PhD Studentship at University of Cambridge

Overview
The lifetime extension of existing highway and building reinforced concrete infrastructure is a priority for economic prosperity and sustainability. This project will examine the use of fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) for the shear strengthening of slab-on-beam reinforced concrete structures typically used in large bridges or buildings.

The mechanics of shear failures in unstrengthened, and strengthened, reinforced concrete structures are complex. An innovative experimental investigation of local behaviour will initially be undertaken using prototype specimens. The results` implications will be used to investigate the overall behaviour of T-beams of different depths, with both testing and analytical modelling of unstrengthened and strengthened beams. The performance of practical slab-on-beam structures, and the impact of strengthening interventions to extend service life, will then be assessed.

A PhD Studentship at the University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, is available for UK/EU students from 5 January 2012. Applicants must have a strong first degree in a relevant engineering or science subject. Knowledge of structural analysis and design and/or mechanics of materials is particularly desirable. The studentship includes maintenance at the standard EPSRC rates and covers approved College and University fees for UK/EU over a 3.5 year period.

The research is funded by the EPSRC with support from Parsons Brinckerhoff, Tony Gee and Partners, Arup, Mouchel, The Highways Agency, Concrete Repairs Ltd, and The Concrete Society, and will be conducted in partnership with the University of Bath. The project provides an exciting opportunity to interact with an influential Steering Group and to engage in reciprocal research dialogue and visits with the University of Bath.

Please send a covering letter, a CV, your academic transcripts, and the names of two academic referees who can be contacted should you be short-listed, to Lorna Everett, Structures Group Administrator (Div D), Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, (Tel +44 (0)1223 332725, Fax +44 (0)1223 332662, email lje31@cam.ac.uk), to reach her not later than 23rd September 2011.

Please include reference to `PhD Studentship - Lifetime extension of reinforced concrete slab-on-beam structures ` in any correspondence. Informal enquiries about this post may be addressed to Dr Janet Lees (jmL2@eng.cam.ac.uk).

* Limit of tenure: 3.5 years

Vacancy Reference No: NA08767

Closing date: 23 September 2011.

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

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Panasonic Scholarship 2012

Panasonic Scholarship provides promising students from these countries a good opportunity to do research in universities in Japan and enable them to contribute to the development of their countries and to promote friendship between these countries and Japan in the 21st Century.

In 2011, Panasonic Scholarship Co. Ltd., Panasonic Corporation, in cooperation with Panasonic Group of Companies in Indonesia are very excited to offer the Panasonic Scholarship for Year 2012. We are happy to announce that, the Panasonic Scholarship Program is now open to the graduate students from Natural Science & Mathematics, Engineering, Bio-Technology [Agricultural], and Information Technology.

For a privately graduate students from Indonesia who applied the program in Indonesia and selected as nominated, Panasonic Scholarship shall provide award totally up to 8 Million Yen per-person for 3 years Master course at a University in Japan.

About Panasonic Scholarship

In commemoration of its 80th anniversary in 1998, Panasonic Corporation decided to launch Panasonic Scholarship Program to invite graduate students from Asian countries including Indonesia to pursue a master’s course in Japan. This scholarship provides promising students from these countries a good opportunity to do research in universities in Japan and enable them to contribute to the development of their countries and to promote friendship between these countries and Japan in the 21st Century.

Panasonic Scholarship will be provided for three years start from April which covers: Year One — Enrollment as research students in universities in Japan and Japanese-language training in Japanese-language institutes Year Two & Three — Register and complete master’s course in Japan. The entire period shall not exceed three years in any circumstances. The scholarship will be terminated if a scholarship recipient fails to gain admission to a university in Japan within one year after arrival in Japan.

What contents of Panasonic Scholarship?

This scholarship provides funding assistant for selected candidates.

Year One, Research Student

   1. Basic Scholarship/ Monthly Allowance : ¥150,000 per month.
   2. Arrival Allowance : ¥200,000 will be paid to successful applicants in March.
   3. Tuition Fee Assistance* : Tuition Assistance Actual Amount (a maximum of ¥200,000 to be paid each half year).

Year Two & Three, Master Course in Graduate School

   1. Basic Scholarship/ Monthly Allowance : ¥180,000 per month .
   2. Entrance Fee Assistance Actual Amount (a maximum of ¥250,000 to be paid).
   3. Tuition Fee Assistance : Tuition Assistance Actual Amount (a maximum of ¥250,000 to be paid per each half year)

Visit the official website, Panasonic Scholarship:
Homepage: http://panasonicscholarship.com/
e-Application Panasonic Scholarship: http://www.panasonicscholarship.com/content/view/23/23/

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Equity Bursary at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Bursary for domestic and international students at Queensland University of Technology, Australia 2012.

The Equity Scholarships Scheme helps low-income students with the costs of students life. The scheme targets students who face significant financial barriers to, and helps them to succeed by allowing them to devote more time and attention to their studies.

The scheme is funded through the Learning Potential Fund, as well as funds from QUT and the Commonwealth Government.

The Learning Potential Fund is supported by donations from graduates, staff, and friends of the university, and was established to assist low-income students.

What you receive

You’ll receive $1000 for one year, to assist you with living and study expenses.
You are guaranteed to receive this bursary if: you have been admitted through the Q-Step Scheme, you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student and have applied for the QUT Equity Scholarships Scheme.

Application dates

Closing date: 14 November 2011

Eligibility details

You must be:
    * from a low-income background
    * experiencing financial hardship.

We also take personal hardship into consideration.

You may be eligible even if you’re not eligible for Commonwealth scholarships.

The bursary is not available for:

    * visiting students
    * cross-institutional students
    * QUT International College students.

How to apply

Applications for semester 1, 2012 will open in August 2011.

Please include:

    * individual financial details
    * family financial details
    * any documentation that shows financial hardship
    * evidence of personal hardship.

Mark your application ‘private and confidential’ and submit to the Equity Scholarship Scheme.
Visit the university website for more scholarship information and application:
http://www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-and-scholarships/scholarships-and-prizes/equity-bursary

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The International PhD Program Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a Transnational World (IPP Transnational) - Germany

The Faculty of the Social Sciences at the Goethe University counts among those in the Federal Republic of Germany with a wealth of tradition and diversity in teaching and research perspectives. For its duration through the end of 2013, its international PhD program Democracy, Knowledge, and Gender in a Transnational World in short IPP Transnational, will be supported through funding the Faculty procured in 2010 within the scope of the DAAD call for submissions International Promovieren in Deutschland (IPID). The implementation of the program substantially profits from the expertise of the International Postgraduate Center Social Sciences (IPC), which houses the IPP Transnational and whose funding and supervisory structure ideally complements its range of offers.

The program admits thirty PhD candidates a year. In terms of content, the IPP Transnational’s profile connects three thematic fields that combine central research issues of the 21st century. Emphasis is placed on the interrelation between current transnational social transformations and the development of democracy, the (re)formation of the gender order, as well as bioscientific findings and practices.

The program contributes to the internationalization of the training of PhD candidates in the Faculty of the Social Sciences and is designed to make studying for a PhD at the Goethe University even more attractive, in particular for international junior scholars. The candidates will be directly integrated into the top-level research currently being performed by the professors participating in the program. Besides the attractive program run by the IPC, additional supervision measures are available to PhD candidates at the IPP Transnational that provide ideal conditions for attaining a PhD and precipitate completion of the thesis.

A seminal element of the IPP Transnational is the establishment of exchange programs with selected international partner universities as well as the promotion of sandwich and binational PhDs. After successfully completing the program, the initiators envision the PhD candidates as having enjoyed comprehensive academic training at the highest level; decisively expanded their theoretical, methodical, and interdisciplinary competencies; and acquired multidisciplinary key qualifications that enable them to begin a promising career both within or outside the university.

Please use the menu bar at the left in order to obtain further information about the program’s goals, offers, and IPP Transnational application details.

The IPP Transnational is financed through funding by the DAAD and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Admission Procedure
An international call for applications to the IPP Transnational program is issued twice a year for the admission of fifteen PhD candidates per term on February 15 and July 15. Interviews to assess an applicant’s suitability take place one month before the admission deadlines. Candidate can receive an allowance toward the cost of their trip to the interview. If accepted into the PhD program, the selected candidates are given the status of “conditional admission” to the Faculty of the Social Sciences. Unrestricted acceptance as a PhD candidate should occur by the next possible deadline, i.e., April 1 or October 1. The period between acceptance into the PhD program and acceptance into the Faculty is used to revise the submitted PhD proposal, in particular with respect to the work and time schedule; decide on a first and, if possible, second supervisor of the PhD thesis; and to conclude a PhD agreement that identifies the rights and obligations between supervisors, candidates, and those in charge of the program during the doctoral phase.

Application Requirements
Graduates of sociology, political science and anthropology both from Germany and abroad can apply who have an above-average university degree (MA, first state examination, diploma, or the like) and a sound knowledge of English and whose dissertation project ties in with the IPP Transnational’s research themes.

Application Documents
A complete application consists of the following:

    * a five-page dissertation project proposal in German or English in line with the IPP Transnational’s research profile. The proposal shall contain information about the state of research in the selected theme, about the project’s research question derived therefrom, about the steps to be taken to deal with the research question, as well as about the theme’s embeddedness in theory and the selection of the method to be applied
    * two letters of reference
    * a brief letter of motivation
    * a copy of the university degree entitling the candidate to earn a PhD
    * a CV

Application Deadline and Call for Applications
The next application deadline is May 15, 2011.

Click here to view the current call for applications.

Further Information

Application Deadline : 15 May 2011

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