International Scholarships

Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Fellow will work with mesoscale models – MM5 and/or WRF – on the University’s new high-performance computer. This research will mainly focus on numerical sensitivity analysis of mesoscale flows in complex terrain, such as thermally forced flow in an inland basin in Central … [More Info]

Bacterial evolution in quantum leaps: The molecular basis for mobility of pathogenicity islands. Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship to study the role of mobile genetic elements in the spread of virulence factors within bacterial populations. The phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora will be used as a model system to investigate the molecular basis for … [More Info]

The Department of Food Biosciences at the University of Reading has been awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate PhD studentship for research within the remit of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The aim of the studentship is to enable outstanding students from India, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and the developing … [More Info]

Auckland University of Technology PhD Scholarship Software Engineering Research Laboratory School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. A fully funded PhD position is available in the Software Engineering Research Lab at Auckland University of Technology and applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates. The scholarship is tenable for up to four years to support work in … [More Info]

The Opportunity: A M.Sc. or Ph.D. student is sought in support of the Protein Quality and Utilization Program within the College of Agriculture and Bioresources.The research area focuses on biopolymers as functional ingredients for food. Specifically, the project will investigate protein-polysaccharide interactions at the molecular level, and their resulting impact on structure-forming properties in food. … [More Info]

A postdoctoral position is available at the Food Policy Institute, a research unit of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The Institute’s mission is to bring the depth of academia’s knowledge to bear on pressing issues and challenges facing the food system by providing timely and relevant research that is responsive to the needs … [More Info]

The Organic Electronics Group at University of California, Los Angeles (http://yylabs.seas.ucla.edu:81/) is seeking applications from qualified candidates for postdoc positions to work on organic electronic devices such as memory, solar cells and thin film transistors. Prospective candidates should have a PhD in electrical engineering, materials science, physics or associated fields, with solid background in electronic … [More Info]