PhD Position in Molecular Study of Neurosensory Development at PRBB, Spain

We are seeking motivated students with an excellent track-record to apply to spanish Ph.D fellowships

The inner ear is one of the most sophisticated sensory organs of the head and is responsible for our communication with the world through the senses of hearing and balance. During the development of the inner ear, many genes are activated in a very precise spatiotemporal manner to coordinate cell fate, morphogenesis and patterning. In our laboratory we have begun to decipher some of the main genetic regulatory interactions between transcription factors and signaling pathways that are necessary for neural patterning of the inner ear. The aim of the project is to further dissect the integration of FGF, RA and Notch signaling inputs in proneural function and the cross-interaction of neurogenic with nonneurogenic genes. Experiments will use cellullar, molecular biology and genomic techniques, and will take advantage of chick and zebrafish model organisms for functional experiments.

Master Scholarships in Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT)

The master’s programme in Environomical Pathways for Sustainable Energy Systems (SELECT) offers advanced education in the field of sustainable energy systems for the future. SELECT aims at delivering education for high competency and quality engineering skills in the field, including industrial interaction throughout the programme. Students graduating from the SELECT programme will have gained experience in the following topics:

• Training in multidisciplinary problem analysis and solving.
• Advanced team building in a multinational setting, along with stimulating international experience.
• A novel and multidimensional way of learning involving real and virtual classrooms
• Close collaboration with industry during thesis work.
• A unique network of fellow students, SELECT alumni and industry specialists in the field of sustainable energy.

Master Scholarships in Nematology (EUMAINE)

The European Master of Science in Nematology (EUMAINE) is one of the Erasmus Mundus Master courses. The EUMAINE programme brings together some of the European leading Universities and Research Institutes active in Nematology and is offered by a network of 8 partners, consisting of 4 consortium partners and 4 supporting or satellite partners. Ghent University is the coordinating university.

The consortium partners are :

• Universiteit Gent, Belgium : coordinator
• Universität Bielefeld, Germany
• Universidade de Evora, Portugal
• Universidad de Jaén, Spain

The Joint International Master Scholarships 2011 in Rural Development (IMRD)

The joint International Master in Rural Development (IMRD), part of the European Erasmus Mundus program, offers the opportunity to study the European vision on rural development in its diversity of approaches and applications.

The objective is to train specialists in integrated rural development, focussed on socio-economic and institutional aspects, not only from the European Union but also from developed, developing and transition countries outside the European Union through a 2 year master program (120 ECTS) jointly organised by seven European leading institutes in agricultural economics and rural development.

The Master program is offered by Ghent University (Belgium), Agrocampus Ouest (France), Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), the University of Cordoba (Spain), in collaboration with Wageningen University (The Netherlands), the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (Slovakia) and the University of Pisa (Italy). these will be joined by universities in China, Ecuador, India and South Africa.

Erasmus Mundus Scholarships in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis (AFEPA) 2011-2012

The European Master in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy Analysis aims at providing a high quality education in designing and assessing public policies targeted to the agricultural and food sector as well as the rural environment. This European Master responds to the increasing need to better understand and anticipate the various and often complex socio-economic and environmental effects of these policies either in a functioning market economy as in the European Union or in economies in a development or transition phase. The European Master offers a two-year academic curriculum with integrated and advanced theoretical, methodological and empirical courses in economics and quantitative methods as well as in agricultural, food and environmental sciences, agricultural and trade policy, environmental and natural resource policy, rural development policy and agribusiness management and market analysis. To connect theory and methodology to practice, a problem solving project is developed and presented as a master thesis at the end of the two-year curriculum.

IED Master Course Scholarships in Fashion, Design, Visual Arts and Communication

Istituto Europeo di Design – IED is now the only international design educational network. It offers three-year post-secondary school courses, advanced courses and Masters.

SCHOLARSHIP RULES FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR

Istituto Europeo di Design – IED international network grants scholarships.

IED Rome, IED Milan, IED Turin, IED Florence, IED Venice, IED Barcelona, IED Madrid grant 38 scholarships for attendance of master courses for the 2010-2011 school year.

Erasmus Mundus MSc Scholarships in Science of Animal-Derived Foods

EM Food of Life is a cross-disciplinary Masters Course in the science of animal-derived foods.

In a unique way, the course combines animal science and food science and technology.

EM Food of Life is offered by:

• University of Copenhagen
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• University of Helsinki

Erasmus Mundus Masters Course Scholarship on Flood Risk Management at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education

On 13 July 2010, the Erasmus Mundus Grant Committe has selected UNESCO-IHE’s proposal on a new Masters Course on Flood Risk Management for funding under the 2010 Erasmus Mundus Action 1 Call for proposal. The new Masters Course will be offered in collaboration with the Technical University of Dresden (Germany), Technical University of Catalonia (Spain) and University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).

Integrated flood risk management aims to reduce the human and socio-economic losses caused by flooding while at the same time taking into account the social, economic, and ecological benefits from floods and the use of flood plains or coastal zones. The need for the adoption of a holistic integrated approach to managing flood risks has been reflected in the Flood Directive of the European Parliament. Existing Masters programmes on floods offered at EU cover many technical aspects but lack integration. The programme follows the holistic approach and is explicitly designed to cover a wide range of topics – from drivers and natural processes to models, decisions and socio-economic consequences and institutional environment, and is therefore an important advance in water education for Europe.

PhD Studentship in Marine Palaeoclimatology at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is a leading national institute carrying out research and education in the environmental sciences. ICTA promotes basic and applied multidisciplinary research into environmental processes and the relations between the changing environment and society. ICTA currently has 41 academic staff and over 80 early stage researchers (PhD students, post‐doctoral research associates).

ICTA invites applications for 1 fellowship in marine palaeoclimatology of 3 years for an early stage researcher (ESR) at the PhD student level The fellowship is sponsored by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Community as part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network ‘GATEWAYS’.

GEMMA: Joint European Master’s Degree Scholarships in Women and Gender Studies

GEMMA is the first Erasmus Mundus Master in Women’s and Gender Studies in Europe. It is, therefore, a master of excellence supported by the European Commission which selected it as Erasmus Mundus from within 160 project proposals for 2006.

GEMMA is the achievement of long years of efforts trying to advance in the tuning of our diverse educational structures and create common curricula in Women’s and Gender Studies. The eight partner institutions represent seven European countries with different locations and cultures across all Europe: University of Granada (Spain, Co-ordinator), University of Bologna (Italy), Central European University (Hungary), University of Hull (United Kingdom), Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis (Slovenia), University of Lodz (Poland), University of Oviedo (Spain) and University of Utrecht (Netherlands).