Bentley Cropping Systems Fellowship for Developing Countries, Canada

Brief Description This Fellowship (a bequest from Helen S. Bentley and C. Fred Bentley) provides assistance to Canadian and developing-country graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country. In principle, IDRC supports research on all parts of the developing regions of the...

International PhD Scholarships at la Caixa CNIO Foundation, Mexico

Brief Description In 2008 “la Caixa” Foundation launched a scholarship programme to offer interdisciplinary training and research opportunities to outstanding young graduate students of any nationality to pursue a PhD project at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). The “la Caixa”/CNIO international PhD programme offers cross-disciplinary training in state-of-the-art basic and...

LRI PhD Programme and PhD positions 2012 at University College London, UK

Brief Description We are looking for talented and motivated recent graduates or final year undergraduates, with backgrounds in biological sciences, physics, chemistry, maths and computing, who have decided that they want to do a PhD and: have or expect to gain a first/upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject; have laboratory or research experience (either as part of or outside of a...

International Student Research Fellowships at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

Brief Description HHMI`s new fellowship program supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies. HHMI will award three-year fellowships to international students to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program. Eligible biomedical-related fields include biology, chemistry, physics,...

Master and PhD Scholarships at Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), China

Brief Description Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science (hereinafter referred to as “SIAT”), offers 8 Master`s Degree programs and 2 PhD Degree programs to international students. The duration of a Master program is 2-3 years, and a PhD program 3-6 years. A degree certificate and a graduation certificate will be awarded to those who have completed the prescribed courses and...

PhD Studentship in Lowering the operating temperature of catalysts for diesel particulat destruction at Cardiff School of Chemistry, UK

Brief Description Project Title: Lowering the operating temperature of catalysts for diesel particulat destruction Project Description: Current technologies for controlling the emission of particulate from diesel vehicles rely on the reaction of NOx with the carbon content of the particles. However, the exhaust produced by passenger cars is often not hot enough, or does not contain enough NOx, to remove all the...

Newcastle University Foundation Scholarships for International Students, UK

Brief Description Newcastle University and INTO Newcastle University invites applications for the Newcastle University Foundation Scholarships. The scholarships have been created to assist international fee-paying students, who need to complete a Foundation programme before enrolling on a Newcastle University undergraduate degree programme. The scholarships are available to all international students applying for...

PhD Studentship in The significance of the oxidation state of gold in heterogeneous catalysis at Cardiff School of Chemistry, UK

Brief Description Gold is widely recognised as having enormous promise in heterogeneous catalysis but development has been hindered by the lack of fundamental understanding of reaction mechanism. The aim of the present theoretical investigation of the gold/carbon hydrochlorination catalyst is to provide new insights into the topic by taking advantage of the ability to change the halide counter ion to explore the...