Internet Commerce Security Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Internet Commerce Security
PhD Studies
$120k - Research Opportunity

The University of Ballarat is offering a unique opportunity for students
undertaking PhD studies in the area of Internet Commerce Security to receive
$120k over three years. You will work on real problems and data related to
current fraud activity faced by many financial organisations in the world of
eFinance and eSecurity.

The University of Ballarat, Westpac Banking Corporation and IBM have jointly
established the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) to carry out
research into Internet Commerce Security. It will focus on addressing some of
the most critical issues in the Internet Commerce Sector in the management of
identity, internet fraud, trust and the use of the internet. Research projects
will be in areas related to information security and data mining.

To be successful in your application you must have:
. A first class honours degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information
Technology or Mathematics
. Excellent communication skills
. Ability and aptitude for both a research and commercial environment

You must be willing to:
. Successfully complete a PhD in this research area
. Be part of a motivated, dynamic and creative environment
. Apply your knowledge to critical real world problems
. Be ready for employment opportunities that will exist in this field

Scholarship: $26,000 pa (tax free).
The Scholarship term is 3 years. Candidates for the scholarships must be
Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

Laboratory: Applicants are also able to apply for additional optional funding
of $14,000 pa (taxable) for Laboratory engagement.

Potential applicants should contact
Assoc Professor Paul Watters,
Director, Internet Commerce Security Laboratory
p.watters@ballarat.edu.au

http://www.eii.edu.au/schol/ics

PhD Scholarship in Nottingham University, Malaysia Campus

Requirement:
- First class hon (Hon Degree, MSC, MEng)
- good character, hardworking and practical

Phd area: Vision navigation (NO Choice) because it is funded by grant.
Student needs to do this topic. The project involve Hardware + software.
First supervisor: Prof Kenneth Ang

Offer:
The research project is fully funded, the student will get
(1) 3 year school fees (paid), RM28k x 3
(2) allowance RM1500 per month for 3 years, RM18k x 3.
(3) equipments of this research project will be fully funded.
(4) conference travel (include registration, travel, accommodation etc)
for the first two years, fully funded by the grant
(5) funding for training (if needed) is available.

EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION IN HAMPTON, VA, USA

National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) anticipates at least 15 new graduate research assistantships for 2008-2009.

Stipends $22-26 K per year, all tuition, fees, health insurance, and a professional travel allowance.

Perform research with experts at NASA Langley Research Center, eminent faculty at NIA (including 6 chaired professors) and faculty on campus http://www.nianet.org/graduateeducation/gradstudentops.php

MS and PhD degrees in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Materials Science, Systems, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Physics and other engineering fields from one of our consortium universities: Georgia Tech, Maryland, NC State, NC A&T, Virginia, Virginia Tech.

Residency fulfilled at NIA in Hampton. Earn degree from one of our universities while taking up to half of your courses from consortium partner universities. Coursework from on-site faculty as well as distance learning. Innovative new courses, including team-taught classes from our multi-university consortium.
For a brochure to post or share please click on the following link:
http://www.nianet.org/pubs/NIA_GradEd06.pdf


Additional information on the NIA graduate program may be found on http://www.nianet.org/graduateeducation


For additional information please contact Ms. Lisa Burke, lburke@nianet.org or (757) 325-6731.

Funded Research Positions for Postdoctoral and Doctoral Students in

The Institute of Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria,
invites applications for Phd students and Postdocs in the Distributed and
Parallel Systems Group (DPS).

Your areas of interest should comprise:
- Application development and runtime environments for multi-core parallel
architectures
- Program analysis and optimizations for parallel systems
- Programming languages and methods for multiprocessor architectures
- Performance analysis and debugging for parallel programs

Prerequisites: applicants must hold a master or equivalent degree in
computer science as well as a working permit for the European Union

Profile of our group: DPS participates among others in the following EU
projects: EU CoreGRID, EU EC-GIN, EU edutain@grid, EU Adaptive Services
Grid, EU KWF Grid, EU EGEE 1 . 3, SFB Aurora and Austrian Grid.

Language skills: English; Note that the working and study language is
English. The entire course and research programme is held in English only.
There is no need to learn German for this position.

The City of Innsbruck, which hosted the Olympic winter games twice, is
located in the beautiful surroundings of the Tyrolean Alps. The
combination of the Alpine environment and the urban life in this
historically grown town provides a high quality of living. The university
has a long tradition dating back to the 16th century, and, with seven
schools (Theology, Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Medicine,
Humanities, Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering and Architecture), it
offers a wide spectrum of research and teaching activities and interesting
opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Besides, the Country of
Tyrol strongly supports various initiatives in the IT domain.

Applications can be submitted anytime. There is no deadline. Please direct
questions and your application to:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fahringer
Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 21a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Email: Thomas.Fahringer@uibk.ac.at
URL: dps.uibk.ac.at

Do you need to learn japanese to study in Japan?

This entry is to answer saoirse question on whether learning japanese is necessary to apply for scholarship in Japanese University.

I did a quick google search and found this: http://dhas.hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sdcp/ag07.htm
where the requirements include:

A completed application form with one attached photograph [PDF, 130kb]
Proof of citizenship in country with diplomatic relations with Japan.
Official certificate of a Master's degree (or a letter from a graduate school attesting to expected award of Master's degree) and an undergraduate diploma from a university or college (Bachelor’s or equivalent).
Official transcripts from the applicant's master’s and undergraduate programs.　
A certificate of English proficiency, preferably a TOEFL score.
A copy of the applicant's Master’s thesis (if completed).
Two confidential recommendation letters on the linked form [PDF, 100kb]. Each letter should be sent directly to the Professor In Charge in a sealed envelope with the signature of the recommender over the flap of the envelope. One recommendation letter from a high-ranking person, such as the dean of a graduate school, chair of a department, president of a company, or a person in an equivalent position is strongly recommended.

Only English proficiency is required - therefore not being able to communicate in Japanese is so a problem.

As from personal experience, almost all classes (I havent't come across one that isn't though) in Nagoya University are conducted in Japanese, the same goes to the research seminars, even when foreigner who does not understand Japanese is there. I used to attend weekly meetings, conducted in Japanese with powerpoint slides in Japanese as well - lucky for me that I understand chinese, I could at least read the kanji on the slide. Otherwise I would fell asleep in that 3-5hours of weekly meeting...

Therefore knowing Japanese is important, as not much students/staffs will talk to you as they found it hard to express themselves and some are just too shy, even in the university. I did meet a few nice Japanese who love English and talk to me a lot, but I think I'm really lucky on that. But there're foreigners from China, Mexico, US, Brazil as research students too so you'll still be able to find someone to chat with when you are bored =p

And to learn Japanese, there're plenty of classes (some are free) conducted in the university, so you can start learning when you are in Japan. I personally think learning Japanese in Japan is more effective as you get to practise it the whole time =p

So, in short, picking up a bit of nihongo (Japanese) is definitely a plus - well you can always learn from anime, songs, lonely planet language book, pimsleur mp3 (I have this oral Japanese lessons mp3 with me) so you could at least make sure you could get to your accomodation once you reached there. But it's okay to only start learning when you are in Japan I guess =p

3 PhD Scholarships in Computational Engineering (Electronic Device Modelling)

RMIT University, Melbourne
The Project: The three-year program of research is targeting the development of C++ codes for the analysis, design, modelling and simulation of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices for high-tech electronic applications. The candidates will be working in a research group which has extensive expertise in computational engineering and has pioneered the development of models for device simulation in Europe, United States and South East Asia since 1979.

The Person: Applicants will need a degree with honours in either Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Applied Science, have extensive experience in C++ programming language and algorithm design, and be mathematically minded. Successful applicants will preferably commence by early January 2008. These scholarships are available to Australian citizens and permanent residents.

Remuneration: The PhD Scholarships (3) will be awarded a stipend of $25,627 (2007) per annum, for a maximum of three years, plus project funds for overseas and national conference participation on an annual basis.

Contact: Interested candidates should email curriculum vitae and cover letter to Prof. Alireza BAGHAI-WADJI:alireza.baghai-wadji@rmit.edu.au


http://www.rmit.edu.au/sece

Closing Date for Applications: 07 December 2007

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

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

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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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

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!

Post-doctoral Fellowships and Post-graduate Scholarships for Corrosion Research at Departments of Mechanical and

TWO post-doctoral research fellowships and at least TWO post-graduate student scholarships are available, as a result of Discovery and Linkage grants of Australian Research Council (ARC) and Victorian State Govt Funding (ETIS Program). The research areas will include microbiological corrosion (particularly of concrete structures), corrosion mitigation of magnesium alloys and corrosion of nanocrystalline materials

For further information please contact Dr Raman Singh (Ph 03 9905 3571, raman.singh@eng.monash.edu.au

The Nancy Millis Young Postgraduate Award for graduates - $21,000

This Award will be presented to an outstanding graduate in agriculture, biology, natural resource management, earth sciences, environmental science or a related field, who is able to register for a PhD program at a Victorian university.

For further information please refer to www.dpi.vic.gov.au/science awards.

Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation Limited

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.

Closing date for these applications is 31 July 2007.

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

Applications now open for the 2008 Fulbright Scholarships

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

Applications close 31 August 2007.

2008 General Sir John Monash Awards

Applications for the 2008 John Monash Awards close on 31st August 2007. Application forms are now available on our website http://www.monashawards.org

The Awards are Australia’s equivalent to the prestigious Rhodes scholarship and the American Fulbright programme.

The Awards offer up to $150,000 over three years for postgraduate studies (PhD, DPhil or professional Masters Degree) at any of the world’s best universities overseas.

Only eight Awards are made each year to Australian citizens adjudged to have outstanding academic achievement, community consciousness and service and leadership potential of their field and the community. The Foundation expects Award winners to make a significant contribution to the future development of Australia.

There is no restriction on the age of applicants or the fields of study. The average age of past winners is 26 and they have come from universities across Australia including from the fields of: Science; Engineering, Law, Economics, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Social Studies, Medicine, Health, Philosophy, Arts and Music.

Profiles of the 2007 Award Winners can be found on our Website at http://www.monashawards.org/news.asp

Birds Australia – Victoria Research Awards 2007

The Victorian Regional Group of Birds Australia (BA-VIC) invites, from postgraduate students enrolled for the PhD degree at Victorian Universities and Colleges, applications for Research Grants. One-year grants of $500 - $1500 will be awarded to support suitable field-based ornithological research.

Applications for the Award close on Friday, 27 July 2007.

Eligibility is outlined in the guidelines at: http://babblersnest.com/Documents/ResearchGrantGuidelines.doc

For further information please visit: http://www.babblersnest.com/Documents/ResearchGrantApplicationForm.doc

PhD Scholarship Investigating Mental Health in Athletes

The Australian Rotary Health Research Fund (ARHRF) invites applications for a PhD scholar investigating Mental Health in Athletes. In particular, the research should address suicide in middle-aged men with a focus on help seeking and/or mental health in high-level athletes.

Applications for the scholarship closes on Friday 27 July 2007.

The Scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student who is undertaking full-time research in an area of research relevant to mental health/suicide. Only applicants about to commence, or already those engaged in their first or second years of a PhD are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.

The value of the scholarship is $25,000. The Scholarship will provide salary and incidental support for a postgraduate student who is undertaking full-time research in an area of research relevant to mental health/suicide. Only applicants about to commence, or those already engaged in their first or second year of a PhD are eligible to apply for the Scholarship.

The award will be made for one year in the first instance but can be extended for a maximum of three and a half years upon receipt of satisfactory annual progress reports.

For further information please visit: http://www.arhrf.org.au/docUploads/David.Henning.Mem.Parra.City.Suicide.athletes.doc