Free Scholarship Program 2010

This program was established to assist promising and highly qualified young foreign researchers wishing to conduct research in Japan. It is aimed at providing opportunities for such researchers to, under the guidance of their hosts, conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions, thereby permitting them to advance their own research while stimulating Japanese academic circles, particularly young Japanese researchers, through close collaboration in scientific activities. Such collaboration is also intended to advance scientific research in the counterpart countries. (Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12 to 24 months.)
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*Postdoc in biostatistics*

*Job description:*

Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, offers a new
position as postdoc. The position is to be filled as soon as possible.

Department of Biostatistics offers teaching for undergraduate as well as for
postgraduate students at the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Department of
Biostatistics conducts general biostatistical research and participates in
research projects within epidemiological, clinical and health promotional
research – in particular within methodological aspects of aging studies,
twin- and family studies, fertility and human reproduction, human micro
array expression, evaluation of clinical interventions, translational
medicine, pharmaceutics, proteomics and sports science.

Your job

The applicant will be part of a research team in biodemographic studies of
aging and longevity where the applicant will put special focus on
biostatistical modeling of biomarkers of aging.
Part of your responsibility will be to do teaching at undergraduate as well
as at postgraduate level within the Faculty of Health Sciences. At the
moment the Department of Biostatistics offers courses in general
biostatistical methods, analysis of repeated measurements, survival analysis
and analysis of twin data. The position also requires research in
biostatistics, including publication and scientific communication. The
department has its focus on developing statistical methods that are at an
international level and that solves real applied problems within health
sciences and related areas. You will also take part in the departments
biostatistical consulting service – in 2009 the department had more than 100
contacts with empirical researchers that needed statistical assistance. Some
of these contacts lead to formal collaboration resulting in publications in
international journals.

Your qualifications

Appointment as postdoc requires research and teaching qualifications
corresponding to the level that can be achieved by a successfully
accomplished appointment as PhD student, although it may be obtained
otherwise. Appointees as postdocs are presumed to have a documented
scientific production (at PhD level) as well as documented teaching
qualifications.

*Application, salary, etc.:*

For further information, please contact Professor Torben Martinussen,
e-mail: tmartinussen@health.sdu.dk, Associate Professor, Jacob Hjelmborg,
e-mail: jhjelmborg@health.sdu.dk , or Professor Jim Vaupel, email:
jvaupel@health.sdu.dk. We also recommend to visit our website – see the link
below.

The position is limited to two years duration.

An expert committee, appointed by the university, will assess all
applications, and the applicants will be individually informed of their
assessment by the university.

Appointment will take place according to the agreement between the Ministry
of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).

The application must contain

• A cover letter
• A CV including relevant personal data and formal qualifications
• A complete and numbered list of publications
• up to 5 publications considered as the most important for this application
and marked in the list of publications
• A teaching portfolio (see the link below)
• A brief summary of the most important research achievements and visions
and plans for research in the position applied for.

For particulars, please see the links below “Instruction for applicants for
academic posts”.

The application – including relevant documents as mentioned above attached –
must be marked “position no. 101058” and submitted as Word-doc.- or Adobe
PDF-files to The Faculty of Health Sciences by e-mail to
elohmann@health.sdu.dk, Attn.: Office Manager Elisabeth Lohmann Andersen.

Deadline for the application is August 16, 2010, at 12 am

The University encourages all persons interested in the position to apply,
regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity.

*Read more:*
Department of Biostatistics <http://www.biostat.sdu.dk/>
Instructions for applicants for academic posts at the Faculty of Health
Sciences <http://www1.sdu.dk/health/jobs/instructions/>
Commets to instructions for applicants for academic
posts<http://www1.sdu.dk/health/jobs/instructions/comapplication.php>

*Closing date *16 August, 2010 at 12 noon
*Location:* Odense

Mark application *Job ID 101058* and send it to:

pr. e-mail to elohmann@health.sdu.dk

details in <http://www.jobs.sdu.dk/vis_stilling.php?id=6021&lang=eng>

The Mathematics Center Heidelberg (MATCH) offers postdoctoral scholarships to qualified young scientists within the period of October 1st 2010 ending latest on September 30th 2012. These scholarships can be awarded for 1-year or 2-year periods.
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At the newly founded Chair for Biomedical X-Ray Physics (E17) in the Department of Physics we are now offering a 3-year GSISH- funded Ph.D. position for an interdisciplinary project on Modelling of X-Ray Phase-Contrast in the field of Biomedical Imaging/ X-ray Physics/ Biomedical Engineering.
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PhD Student in Dose Guided Radiation Therapy-Netherland

MAASTRO CLINIC is a radiotherapy treatment and research facility embedded within the GROW research institute of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Maastricht University. Research carried out in the past has focused on molecular PET/CT imaging, computer aided theragnostics and dose guided radiotherapy (DGRT). In the latter we have developed techniques to determine the real dose delivered to the patient during radiotherapy, based on portal imaging and cone beam imaging technology. We have successfully introduced this methodology in the clinic. We are now expanding our DGRT research activities by using time-resolved 4D portal imaging.
MAASTRO, Maastricht Radiation Oncology, is a co-operation between MAASTRO CLINIC, the University of Maastricht (UM) and the University Hospital Maastricht (MUMC+) (see www.maastro.nl). MAASTRO consists of several divisions, including MAASTRO CLINIC, which offers state-of-the-art radiotherapy to more than 3500 cancer patients each year from the mid and South Limburg area in the Netherlands. In addition, research and training at MAASTRO is carried out in MAASTRO Physics, MAASTRO Trials, MAASTRO School, and MAASTRO Lab.
MAASTRO CLINIC has seven permanent physicists, several technicians, informaticians, and 13 PhD students/postdocs and is fully equipped with linear accelerators, verification imaging devices, a brachytherapy suite, a PET-CT scanner, a wide bore CT scanner, many treatment planning stations etc. Together with MAASTRO lab we installed a small animal irradiation/imaging facility. MAASTRO collaborates with TU/Eindhoven, University of Toronto, the McGill University of Montreal, the University of Leuven, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and we host a large international in-silico trial on particle therapy.

MAASTRO CLINIC has a vacancy for a:

PhD student in Dose Guided Radiation Therapy with
time-resolved 4D portal imaging (M/F)

In this position you will carry out research in dose guided radiotherapy for various cancer sites, e.g. lung. You will develop a method for obtaining 4D (time-resolved) portal images of a patient during treatment, and use these images to quantify and comprehend changes in patient geometry compared to the planning CT, and other potential causes of divergence. You will also use these images to reconstruct the true received dose during daily treatment fractions and compare this dose to the planned dose. For this you will use the (4D) cone-beam CT images acquired during the treatment. You will help develop protocols for adaptive radiotherapy based on your findings.

We are looking for a candidate with a masters degree (or equivalent) in Physics or Engineering. We expect you to have a GPA of at least 3.5/4 for your Masters degree. Experience with image processing is highly valued, and experience with adaptive radiotherapy is a plus. Programming experience and enthusiasm for it is a must. The enthusiastic candidate that we are looking for must be fluent in English. You must provide two letters of reference.

Conditions of Employment and salary are based on the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Hospitals (CAO-Ziekenhuizen). You will receive a fulltime contract (36 hours/week) for an initial period of one year, with the intention for extension up to 4 years. Your salary will be according to the scale of scientific researcher 4 of MAASTRO CLINIC, and is depending on your relevant experience. Furthermore the Collective Labour Agreement offers an extended package of secondary conditions, among others an 8%-holiday bonus, a yearly bonus and excellent pension arrangements and health insurance arrangements.

Further information may be obtained from Frank Verhaegen, Head of Physics Research, by e-mail: frank.verhaegen@maastro.nl or by calling +31-(0)88-4455792. Please also visit www.maastro.nl and www.grow-um.nl

Your application letter, Curriculum Vitae, reference letters and listing of publications can be sent before the 1st of Sept 2010 to the attention of Ms. E. Dekkers, human resource officer, MAASTRO CLINIC, P.O. Box 3035, 6202 NA Maastricht, or by e-mail to: personeelszaken@maastro.nl

A position for a PhD student in the area of pharmacognosy is available at the School of Pharmaceutical sciences, University of Geneva. The research project aims at testing the anticancer activity of plant extracts and investigating more in depth the mechanisms of pure natural products with a good in vitro activity.
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The European Regional Master’s Degree in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe (ERMA), is a regional interdisciplinary one–year full time MA programme. It is established in 2000, by eleven participating universities and research centers, coordinated by the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies of the University of Sarajevo in cooperation with the University of Bologna through its Istituto per l’Europa Centro–Orientale e Balcanica. The ERMA programme is an educational activity intended for students that would combine practical experience in human rights issues with further academic study.
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Rabobank, a leading bank in the world in food and agribusiness sector, providing IPB–Rabobank Undergraduate Scholarship Academic Year 2010-2011 to the IPB must clearly indicate Rabobank’s commitment to contribute to the development of agriculture sector in Indonesia, one of which is to improve the quality of education. Rabobank Undergraduate Scholarships to prioritize the need for financial support as well as evaluating achievements during high school and the first months of college in selecting candidates.
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The African Graduate Fellowship is a competitive fellowship program for bright, highly motivated African students interested in pursuing a master’s degree at AUC.  Each year, fellowships are offered to nationals of African countries (not including Egyptians) for full-time study (9 credits or more) in any of the graduate programs offered at AUC.
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International Students Undergraduate Scholarships USA 2010 are eligible for need-based and merit-based financial aid, and are encouraged to apply. At Colby-Sawyer we strive to acknowledge the abilities and accomplishments of our students. Through a variety of scholarships and awards, the college recognizes academic achievement, community service and leadership experience.
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