Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) aims to facilitate academic exchanges and cooperation between CAS institutes and international institutes and universities, and development of talented scientists by attracting young international scientists to conduct cooperative research at CAS institutes for 12 months. Applicants should choose their research projects/ co-researcher and their host institute of CAS.

Applications are invited for an EU funded PhD programme at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), including secondments to industrial and university partners. 2 positions are available starting from October 2010. The positions are for 36 months duration. The research focuses on marine biotic proxies and modeling of past climate changes in high northern latitudes. It will be implemented through a joint research project aiming to describe and identify the mechanisms and impacts of recent environmental changes in the Nordic Seas.
PhD project 1: Focuses on bulk organic matter proxies to reconstruct surface water productivity changes during Holocene climate variability.
PhD project 2: Focuses on the controlling mechanisms for organic matter sedimentation and preservation in the Barents Sea.

Symantec is accepting applications for the 2011 Fellowships. Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowships will be awarded to outstanding Ph.D. and M.S. students who attend a U.S. or European university in a program focused on technology research. A key goal of the program is to fund innovative research in areas of Symantec's business interests in information security, availability, and integrity. Fellowship participants also gain first hand research and development experience through guidance and mentorship from a top scientist of Symantec Research Labs during the fellowship period. Each participant is also encouraged to spend a summer working with their mentor at Symantec on a research project in their area of interest.

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is currently seeking to
recruit appropriately qualified staff for a number of open vacancies.

The Ongoing vacancies
Gender Expert
Senior Researcher/Analyst
Human Resources Administrative Agent
Online Communications Officer
Senior Communications Officer

Place of work is Vilnius, Lithuania.

Doctoral School in Sociology and Political Science – Sociology Programme (University of Turin), Graduate School in Social, Economic and Political Sciences (University of Milan) and Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Turin) invites abstracts for the International Summer School “Global Crisis, Welfare Responses and Social Inequalities”. The summer school is devoted to PhD students and young researchers.

The Fundação Oriente awards scholarships for doctorate degrees as well as research work on subjects connecting Far Eastern countries to Portugal in any field of knowledge. The Fundação Oriente also awards scholarships for research work or doctorate degrees in science and technology both to nationals from Far Eastern countries who wish to work at a Portuguese university and to Portuguese researchers wishing to undertake similar work at Far Eastern universities.

IBS Hyderabad University invites proposals for 4th International Doctoral Theses Conference which aims to identify the gap between theory and practice and to fill the gap with suitable suggestions. It will be the platform for intellectual interaction, and give feedback for the research scholars.

The overall aim of the Max Weber Programme (MWP), the largest postdoctoral training programme in the Social and Human Sciences in the world, is to support the fellows in the development of a successful academic career. The Fellowships are awarded for 12 or 24 months. Candidates should indicate the preferred period in their application.
The EUI reserves the right to award 12 months due to the high demand for MWP Fellowships. The basic stipend is € 2,000 per month.

Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) are aimed at improving the career perspectives of European researchers who are in the first five years of their career by offering structured training in well defined scientific and technological areas as well as providing complementary skills and exposing the researchers to other sectors including private companies.

The Social Development Programme of ERSTE Foundation invites researchers, scientists and practitioners from Central Europe, South Eastern Europe and Austria studying or dealing with socio-demographic change in Central and South Eastern Europe to apply for fellowships. These fellowships will be awarded based on a proposal for a research paper or project dealing with the issue: Migration and its effects on demographic and economic development in CEE.