PhD Program at the International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Germany

June 30, 2010

Application process consists of three steps:

(1) the online registration (below). All registrations will be reviewed and qualified applicants will be invited to

(2) submit a full application with your regular application documents by email.

(3) Top candidates will be selected for an interview.

To start your application, please access the online registration form below and answer all the questions. Please allow some time for the completion as detailed information is requested.

We suggest that you have a look at the questionnaire and study all solicited entries before starting to fill it in. In particular, you should pay special attention to

1. ?the short essay on your motivation to be part of the IMPRS-gBGC

2. ?indicate your preference for one of the research projects or a member of the faculty.

It might be a good idea to take your time and to prepare more detailed answers off-line first. Be aware that once you exit the questionnaire, every entry is lost!

After a successful registration an automated email will be sent to you confirming your registration.We will inform you in a second email about your admission to the second application phase.

Successful candidates will be offered a highly communicative scientific environment, a comprehensive mentoring program as well as a Ph.D. stipend for three years. The studies will start in October 2010.

Online registration (June 20 – August 10, 2010)

For further information:

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EPSRC/AHRC FUNDED Digital Media PhD Research Studentship Personal Narratives and Computational Provenance, London

Job Description: This studentship will form part of the interdisciplinary EPSRC/AHRC funded PATINA collaborative research project. PATINA aims to provide researchers of all kinds, including academics, creative practitioners and citizen researchers, with new opportunities to create research spaces that integrate physical, digital and personal space and support the sharing of research activities as well as results. The consortium will build wearable prototypes that can enhance research objects by projecting related information back into their research space. The PhD research will investigate the relationship between the researcher’s ‘research journey’, its capture in the archive and how it is replayed and shared with others.

Further Details
Background and Context
The University of Greenwich is offering a fully funded PhD studentship, based at the University`s Institute of Converging Arts and Sciences (ICAS), to explore the relationship between computational (data) provenance and personal narrative as archival forms. This is an exciting opportunity for interdisciplinary research, forming part of the multidisciplinary project PATINA (Personal Architectonics of Interfaces to Artefacts), which is a collaboration between six universities, (Greenwich, Bristol, Brighton, Newcastle, Southampton and Swansea) and involves researchers from the humanities, the arts and computer science.

Funded by the EPSRC and the AHRC through the RCUK Digital Economy programme, this £1.7 m project will provide researchers of all kinds, including academics, creative practitioners and citizen researchers, with new opportunities to create research spaces that emphasise the primacy of research material, and support the sharing of research activities as well as results. The consortium will build wearable prototypes that can enhance research objects by projecting related information back into their research space. These technologies will also provide the means to capture, record, and replay the researcher`s activities to support intuitive archiving, sharing and publication of interactions with research objects. The design of the technologies will draw on theoretical frameworks of space developed from studies of research spaces as diverse as libraries, museums, homes and archaeological fieldwork sites.

Role Description
The PhD Studentship field of study will be situated within the established body of research that explores the relationship between history and archive, and within the study of categorisation systems through which it is possible to articulate knowledge and being. The project will focus on the researcher’s interaction with the research object and with the archive that is created of his or her activities. It will examine the relationship between the researcher’s ‘research journey’, its capture in the archive and how it is replayed and shared with others. It will explore and establish links between the researcher’s personal narrative and the field of computational provenance, which seeks to model ways of recording and representing the history and therefore the authority and viability of data and information generated within computer systems.

Close on: 28July2010

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MSc Studentship:Design System for in-Vehicle Health Management, University of Cranfield, UK

Job Description:Cranfield University’s IVHM Centre has an exciting research opportunity for a motivated graduate, to undertake research in design systems for vehicle health management.

IVHM is a pioneering centre of excellence with core partners Boeing, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Meggitt and Thales, MoD, Alstom Transport and EEDA. The Centre aims to enable the incorporation of IVHM technology into UK and global businesses; generating awareness of the benefits in business productivity, environmental impact, and vehicle performance.

This project is seeking a researcher to join the team currently working on the Centre’s Design System project. The successful applicant will work on consolidating the methods and toolsets used by the different industrial partners and develop a set of good practice, which will be tested through real life case studies.

This project is initially for one year. However, this could lead to a project extension or further training opportunities.
Technical Schools Research Students Training Programme

The successful candidate will attend Cranfield University’s ‘Technical Schools Research Students Training Programme’ which is designed to equip students with research skills required during their research studies and in their future careers. This programme consists of a series of one-day events, coupled with smaller interactive group sessions.

Entry Requirements
Applicants should have a first or upper second class UK honours degree in an engineering related discipline. A strong engineering background with a good understanding in condition based monitoring is desirable. Knowledge of signal processing, design methods and technical documentation would also be advantageous.

Funding
*Supported by Cranfield’s IVHM Centre this studentship will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only. Non UK/EU students will have to pay the remainder of their tuition fees before commencing their studies. Applicants are also eligible for a bursary of up to £16,000 p.a. for one year dependent upon qualifications and experience.

How to apply
If you are eligible to apply for this research studentship, please complete the Application Formor you can request that we post one to you. Alternatively you may wish toapply online. For further information contact us today:

School of Applied Sciences
T: +44 (0)1234 754086
E: appliedsciences@cranfield.ac.uk

Closing Date: 13 august 2010

Please note that we are unable to consider submissions for specific research studentships that fall outside of the stated eligibility criteria.

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$1,500 College Scholarship, USA

Eligibility: The 2010 CollegeWeekLive BACK TO SCHOOL $1,500 Scholarship is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. students. Applicants must be high school students or graduates (graduating with the high school class of 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) at the time of application and must enroll no later than the fall of 2012 in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher learning (college, university or trade school) in the U.S. Applicants are eligible to win only if they register online and login at www.CollegeWeekLive.com to attend the CollegeWeekLive BACK TO SCHOOL virtual event August 5, 2010 between 12:00:00 AM and 11:59:59 PM EST. Current employees, officers, directors and agents of Sponsor and its related companies and members of their immediate families (defined as spouse, parents, siblings and children) and persons residing at the same address are not eligible to win. Void where prohibited.

How To Enter: There are two requirements for entering this scholarship program:

2.a. Apply online by registering on the Sponsor?s website (http://www.collegeweeklive.com) no later than August 5, 2010 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time. Limit one (1) Application per person. Application includes name, contact, and school information.

2.b. Additionally, applicants must login and participate in CollegeWeekLive BACK TO SCHOOL virtual event, held August 5, 2010 between 12:00:00 AM and 11:59:59 PM. All Applications become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, or unintelligible entries. By submitting an Application, you will be registered to participate in CollegeWeekLive virtual events. By applying to this scholarship program, you fully and unconditionally accept and agree to these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding.

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CFUW International Fellowships and Awards 2011 for Women

Job Description: Each year, CFUW provides a range of post-graduate awards and fellowships to women through its Charitable Trust Fund. The CFUW Fellowships and Awards Program is an affirmative action program as provided for in the Constitution of Canada and eligibility is restricted to women.

CFUW’s Fellowship and Award winners have produced work in a variety of academic areas, including international humanitarian efforts, feminist and gender analysis, advanced science, medicine, social justice and human rights for women and girls.

CFUW FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012

CFUW Fellowships and Awards Program is an affirmative action program as provided for in the Constitution of Canada.
Eligibility for these fellowships and awards is restricted to women.

The CFUW Fellowships and Awards Competition for Academic Year 2011-2012 is now open. The deadline for mailing completed applications is postmark date NOVEMBER 1, 2010.

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