University of Twente Scholarship for International Students, Netherlands

The UT Scholarship is awarded by the Foundation University of Twente Scholarship Programme of the University of Twente. The UT Scholarship is meant for international students who show excellence, both academically as well as socially. The UT Scholarship is awarded for one year of study and is extended for a second year if study results are sufficient. Please note that you can only be nominated for the UT Scholarship after you have been (provisionally) accepted by the educational programme of your choice.

Requirements for application

·The online application form for admission to the university has been completed and all certified documents have been received.
·You have been (provisionally) accepted to a master programme at the University of Twente.

·You are excellent, both academically as well as socially.
·Sufficient mastery of the English language:
oacademic IELTS, overall band score of at least 6.5 / TOEFL, internet based (TOEFL-iBT) of at least 90
oacademic IELTS, speaking score of at least 6.0 / TOEFL, internet based (TOEFL-iBT) speaking score of at least 22
·Your faculty has nominated you for the UT Scholarship.
·You are a national of a non EU/EEA country.
·You show potential to become a future leader (of industry).
·You are strongly committed to society.
·The UT Scholarship is not meant for candidates who already have their Master degree

Deadline for application

You cannot apply for the UT Scholarship yourself. You can only be nominated by the faculty of the university for a UT Scholarship between October 2010 and May 2011.

Scholarship amount

The amount of the scholarship will be determined by the faculty with a maximum of €20,000. Please be aware that only a limited number of scholarships are available. Only the most excellent students will be nominated.

Application information

After being admitted to the University, the faculty may decide to nominate you for the scholarship. In that case the faculty will contact you to confirm your interest in the scholarship. For questions please send an email to scholarship[at]so.utwente.nl.

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Scholarship in Netherland (NPF Fellowships)

NFP Fellowships for PhD for the Nationals of Developing Countries

Study Subject: Any
Employer: Nuffic
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: PhD degrees can be pursued at 21 Dutch universities and institutes for international education. You can apply for a PhD fellowship only after your research proposal has been agreed with the Dutch institution.  The PhD must always be pursued according to a ‘sandwich’ or  ‘picnic’ model, which means that a large portion of the PhD research will take place in your home country.
The maximum NFP budget available for a PhD study is € 85,000. This amount is intended as a contribution towards the cost of living and to cover the costs of visas, travel, insurance and so on, as specified in the NFP booklet ‘Rules and regulations for fellowship holders’. PhD students are allowed to seek alternative sources of funding. The maximum duration of a PhD fellowship is four years.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 February 2011

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Postdoctoral Scholarship at Netherlands (University of Twente)

Overview
MIRA - Institute of Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine at the University of Twente, The Netherlands has an opening for two post-doctoral fellows within the research area of Medical Robotics.

What we ask
The successful applicant has completed a doctoral degree in mechanical, biomedical, or electrical engineering, or in a closely related discipline. He or she should possess excellent skills and practical experience in one or more of the following research areas: solid mechanics, finite element modeling, and image processing. Experience at the intersection of one or more of these areas is desirable. Experience with programming and using a commercial finite element analysis package is a plus. An interview will be part of the selection procedure.

About the project
Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized medicine by enabling interventions without large incisions, thereby significantly improving clinical outcomes. Such surgical techniques include insertions of needles, catheters, and endoscopes. For effective medical diagnosis and treatment, the instrument must reach its intended target. In order to increase the targeting accuracy of the procedure and improve clinical outcomes, the goal of this research project is to develop methods for modeling the interaction of existing and novel medical instruments with soft tissues and with fluids. These models would be used to track and control the path of the medical instrument using a clinical imaging modality such as ultrasound. The applicant will be closely working with the Clinical Physics Laboratory and Department of Radiology at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands.

The University of Twente
The University of Twente (http://www.utwente.nl) is an entrepreneurial research university, located in Enschede, The Netherlands. The present project is part of MIRA - Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine (http://www.utwente.nl/mira/), and will be conducted within the Control Engineering Group (http://www.ce.utwente.nl).

Research institutes
MIRA - Institute of Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine at the University of Twente. More details can be found at: http://www.utwente.nl/mira/
What we offer
We offer a contract for 18 months. This salary will be in scale 10 (CAO-NU) and will depend on the relevant experience in this field of expertise. Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development, a holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus, and a number of additional benefits. Your main responsibility will be to carry out research, but you will be given the opportunity to acquire some teaching experience as well.

Contact information
Please react via this website and complete your application with the following documents as a *single* PDF file with "Application Medical Robotics: Post-Doc" in the subject line

• CV (including contact information for at least two academic references)
• Post-doctoral fellow position: Title and abstract of your PhD dissertation

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. Applications will be evaluated on an ongoing basis, until the positions are filled.

Contact ONLY for information

Sarthak Misra, PhD
Assistant Professor (Control Engineering)
Phone: +31-53-489-2704
Email: s.misra@utwente.nl

Applications should be received by us, not later than 30 April 2011.

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PhD Position ‘Genome Mining for Biological Control’ [Netherlands]

Candidates should be a molecular biologist or plant biotechnologist with affinity to bioinformatics and interest in insect-plant interactions
Study Subject: Biology, Plant Biotechnology or Plant Sciences
Employer: Wageningen University
Level: PhD
Scholarship Description: Cucumber is one of the most important vegetables in the world and its genome has recently been sequenced. In the proposed research we will exploit this information to improve cucumber traits involved in indirect plant defense (enhancing biological control) and to identify new genes that are (strongly) induced by spider mites and thrips, two major pest herbivores in cucumber. In response to herbivory, plants release a complex blend of volatiles providing valuable cues for herbivores and their natural enemies. In cucumber, the volatile profile emitted after spider-mite or thrips infestation mainly consists of terpenoids, such as (E)-?-ocimene and (E)-4,8-dimethyl nonatriene. Both components are known to be attractive to predatory mites and other natural enemies. Previous research demonstrated that biological control of cell-feeding herbivores, such as spider mites but also thrips, can be improved by changing the volatile emission either through a GMO approach by introduction of terpene synthase genes or by exploiting the genetic variation in induced volatile emission already present in cucumber. In the research proposed here we will exploit the recently available knowledge about the cucumber genome to facilitate improvement in biological control of spider mites and thrips in cucumber. Hereto, bioinformatics will be combined with metabolic profiling of volatiles and transcript profiling of the genes that encode for their biosynthesis, in various cucumber accessions. Furthermore, we will study the behaviour of various natural enemies of spider mites and thrips. Our integrated approach consisting of bioinformatics, metabolite profiling, transcriptomics and behavioural analyses will lead to the identification of genes and their regulatory sequences that in cucumber are responsible for (induced) indirect defence mechanisms. The anticipated results will lead to improved biological control of spider mites and thrips in cucumber.
Eligibility:
An MSc degree in Biology, Plant Biotechnology or Plant Sciences with a multidisciplinary profile. You should be a molecular biologist or plant biotechnologist with affinity to bioinformatics and interest in insect-plant interactions. Experience with investigating arthropod behavior and statistics will be considered an additional value. You should be a team player with demonstrable experience in collaboration with (bio)chemists, and/or entomologists. You have a good knowledge of the English language (oral and written), and have excellent communication skills.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

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[Netherlands] PhD in the Modern Histori of Southeast Asia

PhD Position in the Modern History of Southeast Asia at NIOD (Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie)


NIOD currently invites applications for a: PhD-position on the modern history of Southeast Asia 1.0 fte (38 hours), four-year contract.

The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) is a center for the study and dissemination of knowledge relating to the history of both world wars and their long-term effects on society. Recently, NIOD has formalized its ties with the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS). CHGS was co-founded in 2002 by the University of Amsterdam and NIOD. The primary activities of CHGS are university teaching and scholarly research into Holocaust-and-genocide-related studies. The institute works toward an integrated view of the Holocaust and other cases of genocide.



Applicants are invited to submit an open proposal on an aspect of the history of Twentieth Century Southeast Asia that fits within the NIOD/CHGS research profile (see NIOD research program).

NIOD is a partner in the University-of-Leiden-based Encompass Program. The Encompass Research Agenda is highly relevant for the orientation of the PhD position. Candidates are invited to reflect on the NIOD and the Encompass programs, and in particular on one of the three following topics:
1. Media, communication and the Indonesian revolution
2. Transitional justice in post-Second-World-War Southeast Asia
3. Freedom fighters and their `return` to society

Eligible candidates have completed a Master`s degree in history, the humanities or social sciences. Fluency in English and one Southeast Asian language is required. Passive knowledge of Dutch is preferred.

Applications should include a letter, a CV, a dissertation proposal (2000 words) and two reference letters.

The project is planned to start as early September 1st, 2010 but not later than December 2010.

The following conditions apply:

Terms of employment
Temporary appointment (4-year fixed term)

Salary
The full-time salary is € 2.042 gross per month in the first year, increasing incrementally to € 2,612 in the fourth year (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities), plus an 8% holiday allowance, an 8.3 % end-of-year allowance, and an extensive secondary benefits package.

Location
NIOD, Amsterdam

We will affiliate the candidate with a research school.

Further information
For further information about the position please contact the project leader, Dr. P. Keppy by e-mail or telephone on 020–52233800. For further HRM information please contact the Head of Administration, W. Arink, by email or by telephone on 020-5233800.

Applications
Please submit your application before Monday, March 15th, 2010 to the Head of Administration, W. Arink, Herengracht 380, 1016 CJ, Amsterdam. You can also apply by email. Please send your application (as a PDF or Word file) to vacature@niod.knaw.nl indicating the vacancy you are applying for in the subject line: PhD position on the modern history of Southeast Asia. Interviews will be held in April 2010.

Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated

The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation is an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Website link:
http://www.niod.knaw.nl/actueel/default.asp?ID=602

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[Netherlands] PhD Position at University of Twente

PhD Position in Renovating The Mapping Process at University of Twente

The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university, located in Enschede, the Netherlands. Organized over five faculties, the UT offers 20 educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration, communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology.

The Computer Science department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is one of the largest academic institutions in computer science in the Netherlands. It provides courses in Technical Computer Science, Business Information Technology, and Telematics. In addition, the department contributes to computer science education within other academic programs. The research of the department, spearheaded by telematics and information technology, is part of the multidisciplinary research institute Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). The department has about 270 permanent staff members and 1200 students. In the Chair of Databases we have an open position for a PhD student Renovating the mapping Process Project description.



In this project we address the affect of community driven content in the Web, also known as Web 2.0, on geo-referenced data and their processing. This includes the specification on how the processing is done, how it evolves, how this influences data quality, and how to visualize the community driven data in a map.

This open position addresses the issues of changing data processing specifications and the consequences of this. The work will be based on a data workflow formal model supporting stream, batch and query processing of the data. Evolution of a workflow means the change of a subset of the workflow specification. The issues arise when deploying the workflow, thus, the changes getting effective. The challenges are how to evolve in a stream processing environment, how does such an evolution influences data quality and how do changes influence other parts of the data workflow such that further changes are required.

This research has a clear application domain, which will provide more specific research questions. The outlined research questions provide substantial theoretical challenges, while the proposed solutions can be evaluated in the application domain again.

What we ask
We are looking for a candidate with a MSc. degree in computer science, databases, software engineering, mathematics (with a computer science specialization), or an equivalent degree. The work involves both theory (databases and distributed systems) and practice (implementing a research prototype and evaluation in an e-science context). The candidate must provide good communication skills, in writing as well as oral. Your main task will be to do research, but you will be given opportunities to acquire some teaching experience. The selected candidate will be embedded in a joint research project with ITC, Enschede, and will closely collaborate with a PhD candidate from that institute.

What we offer
We offer a full-time PhD position in a dynamic and international environment. The duration of the contracts is four years. The gross salary will range from € 2.042,00 in the first year to € 2.612,00 per month in the fourth year.

Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development. In addition, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%) and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% (which is approximately an extra month of salary) and a number of additional benefits. The labor agreements are in accordance with the CAO-NU for Dutch universities.

Information and application
Information can be obtained from Dr. Andreas Wombacher, email: a.wombacher@utwente.nl.

If you can meet the above mentioned requirements, you are invited to send your application letter together with:
1. curriculum vitae
2. List of publications
3. A list of courses you have followed (with grades)
4. The names and addresses of two referees

Before October 10, 2009 by email or on paper to our secretary, email:
db_secr@ewi.utwente.nl,
Faculty of EEMCS,
University of Twente,
Zilverling 3047,
P.O. Box 217,
7500 AE Enschede,
The Netherlands,
phone: +31 53 489 3690.

Please refer to the vacancy number 09/188.

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Leiden University Excellence Scholarship programme

Netherlands - Leiden University offers scholarships to outstanding non-EU/EEA students pursuing an English taught master’s degree programme at Leiden University.

About Leiden Univeristy

Leiden University is a comprehensive and research intensive university with a 430-year history of producing outstanding graduates. A Leiden master’s diploma provides you with a firm basis for entering the employment market both at home and internationally.

Areas of Interest

* Arts and Humanities
* Business, Communication and IT
* Education
* Law/Criminology for Dutch Students (regular LL.M./Msc)
* Law for International students and professionals (LL.M./LL.M. Advanced )
* Science and Biomedical Science
* Social and Behavioural Sciences

Who is eligible
Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a Leiden University master’s degree programme starting September 2009 or February 2010 ( All MA, MSc and LL.M programmes as mentioned on the website Master’s programmes in Leiden).

All nationalities enrolling in the following programmes starting September 2009 or February 2010:
- Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Air and Space Law
- Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in European and International Business Law
- Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in International Tax Law
- Master of Laws: Advanced Studies in Public International Law
- MA in International Relations and Diplomacy

Students should be aware that the LExS is not a full scholarship. It is necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance their study and stay completely.

One of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands is that students must submit proof that they have sufficient financial means to finance their study period in the Netherlands. Leiden University advises a budget, not including the tuition fee, of approx. €10,000 to €14,000 per year to cover the costs for rent, insurance, living expenses, course books and local transportation. How much money students actually spend will of course depend on their life style and spending habits.

APPLICATION

To apply for the scholarship, you should write a letter of motivation (in Word) of a maximum of 500 words, in which you indicate why you believe you should be considered for this scholarship. The Word document can then be attached to your online application for the master’s programmes for which you are applying.

Application DEADLINE

April 1 for programmes starting in September 2009
October 15 for programmes starting in February 2010

CONTACT INFORMATION

Postal address
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9500
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Visiting address
Rapenburg 70
2311 EZ Leiden
Phone
+31 (0)71 527 27 27 (operator)

Website: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/en/

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