Applications are invited for an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship to be held at Cambridge University in Colloid Science as broadly interpreted within the fields of biology, surface chemistry, materials science and nanotechnology. These Fellowships are intended to provide an opportunity for independent research. Applications are encouraged from individuals who have completed or expect to have completed a PhD by 1 October 2010, as well as from those who have spent a cumulative total of not more than three years in post-doctoral research.

VIB, life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium will select 4 candidates for a fully funded 4-year Ph.D. program. VIB offers challenging interdisciplinary research projects with individual guidance and support. Holders of Master degree in life sciences (e.g. biology, biochemistry, biotechnology), physics, engineering, chemistry, or related fields are eligible.

Chalmers offres 5 PhD student positions in basic sciences. Depending on PhD-project, a suitable background of applicants is a university masters degree in either physics, engineering physics, astronomy physics, mathematics, computer science, chemistry or chemical engineering. The successful candidate will conduct doctoral studies within the fundamental sciences, in line with the intentions described in the application. The position will be placed at the department of the candidate’s choice. The position is limited to maximum five years.

The International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) offers 9 one-year doctoral scholarships a year to excellent students wishing to pursue a doctorate in the study of culture.

The University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Siena are currently organizing the 7TH EDITION of the JEAN MONNET INTERNATIONAL EU SUMMER SEMINARS, to be held in Siena and Rome.The seminars will consist from 3 modules:

• EU INSTITUTIONS AND DECISION MAKING AFTER THE LISBON TREATY
• THE EU FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICIES UNDER THE LISBON TREATY
• THE FRONTIERS OF EUROPE

The Seminars address primarily to PhD students and young professionals, but they can be particularly useful also for other graduate students, people working in NGOs, national administrations, interest groups, medias etc. Exceptionally skilled senior undergraduate students can be accepted on an individual base.

Faculty of Law of McGill University offers The O’Brien Fellowships for outstanding Masters or Doctoral students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law, McGill University and for those who will enroll in the LL.M. or D.C.L. program at McGill.Fellowships are valued at $25,000 per annum, renewable once for Masters (LL.M.) students and twice for Doctoral (D.C.L.) students. O’Brien Fellows also benefit from a differential fee waiver, meaning that they pay fees at the level of Quebec residents, and one travel grant per year to present their research results at an academic conference. Successful applicants will have an outstanding academic record and a strong research proposal in the field of human rights and legal pluralism.

The Summer Institute offers intensive summer programs for students, undergraduate and graduate, and professionals in a variety of fields. For PhD students and professionals from NGOs engaged in the themes of individual institutes. The institutes for the summer 2010 are:

• Popular Culture and the City: The Case of Amsterdam (June 13 – 25, 2010)
• Groups at Risk: Citizenship and Civic Participation (July 5 – 16, 2010)
• Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction (July 5 – 16, 2010)
• Sexuality, Culture, and Society (July 12 – August 6, 2010)

Bavorské Státní ministerstvo pro vědu, výzkum a umění v akademickém roce 2010/11 opět udělí roční stipendia absolventům/kám VŠ ze zemí bývalého východního bloku. Stipendium slouží k financování doktorského, nástavbového či postgraduálního studia na některé z bavorských vysokých škol. Nejprve je poskytnuto na jeden rok a na základě žádosti může být až dvakrát prodlouženo (celkem tedy až na tři roky). Stipendium dosahuje výše 700 eur měsíčně. Rodiče minimálně jednoho dítěte, kteří jsou buď samoživiteli nebo mají nezaměstnaného partnera, mohou získat měsíční stipendium 860 eur.

this year of Robotic International Summer School (RISS) has the objective to introduce students to the state-of-the-art methods and applications in the several areas of robotics including humanoid robotics, mobile robot navigation and interaction, visual processing for robotics. The school program is intended for Master, Graduate, Postgraduate, PhD students and researchers in the area of robotics and autonomous systems.

IIASA's annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) is a three-month (June–August) research program for around fifty advanced students whose research experience corresponds to a level typical of a researcher about two years prior to receiving a PhD or equivalent, and whose interests correspond with IIASA's ongoing research. IIASA is focusing on various aspects of environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of global change. Three core themes are environment and natural resources, population and society, energy and technology.