2012 Asia-Pacific Human Development Fellowships

The objective of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship is to encourage young PhD students from developing countries in Asia-Pacific to analyze critical development issues from a human development perspective, contributing to development theory, applications and policies that puts people at the centre of development debates. Thus, the fellows are expected to push the frontiers of research on human development. The research must focus on a well-defined aspect of human development under the theme selected for the year and can be theoretical, applied policy oriented, or a combination.

Applications are now open for the 2012 UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship. The theme is “Embedding Environmental Concerns into Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth”. Applications should be submitted by 15 September 2012. To learn more, please view the brochure.

Media Fellowships

The objective of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific Human Development Media Fellowship is to contribute to building capacity in the Asia-Pacific region and support policy through advocacy and dissemination of research that bring people to the centre of development debates. The fellowship encourages media professionals from Asia-Pacific developing countries to undertake media advocacy on issues of concern in the region from a human development perspective on a new theme each year.

Applications are now open for the 2012 UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Media Fellowship. The theme is “Climate Change”. Applications should be submitted by 15 September 2012. To learn more, please view the brochure.

Any queries about the 2012 Fellowships should be sent to undpfellowships(at)tttglobal.com.

Source and for more information here: http://asiapacific-hdr.aprc.undp.org/2012-asiapacific-human-development-fellowships

Denmark: PhD Scholarship in Operations and Innovation Management

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the field of operations and innovation management. The three-year PhD programme at CBS enables selected applicants to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The programme is highly international, and selected applicants are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student. It is also required that the applicant shows an interest in joining the Department’s research environment. CBS PhD graduates are held in high esteem not only in academia and research institutions but also in government and business where their research qualifications are increasingly demanded.

The Department’s research profile covers and integrates five academic research areas:

1. Supply chain management (design of flows of goods, services, knowledge and information between firms);
2. Performance management (design, use, and effects of financial and non-financial measures in strategy development and implementation);
3. Innovation management (deployment of management tool to connect technology, organisation and markets);
4. Operations management (relation between production, organization, and strategy in manufacturing and service industries);
5. Managerial economics (decision modelling around pricing, costing, production planning and forecasting).

Eligibility

To be considered, the candidate should:

• Must have successfully completed Masters degree before commencing PhD at CBS.
• Have an educational background in the social sciences.
• The applicants must be fluent in English.

Application

The application must include a 5 page project description. This research proposal should contain a presentation of an original research question, a description of the initial theoretical framework and methodology, a presentation of the suggested empirical material as well as a work-plan. In addition to the research proposal, the application must include:

• Copy of a Master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level.
• Brief CV.
• List of papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis).
• Applicants must enclose documentation for English language skills. Documentation of GRE and/or GMAT scores is strongly encouraged.

For submitting GMAT scores, look up Copenhagen Business School in the GMAC register and choose the PhD Program.

A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winners of the scholarships.

All interested candidates may apply online.

Scholarship

The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes:

• Tuition fees
• Office space
• Travel grants
• Salary, currently starting with per month app. DKK 23.770 (app. 3,160 euro) up to DKK 28.964 (app. 3,860 euro) depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 % of 85 per cent of the base salary.

Italy : Phd candidate for research on thin film solar cells

(CdTe and CZTS Labs) are seeking a good Phd candidate  for research on thin film solar cells (CdTe and CZTS), our laboratory is renowned in this topic, we are equipped with 3 evaporation machines, one sputtering machine, two furnaces, one atomic force microscopy, one C-V/I-V characterization system with cryostat, chemical bath deposition, etc...

The candidate should have a good solid state physics background, should be able to work in team with good will and with attitude in working with experimental deposition and characterization machines.

Informations on the laboratory can be found here: http://profs.sci.univr.it/~romeo/

Further Information

Application Deadline : 30 June 2012

Contact Adress: Alessandro Romeo

Contact Email: alessandro.romeo@univr.it

Spain: 3 PhD. Scholarship positions for Metabolomics research

The SIPOMICS (SIgnal Processing for Omic ScienceS) research Group from the Rovira i Virgili University is seeking candidates to apply for 3 scholarships to obtain the PhD at our research facilities located in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain).

Benefits

There are 3 desired profiles for the positions: • The first position is intended for candidates with an engineering and/or physics background. This position will involve working in the simulation and characterization of serum lipoproteins using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance equipment (HR -NMR). Experience working on Matlab or R will be appreciated. • The second position is intended for candidates with a signal processing background. The thesis to be developed will focus on metabolic image data processing in particular, and 3D data algorithms in general. They will be aimed towards metabolomic studies where MALDI and TOF MS data will need to be conditioned, processed and correlated with clinical biomarkers in order to turn raw measurement data into useful clinical information. Strong software programming skills are a must, and experience working on Matlab or R will also be highly appreciated. • Development of micro/nano electronic surfaces and signal processing algorithms for NIMS (Nano Iniciator Mass Spectroscopy). The objectives are the fabrication of different nanosctructured materials (silicon, alumina, etc.) suitable for the analysis of tissue and body fluid metabolites by MALDI-TOF-MS and the creation of algorithms for obtained data processing and representation. Required profile: Candidates should have a background on electronics, chemistry or physics. Experience on statistics, and multivariate analysis will also be highly appreciated. Candidates should have a Bachelor or a master degree to be eligible for the positions. SIPOMICS is a multidisciplinary research Group formed by chemists, biochemists, computer and telecommunication engineers that has a very close relationship with the most important metabolomics platform in Spain (www.metabolomicsplatform.com). We offer a 1 – year scholarship plus a 3-year contract to develop research work that would allow the candidates to obtain their PhD. degree in our doctorate program at the Rovira i Virgili University. Moreover, if the candidates lack a master degree, the scholarship will also allow them to obtain their Master degree at our department. All tuitions (master and PhD degree fees) are included in the scholarship, and therefore free for the selected candidates.

Additional Job Details

Candidates should go to the web page www.urv.cat/PhD_grants , click on “General programme” (Resolution of the competition/ Application form/ General Programme) and follow the instructions. They will have to register in the candidate database prior to compliment the form. The candidates should mark ALL of the following positions: 2012BPURV-17* (Dr. Xavier Correig, conveni de col.laboració URV-Bruker) 2012BPURV-43, 44, 45, 46 (Generic Position, Electronic Technology speciality, Department of Electronic, Electric and Automatic Engineering) Original documents must be sent by regular mail. Deadline for sending the documents is 13:00 hours, June 22nd (Spanish official time). If you have any questions please contact Dr. Serena Pujol through her email address (serena.pujol@urv.cat).