[France] The Emile Boutmy Scholarship 2010-2011

Sciences Po created the Emile Boutmy scholarship after the founder of Sciences Po (1871) in order to attract the very best international students from outside of the European Union. The Emile Boutmy Scholarship is awarded to top students whose profiles match the admissions priorities of Sciences Po and individual course requirements.

Eligibility requirements
Students from outside of the European Union who have been offered a place to study at undergraduate or Masters level are eligible.

[Europe] Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship 2010 in Transnational Trade Law and Finance

The European Master’s in Transnational Trade Law and Finance (EMTTLF) has been selected by the European Commission among the Erasmus Mundus masters courses for five years. This implies that the European Commission will grant scholarships to highly qualified third-country graduate students to follow the EMTTLF Masters Course.

Participation in the European Master in Transnational Trade Law and Finance is open to graduate students of Law, Business Administration and related fields and lawyers of all nationalities. Enrolment numbers are limited and admission is based on merit.

[Europe] The Erasmus Mundus 2010 Doctoral Research Opportunity in International Forest Policy

FONASO, a world-class Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme offered by a consortium of internationally recognised European universities:

• University of Copenhagen
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• Bangor University
• Dresden University of Technology
• University of Göttingen
• AgroParisTech
• University of Padova

[Europe] Marie Curie ITN PhD Positions on the Theoretical Foundations of Transactional Memory

Nine Early Stage Researcher (ESR) positions in five locations (EPFL, TU Berlin, Technion, FORTH, and U Rennes I)
are funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network Program (project TransForm).

We address (pre-PhD) researchers aiming at significantly improving their career perspectives from both the public and private sector.

The duration of the appointment is 3 years, with a possibility of extension funded from other sources.

RESEARCH TOPIC

The ESRs will pursue research on the general area of concurrent computing and in particular on the theoretical foundations of transactional memory.

[Europe] Master Scholarship 2010 in Agricutural Development and Management of Natural Resources, AGRIS MUNDUS

The Agris Mundus Masters course is a two-year training programme of 120 ECTS (European Credits Transfer System) in agricutural development and management of natural resources.

The Agris Mundus Masters course objectives are to train students to cope with the current global/international concerns in agriculture and rural development. Graduates will be qualified to identify and critically analyse key factors shaping the development of crops, forests and animall production, the management of research and rural development projects and finally, the sustainable use of natural resources and the environment. They will be trained to formulate and provide effective and appropriate responses to complex agriculture and natural resources related issues.

[Europe] EMARO: The Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship 2010 in Advanced Robotics

EMARO, European Master on Advanced RObotics, is an integrated Masters course conducted by:

• The University of Genova (Italy)
• Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
• Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France)

[France] Marie Curie Ph. D fellowship on Photonic Components for Telecommunication Applications at Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab

Alcatel Thales III-V Lab is a new private R&D organisation jointly established by Alcatel and Thales on 1st July 2004, under the French “Economic Interest Group” (GIE) status. Relying on the teams and equipment coming from “Alcatel CIT Research and Innovation” on one hand, and from “Thales Research and Technology” on the other hand, it concentrates in a single entity the most advanced industrial research skills in the field of III-V semiconductors in Europe. Its staff amounts to approximately 100 people, most of them being highly qualified recognised experts.

The purpose of Alcatel Thales III-V Lab is to perform research and development on components, from basic research to development, taking advantage of the synergies between the technologies developed for various markets addressed by Thales and Alcatel, such as telecom, space, defence and security. The streamlining of the research work performed within the Group, allows to strengthen the efforts above the critical mass and to increase the added value through the existing synergies.

[Europe] Master Scholarship in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Erasmus Mundus 2010

Four leading research and educational institutions in Europe propose a joint Erasmus Mundus Master Course entitled “Nanoscience and nanotechnology”. The programme offered is a truly integrated program, with a strong research backbone and a very important international outreach.
The objective of this course is to provide top quality multidisciplinary education in nanoscience and nanotechnology.The participating partners are:

• Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (Chalmers), Sweden
• Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France
• Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Germany
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven),Belgium

[Europe] Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship 2010 in Complex Systems Science

University of Warwick, Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), Chalmers University and University of Gothenburg are pleased to announce a new joint Masters Programme in Complex Systems Science

• First entry: Sept 2010
• Course Duration: 2 years
• Location: each student spends time in at least two of Warwick, Paris, Gothenburg
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarships available, for both EU and “third country” (overseas) students.

[France] Eiffel Scholarships Call for Master and PhD Applications 2010

Eiffel scholarships – Call for applications 2010
The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launched the Eiffel excellence scholarship programme in January 1999 to support French centres of higher education in their international outreach initiatives, in a context of mounting competition among developed countries, to attract elite overseas students on master’s, engineering and PhD courses.