ACB PhD Scholarships

ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
PhD scholarships

Highly qualified students with training in molecular or cell biology,
mathematics, statistics, computer science, information technology or systems
analysis are encouraged to apply for a PhD scholarship within the Australian
Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
(http://bioinformatics.org.au), Australia's leading research consortium in
bioinformatics and computational genome biology.

Priority research areas include:
* inference, computational modelling and analysis of regulatory networks
in stem cell development;
* inference, computational modelling and analysis of regulatory networks
in breast cancer; and
* imaging, mathematical modelling and visualisation of spatially dynamic
processes in mammalian cells.

Up to ten PhD scholarships, each valued at $25,000 per annum for three years,
are available at our nodes at The Australian National University, Macquarie
University, and The University of Queensland.

For further information, contact Professor Mark Ragan: m.ragan@imb.uq.edu.au,
(07)3346-2617.

CONTACT
Professor Mark Ragan
Director
ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Qld 4072 Australia
Tel: +61-7-3346-2616 / 2617
Fax: +61-7-3346-2101
Email: m.ragan@imb.uq.edu.au
URL: http://bioinformatics.org.au

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Information Systems in UNSW, Australia

Salary:
Lecturer: $71,779 - $84,618 pa
Senior Lecturer: $87,182 - $100,022 pa
Associate Professor: $104,301 - 114,433 pa

Applications are invited for this position from suitably qualified people in
the field of information systems or a related discipline. The successful
applicant will join a vibrant School that aims to provide high-quality
educational programs as well as a dynamic, productive, output-driven research
environment.

As well as undergraduate programs offered to officer cadets and midshipmen, the
School offers postgraduate programs to civilian and defence personnel,
including postgraduate coursework programs and research masters and PhD
degrees. A professional doctorate, the Doctor of Information Technology, is
also available. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the
School also provides a number of technology awareness courses for defence
personnel, including several in enterprise architecture.

Active research programs in information systems are maintained in the areas of
decision making, enterprise architecture, information and communication
technology governance, risk management, soft systems modelling, systems
thinking, and software metrics. Other research programs in the School include
antenna arrays, artificial intelligence, complex systems, control theory,
evaluation of computer networks, image and video coding and transmission image
processing and interpretation, mobile communications, operations research,
quantum computing, radar and electromagnetic engineering, remote sensing,
robotics, speech processing and virtual environments. Bodies like the
Australian Research Council support many of these projects.

The successful applicant will be expected to undertake an active research
program. Applicants whose research interests are different, but complementary,
to existing areas are encouraged to apply.

The School is looking to appoint a staff member who will add to the School.s
research activities and who will complement the School.s teaching profile in
the area of Information Systems.

Depending on the qualifications and experience of the successful applicant, an
appointment may be offered at Lecturer (Level B), Senior Lecturer (Level C) or
Associate Professor (Level D). The School is prepared to consider various types
of appointment, including continuing and fixed-term contract, full and part
time.

Membership of an approved University superannuation scheme is a condition of
employment of this position.

Position description and selection criteria are available at
http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/hr/emp_opps/index.html Further information is
available from the Head of School Professor Michael Frater on (02) 6268 8236 or
by email on m.frater@adfa.edu.au.

Information on current research programs in the School can be found at
http://www.itee.adfa.edu.au/research.

Applications close 7th December 2007. Please quote reference number: ITEE
11907. Interviews for this position will be held on Monday 17th and Tuesday
18th December 2007.

A written application addressing the selection criteria, a resume, and the
names and addresses (preferably email) of at least three referees should be
submitted to: HR Recruitment, UNSW@ADFA, Australian Defence Force Academy,
Northcott Drive, CANBERRA ACT 2600. You may email your application to:
uni.college.recruitment@adfa.edu.au For confirmation of receipt of
application telephone (02) 6268 8726. People from EEO groups are encouraged to
apply.

PhD Opportunities in Kyoto University, Japan

When I was in Nagoya University, my airfares and livings are funded by the COE grant. Now there's open scholarships for students all around the world to do a PhD in Kyoto University. (Kyoto is a very lovely city - see my travel pictures here, here and here =p!)

The Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University, has announced a new PhD
studentship opportunity in cooperation with a Japanese governmental project
called the Global COE program. Attached is the Call for PhD Student who can
enter Kyoto University from October 2008. The notable features of the program
are summarized as follows:

(1) All the accepted PhD students (totally 8 positions) are regarded as
students supported by Japanese Govenment.
(2) All the accepted PhD students are provided about 220,000 Japanese yen per a
month for three years. (That's around usd2,200!)
(3) All the accepted PhD students can apply to the "young leader fostering
program" of the fiscal year 2009. When accepted, each accepted applicant will
be provided the research fund (about 1 million - 1.5 million Japanese Yen) from
the Global COE program.

The deadline of the application is: January 10th, 2008. Notification of
acceptance/rejection will be provided from Kyoto Univeristy in March 2008
(final notification from Japanese government will be sent to July 2008.)
Accepted applicants must enter PhD course from October 2008.

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Katsumi Tanaka, Professor
Dept. of Social Informatics,
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501,Japan
Email: tanaka@dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel : +81-75-753-5969
Secretary: +81-75-753-5385
Fax: +81-75-753-5979
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Research Positions Macquarie University

Position 1 : Research Assistantship -- Network Security

An opportunity exists for a Research Assistant to do a project in Network
Security (INSS Research Group) conducting denial of service attack NS2
simulation and performance analysis in IP based wide area network environment.
Following this, similar analysis needs to be conducting done in wireless LAN
and IP based 3G/B3G networks. The position is avaliable now and can be for some
6 to 12 months at the initial stage.

Further information regarding the project may be obtained by
contacting the supervisor : Professor Vijay Varadharajan,
email: vijay@ics.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61-2-9850 9534/36

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Position 2: Security in Sensor Networks

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships
(MQRES) is currently available for a PhD investigating the
design and analysis of security architecture and protocols for sensor
networks.

MQRES scholarships are available to domestic and international
students. Applicants should have completed equivalent research
qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class
honours in a relevant discipline, such as a Masters degree with
substantial thesis component. We are seeking high calibre, suitably
qualified Mathematics, Engineering, Computing or equivalent
graduates. Early career professionals interested in returning to
higher degree studies are particularly encouraged to apply.

The MQRES stipend is currently $19,616 p.a. tax exempt (2007). Tenure
is 3.5 years full-time, subject to satisfactory progress with tuition
fees funded for the scholarship tenure. Additional support for
project costs and conference travel will also be available.
Further information regarding the project may be obtained by
contacting the supervisor : Professor Vijay Varadharajan,
email: vijay@ics.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61-2-9850 9534/36.

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Position 3 : Modelling and Analysis of Quantitative Security and Safety
Critical Systems

A full-time Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarships
(MQRES) is currently available for a PhD investigating the modelling
and analysis of quantitative security and safety critical systems.
The robustness of security and safety critical systems depends
crucially on the information available to the controlling software.
This project will investigate mathematical techniques for evaluating
the safety and security issues of software where information
protection is a significant factor. Applications could include
protocols for the internet, wireless networks, smartcards and e-
voting. The research will focus particularly on applying and
developing automated analysis techniques for quantitative
verification and evaluation of novel applications.

MQRES scholarships are available to domestic and international
students. Applicants should have completed equivalent research
qualifications to an Australian undergraduate degree with first class
honours in a relevant discipline, such as a Masters degree with
substantial thesis component. We are seeking high calibre, suitably
qualified Mathematics, Engineering, Computing or equivalent
graduates. Early career professionals interested in returning to
higher degree studies are particularly encouraged to apply.

The MQRES stipend is currently $19,616 p.a. tax exempt (2007). Tenure
is 3.5 years full-time, subject to satisfactory progress with tuition
fees funded for the scholarship tenure. Additional support for
project costs and conference travel will also be available.
Further information regarding the project may be obtained by
contacting the supervisors: Dr Annabelle McIver email:
anabel@ics.mq.edu.au, or Professor Vijay Varadharajan,
email: vijay@ics.mq.edu.au, telephone: +61-2-9850 9534/36

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN IMAGE ANALYSIS/COMPUTER VISION

Melbourne Australia.

A number of opportunities exist for suitable candidates at Postdoctoral Level or PhD student level.

These include:
Postdoctoral Position in Video Tracking (two year appointment from mid-2008 - although there may be the possibility of an extension)
Postdoctoral Position in Robust Statistical Methods of Model Fitting (up to four year appointment from early 2008)
Several PhD/Masters Scholarships - associated with the above projects + one scholarship in Biomedical Image Analysis (two - Masters - to three years - PhD - from early 2008)

These positions will be filled as soon as suitable applicants can be found. Interested applicants should send their details as soon as possible to the contact persons listed below.

For Further Details on each project - see the details below.

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PhD Scholarship in Brain Structure Mapping
Monash University (Melbourne Australia) - Join Project led by
Prof. David Reutens, Monash University Faculy of Medicine
Dr. Richard Beare, Monash University Faculy of Medicine
Prof. David Suter, Monash University Dept. of Elect.& Comp. Systems Engineering
Send Expressions of Interest to Dr. Richard Beare Richard.Beare@med.monash.edu.au WITH A CC to Prof. David Suter d.suter@eng.monash.edu.au

A major challenge in neuroscience research is detecting and characterizing changes in brain structure. A PhD scholarship is available in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University to develop novel image analysis and statistical techniques for examining the structure of the brain of humans and animal models. This work will contribute to the success of leading edge neuroscience initiatives such as the Australian Mouse Brain Mapping Consortium.

Candidates should have strong mathematical or statistical skills and experience in image analysis and software development would be beneficial.

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Postoctoral Position and PhD Scholarship in Visual Tracking (A stochastic geometrical approach)
Melbourne/Monash Universities (Melbourne, Australia) - Project led by:
A/Prof. Ba-Ngu Vo, Melbourne University Dept. Elect. Engineering
Prof. David Suter, , Monash University Dept. of Elect.& Comp. Systems Engineering
Send Expressions of Interest to Assoc. Prof. Vo bv@ee.unimelb.edu.au WITH A CC to Prof. David Suter d.suter@eng.monash.edu.au

This project combines Bayesian filtering theory with stochastic geometry to address the problem of tracking multiple-object tracking in video sequences. The Bayesian framework is employed for its suitability to on-line implementation and its adaptability to the fusion of heterogeneous sources of information. The stochastic geometric modelling provides a solid foundation for the systematic study of the problem and allows principled approximations to made. Stochastic geometrical models, including deformable templates and point processes have long been used by statisticians to develop techniques for object recognition in static images [24]. However, their use has been largely overlooked in the tracking area until recently. In tracking with point measurements, an approximation based on point process theory known as the Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) filter has been shown to alleviate the data association problem and remove the bulk of the computational load [25-28]. In this project we will develop a PHD-type filter for video data to arrive at an efficient algorithm for tracking multiple objects.
[24] A. J. Baddeley and M. N. M. v. Lieshout, "ICM for object recognition," in Computational Statistics. vol. 2, Y. D. a. J. Whittaker, Ed. Heidelberg-New York: Springer, 1992, pp. 271-286.
[25] R. Mahler, "Multi-target Bayes filtering via first-order multi-target moments," IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 39, pp. 1152–1178, 2003.
[26] B. Vo, S. Singh, and A. Doucet, "Sequential Monte Carlo methods for Bayesian Multi-target filtering with Random Finite Sets," IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 41, pp. 1224-1245, 2005.
[27] B. Vo and W. K. Ma, "The Gaussian mixture Probability Hypothesis Density filter," IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, vol. 54, pp. 4091-4104, 2006.
[28] R. Mahler, Statistical Multisource-Multitarget Information Fusion: Artech House, 2007.

Candidates should have strong mathematical or statistical skills and experience in image analysis and software development would be beneficial.

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Postoctoral Position and PhD Scholarship in Robust Statistical Fitting
Swinburne/Monash Universities (Melbourne, Australia) - Project led by:
Prof. David Suter, , Monash University Dept. of Elect.& Comp. Systems Engineering
A/Prof. Ali Bab-Hadiashar, Swinburne University Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences

Send Expressions of Interest to Assoc. Prof. Bab-Hadiashar abab-hadiashar@swin.edu.au WITH A CC to Prof. David Suter d.suter@eng.monash.edu.au

Our aim is to study the essential (and ubiquitous) problem of automatically segmenting visual data into meaningful parts - a form of model fitting: but in the face of multiple objects, missing and noisy data, large data volumes, and unknown form (model) and number of objects. These latter characteristics lift the problem beyond the reach of standard statistical fitting approaches.
There have been studies concentrating on optimal fitting (Kanatani 1996) (ignoring such things as outliers, multiple structures, data sample density etc.), or on robust fitting in the presence of multiple structures ((Meer 2004) not only provides a good overview if these approaches but also a good discussion of why traditional robust statistics is inadequate for such a setting) but generally ignoring small sample issues, model selection, and a plethora of other practical issues. This project is an ambitious attempt to provide a more complete theory and practical methodology.
The project will focus on range data (i.e., laser scan and 3D reconstruction from images) and motion estimation/segmentation. It will build upon the work of the team (see references below).
(Schindler 2006) K. Schindler, J. U, and H. Wang. Perspective n-view Multibody Structure-and-Motion through Model Selection. Proc. 9th European Conference on Computer Vision, Graz, Austria, 2006.
N. Gheissari, A. Bab-Hadiashar, and D. Suter. Parametric model-based motion segmentation using surface selection criterion. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 102(2):214-226, 2006.
K. Schindler and D. Suter. Two-view multibody structure-and-motion with outliers through model selection. IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 28(6):983-995, 2006.
P. Chen and D. Suter. An analysis of linear subspace approaches for computer vision and pattern recognition. International Journal of Computer Vision, 68(1):83-106, 2006.
H. Wang and D. Suter. Robust Adaptive-Scale Parametric Model Estimation for Computer Vision. IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 26(11):1459–1479, November 2004.
P. Chen and D. Suter. Recovering the missing components in a large noisy low-rank matrix: Application to SFM. IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 26(8):1051– 1063, August 2004.
H. Wang and D. Suter. MDPE: A very robust estimator for model fitting and range image segmentation. Int. J. of Computer Vision, 59(2):139–166, September 2004.
R. Hoseinnezhad, A. Bab-Hadiashar, and D. Suter. Finite sample bias of robust scale estimators in computer vision problems. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC06), volume 4291, pages 445-454, Heidelberg, 2006. Springer-Verlag.

(Kanatani 1996) K. Kanatani, Statistical Optimization for Geometric Computation: Theory and Practice, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996
(Meer 2004) P. Meer: Robust techniques for computer vision. Emerging Topics in Computer Vision, G. Medioni and S. B. Kang (Eds.), Prentice Hall, 107-190, 2004.


Candidates should have strong mathematical or statistical skills and experience in image analysis and software development would be beneficial.

UK PhD/Master by research scholarships for International Students

As per request from saoirse, I decided to do a quick search on UK's scholarship opportunities. Similar to many other countries, they've got fundings to cover both the course fees and livings. For eg, in Warwick Uni:

Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship
The Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship is a prestigious programme of awards for PhD students run by the Warwick Graduate School. The award scheme is run on a competitive basis and competition for the awards is keen.

If you are a high calibre candidate in any discipline with a proven academic track record and the potential to be an outstanding researcher in your field, we would welcome an application from you. Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowships offer:

The payment of your academic fees at the Home/EU rate
A combined salary and maintenance grant of £13,000 (for full-time award holders in 2006/2007) (roughly the same rate as livings provided in Australia, Singapore, Japan and US)
The opportunity to gain valuable work experience within your academic department

You can apply to hold an award in any department at the University of Warwick. The scheme is open to UK, EU and overseas students. Applicants for a Warwick Postgraduate Research Fellowship are required to apply for alternative funding, for example UK and EU students should apply to the UK Research Councils and overseas students to the Overseas Research Studentship Competition.

For more information about funding your Postgraduate Research, visit the Student Funding website
You should note that before you apply for the funding you should already have applied online to study the MPhil/PhD or PhD via the following link: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Student Records Team by email on studentrecords@warwick.ac.uk
Taken from http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/

There are a few more scholarships for overseas student:

University of Warwick Awards for International Students
The University offers awards for students in various countries and also participates in jointly funded scholarship schemes. Full details are available on the International Office website or email the International Office at Int.Office@warwick.ac.uk

Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Chevening Awards
The application process is organised by the British Council, British Embassy or High Commission in your home country. Information is also available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website.

Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowship Programme
Commonwealth scholarships are available for candidates in Commonwealth countries or British dependent territories who qualify for postgraduate study (taught courses and research degrees). Further details are available from the Ministry of Education in your home country and on the Association of Commonwealth Universities website.

Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme
This scheme is open to overseas applicants who want to follow a postgraduate research degree in the UK. The scheme pays the difference between the home and overseas fees for full-time students of outstanding merit and research potential. You must hold an offer from the University to study for a MPhil/PhD or PhD before applying for an ORSAS award. Application forms and further information for awards starting in September 2006 can be found at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/academicoffice/postgrad.

Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (formerly DFID Shared Scholarship Scheme)
These scholarships are funded by the Department for International Development and British Universities. The scheme is intended to help students from developing commonwealth countries to follow postgraduate courses related to the economic and social development of their home country. Awards are available for specific taught Masters degrees. Departments nominate candidates for these awards so please indicate that you wish to be considered for a DFID award on your application form. The DFID application form will be available on our website from January 2006. Further information is available from DFID’s website or the Scholarships Officer in the Graduate School. E-mail studentrecords@warwick.ac.uk

Also taken from the page mentioned. For other unis in UK, I would expect similar scholarship opportunities exist =)

So good luck to those applying, and don't forget the deadline: 30th March 2007
*generally, you could contact the *proposed* supervisor to discuss for research topic before applying for the scholarship.

Oh and just a reminder - the deadlines for most Australia's research scholarship is on 31thOct2007 - don't miss out if you are interested!

EII-MSRA PhD Internships: Application deadline 30 October 2007

The EII-Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Internship program aims to foster high
achieving second year PhD students who demonstrate the potential to become
future research leaders. The internship held in Beijing involves a three to six
months project in one of MSRA research areas
(http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/labs/asia/) under the mentorship of a
relevant senior researcher.

The award includes return airfare, accommodation and living allowance.

Internships will commence from December 2007.

Interested students are required to submit an application accompanied with
letters of recommendation from the Head of School/Department, Head of Research
Group, and Primary Supervisor to eii@eii.edu.au.

Applications close 30 October 2007.

For more information and to download the application form, please visit:

http://eii.edu.au/fellowships/msra-internships

or email eii@eii.edu.au

Job Opportunity: Machine Vision and Manufacturing Information Systems

www.vmv.com.au

Software Wizard
Do you like a challenge?? Are you a creative, innovative and want to work in an environment where you can really make a difference?? WE WANT YOU!!
VMV is a small dynamic company that specializes in the supply of and machine vision and
manufacturing information systems. VMV has established itself as a leading local supplier, and we are continually creating and delivering new and exciting products that customers love! This has been made possible through the dedication and passion of a highly engaged workforce.
To continue this innovation we require services of a bona fida Software Wizard! With high energy levels, you'll be creative, passionate and you'll thrive in an environment where you can really make a difference.
The successful applicant will work to create sophisticated, turnkey custom automated anufacturing systems from concept through to install/commission, and will utilize programming, design skills and project management expertise. Competitive salary commensurate with experience and capability.
Please send applications to jobs@vicvision.com.au

Key Responsibilities
System development:
1. Software design and development using NET C#, MySQL and SQL Server
2. Design, develop, implement and test inspection algorithms for industrial machine applications
(C++/C#).
3. Install and commission systems onsite. This involves interfacing machine vision systems with
motion controllers, programmable logic controllers, and industrial computers.
4. Research and development for new technologies/concepts
Project planning and tracking:
1. Take projects from the analysis of a client's needs through specification, concepts, design,
prototyping, system fabrication, testing and installation.
2. Interface with the customers during all phases of the project
3. Manage technical aspects of assigned task, including problem formulation, solution design,
implementation, and final evaluation.

Requirements
Professional
· 1-5 years of .NET experience in C#, Visual Studio
· Strong design/OO skills
· Experience with C++
· Strong database skills
· A disciplined approach in working with task management and wiki tools
Personal
· A strong work ethic
· Ability to communicate openly and effectively, in person and over the phone
· Diligence to developing superior code
· Passion for continual personal and professional growth
Note. Must have own car, as this position involves visits onsite.

Research Fellowship & ($30k pa) APAI PhD scholarship in SOA at Swinburne

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and PhD Scholarship in Service-Oriented
Architectures

The Centre for Information Technology Research (CITR) at Swinburne has the
following two research positions in Service-Oriented Architectures available
immediately:

* A Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow (academic level A or B),
* An APAI PhD Scholarship ($30k pa stipend).

These researchers are to join a research project investigating Rich Service
Registries (RSR), funded by the ARC and CA (Computer Associates).

The Rich Service Registries will be the centre piece of future enterprise
information systems deploying the service-oriented architecture. The project
aims to create an extensible framework for rich service registries that
allow an enterprise's IT services to be characterised, located and managed
according to their business and system properties in an intelligent and
dynamic manner. It provides methods, techniques and a software platform for
service modelling, quality/policy-based service discovery through direct and
compositional matching, service lifecycle management, auditing and legal
compliance of services and applications from an enterprise perspective.

The research fellow is expected to play a key role in the project, and must
have a broad appreciation of the project issues as well as in-depth
expertise in some of the key research topic areas. The position is available
for a period of three years.

The PhD candidate is expected to carry out research in one of the project's
key research topic areas. The scholarship is available for a period of three
years, with a high value stipend of $30,000 per year plus other travel and
research support. The applicant must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen
or an Australian permanent resident, and have a good honours (4 years)
degree or equivalent in software engineering, computer science or
information technology.

Further information about the research program can be found at
http://www.swin.edu.au/ict/research/citr/cses/. For initial enquiries,
please contact Prof Jun Han (jhan@ict.swin.edu.au) with your CV and (for PhD
scholarship) university transcripts.

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Prof Jun Han
Professsor of Software Engineering
Head, Computer Science and Software Engineering

Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology, John Street
Hawthorn/Melbourne, Vic. 3122, Australia

jhan@ict.swin.edu.au
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/personal/jhan/
http://www.it.swin.edu.au/centres/cecses/
p: +61 3 9214 5732; f: +61 3 9819 0823
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Monash University Research Scholarships (for doctoral and research masters programs)

Closing Date: 31 October 2007

The following application procedures relate ONLY to the following scholarships:

Australian Postgraduate Award - APA
Monash Graduate Scholarships - MGS
Monash Silver Jubilee Postgraduate Scholarship - MSJS
Sir James McNeill Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship - SJMcN
Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - EIPRS
Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - MIPRS
Vera Moore International Postgraduate Research Scholarship - VMIPRS
One application kit covers all of these scholarships and is available late July each year from departments, centres and other academic units at Monash University. The application kit comprises the application form and the application guide. Please refer to the Special information for prospective applicants before contacting the department for a scholarship application form.

NOTE: Scholarship application forms are NOT available on the web or from the Research Graduate School. Applicants MUST contact the department in which they wish to study to request a scholarship application form.

A list of contacts in each department/school is also available.

The original PLUS 2 COPIES of the application and all associated documentation must be submitted, each with an original signature, otherwise the application is not valid.

Please read the application guide carefully. In particular, please note the section on H1 Equivalence Procedures and the effect of prior candidature/scholarship on the duration of awards.

By the closing date applicants are also required to provide evidence of meeting the English language requirements, otherwise the application will be deemed INELIGIBLE.

Please submit your applications (original plus two copies) to:

Monash Research Graduate School

Research Services

Building 3D, Clayton Campus

Wellington Road

Monash University

Victoria Australia 3800

APAI (PhD) Scholarship in Islamic finance

Closing date: Friday, 31 August 2007

This Australian Postgraduate Award Industry (APAI) scholarship is funded by an ARC Linkage Projects grant and will provide support for three years of full time study for a PhD research project in the general area of Islamic finance. The proposed research should entail empirical work relating the application of finance theory to some aspect of Islamic banks, insurance companies, fund managers, markets or instruments.

An applicant must:

· Hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or be an Australian Permanent Resident.

· Have or be eligible for an offer of entry into the PhD program of Monash University (enrolment is required to receive payments);

· Have an appropriate Honours 1 or high 2A (equivalent) undergraduate degree;

· Not be receiving similar funding or stipend from a Commonwealth government program;

· Not have already completed a degree at a similar level; and

· Not have previously held an Australian Postgraduate Award or APAI unless it was terminated within its first six months.

The scholarship stipend of $25,118 per annum (non-taxable) is provided to the successful candidate upon commencing their PhD studies at Monash University. There is no specific commencement date, but studies should start sometime during 2007.

Applications should be by letter and include a curriculum vitae, academic record, details of prior research work, list of publications (if any), proposed area of research, citizenship/residence details, and referees.

Enquires and applications should be made to:
Professor Michael Skully
Chair of Banking
Dept of Accounting & Finance
Monash University
PO Box 197
Caulfield East, VIC, 3145

Phone: 03-9903-2407,Fax: 03-9903-1443Email: michael.skully@buseco.monash.edu.au

A*STAR Scholarships - Singapore

from http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg/Graduate_Research.html

National Science Scholarships (NSS)
A*STAR offers National Science Scholarships (NSS) to nurture talents for the challenges of a research career. NSS offers undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship in various Science, Engineering and Biomedical Sciences disciplines at local and selected overseas institutes. The different types of scholarships offered under NSS are:

BS-PhD Scholarship- supports both undergraduate as well as postgraduate studies up to the PhD level at top overseas universities.

MBBS-PhD Scholarship- trains candidates in clinical and research skills

Overseas PhD Scholarship- aims to support graduates with good honours degrees in their pursuit of postgraduate studies up to the PhD level in top overseas universities.

International Fellowship- two categories are available. The first category supports postgraduate students and post-doctoral fellows currently based in top overseas institutions and it is targeted at those who intend to eventually work in Singapore upon completion of their programme. The second category offers overseas research training and attachment opportunities to researchers based in local research institutes/centres/hospitals and universities.

A*STAR Graduate Scholarships (AGS)
The other attractive scholarship is the A*STAR Graduate Scholarship (AGS) which is a collaboration between A*STAR Graduate Academy (AGA) and NUS Graduate School (NGS). AGS comprises a four-year PhD study tenable at NUS, and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship (PDF) in the top overseas universities or research laboratories. Areas covered include Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering.

If you are interested to find out more information about the various A*STAR scholarships, please visit http://scholarships.a-star.edu.sg. For enquiries, please email to a-star_scholarships@a-star.edu.sg

Master of Science in Communications Technology, Ulm Uni, Germany

I've got many students asking me about scholarships for coursework program. I've managed to find one - the ads mentioned no tuition fees, but when I check out the website, it's 500 euro per sem (which is really cheap - supposingly to cover some basic fees in order to continue having that program to benefit more students).

Anyway if you are a Electrical Engineering degree grads from Australian/Germany etc(check out the list) and would like to pursue a master by coursework in Germany, here's your chance!

check out the faq: http://ctech.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/ctech/bin/view/CTech/CTechFAQ

Scholarship forms

Short entry for today - sharing some links of the scholarship forms for research studies in Australian universities in Victoria state:

Latrobe Uni:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rgso/scholarships.htm#Scholarships

RMIT:
http://mams.rmit.edu.au/74s3zc4ytdgr.pdf

Melbourne Uni:
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/pdf/pgradapp/pgradapp.pdf
*need application fees aud100

Monash Uni:
email the department for form - not available from website (I have the old kit and you can get it from me by leaving yr email add here)

Swinburn Uni:
http://www.swin.edu.au/research/schols.htm

I'll post up more soon!

*Note: in the forms, you may be required to fill in potential supervisors and research topic. Try to look through the research schools to find out which supervisor you are likely to do your studies with - best if you could even exchange emails with them so they can help to support your applications.

As for proposed research topic, read up the papers that the potential supervisor wrote, and any new/interesting papers. Sometimes supervisor might have a webpage and lists out some phd/master topic - you can try to design your proposed research from there too.

Australian Postgraduate Research Scholarships

For International students:
You are eligible to apply for
1. Scholarship that covers your course fees
2. Scholarship that covers your living expenses - normally from aud15k to 19k per annum

Scholarships that covers your course fees:
1. Endeavour International Postgraduates Research Scholarships (Endeavour IRPS)
- covers your visa application fees, your health insurance and waive your course fees (around 20k per annum)
2. University's IPRS
- usually paid by the uni's Graduate School. eg. MIPRS - Monash IPRS

If the above fails - try to get the Faculty to pay 50% of the fees, and get the Department to pay 50% of the fees. Or, get the supervisor to help using the grants, or the research center he/she belongs to.

Scholarship that covers your living stipend:
1. Graduate Scholarships from University's Graduate Schools.
eg. MGS (Monash Graduate Scholarships). The amount is different every year - I think there's an increment of 3% due to the inflation rate. It's around aud19k for 2007.
2. Top up scholarships from Research Centers.
Some projects allow top up scholarships (usually industrial projects), and it's around 6k per annum. So if you get both, you will get around 25k per annum - tax-free!

However, with scholarships, there are restrictions - you can't work for more than 6 hours per week in average. If you work as a tutor, you will normally get paid at aud90 for the 1st hour, and aud60 for the repeating hours. Ask me more bout this if you are interested. Anyway, if you teaches a 2 hours tutorials and two repeating classes:
aud90*2 + aud60*4= aud420per week.
Therefore, you will get around 1680per month
the living stipend without top up is around aud1.5k per month, adding the part time job - you get around 3.2k per month to spend - more than enough for livings I suppose!

(you only get taxed for any income more than 6k per year and that only applies to your part time job since your living stipend is tax-free)

I'll discuss about the application process in different uni, and the scholarships for locals in next few posts!

and let me know if you have any any questions!

Foundation Grants in 2008

Closing date: Friday 5 October 2007

NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.

In 2008, research grants will be available for research in the fields of brain sciences, diabetes, geriatrics, lung diseases (excluding cancer) rheumatology, vision sciences and in the medical application of genetic research.

The value of the grants is between $8,000 and $20,000. These limits will be strictly adhered to and the grant preferably, but not exclusively, will be for specific equipment. A commitment for continued support cannot be given.

Guidelines and application forms are available from the Foundation’s website and from the Research Offices of most Universities or Research Institutions.

NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE.

COURIER ADDRESS: 142 Glenayr Avenue, Bondi Beach NSW

Application form is available from http://www.cooperfoundation.org.au/ApplicationForm2008.doc

Guidelines are available from http://www.cooperfoundation.org.au/Guidelines2008.doc

Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited PhD Scholarship 2008

Closing date: Tuesday 31 July 2007

The Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation is offering a scholarship, to commence in 2008, for young science and medical graduates. The scholarship will be granted for the undertaking of a thesis study in the medical applications of Genetic Research at a recognised Australian University. The Scholarship is intended to support basic and clinical research training within Australian research units and as a precursor to more advanced study in Australia and/or overseas.

The scholarship will be granted for one year and be renewable for three years depending on satisfactory progress. Applicants should be about to commence their PhD or be in their first year.

Applications should include a 2-3 page summary of their research proposal, their CV, as well as a letter from their proposed supervisor and one other referee.

Applicants will be advised of their success or otherwise by the end of September 2007.

Applications now open for the 2008 Fulbright Scholarships

Closing date: Friday 31 August 2007

Valued at up to $A40,000, Fulbright scholarships are open to Australian citizens to undertake research or study in the United States for 3 – 12 months. Scholarships can be started between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009.

As the largest and one of the most prestigious educational scholarship programs in the world, Fulbright provides unique opportunities for Australians to build long term research collaboration and linkages with U.S. universities.



Applications are open to Postgraduates (to do research related to their Australian PhD. or to enrol in a US degree); Postdoctoral, Professional and Senior Scholars from any field of study. Applicants from Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia are encouraged to consider the new state specific Fulbright Scholarships that have now been established.



For further information and application forms see www.fulbright.com.au

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Scholarship in Law for 2008

Closing date: Friday 31 August 2007 (late applications will not be accepted).

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust in London, with the support of the Australian government Department of Education, Science and Training, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Menzies Foundation, offers to Australian post-graduate students two scholarships in Law tenable in the United Kingdom commencing October 2008.

The scholarship provides return fares and substantial emoluments which are subject to United Kingdom tax. It is tenable for one, two or three academic years.

Academic excellence is of primary importance. The Selection Committee will seek individuals who are likely to attain prominence in Australia as demonstrated by their record of leadership, extra-curricular activities and interest in the service of others.

Gowrie Scholarship Trust Fund – Research Scholarship 2008

Closing date: 3 October, 2007 (University is required to rank applications in order of merit).

The Trustees offer annual Research Scholarships for research study, to graduates of Australian universities, or to other persons who have completed a course of tertiary education at other recognised institutions in Australia.

In accordance with the Trust Deed, Gowrie Scholarships will be awarded to members of the Forces, and children of members of the Forces, including, at the direction of the Trustees, grandchildren or other lineal descendants of such members.

The value of the scholarship is $4,000 per annum. Scholarships are awarded for a period of two years.