Scholarship Online

The Department of Economics at the University of Verona (Italy) is pleased to announce the availability of at least three PhD Research Scholarships for 3 years starting in January 2009.

The Doctoral Program in Economics and Finance is designed to train doctoral candidates in a broad program of advanced study for careers in teaching and research in universities, in public and private research organizations, in financial and consulting institutions and private companies. The department recruits promising students from Italy and abroad and courses are taught in English. Students are accepted directly for Ph.D. degree. As prerequisite, students must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Italy or the equivalent level of education from an institution outside Italy.

Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre – Außenwirtschaft, Wirtschafts – und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Rostock (Germany)

Am Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre/Außenwirtschaft der Wirtschafts-und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Rostock wird ab dem 01.02.2009 für 2+1 Jahre ein Doktorandenstipendium im Bereich “Umweltökonomische Implikationen des Demographischen Wandels” in der Profillinie “Aging Sciences and Humanities” an eine qualifizierte Bewerberin oder einen qualifizierten Bewerber vergeben. Das Stipendium ist mit 1000 EUR pro Monat und einem Sach- und Reisekostenzuschuss in Höhe von 500 EUR pro Jahr dotiert.

Research and education at the Division of Applied Geology is mainly focused on Environmental Geochemistry. Basic research is combined with applied projects. The philosophy is that being in the front of basic research gives a favourable development of methods and skills useful and necessary in applied research. The applied research aims at studying and quantifying pollution effects from different anthropogenic sources, and possible methods to decrease the release of pollutants and to limit their deleterious effects.

Topic:
Pathway-based tumour characterisation by alignment against cell panels along multiple molecular dimensions.

Research:
Astra Zeneca Oncology has constructed large cell panels to serve as in vitro models for drug response. These cell panels have been extensively characterized by mutation analysis, mRNA expression, aCGH, response to a wide variety of drugs, micro-RNA expression and phosphoprotein characterization. In parallel, the same measurements are being performed on a collection of colorectal samples. In this project two aims are pursued. First, a comparative analysis will be performed between the cell line data and the tumor data to determine the multi-dimensional molecular states spanned by the cell lines and whether these states faithfully recapitulate the space spanned by a representative and clinically relevant selection of tumor samples. Guided by this mapping and by following a pathway-based approach, integrative modeling will be applied on the cell line panel data to construct models predictive of resistance.

The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering (IME) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applicants for 8 PhD research fellowships.

The 8 research fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, to help recruit talented candidates for the PhD study programs administered by IME. These programs comprise the following fields of research; communication technology, computer science, cybernetics, electronics, information science, mathematics, power engineering and statistics. Collaboration with researchers from other areas of science and engineering at NTNU, as well as with external partners from industry, research institutes, and other universities (Norway and abroad) is commonplace.

The Department of Community Based Medicine is eligible to apply for studentships of three years duration from a variety of sources (MRC, University of Bristol, DHPA) for UK, EU and overseas candidates. The level of support offered depends on the type of studentship. Award of these studentships is made by Faculty or University Selection Panels. Applications are invited from graduates with good Honours or Masters degrees in relevant disciplines (epidemiology/ sociology/ psychology/ statistics/ economics/ neuroscience/ pharmacology/ clinical medicine applied to clinical/methodological issues in priority research areas) for nomination for PhD studentships tenable from October 2009.