Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships

The Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships are available to students for either three or six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion in another country. This award provides funds to cover round-trip transportation, language training expenses, and homestay living arrangements. Applications are considered for candidates interested in studying Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.

Provided By: Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation
Deadline: Varies
Amount: $16000
Applicable Majors:
Arabic Language and Literature
Chinese Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
German Language and Literature
Hebrew Language and Literature
Italian Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature
Portuguese Language and Literature
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Russian Language and Literature
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Spanish Language and Literature

Download the Ambassadorial Scholarships application form (PDF).
How to Apply, visit the website

Fellows in Experimental Particle Physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research:

* Experimental particle physics
* Theoretical particle physics
* Photon science
* Accelerator physics

Fellows in experimental particle physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research: The HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, HERMES, the AMANDA/IceCube experiment at the south pole and the preparations for experimentation at the future International Linear Collider ILC and R&D in particle detectors (FLC group).

Fellows in experimental particle physics are invited to participate in DESY’s particle physics research: the HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, and HERMES; the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN; the AMANDA/IceCube experiment at the south pole; and the preparations for experimentation at the future International Linear Collider ILC and R&D in particle detectors (FLC group).

Qualified fellows in theoretical particle physics are invited to participate in theoretical particle physics research within the DESY theory groups. At DESY in Hamburg, active areas of research include HERA physics and QCD, B physics, collider physics, neutrino physics and cosmology, unified theories, string theory and mathematical physics. At DESY in Zeuthen, the theoretical research includes lattice gauge theory, perturbative quantum field theory and physics at HERA, LHC and the projected ILC.

Fellows in photon science are invited to participate in DESY’s research at the HASYLAB, which uses the storage rings DORIS and PETRA and the free electron laser FLASH.

Fellows in accelerator physics will contribute to the development, construction and operation of accelerator facilities (HERA, DORIS, FLASH, PETRA III, XFEL, ILC, PITZ).

Individuals who have recently completed their PhD and who are younger than 32 years are invited to apply.

Handicapped persons will be given preference to other equally qualified applicants. DESY supports the careers of women and therefore encourages especially women to apply.

DESY Fellowships are awarded for a duration of two years with the possibility of a prolongation by one additional year. The salary for the fellowship is according to tariffs applicable for public service work.

Application Deadline: Wednesday 30th September 2009

www.zms.desy.de/career/academic_careers/fellowships

The Max-Planck-Institute for Physics invites applications for a

Postdoctoral position

to participate in a new effort on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration.

The concept of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration has recently been proposed as a means of accelerating a bunch of electrons to high energies with very high gradients. Initial calculations are promising, as shown in Nature Physics 5, 363 – 367 (2009), and a demonstration experiment is now under consideration. The successful candidate would help in producing a proposal for such an experimental demonstration. The focus of the work would be on developing characterization techniques for the plasma wakefields and for the drive and witness bunches. An experimental technique under consideration to extract time and space resolved information on electric fields is single-shot electro-optical sampling.

Formal requirement for this position is a PhD in experimental particle, plasma or accelerator physics. Previous experience in plasma wakefield experiments, terahertz physics and/or nonlinear optics are an advantage.

Salary and benefits are commensurate with public service organization (TVöD) rules. The contract is initially limited to 2 years with the possibility of an extension. The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer. The goal is to enhance the percentage of women where they are underrepresented. Women, therefore, are especially encouraged to apply. The MPG is committed to employing more handicapped people. Applications of handicapped people are particularly welcome.

Interested applicants should submit an application letter, a statement of research interests, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and arrange for three letters of support to be sent to

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
Frau F. Rudert
Föhringer Ring 6
D-80805 München
Germany

Further information can be obtained from Prof. Allen Caldwell (EMail: caldwell-at-mppmu.mpg.de ). Applications should be sent at the latest by August 30, 2009.
Field of interest: hep-ex, physics.acc-phys
Deadline: Monday, August 31, 2009
Contact: Allen Caldwell
Email: caldwell-at-mppmu.mpg.de
More information: http://www.mpp.mpg.de/stellen/index.html

Necessary qualifications are:

* Master’s degree or Diploma in Economics or Business Administration
* Excellent knowledge in the fields of Micro-Economic Theory and Statistics / Micro-Econometrics
* Excellent written and spoken German and English
* Strong interest in an academic career and influential applied research
* Strong quantitative research skills

Additionally, beneficial for the position are prior experience in experimental economics and an interest in any of the following topics: personnel and labor economics, social norms and strategic interaction, change across the life span, and the ramifications and exigencies of demographic changes in society.

Job description:
Assisting in the ?acquisition of third party funding and other administrative tasks. Conducting research on the above topics; developing and pursuing own research ideas; preparing a PhD thesis.

We offer a contract for 24 months with 50% of the normal working hours.

Candidates should submit a complete application – including a CV, a description of the applicant’s (research) experience and future research interests, a PDF version of the Master thesis as well as one reference – asap to

d.dittrich[ at ]jacobs-university.de

or to the following address:

Jacobs University Bremen
Prof. Dr. D. A. V. Dittrich
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

Electronic application is encouraged. For further information on our research center, please visit us at this page and http://behavioraleconomics.eu

Application Deadline: July 17, 2009

We offer a salary according to salary group 13 TV-L; hours of employment will be 50% of the regular working hours per week.

Your Job
Your key task will be the implementation of microdata-based scientific research, particularly in the areas of empirical international trade and labour market research. At the same time, you will be expected to conduct teaching activities, such as preparing lectures, marking student theses, and holding tutorials, etc., mainly in theoretical and applied econometrics at both Bachelor and Master level. Should you hold the necessary qualifications, you may be able to increase your hours of employment up to 100% of the regular working hours per week later on.

Your Profile

* hold an excellent university degree in business/economics, mathematics, physics or industrial engineering.
* have very good mathematics skills and are capable of analytical thought.
* are eager to conduct research into empirical international trade and labour economics, and to gain a PhD in this field.
* have excellent English skills.
* are creative and can work both autonomously and within our team.
* are willing to travel in order to carry out research activities.
* might possibly have studied econometrics/statistics or international trade theory as an elective subject, have conducted basic empirical analyses using STATA, MATLAB or GAUSS, or have some experience of stochastics.

RWTH Aachen University aims to increase the number of women in areas in which they are under-represented, women are strongly encouraged to apply. You find further information here.

RWTH Aachen University aims to integrate persons with disabilities, persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. You find further information information here.

Please send your CV and supporting documents (exam results and certificates) together with an outline of a potential research project (no more than two DIN-4 sheets, including bibliography) until 26 June, 2009, to:

Prof. Dieter Urban, PhD
Lehr- & Forschungsgebiet VWL, insb. Angew. Wirtschaftsforschung
RWTH Aachen
Templergraben 64
D-52056 Aachen
Germany

Contact:
Prof. Urban, Dieter
RWTH Aachen University
dieter.urban[ at ]wiwi.rwth-aachen.de

Closing date: 26 June, 2009,

Project description:
The focus of this PhD project is on the investigation of the interactions between Alzheimer’s Abeta peptide and aggregation inhibitors using molecular simulations. In the group of Prof. Dieter Willbold, also in Jülich, such aggregation inhibitors are investigated experimentally, and it was shown in mice that they indeed have the potential to cure Alzheimer’s disease. However, little to nothing is known how and why these inhibitors are effective.

The aim of this PhD project is to gain structural information about the Abeta/inhibitor complexes and elucidate the mechanism of the inhibition effect. Such information would be valuable in the search of drugs against Alzheimer’s disease. This project will involve a close collaboration with the experimental group of Prof. Dieter Willbold. One aim, for instance, is to match experimental and calculated NMR data, which would allow one to make structural predictions from molecular simulations.

Requirements:
Candidates are expected to hold a diploma or master degree with a background in physics, biophysics, chemistry, computational biology or a related field, should have first experiences with molecular simulations and should enjoy computational work. Programming skills and experiences with UNIX/Linux are advantageous.

The potential starting date could be between 1 August and 30 Septmber 2009.

Interested candidates should send their application, accompanied with a CV, transcripts from their undergraduate studies and the names of individuals which might give references by email to B. Strodel (b.strodel[ at ]fz-juelich.de) before 10 July 2009.

Closing date: 10 July 2009

Department of Physics of Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT, Turkey) and Spin-electronics group of Institut für Festkörperforschung (IFF) at Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ, Germany) are applying for joint grants for PhD students to conduct research at FZJ and GIT. PhD student(s) will conduct studies of nanomagnetic structures prospective for spintronic applications. The studies will include the preparation of various nanomagnets and probing their dynamic magnetic properties using high-frequency techniques (magnetic resonance).

Funding for 1 or 2 PhD positions may be available upon evaluation by both cooperative parties and the funding agencies of the program. The expected evaluation period is about 3-4 months. Candidates are expected to have a master degree (or to be sure in obtaining MSc before the end of July, 2009). Other requirement is that the candidate which will conduct studies in Germany has to be enrolled (or, at least, to plan an application) for PhD program at GIT (or another Turkish University) with the supervisor from GIT, or vice versa, the candidate intended to conduct studies in Turkey has to be enrolled at German University with PhD thesis supervisor at IFF.

Candidates are expected to prove their excellent study or research achievements, and knowledge of English.

Candidates should send by e-mail before June 21, 2009:

- a short CV,
- a short description of previous experience
- and their research interests.

Prospective applicants will be contacted for further information and later asked to visit the GIT or FZJ for interview.

Contact:
Bulat Rameev
rameev[ at ]gyte.edu.tr

Category : Turkey-German PhD studentship
Contact address : rameev@gyte.edu.tr
Keywords : physics, spintronics, nanomagnetism, magnetic resonance, spin-torque transfer

Ph.D. student position „Adhesion and mechanics of polymerfilms

Closing date: May 4th, 2009

Experiments will deal with the influence of the polymer-substrate-adhesion on the mechanical properties of thin polymer layers. They will comprise different sample preparations, in order to vary the adhesion between the
polymer film and the substrate, the application of various methods for the quantitative estimation of the adhesion, and the analysis of the mechanical properties of the polymer thin films via force-distance-curves, in order to
determine quantitatively the influence of the adhesion. The scheduled experiments have important theoretical implications in the field of confined polymers. Moreover, this subject is also very relevant for possible
applications in the field of adhesives and coatings.

Preference will be given to applicants (M.Sc./Diploma) in Physics, Chemistry or related fields. Experience with scanning probe microscopy, surface preparation and analysis, polymer physics and chemistry are advantageous.
A basic knowledge of German language would be appreciated, English is required.

The supervisor of the PhD work will be Priv. Doz. Dr. habil. Brunero Cappella.

Information can be gathered by telephone (++49 30 8104 3343) or by email
(brunero.cappella@bam.de).
Applications including cv (photo) must be sent by mail or email before
04.05.2009 to:
Priv. Doz. Dr. habil. B. Cappella
BAM VI.25 (UE)
Unter den Eichen 87
12205 Berlin
Germany

Details of this scholarship you can get it here.