Scholarships - United States

Grants-in-Aid Wilmington, USA
Scholarship / Financial aid: $1,600 per month
Date: a minimum of two weeks, maximum of two months
Deadline: March 31st, 2011
Open to: degree candidates and senior scholars and writers, university teachers, librarians, archivists, museum curators
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Scholarships - European Union

PhD Student in Polymer Chemistry Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium
Scholarship / Financial aid: undefined
Date: two years position
Deadline: March 31st 2011
Open to: Candidates which have a master degree in chemistry or an equivalent diploma
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Master in Economics of Science and Innovation Program
Barcelona, Spain
Scholarship / Financial aid: two scholarships offered
Date: 9 months (3 trimesters)
Deadline: July 15, 2011
Open to: graduates in economics, junior scientists, aspiring PhD students
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International Master of Science in Quantitative Economics
Aarhus University, Denmark
Scholarship / Financial aid: a few scholarships offered
Date: 2 years
Deadline: March 1, 2011
Open to: applicants with a bachelor degree
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NewDem Fellowship Programme
Collegium Budapest, Hungary
Scholarship / Financial aid: fellowships offered
Date: the 2011/2012 academic year (5-month residencies)
Deadline: 7 March 2011
Open to: young researchers from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
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Scholarships - Other

TWAS-CAS Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Scholarship / Financial aid: available
Date: a minimum period of six months to a maximum period of twelve months
Deadline: 31 August 2011
Open to: see Eligibility please
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Summer courses - European Union

Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality
Berlin, Germany
Scholarship / Financial aid: accommodation including breakfast offered
Date: June 21 - 28, 2011
Deadline: March 18, 2011
Open to: young researchers across the social sciences
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International Summer School Seggau
University of Graz, Austria
Scholarship / Financial aid: scholarships are available
Date: July 2 - 16, 2011
Deadline: August 30th 2011
Open to: international applicants
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International Summer School in Applied Environmental and Regulatory
Economics
Turin, Italy
Scholarship / Financial aid: free accommodation offered
Date: 5th-16th sept. 2011
Deadline: 13th of June 2011
Open to: undergraduate students at their last year, graduate students and
officials from the Public Administration
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A PhD scholarship in Biomechanics/Biorobotics has been announced under the EU-FP7 program at Bielefeld University, Germany. In the EU-funded FP7-Project EMICAB (Embodied Motion Intelligence for Cognitive, Autonomous Robots), the University of Bielefeld (Germany) invites applications for a part-time position as research assistant (PhD student) for the duration of three years. The positions are remunerated 50% of E13 (according to TV-L West, German public service). The salary scale typically ranges between 19200 and 22400 Eur p.a., depending on work experience.
The positions on offer are embedded into an excellent interdisciplinary environment with intensive contacts to various facilities and workgroups of Bielefeld University. In particular, this includes the Center of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology, CITEC. The EU-project (www.emicab.eu) as a whole is formed by the Biomechatronics lab and the Neuroethology lab of Bielefeld University (coordinator), a Systems Engineering lab at the University of Catania, Italy, a Sensor Technology lab at the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg, and a Neurogenetics lab at the University of Mainz, Germany.
Goal of the EMICAB-project is the abstraction of neuro-ethological and neuro-genetic research results in the context of autonomous walking movements to generate artificial neural network models for intelligent behaviour. In parallel, a novel six-legged walking robot is being assembled and – within the project – expanded by rich body sensorisation and additional actuation.
The position is in the area of Neuroethology/Biomechanics with a relation to Biorobotics. The successful candidate should hold a master or diploma degree, preferably in biology or neuroscience. Advanced experimental and theoretical skills in Neurobiology (sensorimotor systems) and/or Biomechanics (whole-body kinematics, force measurements) are advantageous as well as sound experience in the analysis of multi-dimensional data. Candidates with a background in a related area within the computer sciences (e.g. bio-inspired robotics) are also encouraged to apply. Participation in administrative and organizational tasks of the EU-project is also expected. The position is suited to conduct a PhD-project.
Please send your application with the usual documents (cover letter, CV and transcripts as well as the name and contact information of two references) – also electronically in pdf-format.
Contacts:
Prof. Dr. Volker Dürr / Prof. Dr. Josef Schmitz, Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, P.O.-Box 10 01 31, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
e-mail: {volker.duerr, josef.schmitz}@uni-bielefeld.de
Note: Application deadline for the PhD scholarships in Biomechanics/Biorobotics, EU-FP7, Germany is 15 March 2011.