Master and PhD Scholarships Graduate Institute

New scholarship awards are available for master and PhD degree courses at the Graduate Institute, Geneva in Switzerland

Scholarship blurb (short)

A substantial number of scholarships is allotted each year by the Institute to Master and Ph.D. students on the basis of academic merit and financial need. There are three kinds of scholarships: full scholarships, partial scholarships and tuition scholarships. Their duration is of one year with possible renewals.

Scholarship blurb (long)

Each year the Graduate Institute awards an important number of scholarships to Master and PhD students for its study programs in the field of international affairs, development studies, international economics, political science, international law, international economics and international history and politics. Scholarships are awarded according to academic merit and financial need of students.

There are three categories of scholarship:
• Full scholarships: with a few exceptions, these are worth CHF 18,000. Recipients are exempt from Graduate Institute tuition fees.
• Partial scholarships: the value of these grants varies according to the individual needs of the recipient student. These grants do not cover tuition fees which recipients of partial grants are required to pay.
• Tuition scholarships: these grants cover tuition fees for one academic year. They are awarded to exceptional students.

To consult a list of scholarships available through the Institute and how to apply for them, please visit:

http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/admissions/fees-scholarships_en.html
Please send your scholarship request at the same time as the documents of your application file (procedure is online). The deadline for submitting scholarship is the same as for the application: January 15, 2011.Berlin, Lisboa, Montijo, Pembroke, Crete, Vienna, Erlangen, Agen, Madrid, Bruxelles,
Wiltshire, Klaipeda, Marino, Mayo, Derby, Grenchen, Burgas, Cavan, Dublin, Barcelona,

International Student Scholarship : Astellas Post Residency Fellowship, Canada

Study Subject:Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Employer: AMMI Canada and Astellas Pharma Canada,
Level:PhD

Fellowship Description: Funding Timeline
• The first payment will be dispersed at the beginning of the fellowship, in 2011.
• This payment will be $35,000 – followed by a second payment after 6 months.

Eligibility Requirements
• Physicians practicing in infectious diseases and/or medical microbiology that are AMMI Canada members.
• The candidate must be a Canadian citizen, or permanent resident of Canada, hold an M.D., and complete an ID or MM specialty in a Canadian University during the 2011 calendar year, prior to beginning this fellowship, (begin
date planned for July 2011).
• This fellowship may take place in or outside of Canada in an institution with a recognized program.
• Preference will be given to research projects with relevance to Canada’s health community.
• The recipient may not hold any other fellowship simultaneously with the 2011 AMMI Canada / Astellas Post Residency Fellowship.
Application Must Include:
1) A Canadian Common CV (CIHR format) for both the applicant and supervisor.
2) A proposal with the details of the training program and the proposed research project/theme for which the applicant will be a major contributor (maximum five pages in length). Proposal should clearly include:
- how the research will advance knowledge and why it is important;
- describe the role of the candidate in the project;
- a description of the proposed project which includes:
• the study design,
• sample size calculation
• tools to used to collect data;
• plan for analysis, feasibility etc.; and
• a description of, and strengths of the training environment.
3) A letter of acceptance from the supervisor of the fellowship program and research project. This letter must give assurances that the supervisor and his/her university fully support this fellowship.
4) A letter of support from the program director of the applicants training program
5) Two additional letters of support from other previous supervisors

Fellowship Application Deadline: January 4 2011

Details Fellowship Information and Application
http://www.ammi.ca/pdf/2011AstellasFellowship.pdf

international student scholarship Astellas Post Residency Fellowship

Study Subject:Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Employer: AMMI Canada and Astellas Pharma Canada,
Level:PhD

Fellowship Description: Funding Timeline
• The first payment will be dispersed at the beginning of the fellowship, in 2011.
• This payment will be $35,000 – followed by a second payment after 6 months.

Eligibility Requirements
• Physicians practicing in infectious diseases and/or medical microbiology that are AMMI Canada members.
• The candidate must be a Canadian citizen, or permanent resident of Canada, hold an M.D., and complete an ID or MM specialty in a Canadian University during the 2011 calendar year, prior to beginning this fellowship, (begin
date planned for July 2011).
• This fellowship may take place in or outside of Canada in an institution with a recognized program.
• Preference will be given to research projects with relevance to Canada’s health community.
• The recipient may not hold any other fellowship simultaneously with the 2011 AMMI Canada / Astellas Post Residency Fellowship.
Application Must Include:
1) A Canadian Common CV (CIHR format) for both the applicant and supervisor.
2) A proposal with the details of the training program and the proposed research project/theme for which the applicant will be a major contributor (maximum five pages in length). Proposal should clearly include:
- how the research will advance knowledge and why it is important;
- describe the role of the candidate in the project;
- a description of the proposed project which includes:
• the study design,
• sample size calculation
• tools to used to collect data;
• plan for analysis, feasibility etc.; and
• a description of, and strengths of the training environment.
3) A letter of acceptance from the supervisor of the fellowship program and research project. This letter must give assurances that the supervisor and his/her university fully support this fellowship.
4) A letter of support from the program director of the applicants training program
5) Two additional letters of support from other previous supervisors

Fellowship Application Deadline: January 4 2011

Details Fellowship Information and Application
http://www.ammi.ca/pdf/2011AstellasFellowship.pdf

PhD Studentship in Content-Centric Networking

Beasiswa Scholarships : A PhD studentship in Content-Centric Networking (CCN) is available following the award of the recent European Union FP7 research project COMET - Content Mediator Architecture for Content-aware Networks. Funding is available to support overseas fees and stipend costs for a period of three years. We are looking to recruit a very high calibre PhD student to work in this emerging area of crucial importance. While the fundamental Internet protocols were originally designed to enable host-to-host communication, the vast majority of the current Internet interactions address user-content access (web, content delivery networks, video/photo sharing sites, etc.) or user-user communication (voice over IP, text-based chatting, etc.) As such, many researchers are currently considering evolutionary and revolutionary new architectures that will better support content-centric operation. Evolutionary approaches operate in the application layer and start from previous content-delivery architectures while revolutionary approaches examine radical new network architectures focus on user-content and also support user-user interaction. The emerging content-centric networking area has started receiving significant attention worldwide, with an underlying belief that it will lead to a CCN-oriented Future Internet.

This area brings together new naming architectures, dynamic content caching, anycast communication and better-than-best-effort quality of service among other constituents and potentially involves new protocol design, modelling, implementation and evaluation for the best support of efficient content access. The PhD student will work in the context of the COMET project team and will benefit from (and contribute to) relevant ongoing research.

The studentship available will be supported by UCL and the COMET project (Content Mediator Architecture for Content-aware Networks), see http://www.comet-project.org/ COMET looks at both evolutionary and revolutionary approaches for future CCNs, starting from an overlay-based content mediation plane and examining potential approaches to realise this natively in network routers for the future Internet. As such, we are looking for candidates with excellent computer and/or electronic engineering background while strong analytical/mathematical skills will be a significant advantage. Experience of research, design/development and evaluation on networking, network management, ns-2 simulator, Linux, Java, C/C++ or similar would be desirable.

The studentship is available for three years and covers overseas tuition fees, plus a stipend at c. £15,000 pa (tax free), increasing with inflation. We are looking for the prospective student to start in October 2010 or at the latest in January 2011. As such, a selection may be made before the closing date of the 30 September 2010.

Applicants must fulfil the normal academic requirements for acceptance for postgraduate study in the Department and applications should be made using the postgraduate application form, at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/application-admission , or from PhD Enquiries, +44(0) 20 7679 7307. Candidates should indicate under „Programme of Study‟ that they are applying for "PhD Electronic & Electrical Engineering. COMET - PAVLOU". Two complete sets of the application should be sent; one to UCL Admissions and the other addressed to PhD Administrator, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

Informal inquiries can be made to Prof. George Pavlou (g.pavlou@ee.ucl.ac.uk).

Scholarships for International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering

The Universities of Edinburgh (UK), Ghent (Belgium) and Lund (Sweden) submitted a winning proposal for an Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Fire Safety Engineering. The initiative is carried by Prof. Bart Merci (Ghent University, co-ordinator), Prof. Jose Torero (University of Edinburgh) and Prof. Robert Jönsson (Lund University).

The curriculum concerns a two-year programme. The classes in the first semester, covering basic topics in Fire Safety Engineering (FSE), can be attended in Ghent or Edinburgh. All students spend the second semester in Lund, where emphasis lies on enclosure fire dynamics, risk analysis and human behaviour. In the third semester, classes are again taught in Ghent (for general FSE) or Edinburgh (with focus on structural engineering in the context of FSE). The fourth semester is devoted to the Master’s thesis, hosted by one or more of the three institutes.

The programme starts for the first time in September

Scholarships for Non- European students
Erasmus Mundus-scholarships for non-European students are to be considered as “full scholarships” covering all necessary costs of the student during his/her study period in Europe. Over 2 years, the total amount of the scholarship is € 48,000. This amount of € 48,000 includes a fixed contribution of €8,000 to travel and installation, a contribution to the EMMC participation costs of € 8,000 per year (covering the annual tuition fees), and monthly installments of € 1,000 per month.

European students
The Erasmus Mundus-scholarship for European students is considered as a “financial contribution”. Over 2 years, the total amount of the scholarship is € 20,000. This amount of € 20,000 includes a contribution to the EMMC participation costs of € 4,000 per year (covering the annual tuition fees), and monthly installments of € 500 per month.

The minimum graduate admission requirements are:

• A Bachelor's degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution (minimum 3 years full-time study or 180 ECTS credits) in civil / structural / mechanical / electrical / chemical / industrial engineering, material sciences, chemistry, physics, applied physics, architecture, urbanism and spatial planning or a related discipline. Students in their last year of such a Bachelor programme will however also be considered.
• Sufficient English language ability.

English language ability is a basic requirement, therefore the applicants must provide us one of the following certificates as a proof of their knowledge:

• An official certificate from your university stating that the standard language of instruction in your Bachelor and/or Master degree was English (if applicable);
• or a recent (= maximum two years old) TOEFL Certificate: minimum score is 570 (paper-based), or 87 (internet-based) or higher. The institution code for Ghent University is 2643;
  or a ‘test report form’ (TRF) from IELTS, maximum two years old, with a minimum score of 6.5;
• or a recent First Certificate in English of the University of Cambridge;
• or a recent Certificate of a University Language Centre testifying that the student masters the necessary knowledge of English to function academically (specify CEF-level) - The minimum CEF-level is C1.

Pre-selection and admission decisions are based on a combination of factors, including academic degrees and records, a motivation statement, letters of recommendation, test scores, language skills and relevant work experience, if any.

The most important criteria are:

• obtained degrees. Applicants are also recommended to provide additional information (short course description, course credits) on the modules they have taken during their previous studies, especially in the fields of thermodynamics, physics, chemistry, mathematics;
• a transcript of records;
• a certificate of English language ability;
• a motivation statement;
• any relevant publications, dissertation, project work;
• letters of reference.

A large number of East-European and Asian students whose institutions are not always well-known and whose coursework is sometimes difficult to benchmark, are expected to be attracted to the course, therefore we will also take institutional reputation (e.g. via post-doctoral researchers) and international league tables into account. More easily measurable admission criteria that will be used are grade point averages, winning of prizes, TOEFL scores and details of course and project work completed. We will also seek references from reputable sources, but we have, in the past, found these to be universally positive, i.e. difficult to judge objectively.

Erasmus Mundus IMFSE Administrator: Elise Meerburg
Ghent University
Department of Flow, Heat and Combustion Mechanics
IR03 St. Pietersnieuwstraat 41
B-9000 GHENT,
Belgium
E-mail: IMFSE@UGent.be
Erasmus Mundus IMFSE Coordinator: Prof. dr. ir. Bart Merci

Moreinfo: http://www.imfse.ugent.be/index.asp?p=613&a=613