Faculty of Humanities at University of Copenhagen

13 PhD Fellowships at the Faculty of Humanities

* Scandinavian studies in literature, language or media, or ideally across the boundaries of these areas (Subject area 1: Nordic Philology, General and Applied Linguistics)
* IT and communication (Subject area 2: Education, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Film and Media Studies)
* Themes within European culture and history in a global context (Subject area 3: History, Archaeology and Ethnology, Greek and Latin)
* Cultural memory and migration: The construction of nation, religion and history as rendered through exhibition, writing, canon, schoolbooks or other media (Subject area 4: Middle Eastern Studies, Asian Studies, Eskimology, History of Religion, native American Languages and Cultures, Eastern European Studies, Minority Studies, Comparative Cultural Studies)
* Globalization and transnational studies (Subject area 5: English, German and Romance Languages and Literature)
* Forms of cultural attention (Subject area 6: History, Theatre Research, Dance, Comparative Literature, Musicology)
* Medieval and/or early-modern Scandinavian textual studies (Subject area 7: Old Norse, Dialect Research, name Research)
* Language technology, preferably within the strategic fields: language resources and tools (research infrastructure), cognitive science, knowledge systems and tools for multilinguality (Subject area 8: Language Technology)
* Application procedure

Scandinavian studies in literature, language or media, or ideally across the boundaries of these areas

A number of PhD scholarships will be announced within the field of Scandinavian studies in literature, language or media, or ideally across the boundaries of these areas. Project applications should include a significant comparative dimension, and hence, on the basis of Danish, focus on language and cultural forms in one or more of the other Scandinavian countries. The scholarships will be established as an element in the promotion of comparative Scandinavian Studies at the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics.

For more information, please contact associate professor Sune Auken, phone: + 45 35 32 83 59. Website: here

The research group concerning Digital Communication and Aesthetics focuses on new forms of communication and aesthetic expression in the digital media, for example:

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The remediation of 'old' media, e.g., the interrelations between television programs and the websites associated with them, digital production and distribution of film, and marketing via the internet;
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The distinctive features of 'new' media, e.g., computer games and social network sites;
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The potential of 'emerging' media, e.g., mobile services, ubiquitous computing, and intelligent environments.

For more information, please contact Head of Department Jan Riis Flor, phone: + 45 35 23 88 53. Website: here Til toppen
Themes within European culture and history in a global context

One or more PhD scholarships dealing with themes within European culture and history in a global context. Projects should preferably fall within the SAXO Institute’s prioritized research areas:

1. Forms of state and power, social elites and elite cultures;
2. Europe’s modern and recent political history and political culture;
3. Material culture and history;
4. Bodily culture and the history of the body;
5. Culture and history in European border regions and in Europe’s periphery –
cultural encounters and ethnicity.
Within these scholarly domains the Institute boasts a number of experienced supervisors from Ethnology, Archaeology, History, and Greek and Latin, and offers well-functioning research environments and collaborative research networks.

For more information, please contact associate professor Søren Ivarsson, phone: + 45 35 32 82 93. Website: here


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Cultural memory and migration: The construction of nation, religion and history as rendered through exhibition, writing, canon, schoolbooks or other media

Applicants are invited to submit proposals for PhD scholarships within the area of "Cultural Memory and Migration: The Construction of Nation, Religion and History as rendered through Exhibitions, Writing, Canon,Schoolbooks or other Media". The area can be viewed from any region covered at the Department. Priority is given to proposals, which has an intercultural dimension. It is expected that the applicant has a thorough knowledge of a language relevant for his/her topic.

For more information, please contact professor Jørgen Bæk Simonsen, phone: + 45 35 32 89 09. Website: here Til toppen
Globalization and transnational studies

Applicants are invited to submit proposals for a PhD scholarship within the area of 'Globalization and Transnational studies'. Preference will be given to proposals that fall within the designated research fields of the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies: European Studies, American and Latin American Studies, and Post-colonial Studies. Doctoral proposals should address a topic within linguistics or literature or history/culture; or they may devise a topic that involves more than one of these fields. Priority will be given to prososals that develop a transnational perspective and are focussed on two or more languages.

For more information, please contact associate professor Birgit Henriksen, phone: + 45 35 32 86 07. Website: here Til toppen
Forms of cultural attention



Applications are invited for one or more Ph.D.-scolarships within the research theme Forms of Cultural Attention: In modern information society attention has become a cultural focal point. This applies to visibility sought in quiz and reality shows, on blogs, and by communication consultants. And it applies to unwanted visibility created through electronic surveillance, bugging, and surveys. These forms of attention expose the individual to the gaze of others and differ from attention given to a citizen stating his or hers views in the public and for a political community.

Projects within the research theme should theoretically and analytically investigate how forms of culture shape and comment upon collective attention across frontiers and historical periods. In general projects should contribute to the understanding of how forms of cultural attention focus certain aspects of the world and leave others unattended. Specifically, projects should contribute to the understanding of how artistic practices in the present and in historical perspective have shaped and commented upon cultural attention.

For more information, please contact Research School Manager Kirsten Zeuthen, phone: +45 35 32 82 11. Website: here Til toppen
Medieval and/or early-modern Scandinavian textual studies

Applications are invited for PhD Fellowships within the field of Medieval and/or early-modern Scandinavian textual studies. This includes the sociology of texts, textual criticism, scholarly editing and bibliography. The project must involve both theoretical discussion and concrete editorial work, e.g. the production of an electronic edition of one or more texts. Preference will be given to projects which relate to the institute’s established and developing research areas, for example the study of the manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan collection and the study of the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda.

For more information, please contact associate professor Inge Lise Pedersen, phone: +45 35 32 85 09. Website:here Til toppen
Language technology, preferably within the strategic fields: language resources and tools (research infrastructure), cognitive science, knowledge systems and tools for multilinguality

At CST we investigate methods and tools for creation, annotation and exploitation of language resources, in particular for Danish, but also for other languages. In the field of cognitive science we focus on multimodality and within knowledge systems we are investigating ontologies and their contribution to intelligent search algorithms. Multilinguality at CST concerns e.g. statistical machine translation (SMT) and methods for searching multilingual websites

For more information, please contact senior researcher Bolette Pedersen, phone: +45 35 32 90 78. Website: here


Application procdure

Applicants need to hold a two-year Master's degree (120 ECTS) or the equivalent, or expect to receive such by 31 August, 2009. Applicants shall have submitted their thesis at the time of application, to the extent the thesis forms part of their Master's programme.

Applicants with a non-Danish Master’s degree will have their degree assessed by CIRIUS to establish, if their Master’s degree of the applicant is equivalent to a Danish Master’s degree. More information about CIRIUS is available at: here
Employment as a PhD fellow occurs pursuant to the applicable rules of the Faculty of Humanities, as well as between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Under this agreement, the PhD fellow is obliged – without further remuneration – to carry out allotted work to an extent corresponding to a total of 840 working hours in the case of a three-year contract. Enrolment as a PhD student at the Faculty of Humanities’ Graduate School is a precondition for employment as a PhD fellow. A description of the PhD study programme is available at: see
Applications must be submitted on the appropriate form, which also stipulates the required enclosures to attach. Do not submit any written work. Application form and application guidelines are available at: see
A certified copy of the applicant’s Master’s Degree diploma needs to be submitted as an enclosure to the application. Certification shall be by a public authority such as the institution having issued the diploma or a public bureau specialising in diploma certification. The applicant may be asked to submit the originally certified copy of the Master’s Degree diploma after the application deadline.

The application including all enclosures is to be submitted as a single pdf-file to phdcenter@hum.ku.dk. Please write “PhD Fellowship 20090209” in the subject area of the email.

Application deadline is 9 February, 2009 at 12 noon Central European time. No supplementary documents will be considered after this deadline.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Faculty of Humanities invites applications from all interested candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin or religion.

For any further questions contact the PhD Centre, tel. +45 35 32 92 23, e-mail: phdcenter@hum.ku.dk, Room 10.1.22, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.Til toppen

Scholarships for International Students in Athens, Greece

Application deadline: April 30, 2009

For non-EU students the application deadline is February 15, 2009

1. Prospective Applicants

The MSIN Program addresses highly motivated individuals with a firm belief in the value of education and a determination to work hard and excel in the specific scientific and technology fields.

To enter the MSIN degree Program, the applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field.

Prospective students can be university graduates or professionals with a solid academic background, and a strong drive and commitment to pursue an intensive full-time 16-month (or alternatively a part-time 32-month) graduate Program.

2. Qualifications


* Excellent academic performance, as this is indicated by grades, class ranking, scholarships, recommendation letters etc.

* Excellent command of the English language (evidenced with TOEFL scores, IELTS or Proficiency degree and oral performance in an interview).


3. Application Procedure

All Prospective Applicants:

The online form is accessible through both the INI and College of Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT), Web sites. The form consists of a main section, under which applicants will create an online profile, and supplemental sections where you will enter information relevant to the program you seek to enter. You will select your program of choice in the main section of the form.

Though applicants will be able to upload a copy of their university transcripts, please note that the INI will still require all applicants to supply hard copy originals of their official undergraduate transcripts as well as transcripts for all programs attended whether a degree was earned or not.

The application evaluation procedure may include a personal interview with an AIT faculty member. Applicants should take into consideration that the general Carnegie Mellon criteria apply for Admission.

4. Athens MSIN Admissions and How to apply

Minimum Qualifications


* Undergraduate degree in electrical and computer engineering, computer science, or another related technical field

* Undergraduate coursework in data structures and probability theory/random processes

* GPA of 3.0 or higher

* Ability to program fluently in C or C++

* GRE General Test no more than 5 years old (Neither the GMAT nor the Subject Test is accepted.)

* TOEFL, no more than 2 years old, is required with applicants whose native language/mother tongue is not English. For the Athens MSIN, IELTS and Proficiency Diploma in English are also accepted.


Submission Package

To be considered for admission, you must submit the following documents by February 15, 2009(for non-EU students)& April 30,2009(for EU students)


* A completed Online Application Form

* Official transcripts from any undergraduate or graduate school you have attended whether a degree was received or not. If the transcripts are in any language other than English, an official translation in English is required. A photocopy of a transcript is not considered official.

* Three letters of recommendation

* A statement of purpose (500-1,000 words)

* Official GRE General Test scores

* Official TOEFL/IELTS/Proficiency scores for applicants whose native language/mother tongue is not English



Application Form

Special Note: Applicants to the Athens MSIN do not need to pay an application fee. When submitting the online application, select the option “Payment by check.” You must select this option to complete the submission, however, it is not necessary to send the payment. Read more: http://www.ini.cmu.edu/programs/athens_msin/apply.aspx


Complete the MSIN Online Application form.

We prefer to receive all applications online. A printable application is provided under Apply Now only in the event you are unable to access the online application.

All applications should be submitted online along with recommendations. Paper applications will be accepted from those applicants who cannot access the online form. Download application (PDF).

Transcripts

Official transcripts are required from all colleges or universities you have attended, at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels, whether or not you earned a degree from that college or university.

If attending the final semester in your undergraduate program at the time of application, the INI will accept properly sealed official transcripts and mark sheets for the semesters completed to date.

Applicants admitted to any INI program must submit final official transcripts, properly sealed, upon completion of their undergraduate program from the institution conferring their degree as a condition of enrollment at Carnegie Mellon. Certificates of graduation and/or degree certificates should also be submitted if provided by the institution. Failure to provide such documents or failure to graduate will nullify admission to the INI programs.

While the online form allows for submission of transcripts online, official paper documents are required to complete the application.

Letters of Recommendation

Three letters of recommendation are required. At least two of these should be from faculty or recent employers. People who recommend you should know you well and be able to evaluate the quality of your work.

Recommendations may be submitted electronically via the online form.

All applications should be submitted online along with recommendations. Paper applications will be accepted from those applicants who cannot access the online form. Download recommendation form (PDF)

Statement of Purpose

A Statement of Purpose of between 500-1,000 words should be uploaded to the online form in the appropriate section using the following format:


* Briefly state your objective in pursuing a master’s degree in information networking or information security.

* Describe your background in electrical engineering or computer science and other fields particularly relevant to your objective.

* Outline your research experience and list any publications.

* Include additional information you wish to supply to the admissions committee.


GRE

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is required; neither the GMAT nor GRE Subject Test is accepted for review. Applications will not be considered complete until an official copy of test scores is received by the institute. GRE scores will not be accepted if they are more than five years old.

Use Institution Code #2074 and Department Code #0404 (Information Sciences) to submit your GRE General Test scores through the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

To ensure that GRE scores reach the INI office before the application deadline, applicants should take the test no later than April 15.

TOEFL

All applicants whose native language/mother tongue is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Applicants who took the TOEFL in 2006 may still submit CBT (computer-based test) or PBT (paper-based test) scores. The INI will accept the PBT scores if the Internet-based test (iBT) is not offered in the applicant’s country.

Use Institution Code #8569 and Department Code #99 to submit your TOEFL score report. Admission decisions on applications without the required test scores may be delayed.

Applicants who have attended and graduated from a four-year undergraduate degree program at an accredited U.S. university may have this requirement waived.

Questions

If you have any questions or need help:

AIT

Admissions Office

0.8 KM Markopoulo Avenue

19002 Peania

Athens, Greece.

admissions@ait.gr.

Phone: +30 210 6682702

Web: www.ait.edu.gr

Shipping Address

Send any additional application materials that cannot be submitted online to:

Information Networking Institute

Admissions Committee

Carnegie Mellon University

4616 Henry Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

USA

To be considered for full scholarship, please refer to and complete the Application for Full Scholarship form(filetype: .pdf) (http://www.ait.edu.gr/acadPrograms/Forms/Scholarship_Form.pdf). Note that full scholarships are awarded according to candidates´ academic distinction and financial standing.

Click here for Online Application

Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) Fellowships 2009-2010

Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) Fellowships
See Here
Application form : here or see Here

Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2009-2010
Through its TRIL Programme operating under an agreement with the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), ICTP will offer, for the years 2009 and 2010, a number of grants to scientists from Developing Countries (including Central and Eastern Europe) interested in taking part in the training and research activities carried out at the OGS laboratories. The main lines of activity at the OGS groups are described in the announcement for the fellowships.

National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
(Trieste, Italy)

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (the Abdus Salam ICTP) and the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) will offer in the years 2009 - 2010 a number of grants to scientists from Developing Countries (Central and Eastern Europe included) interested in taking part in the training and research activities carried out at the OGS laboratories. The main lines of activity at the OGS groups are described in the Annex.
The minimum amount of these grants will be Euro 1,350 per month and stays longer than twelve months may be possible. Limited funds for travel expenses will be available in case these are not covered by other sources. Health insurance coverage will be provided for visitors and their accompanying family members. A monthly family allowance for those having dependant family members will be granted.
All applications and correspondence should be addressed to:

ICTP PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN ITALIAN LABORATORIES
the Abdus Salam INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste (Italy)

telefax (+39) 040/2240558 - telephone (+39) 040/2240553/556
e-mail: itlabs@ictp.trieste.it
web-page: here
The applicants should submit in duplicate copy the Application Form completed in dark legible print or type and attach the requested documents.
Applications should be submitted by March 2009

November 2008
Annex
Department of Oceanography
Fellowship coordinator: Gacic, M. (mgacic@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Experimental oceanography: studies of general circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, response to atmospheric forcing, statistical data analysis.
Fellowship coordinator: Crise, A. (acrise@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Numerical modelling of ocean dynamics and marine ecosystems, general circulation models for the Mediterranean and adjacent seas,
numerical studies of the coupling between biology and hydrodynamics, marine food web modelling, data assimilation applied to ecological parameters and fields.

Department of Marine Biology
Fellowship coordinator: Mosetti, R. (rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Marine biology with special emphasis to phytoplankton dynamics,
primary production and biogeochemical cycles.
Facilities as: microscopes, chemical and genetics laboratories, bacteria and plankton cultures.




Department for Development of Marine Technology and Research
Fellowship coordinator: Rebesco, M. (mrebesco@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Clastic marine sedimentation; Antarctic paleoclimate;
Geological structure reconstruction and tectonics;
Geophysical data acquisition and processing at sea;
Geotechnical properties of sediments.

Department of Geophysics of the Lithosphere
Fellowship coordinator: Seriani, G. (gseriani@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Exploration and environmental geophysics;
Geophysical data acquisition methods and seismic data processing; Measurement while drilling methods;
Wave propagation in complex geological structures;
Seismic inversion and tomography; Gas hydrate and CO2 geophysical modeling;
Gravity field methods, radar and satellite remote sensing.

Department of Seismological Research
Fellowship coordinator: Priolo E. (epriolo@ogs.trieste.it)
Minimum duration of stay: 6 months
Research themes: Local earthquake tomography;
High-resolution earthquake location methods;
Local site response from ground motion data;
Engineering seismology, earthquakes modelling and site response analysis;
Seismic network, innovative data analysis and data exchange;
GPS geodetic network for estimating the crustal deformation

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
AFTER THE SELECTION HAS TAKEN PLACE ONLY SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED. IN CASE YOU SHOULD NOT BE SELECTED, KINDLY NOTE THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL REMAIN ON FILE.

Shell Scholarships (UK and Netherland, 2009)

Shell offers scholarships to international students for postgraduate taught degrees at the partner universities in UK and Netherlands. Applications are open for international students (including Pakistani students) for the courses starting in 2009.

Deadline : Varies (for each partner university)

Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund
The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund (TSCSF) was established as a registered charity in 1997. Under various Masters programmes, TSCSF offers postgraduate students from developing countries the opportunity to study in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and gain skills that will make a long-term contribution to the further development of their countries. The scholarships are known as Shell Centenary Scholarships (in the UK), Royal Dutch Shell Centenary Scholarships (in the NL).

Eligibility
An applicant should normally be:
aged 35 or under
nationals of and resident in any country other than Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States and intending to return and take up permanent residence there after completion of the proposed programme of study intending to study a subject that will be of significant value in aiding the sustainable development of their home country
of sufficiently outstanding academic ability eg in the UK to have obtained a degree equivalent to a first class honours degree at a British University, in the NL to be able easily to obtain a place on the MSc programme.

fluent in spoken and written English
neither a current nor former employee of the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies
It is the intention that the scholarships be widely geographically distributed. In each year a large number of countries will be represented.

Scholarships will be awarded to those academically qualified applicants thought best able to contribute to the development of their home country by becoming leaders, decision-makers or opinion-formers. Preference will be given to those who have not yet had the opportunity to study in the UK and NL.



Each scholarship will cover tuition, accommodation, maintenance cost and a return airfare for the scholarship holder only.

Application Procedure
Scholarship application forms can only be obtained from the relevant universities. For details about Shell scholarships (deadline, application procedure and forms etc), please visit the relevant sections on the partner universities websites.

Partner Universities
Partners in the scheme are:
University of Cambridge, UK
Durham University, UK
The University of Edinburgh, UK
Imperial College London, UK
University of Leeds, UK
University of Oxford, UK
University College London, UK
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
University of Twente, Netherlands.
These universities also contribute to the funding of scholarships.
For More Details
http://www.shellscholar.org/home/index. html

PhD Deformation in thin films

PhD position: Deformation of thin films of NiTi shape memory alloy
Delft, 2628 CD, (Zuid-Holland)

, 40 hours per week Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter


Job description
The PhD student will produce NiTi films in a sputter deposition system at TU Delft. In order to find the conditions for 'good' films, he/she will characterize those films by X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM and EPMA. In collaboration with researchers at Philips MiPlaza in Eindhoven he/she will transfer NiTi films to a flexible substrate. The real interesting part of the project is the micro-mechanical testing inside the SEM at TU Delft. Here it will become clear whether or not there is a relation between thickness and deformability of the films. The PhD student will perform these tests, analyze the data and propose a model for the observed deformation behavior of thin NiTi films.

Although we have a research plan ready for this project, we are willing to deviate from that plan for a better one. Your research initiatives will be strongly appreciated. We also expect a PhD student to supervise undergraduate students in our group. This research project is part of the FOM-M2I programme Size dependent materials properties, in collaboration with five other Dutch University teams.

Research
NiTi (Nickel Titanium) is a shape memory alloy known for its application in satellite hinges, dental fixtures, and spectacle frames. Only recently NiTi has been prepared as a thin film.

In the present project the suitability of NiTi as metallization for flexible electronics will be investigated. For this application the deformation of NiTi films is of crucial importance. Shape memory metals exhibits pseudo-elasticity. This pseudo-elasticity allows bulk NiTi to be strained reversibly up to 6%.

Other work on thin film metallization for flexible electronics has demonstrated a huge thickness dependence of the 'strain to failure' for gold films. Thin gold films can be stretched far more than thick films, due to the coupling to the flexible substrate.

Requirements
University Graduate
The successful candidate is an experimental scientist who holds a masters degree in physics or materials science, preferably with experience in thin films or advanced analytical techniques. The successful candidate interacts easily with scientists from various disciplines and institutes.

Organization
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter
Surfaces & Interfaces group (S&I) is part of 'Materials Science and Engineering' (MSE) at TU Delft. The mission of 'Materials Science and Engineering' is to provide novel materials solutions to societal demands. The Surfaces & Interfaces group strives to do so by performing world-class research on coating properties and interactions of the environment with solid surfaces. Examples of present projects are: 'Thermal barriers', 'Corrosion protection' and 'Hard coatings'.



Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2569
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional conditions of employment:
When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist.
You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,569 euro gross per month.
You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM.
A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personeelsinformatie (in Dutch) or under Personnel (in English).

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof.dr. G.C.A.M. Janssen
Telephone number: +31 (0)15 278
E-mail address: g.c.a.m.janssen@tudelft.nl

Application
You can apply for this job before 28-05-2009 by sending your application to:

Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 2
2628 CD Delft
The Netherlands
E-mail address: application-3mE@tudelft.nl

Please quote vacancy # 3ME08.48

Please send your:
- Resume;
- Motivation on why you want to join the group (max. 1 page).

Applications without this motivation will not be taken into account. However, with this motivation your application will receive our full attention.

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT85050.

Putera Sampoerna Foundation

Putera Sampoerna Foundation, or publicly known as the Sampoerna Foundation or SF, was

Established in 2001 in response to the urgent need to improve the quality of education in

Indonesia. Amid severe budgetary cuts to education due to the prolonged economic crisis, its

Founders realized the importance of private sector institutions filling the gap in those educational

Areas critical to Indonesia’s development.


For more details

AUN/SEED-Net (ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network)

The AUN/SEED-Net Project with support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
provides scholarships for prospective applicants from AUN-SEED/Net Member Institutions to
pursue doctoral degrees in engineering at one of the following Japanese Supporting Universities:
Hokkaido University, Keio University, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Tokai University,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Toyohashi University of Technology, University of Tokyo,
Shibaura Institute of Technology, and Waseda University.
The fields of study that can be supported by the AUN/SEED-Net are as follows:
Civil Engineering (CE), Chemical Engineering (ChE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering
(EEE), Environmental Engineering (EnvE), Geological Engineering (GeoE), Information and
Communication Technology (ICT), Manufacturing Engineering (ManuE), Materials
Engineering (MatE), and Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (ME/AE).
Under the above 9 fundamental engineering fields, applicants, if interested, may also propose
any research topic(s) related to the new five (5) interdisciplinary areas (Biotechnology,
Disaster Mitigation, Environment, Natural Resources/Materials, and New/Renewable
Energy).

Although studying outside ASEAN countries, students under the Doctoral Degree Program in
Japan are encouraged to participate in AUN/SEED-Net’s network activities (e.g.
AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference, Collaborative Research activities, etc.) so as to create,
maintain, and deepen the linkage with Member Institutions (student’s sending institution and/or
student’s hosting institution when pursued master’s degree).

Qualifications
(1) Applicants must have a research-based master’s degree in relevant engineering field or to be
awarded the master’s degree before starting doctoral degree study.
(2) Applicants should be ranked within top 10% of the class for Bachelor’s Degree, in principle,
(a certified document of class rank is required).
(3) Applicant should have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3 or more in the 4-scale grading
system or at least 7.5 in the 10-scale grading system, with some English competency.
(4) Applicants must be outstanding graduates of Master’s Degree Program of AUN/SEED-Net
Project, or outstanding young teaching staff or research staff of Member Institutions, who are
strongly motivated to have a professional career as teaching staff at Member Institutions.
(5) Applicants, in principle, should have at least one recent (not older than 2 years) research
publication in refereed national or international journal.
(6) Applicants must be under the age of 35 at the time of enrollment and capable of carrying out independent research.

The duration of the scholarship is strictly three years.
Coverage of the Scholarships: Tuition fees, living expenses, health insurance, and a round-trip air ticket will be provided as per JICA regulations.

The applicants for the Doctoral Degree Program in Japan submit the AUN/SEED-Net’s Application Form for Scholarship along with other required documents (please refer to Application Form of the Doctoral Degree Program in Japan 2009, Item No. 12-13) to the contact person
of the Member Institutions to which the applicants belong (sending institutions). (List of
contact person at each Member Institution is given in Attachment 3.) Please note that at this
stage there is no need to submit application form of Japanese Supporting Universities.
(2) The contact person of each sending institution sends a collection of Application Forms
endorsed by the Member Institution to the AUN/SEED-Net Project. Please note that
individual application sent to AUN/SEED-Net Project will not be accepted. However,
Sending Institutions could submit the collection of application forms more than once towards
the Deadline.
(In case of applicants studying overseas, Application Forms as well as other required
documents can be submitted directly to AUN/SEED-Net, provided that the applicants request
the contact person of their respective Sending Institution to submit an endorsement letter to
AUN/SEED-Net.)
(3) The AUN/SEED-Net Project will check all required documents and request missing
documents from applicants through Sending Institutions, if necessary.
(4) The AUN/SEED-Net Project will conduct initial screening and send the results to applicants’
sending institutions. At the same time, the AUN/SEED-Net Project will consult with
concerned Japanese Supporting Universities for possibility of accepting the applicant in the
event that the applicant is awarded a scholarship and passes the entrance examination.
*Applicants are encouraged to contact by themselves a prospective advisor of your
preference at a Japanese Supporting University for consent on acceptance in the event the
applicant is awarded a scholarship and passes the entrance examination. It will be an
advantage in the screening process if the applicant can obtain and enclose such consent letter
(or copy of e-mail communication) from a prospective advisor in this application as it can
fasten the screening process.
(5) After the communication with Japanese Supporting Universities, the AUN/SEED-Net
Project prioritizes the applicants and sends the result to JICA Headquarters. JICA
Headquarters then make the decision on the selection of the successful applicants by April
2009.
(6) The AUN/SEED-Net Project informs the results to the Member Institutions to which the
applicants belong in April 2009, and provides the scholarship awardees with the respective
Japanese Supporting Universities’ Application Forms.
(7) The process after sending the Japanese Supporting Universities’ Application Forms may be
different from country to country. AUN/SEED-Net, in cooperation with the JICA Local
Office in the respective countries, will advise the scholarship awardees on the necessary
procedures.

Submission Deadlines of the Application Form
Applications for the Doctoral Degree Program in Japan should be submitted both in soft copy
and in printed form, by October 31 (Fri), 2008 to the AUN/SEED-Net Project. They must be
signed by the Dean or the Representative of the AUN/SEED-Net Member Institution to which
the applicants originally belong.

for more details downloadDoctoral Degree Program Application Guide and the Doctoral Degree Application Form