new scholarship: September 2008

DAAD Scholarships for Postgraduate and Doctoral

DAAD SCHOLARSHIP
Beasiswa DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships funded by the German Government to University lecturers, researchers and professionals with two years of working experience.

Postgraduate Courses
For Professionals with Relevance to Developing Countries: selected study courses
Dateline: 11^th September 2008
Doctoral Programs and Short-term Research for PostDocs in Germany
Open fro any kinds of study programs
Dateline: 15^th October 2008
Kindly download and complete the Application Form which can be obtained from the Website at http://jakarta.daad.de, completed application form need to be submitted with your latest (non returnable) passport size photograph together with your contact number, address, CV and relevant copies of full academic report to:

DAAD Jakarta Office
Tel: 021-525 2807, 520 0870
E-Mail: info@daadjkt.org

Website: http://jakarta.daad.de

[Italy] PhD Scholarship in Business Administration -University of Bologna

The PhD program in Business Administration of the University of Bologna trains brilliant researchers in the fields of management, by offering courses in several areas such as organization theory, business strategy, marketing, technology and innovation management, research methods, statistics, econometrics. In addition to the courses, PhD students have the opportunity to attend seminars held by internationally renowned scholars, present their work at conferences, spend a research period of at least 6 months in international academic institutions. The courses are held in English. The PhD in Business Administration (3-year program) is organized by the Department of Management of the University of Bologna (www.sa.unibo.it), in cooperation with the University LUISS Guido Carli of Rome and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

In order to apply, a Master degree (laurea specialistica/magistrale) is required. The 2009 edition of the PhD in Business Administration (24th cycle) will start in January 2009. 10 students will be admitted to the program and 5 scholarships will be offered. The number of scholarship-assisted places may increase thanks to the financial support of public or private institutions. The net amount of the scholarship is around 1000 Euro per month, for a 3-year period. The amount of the scholarship can be increased during the research period spent abroad (+50%) and through assistantships in teaching or contract research activities.

Applications from foreign students are encouraged.
For further details on the PhD program in Business Administration, the admission requirements and the selection procedures, please visit the website: http://www.sa.unibo.it/SA/Ricerca/Dottorati/Dottorato+in+Direzione+Aziendale/dottoratoinenglish.htm
or contact the PhD Coordinator, Professor Federico Munari (federico.munari@unibo.it).

The call for application will be published at the beginning of August 2008 on this website:
http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ricerca/Dottorati+di+ricerca/default.htm The deadline to submit all the application documents (approx. 10th September 2008) will be specified in the call.

New Teaching Fellowships Mean Business

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is tackling the critical shortage of good teachers with a boatload of invaluable graduate fellowships for new grads and for career changers and professional teachers. The program is two-fold:

National Fellowships: Applications for the Lenore Annenberg Teaching Fellowships will be available in fall 2008. The awards are designed to hand-select some of the best grad level teaching students from around the country. Recipients will attend prestigious programs at Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and the University of Washington.
State-based fellowships in all 50 states will eventually be the norm. Beginning in 2009, though, the flagship program will launch in Indiana. Between Ball State University, Purdue University, University of Indiana and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 20-$30,000 fellowships will be awarded to remarkable education majors from a national pool. The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowships will target grad students specializing in math and science. Recipients must agree to work as teachers in Indiana for no less than three years following graduation.

Full university fellowships are accompanied by $30,000 stipends apiece for both programs and the future goals are lofty: roll out in all 50 states, Ohio the first to follow Indiana. State programs are eager to turn around disadvantaged urban and rural schools that currently suffer from lack of experienced and talented teachers.

Eligibility terms:

Senior education undergraduates and professional teachers and career changers are invited to apply for awards.
Applicants must possess a Bachelors degree in teaching.
Academic excellence combined with proven dedication to teaching is a must.
Applicants will be asked to write personal essays and participate in a panel interview.

How to Apply:

**Interested education grad students and teaching professionals: Contact the participating schools listed above or the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowships Foundation for comprehensive details.

[Netherlands] PhD student in Emergence of Structures in Speech Signals at Radboud University Nijmegen

PhD student "Emergence of Structures in Speech Signals" (1.0 fte)

Faculty of Arts
Vacancy number: 23.31.08
Closing date: 14-09-2008

Job description:
The NWO project A Computational Model of Language Acquisition aims to develop a computational model of language acquisition. The project team will comprise a postdoc and two PhD students. The PhD student will conduct computer simulations to investigate the emergence and development of neural representations of speech signals. In the first year the focus will be on representations of rhythm and intonation that a foetus is already able to form. The following years will be devoted to research addressing the segmentation of continuous speech signals into word-like units and the emergence of sub-word representations. In addition to designing and conducting the computer simulations, the PhD student is expected to have completed a PhD thesis on the topic by the end of the contract.

Requirements:
The successful candidate has a Master`s degree in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Psychology, Pattern Recognition, or Computer Science. She/he has excellent writing skills and is fluent in English.

Organization:
The Faculty of Arts consists of eleven departments in the area of language and culture, history, history of arts, linguistics and business communication, which together cater for about 2,700 students and collaborate closely in teaching and research. The project will be carried out at the research institute Centre for Language Studies as part of the Linguistic Information Processing and Grammar and Cognition research programmes.

Conditions of employment:
The total duration of the contract is 3.5 years. The PhD student will receive an initial contract for the duration of 1.5 year with the possibility of prolongation for another 2 years.

Additional information:
The starting gross salary is € 2.000 per month based upon a full-time employment.

For further information such as a copy of the project proposal,
please contact prof. dr. Lou Boves (l.boves@let.ru.nl).

Application letters, including extensive CV and MA thesis or other publications, (with vacancy number: 23.31.08, preferably by e-mail) can be sent to:

Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Arts,
Department of Human Resources, attn. of Ms. A. Graat
P.O. Box 9103, 6500 HD Nijmegen, the Netherlands
E-mail: vacatures@let.ru.nl