International Scholarships

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on the identification, cloning and heterologous expression of the genes encoding the enzymes catalysing the four steps of the important pathway of plant sterol dealkylation to cholesterol in insects. The project will involve a range of post-genomic technologies, including bioinformatics and proteomics. Most species of invertebrate … [More Info]

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]

The ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotóniques is a center based in Barcelona, devoted to the research and education of the optical and photonic sciences, at the highest international level. ICFO is currently offering post-doctoral contracts to well-qualified candidates who wish to enhance their scientific training conducting research in the following areas: biophotonics nonlinear optics … [More Info]

The Environmental Policy Group is an internationally leading and dynamic centre of expertise in the environmental social sciences. Theoretical and empirical research and undergraduate and post-graduate education are focused on the following themes: sustainable production and consumption; (inter)national environmental policies and politics; nature and natural resource governance. We cooperate in research and education with other … [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]

Applications are invited for several post-graduate research positions (details here ) in the Knowledge and Data Engineering Research Group (KDEG), Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin. KDEG enjoys a world class reputation in Intelligent Systems and knowledge driven information systems. Successful candidates will have a first class honours degree in computer science or related … [More Info]

The Clinical Sciences Research Institute, at Warwick Medical School, is pleased to announce the offer of a PhD research scholarship into understanding molecular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Ideally you will be able to commence in February 2008. To date the most common form of type 2 diabetes is one that … [More Info]