Shell and IMD MBA Alumni Scholarships, Switzerland

The five Shell and IMD MBA Alumni Scholarships are designed to encourage diversity in the class. One is awarded to each region: Asia, Africa/Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Western Europe/North America/Oceania.

Number of scholarships: Five (one from each area)
Amount: CHF 30,000
Geographic region:

• Africa / Middle East
• Asia
• Eastern Europe
• Latin America
• Western Europe / North America / Oceania

Who can qualify: Accepted candidates who are citizens, but not necessarily current residents, of the above geographical areas

The ISBM Scholarship 2010 in Hospitality Management, Switzerland

The International School of Business Management in Switzerland is offering two Students per year 100% Scholarship; all students are able to apply for the Scholarship in Switzerland.

Courses:

• Certificate in Hospitality Management
• Diploma in Hospitality Management
• Higher Diploma in Hospitality Management
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Hospitality Management
• Post Graduate Diploma in Hospitality Management
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Hospitality Management

[Switzerland] ETH Zurich Institute for Environmental Decisions PhD Position on Weather Insurance Design

The Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Group of ETH Zurich (www.afee.ethz.ch) invites applications for a Ph.D position. The successful candidate will implement a research project on the weather insurance design. The project will be financed by Swiss National Science Foundation and an ETH Zurich internal PhD-grant. The objective of the project is to enhance the methodology of the weather insurance contract design considering conditions of limited relevance and applicability of historical data. The project will focus on the application of extremal dependence analysis and elaboration of the methodology for the utilization of a priori information available in the form of climate change projections. The project will be conducted based on historical data, climate change projections and results of crop simulation models for Kazakhstan where grain producers are especially prone to risk of drought.

[Switzerland] 2 PhD Positions in Soil Environmental Chemistry at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

We are inviting applications for two PhD student positions in the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics at ETH Zurich. The successful candidates will investigate the physicochemical structure and biogeochemical reactivity of nano-crystalline Fe(III)-(hydr) oxides formed in the presence of natural organic matter. In natural environments, the precipitation of Fe(III)-(hydr) oxides is often influenced by dissolved or particulate organic matter such as humic substances or polysaccharides originating from microorganisms and plants. The structure and reactivity of such Fe(III)-precipitate s containing significant amounts of organic carbon are of fundamental importance for understanding many biogeochemical processes, including contaminant behavior, carbon sequestration, weathering and soil formation. One subproject will focus on the molecular and microscopic level characterization of such precipitates and their interactions with trace metals in abiotic systems. In the other subproject we will study their dissolution behavior in abiotic and biotic systems using Shewanella and Geobacter strains, and track speciation changes of trace metals associated with these solids. Both students will apply state-of-the- art analytical techniques, including synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The two sub-projects will be strongly linked and international collaborations are planned.

[Switzerland] The University of Geneva PhD Student Position in Computational Evolutionary Genomics

We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative PhD student candidate (~4 years) to explore the wealth of genomic data from evolutionary perspective using bioinformatics approaches. Our group has a broad range of interests related to the functional evolution of genomes and actively contributes to international genome analysis consortiums. The specific project will be developed together with the candidate.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in bioinformatics, including programming skills (or the willingness and drive to acquire them), and a good understanding of molecular biology (preferably with some experience/background in molecular evolution). A Diploma or MSc degree in Biology or Bioinformatics, practical experience in the Unix environment, and fluency in English are required.

[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.

[Switzerland] PhD Position in Epidemiology at the Human-Animal Interface, Swiss Tropical Institute

Neglected Tropical Diseases and integrated demographic surveillance in mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad

In the frame work of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ProDoc scheme, a PhD position in Epidemiology is open at earliest convenience.

PhD Position in Epidemiology at the human-animal interface

• Working places: Basel, Switzerland and N’Djaména, Chad
• Remuneration: According to the salary scheme of the Swiss National Science Foundation
• Duration 3 years.

[Switzerland] PhD Position 2009 in Public Management at MecoP Institute, Università della Svizzera Italiana

MecoP Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana
Teaching & Research Assistant / Ph.D. position in Public management

The Faculty of Economics of the Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland, opens a teaching-assistant position in public management, starting in Summer or Fall 2009. The main responsibility will be:

• To support the teaching of public management at the Bachelor and Master courses.
• Valuation courses.
• To assist empirical research projects in the field of public management.
• To support the Program Manager of the Executive Master in Public Administration.

[Switzerland] Swiss Government Scholarships for University, Fine Arts and Music Schools for the academic year 2010-2011

The Swiss government awards a range of scholarships to foreign students through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS): university scholarships (Swiss universities and Federal Institutes of Technology), arts scholarships (schools of music and fine arts) and scholarships for universities of applied sciences. These scholarships provide graduates from all disciplines with the opportunity to pursue postgraduate studies or research in Switzerland at a public funded university or recognised institution.

[Europe] PhD and PostDoc Positions in Ecology at CREAM Project 2009

CREAM is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network, funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme and has started on September 1, 2009. CREAM includes 20 PhD (three years) and 3 postdoc (two years) projects. All projects are related to developing ecological models for the risk assessment of chemicals, primarily pesticides. Many projects include, or even focus on, empirical work.

We are looking now for candidates for CREAM’s 23 projects. Projects should start preferably on January 15, 2010, but earlier (or later) starts are possible. Deadline for applications is October 23.