Sabtu, 10 Juli 2010

8 PhD fellowships in ICT at Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy grad school scholarships

8 PhD fellowships in ICT at Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy :
Beasiswa Scholarships : Scuola superiore Sant'Anna

Call for application A.Y. 2010-11 - Non EU citizens

ONLINE APPLICATION
http://www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline

Selection overview

The Ph.D. in Innovative Technologies of Information & Communication Engineering and Robotics is a three-year residential program with highly interdisciplinary connotation, where students can specialize in one of the following curricula:
- Embedded Systems, with emphasis on real-time systems and resource management.
- Telecommunications, especially referring to networks and photonic technologies.
- Biorobotics, including micro-engineering, biomedical engineering, biomimetic robotics, rehabilitation technologies and computer assisted surgery.
- Perceptual Robotics, with emphasis on telerobotics, cognitive robotics and virtual environments.


Admission Requirements

Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) or a Master of Arts (M.A.) or equivalent title.
Applicants should not be older than 35 years on May 27, 2010; older than 35 may be exceptionally admitted by the Examination Committee.
the candidates whose native language is not English should hold an internationally acknowledged certificate specifying their intermediate-level of English knowledge.

Positions and grants:

8 positions with 8 fellowships (amounting to € 14.500 per year + free meals at school's canteen + Campus facilities):
- 1 positions for curriculum Embedded Systems
- 3 positions for curriculum Telecommunications
- 3 positions for Biorobotics
- 1 position for Perceptual Robotics

- The School reserves the possibility of accepting up to a maximum of 8 further students without grant or other forms of financial support.
2 positions announced in this Call are dedicated to candidates with Research Projects in the field of Micro-Biorobotics, since the scholarships assigned are supported within the Agreement that Scuola Sant'Anna subscribed with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) of Genova with the aim of promoting fundamental and applied research and creating a Research Center in Micro-BioRobotics at Scuola Sant'Anna.

Deadlines:

Candidates are requested to apply online at: www.sssup.it/phdapplicationonline by May 27, 2010, 12.00 pm GMT. In case of problems with the online application, please contact the PhD Admin. Office (tel. +39 050 88.33.36/83, e-mail: techschool@sssup.it).

An hardcopy of the application (signed by the candidate), together with the enclosures requested, must reach by June 3, 2010, regardless of forwarding date:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca
Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33
56127 PISA, Italy
"Application PhD in Innovative Technologies" must be written on the envelope.

Application and attachments

- Enclosures to the hard copy of the applications:

a.the copy of their passport;
b.two copies of their complete Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum covering scientific training, professional experiences, publications and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate; please use the UE model. ;
c.photocopy of Candidate's University Master Degree (to be translated in Italian or in English except those written in French, German, Spanish)
d.the detailed list of academic courses taken. This list should contain information regarding credits, units (or equivalent) received, the grades received for each class taken, and the date when the final (or semester) examination was taken;
e.one a copy of their degree thesis (or two abstracts in English) and a copy of any other publication that they deem suitable;
f.the certificates of knowledge of the English language;
g.two copies of a Research Project, of no more than 3.000 words which describes the research activities that applicants would like to perform during the PhD course. The Research Project will include:
- a title;
- the scientific premises and the relevant bibliography;
- the aim and expectations of the research;
- the experimental methods and data analysis methods which will be used, where required;suitable;
h.at least two recommendation letters written by Faculty Members or other academics who have assessed and/or supervised the applicant's work during his/her university studies, offering a comparative evaluation of the learning achievements, research potential, maturity, and professional inclinations of the candidate;
i.a numbered list of the documents attached.

Selection of applicants

Assessment of the Titles: assessment of all the submitted documents and publications, including the CV, and the Research Project.
Beginning of the PhD Programme

The PhD Programme will start on November 3, 2010

Information

techschool@sssup.it
tel. +39 050 88.33.36, +39 050 88.33.83

Attached documents:
Call for applications- Non EU Citizens (file pdf, 60 Kb)
CV European template (file doc, 113 Kb)

http://www.sssup.it/context.jsp?ID_LINK=473&area=46

Jumat, 09 Juli 2010

National Polytechnic Institute PhD and Masters Scholarships

Do you want to study in Mexico? The National Polytechnic Institute, Campuses Mexico City and Queretaro, Mexico offers scholarship for PhD and Masters. A number of fully funded PhD and Masters Studentships for students outside Mexico may be available within the graduate Program in Mathematics at the Center of Research and of Advanced Studies. We are one of the most important and prestigious postgraduate and research institutions in Mexico. The Department hosts annually several international mathematical events including the José Adem Memorial Lecture Series, www.math.cinvestav.mx/ADEM, the NAS-Cinvestav Lectures, organized jointly with the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, www.math.cinvestav.mx/NASLectures, and the Solomon Lefschetz Memorial Lecture Series, www.math.cinvestav.mx/lefschetz, among other meetings.

The Department of Mathematics at CINVESTAV offers an international level PhD program in mathematics. The Department has about 30 full time professors with an active research agenda in algebraic topology, algebra, algebraic geometry, combinatorics, complex analysis (several complex variables, Clifford analysis and applications), functional analysis, mathematical physics, number theory, optimization, optimal control of stochastic systems, probability (including finance, stochastic games, Markov processes) among other fields. PhD studentships are available for outstanding students (a G.P.A of at least 4.0/5.0 in the master’s studies is required, and recommendation letters). A working knowledge of English is necessary, while proficiency in Spanish is helpful and ought to be acquired after two years. Applicants should arrange informally to have a PhD supervisor from the faculty of the Department before submitting an application. Applications for the PhD program are accepted throughout the year. For further details, please contact Prof. W. A. Zuniga-Galindo, wazuniga@math.cinvestav.edu.mx, or any member of the faculty matching research interests.

For the Master’s program in Mathematics studentships are also available. An entrance exam and also a minimum G.P.A of 4.0/5.0 are required. The courses for the Master’s program are delivered in Spanish. For further details (including scholarships) contact Professor Zuniga-Galindo.

For further and complete guide, please go to: http://www.math-jobs.com/j.php?i=20