CANERS Foundation Scholarship University Phd Program

The CANERS University Phd Program Foundation distributes scholarship applications for the benefit of students who are interested in pursuing an education and career in horticulture to all two year and four year colleges from which a horticulture degree can be obtained.
General Criteria:
-Legibility is critical (12-point type preferred – No unusual fonts)
-Grades are important but a B student who participates in horticulture related activities may be selected over the A student who does not participate in FFA or 4-H or other related activities.
-Current school year letters of recommendation are important. Sources to contact for these letters are noted on the application. Email letters of recommendation are not accepted.
-Current transcripts need to be included with the application. Computer-generated transcripts (not printed by the school’s admissions office) must be signed by the horticulture instructor.
-University Phd Program Applications postmarked after May 31, 2011 will not be considered.

Scholarship Application Deadline:May 31, 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

University PhD Program Scholarship in GeoBiosphere Science, Sweden

Phd scholarship in GeoBiosphere Sciences, Geology at Lund University, Sweden

We have an opening for a Phd scholarship for a highly motivated person to join our research on a high-grade metamorphic section of the Sveconorwegian orogen. It is the Scandinavian equivalent to the Grenville orogen, and the result of collision tectonics at around 1 Ga ago during the assembly of supercontinent Rodinia. The project area in SW Sweden exposes a window into one of the deepest buried and most ductile parts of this mountain chain. The high-grade deformational and metamorphic processes are considered to be of major importance in the evolution and structural build-up of the orogen.

The PhD project focusses on mineral geochemistry and geochronology and is entitled “The effects of metamorphic processes on zircon textures and chemistry in metabasic rocks – implications for the interpretation of continental crust evolution.”

Eligibility/Entry Requirements

The applicant must hold a university degree (MSc/BSc or equivalent) in Earth Sciences at the time of appointment. A strong background in petrology is expected. Fluent spoken and written English is required. The scholarship requires ability to do fieldwork in a boreal landscape. Ability and willingness to travel to conferences, fieldtrips and workshops and analytical work (mainly Sweden and Canada) is essential; so is participation as a teaching assistant in the Geology Programme at Lund University.

Scholarhip Application Deadline: 31 March 2011

Details Scholarship Information and Application

Scholarship : Julian Price Graduate Fellowship in Humanities/History – Duke University, USA

Scholarship Introduction:
The Price Fellowship provides to students in the Humanities and History an annual stipend (equivalent to the Graduate School minimum stipend established each year), as well as tuition, health and recreation fees. In addition, the Graduate School will pay the health insurance premium for recipients who enroll in the Duke student medical insurance plan.. Each recipient will also receive a $5,000 award to be used exclusively to cover expenditures for research. These expenditures can include travel for research purposes or attendance at conferences, and/or purchase of supplies or equipment necessary to the research project.

Eligibility for scholarship:
Applicants must have completed their preliminary exam by the end of the Spring 2011 semester. Eligible students must be actively engaged in the process of research for their dissertation project. It is not intended to support the writing of an already fully researched dissertation. No other award (whether fellowship or service-related) may be held concurrently with this fellowship without special permission from the Dean.

Application form; http://gradschool.duke.edu/documents/financial_support/Price.pdf

How to apply:
One copy of the following original documentation should be given to your DGS assistant. Completed cover sheet (see the following page) Curriculum Vitae Brief statement of research, how the award will be used, and why it would be particularly important to be free of service obligations – not to exceed three (3) pages.
Formatting should be 1” margins, 1.5 line spacing, Arial 10 point font. Should you choose to include a bibliography, it will not be included in the page count, but should not exceed one (1) page. Letter of recommendation from DGS Letter of recommendation from Dissertation Supervisor Copy of current Duke transcript

Submission Instructions:
The DGSA will submit the completed applications to the Graduate School.
Applications will not be accepted from students.
Application packets can be submitted in paper format to the Graduate School, 2127 Campus Drive, or in electronic format as a single .pdf file.
All components must be submitted in the order noted above, and sent to leslie.angier@duke.edu.
Incomplete applications will be returned to the department. Applications received after the deadline date will not be accepted.

Last date to apply:
The last date to apply is October 29, 2010

Source: http://gradschool.duke.edu/financial_support/phd%20support/continuing.php

Research Assistant, Environmental Science at Griffith University, Australia university phd program

This position is a member of the Forestry, Soils and Ecosystem Management (FSEM) group within the Environmental Futures Centre (EFC), and is one of the group's two full time research assistants. This position provides major field assistance, undertakes some laboratory work and assists in the group administration and other duties as directed by the Director and the Senior Staff members of FSEM

This is a Fixed term (2 years), Full time position based at the Nathan campus.

The role:
The Research Assistant will provide assistance in field based research and laboratory work and provide administrative support. The successful candidate will also support research group activities, field and laboratory training.

The person:

The successful candidate will be expected to have a relevant Bachelor degree (e.g. soil science, environmental science) with experience or an ability to undertake field and laboratory work and provide some administrative support.

Salary range:

Research Assistant Grade 2: $54,307 - $57,243. Salary package including 17% employer superannuation contribution: $63,539 - $66,975 per annum; OR

Research Assistant Grade 1: $48,435 - $51,373. Salary package including 17% employer superannuation contribution: $56,669 - $60,107 per annum.

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For position queries, contact Professor Zhihong Xu, Director on +61 (0) 7 373 53822 .

For application queries, contact Ms Fran Mitchell, Recruitment Officer on +61 (0) 7 373 56551 .

General staff positions (non-academic) are open to Australian residents only.

Closing date: 30 July 2010