International Scholarships

The Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology at Cologne (Köln) University, Germany is inviting applications for a PhD position in Meteorology. This position is within the project TOSCA (Towards an Optimal-estimation-based Snow Characterization Algorithm) funded by the German Science Foundation and it is available for a three-year period (starting as soon as possible). The goal of … [More Info]

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Lugano, Switzerland, opens an assistant position in Accounting & Financial Management, starting in Fall 2008. The main responsibility will be to support the teaching of accounting and valuation courses and to assist empirical research projects particularly in the field of corporate governance. It is encouraged that the … [More Info]

The Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC) is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. It conceptionally combines different research areas (microbial communities, interactions with plant, animal and human hosts and environmental interactions) to a comprehensive picture of microbial communication (www.jsmc.uni-jena.de). JSMC is an ambitious Graduate School prospectively comprising 150 PhD students who will be educated … [More Info]

Universität Zürich, Geographisches Institut, Abt. GIVA Representation of geographic relevance in mobile applications The Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis group at the University of Zurich invites applications for a doctoral research assistant position in Geographic Information Science/Geovisualization to work on a 3-year project. The highly motivated, successful applicant will be asked to develop methods for … [More Info]

Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics and Finance The doctoral programme gives students a firm background in the newest theoretical concepts and quantitative methods of economics and finance, in order to gain the skills needed to write a doctoral thesis in line with the highest internationally recognised standards. Aside from training in economic theory and econometrics, … [More Info]

The Department of Economics at the University of Konstanz (Germany) offers positions as Research/Teaching Assistants at the Chair of Economic Theory (Professor Leo Kaas). The positions last for a period of three years and start October 1st 2008. The successful candidates are expected to participate in a research project on “Growth and volatility with endogenous … [More Info]

For the 2008/09 programme, the Lancaster MBA is offering three types of scholarship. In each case, you can only be considered for these once you have already been offered a place on the programme. The Lancaster MBA Director’s Leadership Scholarships A number of scholarships up to £5,000 are available for highly motivated self-funded candidates from … [More Info]