a joint-venture of the University Vienna and the Medical University Vienna. Located at the Vienna Biocenter Campus, the Max Perutz Labs enable students to participate in high quality research in an international academic environment as well as establishing connections with nearby companies.

http://www.mfpl.ac.at/

Eligible candidates: Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area (holding a non-EEA-nationality) can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (AMS). Candidates must be officially accepted into a full-time degree programme at the UvA. The candidate must not receive a full-coverage scholarship from another organisation for the same period of study as the AMS scholarship and must be able to comply with Dutch visa regulations.

Value and purpose of grant : € 6,000 – € 21,000

Grant award period: Selected students receive a scholarship for the official duration of the programme they are enrolled in. The scholarship for one-and-a-half or two-year programmes will only be renewed if the student is making satisfactory progress towards the degree.

Closing date : Deadlines vary per faculty/graduate school (1 March/1 April/1 June). For detailed information per faculty/graduate school, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

Availability : 120 scholarships

Grant provider: Universiteit van Amsterdam

Application procedure : AMS scholarships are awarded by the faculties and graduate schools. Application procedures vary per faculty/school. For more information on the application procedure and requirements, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

More information : The AMS scholarship programme is highly selective. The best eligible candidates will be selected for a scholarship by the faculty or graduate school offering the study programme. Applicants will be selected on the basis of academic merit, such as grade average, letter of recommendation and motivation. For more information on the selection criteria and application procedures per faculty, please visit www.uva.nl/ams.

Countries: Afghanistan , Albania, Bouvet Island , Brunei , Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada , Cayman Islands , Central African Republic , Chad , Chile , China , Christmas Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Colombia , Comoros , Conch Republic , Congo, Democratic Republic of the , Cook Islands , Costa Rica , Cuba , Djibouti , Dominica , Dominican Republic , East Timor , Ecuador , Egypt , El Salvador , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Falkland Islands , Faroe Islands , Fiji , French Guiana, Gabon , Gambia , Georgia , Ghana , Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada , Guadeloupe, Guam , Guatemala, Guinea , Guinea Bissau, Guyana , Haiti , Honduras, India , Indonesia, Iran , Iraq , Israel , Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire) , Jamaica , Mexico , Micronesia, Moldova , Monaco , Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco , Mozambique, Myanmar , Namibia , Nauru , Nepal , Netherlands Antilles , New Caledonia , New Zealand , Nicaragua , Niger , Nigeria , Niue , Norfolk Island , North Korea , Northern Mariana Islands , Oman , Pakistan, Saint Vincent & Grenadines , San Marino , Saudi Arabia , Serbia , Taiwan, Tajikistan , Tanzania , Thailand , Togo , Tokelau, Tonga , Trinidad And Tobago , Tunisia , Algeria , Andorra , Anguilla , Argentina , Aruba , Bahamas , Bangladesh, Belarus , Belize , Bermuda, Bolivia , Botswana , Brazil , Burundi , Cameroon, Cape Verde, Japan , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kenya , Kiribati , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Lebanon , Lesotho , Liberia , Libya , Macau , Madagascar, Malawi , Malaysia , Maldives, Mali , Marshall Islands , Martinique , Mauritania , Mauritius , Mayotte , Saint Kitts & Nevis , Saint Pierre And Miquelon , Samoa , Sao Tome And Principe , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone, Singapore , Solomon Islands , Somalia , South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan , Suriname, Svalbard And Jan Mayen Islands , Swaziland , Syria , Turkmenistan , Turks And Caicos Islands , Tuvalu , Uganda , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates , United States , Uruguay , Uzbekistan , Vanuatu , Venezuela , Vietnam , Virgin Islands , Wallis And Futuna Islands , Yemen , Zambia , Zimbabwe , American Samoa, Angola , Antigua And Barbuda , Armenia , Australia , Azerbaijan, Bahrain , Barbados , Benin , Bhutan , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Palau , Panama , Papua New Guinea , Paraguay , Peru , Philippines , Pitcairn Island , Polynesia, Puerto Rico, Qatar , Reunion, Russia , Rwanda, S.Georgia & S. Sandwich Isls. , Saint Lucia , Montenegro

• are from the People’s Republic of China AND
• are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes AND
• already hold an offer to start a full-time Undergraduate degree programme at Nottingham in 2010 – any subject area (excluding Medicine) – you must have gone firm on that offer by 30 June 2010

The closing date for applications is 23rd July 2010

Click here to apply this scholarship

Selection criteria

Grant information
Value and purpose of grant : € 22.500 to € 27.500 per year and pro-rata for different periods.
Grant award period : minimum 3 months and  maximum one year.
Closing date : September 15 each year

Grant provider : Canon Foundation in Europe

Application procedure
Send applications to :
Secretariat of the Canon Foundation in Europe
P.O. Box 2262
1180 EG Amstelveen
The Netherlands

For post sent by courier:
Bovenkerkerweg 59-61
1185 XB  Amstelveen
The Netherlands
foundation@canon-europe.com

Applications must include: Canon Foundation Fellowships may be applied for only after agreement on co-operation and a research plan has been concluded between the guest researcher and the future host institution.
See for additional information: http://www.canonfoundation.org/

Scholarships are awarded based on merit and on specific requirements indicated by the company funding the scholarship.

Details of scholarships are listed on the individual scholarship descriptions.

Evaluation criteria

• Significant professional experience
• Foreign languages
• Demonstrated managerial skills

To be considered for scholarships, candidates must:

• Complete and send the application on-line to the Master in Insurance & Risk Management
• Meet all requirements stated in the scholarship description
• Send all relevant documentation indicated in the competition for scholarships

Admission to the Master in Insurance & Risk Management is independent from the scholarship process.
When outcomes for MIRM admissions are announced, candidates will be informed if they receive a scholarship and the amount.

visit: http://www.mib.edu/c/d/p/000064.aspx

MIB School of Management
L.go Caduti di Nasiriya 1 – 34142 Trieste
Italia – tel. +39 040 9188111

The School invites applications for two Graduate Teaching Assistantships in the Department of Public Health and Policy. These represent a unique and exciting opportunity to undertake original research at doctoral level and to start an academic career through teaching.

Students will undertake PhD training related to the project listed below. They will receive training in general research study and transferable skills together with close support from a supervisor to develop and complete a PhD research thesis. The PhD will be completed in the time of the studentship, that is 4 years.

During the assistantships the students will provide teaching support (including lectures, seminars, tutorial support) for 10 hours per week (including preparation time, marking, etc.) on one or more Modules which form part of the School’s Masters degrees programme. The programme includes eighteen London-based masters courses together with four masters courses provided through distance learning. Students may be providing support on either or both programmes. Training, from an extensive Staff Development Programme (also available to students), will be provided to support the teaching requirements of the Assistantship.

Each Assistantship covers full tuition fees and a maintenance grant for up to 4 years. In the 2010/11 academic year, the maintenance grant will be £15,930. Students will be full-time, ready to start in September 2010. Up to two Assistantships are available.

Students will hold a staff contract of employment with the School.

Modelling the effect of prison stays on the transmission of Hepatitis C and HIV amongst injecting drug users – implications for the effectiveness of different prevention strategies. Many injecting drug users (IDUs) spend time in prison, either due to the illegal nature of drug use or their frequent involvement in other illegal activities to obtain money for drugs. The role that these stints in prison play in propagating the spread of HIV and HCV could be highly variable depending on the availability of drugs and injecting equipment in the prison setting. If drugs are not available then prison may reduce transmission, whereas if drugs are available but injecting equipment is not then prison may increase transmission. This project will use data from a forthcoming Scottish prison survey and ongoing large scale IDU surveys, and data from another non-UK setting, to develop and use a HCV and HIV transmission model to assess the role prison can have on the transmission of these infections in different settings. The project will explore such things as its relative effect for different durations and frequencies of incarceration, and levels of drug and syringe availability, and will also project the possible implications for the impact of a range of HCV and HIV prevention interventions. The project will involve: the development of simple and complex models; analysis of different data surveys to parameterise the models; use of analytical techniques to simplify complex model structures and produce analytical solutions to simple models; computer programming; use of Bayesian fitting methods to calibrate models to available epidemiological data; and close collaboration with epidemiologists and public health experts. Candidates should be numerically confident and have completed a undergraduate degree in a highly numeric subject such as Mathemtics, Physics, Engineering, Statistics etc. This project will be based in the Health Policy Unit, in the Department of Public Health & Policy.

Criteria for Selection

We are looking for outstanding students. Preference will be given to candidates who show the greatest academic potential, whose research interests most closely match the research areas listed and whose experience supports their choice of teaching area. In completing the statement on the Graduate Teaching Assistantship Application Form, applicants should be aware that there will be intense competition for these studentships and clear statements which show background, reasons for application and potential are very important.

Applicants must not already be registered as a current research student at the LSHTM.

Essential Criteria

Applicants should have:

• have, or expect to obtain, a UK first class or 2.1 honours degree or the overseas equivalent in a relevant discipline or area;
• demonstrable research interests and academic potential related to one or more of the requested Studentship Research Areas;
• sufficient experience (through discipline background, training or work) to provide teaching support in the selected teaching area;
• evidence of satisfactory English language ability. Details of the School’s English language eligibility criteria can be found by clicking here
• permission to study in the UK , either through permanent right of residence or entry clearance. Further information can be obtained from www.ukvisas.gov.uk

Desirable Criteria

It is preferable that applicants should:

• possess a relevant Master’s degree, with demonstrated performance at a high level;
• have experience of teaching, training or providing tutorial support, for face-to-face or distance learning students – preferably at Master’s level.

To apply:

Applications must be in writing and must clearly state which studentship you are applying for. Applications should consist of:

• Graduate Teaching Assistantships Application Form (152K)
• Research Application Form (112K PDF)
• Research Applicant Reference Form (106K PDF)
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (168K PDF)
• a full, original, transcript of the applicant’s academic record
• CV

Please send applications to:

Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 4646, fax: +44 (0)20 7323 0638 or e-mail: registry@lshtm.ac.uk

Closing date for application: 12th March 2010.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is Britain’s national school of public health and a leading postgraduate institution worldwide for research and postgraduate education in global health. Part of the University of London, the London School is the largest institution of its kind in Europe with a remarkable depth and breadth of expertise encompassing many disciplines. It is one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK.

Its environment is a rich multicultural one: every year over 800 students come to the School from around 120 countries to study doctoral or masters degrees. The School has about 1000 staff drawn from around 45 nationalities.

There are research collaborations with over 100 countries throughout the world, utilizing our critical mass of multidisciplinary expertise which includes clinicians, epidemiologists, statisticians, social scientists, molecular biologists and immunologists. At any one time around 60 School staff are based overseas, particularly in Africa and Asia. We have a strong commitment to partnership with institutions in low and middle income countries to support the development of teaching and research capacity.