PhD Studentships in Political Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland
Fully-funded studentships are available for study in the PhD programme in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, paying tuition plus financial support of up to €15,000 per year. Application for this financial support is automatically considered as part of the normal admissions process. The Department of Political Science normally admits six students per year, and typically provides financial support in the form of tuition grants, stipends, teaching and research assistantships, and support for postgraduate conference and research travel.
Our four-year doctoral programme is designed to give students the highest level of training to become scholars at the forefront of the discipline. Most of our Ph.D. graduates have gone on to careers in research and teaching at established universities, while others have gone on to careers in government and business.
The Department of Political Science at Trinity ranks among the best political science departments in the world according to independent evaluations of its research and teaching (e.g. in the global ranking of political science departments conducted by Professor Simon Hix at the London School of Economics). Ph.D. researchers also benefit from the Department’s strong links with Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin. This Institute brings together researchers from different disciplines to study international integration. In addition, the Department is involved in the Dublin School of Social Sciences, which provides graduate training in collaboration with University College Dublin.
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100 PhD Studentships 2010, University of Exeter, UK
Ranked 9th in the Times Good University Guide 2010, we are a research intensive university with a growing reputation. Research is at the heart of everything we do. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, all our subjects were assessed as including world-leading (4) research and nearly 90 per cent of our research was rated as being internationally recognised.
This is an exciting time to join the University of Exeter. We had the third biggest rise of all UK universities in our annual government grant for teaching and research (2009/10) and we are undergoing an impressive three-year £270 million investment programme in new buildings, research centres, student residences and campus facilities. What`s more, our recent successes have attracted some truly world-class scholars.
We offer PhD students the opportunity to work in large interdisciplinary Colleges where they benefit from established research infrastructures and networks. A wealth of support for PhD students is available, including our Effective Researcher Development Programme training sessions that provide the skills to successfully complete a PhD and our eProfile system, enabling students to showcase their research profile to the academic community, collaborators, sponsors and employers.
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PhD Studentships in Human Interface Technology University of Tasmania – The HITLab Australia
The HITLab Australia (HITLab AU) is a specialist human interface technology teaching and research centre developed by the University of Tasmania within the School of Computing and Information Systems. Established in 2008, it partners with the world-renowned HITLab US (http://www.hitl.washington.edu) based at the University of Washington in Seattle and has links with the HITLab NZ (http://www.hitlabnz.org) based at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. We undertake research in a range of areasincluding, interactive surfaces, visualization, mixed reality, tangible interfaces, gaming and augmented reality.
We are now advertising 6 fully funded PhD scholarships in advanced interface technology.
Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an ability to both undertake basic research and be able to build high-quality prototype systems to demonstrate their research, as well as making a strong contribution to the group`s publication activities and industrial research collaborations. PhD candidates should have achieved (or expect to achieve) a first class honours or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related discipline, and have a keen interest in research.
Outstanding students from outside of these disciplines will also be considered for these scholarships if they demonstrate how they can complete each research project within the HITLab whilst enrolled in a different discipline.
Applications from International Students will be considered. Such students may not be eligible for the Elite Scholarships but other sources of scholarship may be offered.
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February 17, 2010
PhD Studentships, Bournemouth University, UK
Bournemouth University is justifiably proud of its reputation for excellence in research. In the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results, BU was the fourth most improved university in the UK for the quality of its research and achieving a high global research profile.
The RAE ranking means that BU is now in the top ten for research amongst the 60 new universities (UK institutions which have become universities since 1992).
There are over 100 PhD researchers carrying out their subject-based research under the supervision of some of the leading researchers in their fields at BU. Many of our research centres have an international reputation for their outputs, and they also focus on research with potential for commercial exploitation.
As part of our continued investment into our research profile, we are offering 25 fully-funded studentships commencing in October 2010. The first call for applications is for projects in the following Research Centres:
- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Change
- Centre for Excellence in Media Practice
- Centre for Forensic Science
- Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health
- Creative Technology Research Group
- Centre for Wellbeing and Quality of Life
- Design Simulation Research Centre
- International Centre for Tourism & Hospitality Research
- Psychology Research Group
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February 4, 2010
PhD Studentship in Muscle Physiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Department of Neuroscience (Section for Clinical Neurophysiology), Uppsala University, Sweden
Research project
The candidate will focus on the “Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying muscle weakness in a nemaline myopathy mouse model”. Various techniques related to cell physiology and molecular biology will be applied.
Qualifications
A Master Degree in relevant discipline with strong background in muscle biology is required. Moreover, the candidate must show strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Salary
It will be available for 4 years (The amount per month and the starting date have to be discussed).
Deadline
Please send a letter of interest, transcript, cv/resume and the names of two references as soon as possible. We will continue our search until a suitable candidate is found.
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January 30, 2010
