The online scholarship application is now available!
The American Library Association, usually known by its acronym ALA, is an institution that a nuclear 64,000 librarians and library associations in the United States. Its mission is to promote the highest quality in information services and libraries, through the public access to information. It's probably one of the most active professional associations and with more partners in the world.
Scholarship money is available for future librarians. The American Library Association (ALA) has more than $ 300,000 for students who are studying library science or school library half at the master's degree level. Scholarships typically range from $ 1500 to $ 6500 per student per year. The application and instructions are available online at www.ala.org / scholarships. The application deadline is March 1, 2009.
The following items are required for all scholarship applications. Be sure to check the requirements of the specific scholarship for which you are applying because you may need to mail additional documents.
1. Required. Completed online application (which includes a personal statement). 2. Required. Completed references (only references on the official online form will be accepted). A total of three references must be submitted. You will be prompted to indicate your professional references within the online application. 3. Required. Official academic transcripts from institutions where you received your bachelors degree. Thesecan be submitted directly from the institution, or mailed in the unopened envelope as received from the degree-granting institutions along with any other materials you may need to submit. Only official (sealed) copies will be accepted. All items must be received in the ALA Scholarship Clearinghouse by March 1st to be considered. The mailing address is: ALA Scholarship Clearinghouse, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Note: The completion of the application is the responsibility of the applicant.
Three major factors are considered in awarding these scholarships: a) academic excellence; b) leadership; and c) evidence of commitment to a career in librarianship.
If you have questions or concerns about the application process, please contact the ALA Scholarship Clearinghouse at 1-800-545-2433 ext. 4279 or scholarships@ala.org.
Recipients will be contacted by phone after June 1st. All other applicants will be notified by mail after July 1st.
PLEASE NOTE: The scholarship application and the reference forms are both online submissions. The scholarship application and reference forms will be available until March 1, 2009.
The scholarship YFU-ALA (Latin American Association of Youth For Understanding) is funded by member countries ALA - YFU. YFU Uruguay elect one candidate who meets the requirements of the program.
Program: Secondary
Destination: Ecuador Duration: 11 months Launching the program: August 2008
Grant: Total
Annual Program Ecuador
It's a student-cultural eleven months. Upon arrival the student participates in an orientation along with other exchange students. After integrating their host family with whom know the social and cultural life in Ecuador, their traditions and customs. Contribute to the academy as a local student is one of its major tasks. The assistance is to public schools or private schools, depending on city and the host family.
Volunteers from the organization conducted seminars and orientations in order to monitor the experience of students. YFU Ecuador is organizing a trip where half the costs of the activity are included.
Requirements Being a high school student (or preparatory academy). Be between 15 and 18 years inclusive, and may not meet the 19 years in the host country. Being a good student, with an average of 8 (eight) or more in the last two years of lyceum / college courses. Have application and good conduct. Be very keen to meet people and interact, making friends in a familiar environment to feel at home. Feeling curious to live in Ecuador.
Capital purpose - is to provide support for scientific work in experimental psychology and Geophysics, the Geophysics case especially in the branches of which are grown in Denmark. In general, given observationel research priority, and purely theoretical research is supported only exceptionally. Basic research is supported in as much as research with direct practical purpose. Scholarships awarded primarily for annual raises, which have higher education and scientific research to the goal. It is intended that the award should be able to cover a modest annual consumption and personal travel. However, there may be granted to researchers who wish to perform work in this country. Annual scholarship donations will be allocated the same researchers more than once. It should also be possible for the Foundation Board upon application to assign researchers deemed especially qualified, a larger scholarship amount, so that work in the longer term can be planned. Scholarships from the fund is primarily intended for Danish nationals, but foreigners may also be considered.
There will be last year and a half after the scholarship award submitted reports on the use made of support. There will be a brief overview of the work done and also a summary records, extensive travel and living costs, the latter possibly split up after varying circumstances. For the great legacies he must first report followed up by annual reports.
The Fund can not provide support to institutions or to work in an institution's official.
Application:
There are the application each year 1st April.
There must be application form, available by clicking here (using Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded here). Remember to indicate that it is Inge Lehmann Legat sought. All items on the form must be completed. The schedule printed out and sent accompanied by a detailed project description, resume and budget as well as any. opinion of the coach. Annex accompanying the application will not be returned.
Applications sent to: Inge Lehmann Legat Sciences Company HC Andersens Boulevard 35 1553 Copenhagen V
Capital purposes Capital aims to strengthen the Royal Danish Society of Sciences business. It will, among others, say that the scholarship will steadily tea Its scholarship accounts, particularly through the purchase of medals when the company wants to distribute them. In addition, scholarship ensure that at least every two years held a Bjerrum-Brønsted-Lang's lecture, named after chemistry core Niels Bjerrum, JN Brønsted and Kaj Linder Power-Lang, and through the first 12 handouts by Niels Bjerrum chemist Price from the formation of the scholarship must provide 3,000 kroner to the recipient of the prize.
Application:
There are the application each year 1st April and 1 October. Capital can be searched by members of the Society of Sciences or the candidates recommended by a member.
There must be application form, available by clicking here (using Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded here). Make sure to specify which scholarship search. All items on the form must be completed. The schedule printed out and sent attached budget. Annex accompanying the application will not be returned.
Applications sent to: Shaft Tovborg Jensen Legat Sciences Company HC Andersens Boulevard 35 1553 Copenhagen V
The Fund's purpose - is to promote the dissemination of research and development results in order that scientific findings used in commercial and cultural life.
Aid can not be given to technical equipment or activities conducted exclusively in state or municipal level.
Application:
There are the application 1st April and 1 October, but applications are received regularly.
Applications should be short (maximum 1 A4 page + possible. Annex); budget and possible. press offers attached.
The application must include information on what other funds / scholarships have been tried for the same purpose, just as it should be disclosed, whether sought grants for publishing an academic thesis; that is the case, a copy of the opinion won. And explains of how the thesis is recast with a view to publishing.
There are no application form. Applications sent to: Lillian and Dan Fink Fund Sciences Company HC Andersens Boulevard 35 1553 Copenhagen V
Fund Fund resources placed at the disposal of one or more Danish researchers in the field of concrete research, whose solution requires a longer stay abroad.
Capital is not an education scholarship, but after the charter can be assigned to the solution of "specific duties, as clearly defined." Scholarship awarded only to graduates or graduates who are educationally at similar levels.
Application: There are the application each year 1st April.
There must be application form, available by clicking here (using Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded here). Remember to indicate that it is Julie von Müllens Fund is sought. All items on the form must be completed. The schedule printed out and sent accompanied by a detailed project description, resume and budget as well as any. opinion of the coach. Annex accompanying the application will not be returned.
Applications sent to:
Julie von Müllens Fund Sciences Company HC Andersens Boulevard 35 1553 Copenhagen V
Niels Bohr Foundation is an amalgamation of the four scholarships Niels Bohr Capital, Emil Herborg grant for young, English, Science poor Men, Mag.art. Marcus Lorenzen Legat and Ole Romer Foundation, and it continues in its objective aims of the four combined scholarships: Niels Bohr Capital - to support such purposes falling under the Royal Danish Sciences Association's reach.
Emil Herborg grant for young, English, Science impecunious Men - to provide support for young people, Danish, impecunious scholars. No one scholarship recipient must be filled first award 30 years. Capital primary target group is poor science thesis students or graduates under 30 years - regardless of gender. To be interpreted as lack of means that you can not get the scholarship, if you have a doctoral fellowship. In particular, support for travel and subsistence expenses, where the journey is estimated to increase the applicant's research potential. Legat units will be around. 10,000 kroner each. Mag.art. Marcus Lorenzen Scholarships - to provide support for promoting the study of English language and study of the Danish flora, including support for the release of substantial additional scientific work in these areas. Ole Romer Foundation - to provide support to Danish scientists, primarily within the scientific disciplines related to Ole Romer scientific effort (astronomy, geodesy and physics), for example by contributing to travel with scientific purposes.
The objectives addressed in relation to the capital, had each scholarship from the merger.
Application:
There are the application each year 1st April and 1 October.
There must be application form, available by clicking here (using Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded here). Be sure to indicate that it is Niels Bohr Foundation, which sought (which must not refer to the combined endowments, and there will only submitted one application, whether the project applied for any. could come within several purposes). All items on the form must be completed. The schedule printed out and sent accompanied by a detailed project description, resume, budget, character print, and the opinion of the coach. Annex accompanying the application will not be returned.
Applications sent to:
Niels Bohr Foundation
Sciences Company HC Andersens Boulevard 35 1553 Copenhagen V
During the month of December will provide information related to the Scholarship Regulations, which govern for the academic year 2009. To that end, they may approach the Office of Fellowships, in the 1st floor of Building Annex I (Cabildo 208, Moron), Monday through Friday from 10 to 18. Those who are able to manage Scholarships may conduct the proceedings from February 2 until March 31 2009 inclusive, in the following days and times: Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 and Saturdays from 9 to 11:45.
Uppsala University announces at the beginning of each semester available scholarships.
Faced filing periods in September and February is a list of the scholarships that are available to search just the semester. During the application period is given a full list of available scholarships here on the web. The list was also published in Uppsala student newspaper Ergo, and it is funding at the Faculty Student Office and at the reception at the university administration (Saint Olavinkatu 10 B) and on nations. During the school year may also other scholarships available published. These are often targeted at specific groups of applicants and they may have different application periods. See separate announcements of scholarships, which can be sought now.
Even Nations distributes its own scholarships; more information on these is available at the respective nation.
Eligibility and selection If the powers given to scholarship (kinship or the like) must be proved, such documents are attached. The university scholarship handbook is information about existing rules for the various scholarships. It can be purchased for SEK 30 at the Faculty Student Office or the university administration's Desk, St. Olofsg 10 B, plan 1. Scholarship Handbook is also posted at Uppsala College Administration website.
Scholarships are based only on full-time studies. While graduate students must be registered at 100 percent to be awarded the fellowship. Since a long time, the competitive situation was such that, unless special permission requirements for certain scholarship are met, the selection of fellows are among those who completed at least 4-5 semesters of study at the University.
The so-called "cap bursary regulates that a student can not hold several smaller grants in an amount exceeding the ceiling, currently £ 36,900 per year.
Students who hold a full training grants for graduate students or the equivalent income is only authorized to search the awards in category A (research grants) and B (IMGs) and scholarships under the statutes are intended only for research studies. Please note that travel can not be sought for already completed trip, or trip that began before the application deadline.
Data from the application documents, data processing.
Application Application forms can be downloaded from the web, see link in the left margin, and can also be downloaded application times at the Faculty Student Office, at the reception at the university administration (both at St Olavinkatu 10 B) and on nations.
Results Lists added scholarships are available on the Faculty Student Office, the Registry (St Olavinkatu 10 B, plan 1) and on student Nations at the end of the semester.
The awarded scholarship will be notified by mail. Applications from those who are not awarded a scholarship pulped.
At the time of seeking aid and subsidies, we must take into account requirements, documents and deadlines. The latest announcements and a series of tips to successfully pass through the nebula.
Initiate and pursue an academic career involves a few efforts, not only study but also economic. Sometimes, even enrolled in public universities, the cost can become real obstacles to the continuation of those who have embarked on the adventure education. In Argentina, many universities and institutions offer grants of various kinds in order to facilitate the studies to those who need it most.
Different institutions are dedicated to recognizing merit and open up new paths for students capable and excited. In some cases, cover, in addition to the academic fees, other expenses for transportation, lodging, lodging, medical insurance and others. The offers are varied and original and adapted to almost every taste.
However, the question is to know how this universe and managed. It happens, as with everything unknown, that the world of scholarship is presented as a mystery, one difficult nebulous to clear.
Where do you see for scholarships? What myriad requirements will be needed to run? What documents will be requested?
In principle, the institutions that offer scholarships are varied: embassies, international institutes, universities Argentine and foreign, national and international agencies, corporations, foundations.
Applicants must have a clear understanding about what they want and look in terms of their personal concerns. However, the claim must comply, then, as offered in the market for the scholarships.
The portal Universia Fellowship has 480 calls for tenders published classified materials, shapes, regions and entities. In turn, has a listing of Argentine institutions and foreign scholarship for Argentine citizens.
What are the requirements and documentation must be submitted?
Who will run for a scholarship need to pay attention to the dates of closure of registration since, in any case not be removed, except for an extension defined by the same institution bidder.
It should be remembered also that the documentation normally required extensive and requires certain formalities to get it. The candidate must meet all the requirements and submit all the required documentation within the specified deadlines.
There are certain documents that are constant for most of the calls: analytical certificates and diplomas from high school, curriculum vitae, certificates of foreign languages, medical records, photographs, letters of reference and recommendation letter for admission to the university that is forward The study chosen.
Those who follow a postgraduate certificate must submit the analytical and college graduates. In turn, each institution has its own criteria for establishing the requirements and documentation to be provided by applicants.
There is a period of the year in which invitations are issued. However, since in many cases, are offered scholarships to study in the northern hemisphere, the inscriptions are often close to half of the year to begin with the academic year in September. In the case of scholarships offered by universities in Argentina, the calls often start in the second half of the year and conclude in February or March the following year.
The geochemistry group in the department of geological sciences, University of Manitoba have funds to support several M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Projects include ore deposits, evolution of seawater and atmospheric composition, tectonics and geochronology.
Students interested in the application of stable and radiogenic isotopes to these or similar geological projects are encouraged to apply. The department of Geological Sciences has recently acquired several new instruments including, two Delta V Plus with peripherals for the analysis of H, C, O, N and S, and a Cameca 7f magnetic sector secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) for light and heavy isotopic analysis. These new labs complement the X-ray and microbeam facilities, which include SX100 electron microprobe, SEM, LA-ICP-MS, FTIR, Mossbauer, and powder and single crystal diffractometers.
Interested students should contact:
* Andrey Bekker (Precambrian atmospheric and ocean composition) bekker[ at ]cc.umanitoba.ca * Alfredo Camacho (Tectonics and geochronology) camacho[ at ]cc.umanitoba.ca * Mostafa Fayek (Uranium deposit research and exploration) fayek[ at ]cc.umanitoba.ca
* This scholarship is open to new graduates (up to two years after the end of the race) from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of La Laguna, up to 35 years old, with no work experience or up one year of experience.
* Candidates whose registration has been approved will become a second choice. In this second selection will be valued:
1. Election in order of preference of the country where they want to make the practices.
2. Setting the profile of the candidate to the needs of the company * (both from the FULP this as being the candidate).
3. Language and cultural life of the country where you want to the practice.
Only when the number of candidates exceeds the number of places of the country where they want to make the practices, a third selection to be applied in the following selection criteria:
1. Personal interviews in which they assess the candidate's attitude (8 points).
2. Average rating of academic records (2 points). Only this approach will be applied in case of a tie. Those candidates who do not pass the third selection will remain as reserve candidates. "
* Important Note: The list of companies for this call is limited, it is recommended for the candidates on their own search for a company in one of the 9 countries listed. However, the agreement between the candidate and the company sought by him is pending the approval of the National Intelligence Agency (BEPA).
Equipment: Approximately € 3,000, although this varies, in more or less, depending on the country where they carry out the practice. This amount includes a return ticket, accommodation expenses, maintenance and insurance, as well as linguistic and cultural preparation. The participant must submit original invoices and proof of actual expenses incurred.
Start date: 10/10/2008
Request:
The registration is done in two ways (are not options, they must take the 2 steps)
1. Submit the following documents in a sealed envelope to the attention of Maria Isabel Padron at the address below Contact:
*Application for registration. (Download)
*Photocopy of the title or have paid the fees for the issue
*Photocopy of academic records (including average).
*Photocopy of the DNI.
*Curriculum Vitae (with photo) in Castilian and the other in English or the language of the country that wishes to practice. (Download CV model in another language).
*Cover letter in English or the language of the country that wishes to practice. (Download model letter in Spanish).
*Photocopy of certificates of languages.
*Certificate of working life (a request in the Treasury Branch).
*Affidavit of not having received this award before. (Download)
These requests will be classified in order of arrival.
2. Registration through the website of the FULP.
You must register in the database of UCEFE the link below:
Once you fill out the data that was requested and accepted, will return to the homepage of the UCEFE as a registered user.
There you will see a link that refers to the call of Leonardo da Vinci scholarship for graduates. Click to register as a candidate for the scholarship and enter the information requested.
This on-line registration is not ranked in order of arrival. However, it is mandatory and complementary to the first.
Closing Date: 30/09/2009
Duration: The stay is 6 months (26 weeks) in length. Stays must be completed before April 31 of 2010, the last exit that will be before October 31, 2009.
Information:
More information:
Management Scholarship Leonardo Da Vinci University Foundation of Las Palmas 1st floor, Building II Polyvalent Scientific Technological Park of the ULPGC Campus Tafira Low
E-mail: leonardo@fulp.ulpgc.es
Phone: 928 45 99 54 (from 11:00 to 15:00)
* Before approaching the office, it is recommended arrange an appointment.
Remarks:
The University Foundation of Las Palmas (FULP) has opened the registration period for eligibility Leonardo Da Vinci that will allow recent graduates of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of La Laguna (up to two years after the end of the race), carry out transnational corporations or training centers for persons in the labor market.
The University Foundation of Las Palmas has participated since the program's first phase and in all its calls, managed to date more than 720 practical training placements in European companies with students and graduates.
With these grants are intended to support the university in continuous training activities in the acquisition and use of knowledge, skills and qualifications to facilitate personal development and professional training, facilitating the mobility of workers in training, as well as promote the learning of foreign languages .
The La Trobe University in Melbourne Study Abroad awards 10 scholarships worth A $ 1550 each for the year 2009.
Funded programs:
Encouraged all Study Abroad Programs for International Students from the following fields of study:
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Education Business, Law and Management Health Sciences Psychology and Social Work Sciences Computer science and IT Engineering
For more information about the study areas in the La Trobe University can be found here.
Candidates:
The tender is open to all applicants, a Study Abroad - stay at the Australian College from March 2009 aspire. Students who are already for a Study Abroad semester at La Trobe University have applied already or are admitted, can apply for the scholarship later.
Bewerbung documents:
The following documents are used for the scholarship application requires:
* Application wrapper of GOstralia! * Study Abroad Application Form * Transcipt of Courses - certified by the examination, or a certified German expression of the Audit Office with your past services rendered in connection with the (non-certified) Transcript of Courses * Higher certificates - certified copies * Creative Writing in English - about 100 words: How would you describe your experience to others at the La Trobe after your return to your home country can participate? ( "Tell us in 100 words or less the most creative way you could share your experience of La Trobe upon return to your home country") * Curriculum Vitae in English * High school or college entrance qualification - certified copy * Language Requirements: Baccalaureate Certificate with at least "satisfactory" in English in conjunction with the DAAD language test with at least "b" in all test areas - or TOEFL / IELTS
Please note that an application for the scholarship is only possible if all admission requirements until 06.02.2009 are met. I.e. at this time must also passed the language test will be presented.
Application deadline:
The application must be complete until 06.02.2009 (study beginning in March 2009) we received:
GOstralia! Long St. 54 70174 Stuttgart
The appointment is authentic. In case of doubt about the postmark of timely access decided.
For more information:
Further questions about the Study Abroad Scholarships Ambassador of the La Trobe University will be happy to answer your GOstralia! Consultant. You can reach us via email, or via our contact at the above address.
Every year there is the opportunity to request consideration for specific scholarships offered to international students. Students obtaining a scholarship will have to pay only a nominal tuition fee for a maximum of €210.00.
>> ICE-Unioncamere Scholarships - 100 scholarships of 5,000€ offered by Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio con l’Estero (ICE) and the Unione Italiana delle Camere di Commercio, Artigianato e Agricoltura (Unioncamere) will be assigned to foreign students admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to one of the Master of Science programme at Politecnico.
>> Scholarship for Management Economics and Industrial Engineering programme - One scholarship of 10,000€ offered by the Banca di Credito Cooperativo dell’Alta Brianza will be assigned to one foreign student from Ecuador that has been admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to the Master of Science programme in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering offered in the Como campus.
For programmes held in Milano campus entirely taught in English:
Architecture
Urban Planning Policy Design
Product Service system Design
Computing System Engineering
Material Engineering
>> Fondazione Cariplo Scholarships - 20 scholarships of 5,000€ offered by the Fondazione Cariplo will be assigned to foreign students admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to one of the Master of Science programme at Politecnico.
>>Scholarship offered by Camera di Commercio di Milano
- 10 scholarships of 10,000€ (5.000€ per year to be reconfirmed for the academic year 2009/2010) by Camera di Commercio di Milano will be assigned to ten foreign students that have been admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to the Master of Science programme in Architecture, Engineer of Computing Systems, Urban Planning and Policy Design (Milano Leonardo Campus) or Product Service System Design (Bovisa Campus).
>> Politecnico Scholarships - 14 scholarships of 5,000€ offered by the Politecnico di Milano will be assigned to foreign students admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to one of the Master of Science programme at Politecnico.
>> Fondazione Italia-Cina Scholarships - 3 scholarships of 5,000€ offered by the Fondazione Italia-Cina will be assigned to Chinese students (resident in China) admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to one of the Master of Science programme at Politecnico.
>> Scholarship for Urban Planning and Policy Design
- One scholarship of 10,000€ (5.000€ per year to be reconfirmed for the academic year 2009/2010) by "Provincia di Milano - Progetto Città di Città" will be assigned to one foreign student that has been admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to the Master of Science programme in Urban Planning and Policy Design offered in the Leonardo Campus, Milan.
>> Invest Your Talent in Italy - 12 scholarships of 8,000€ offered to Indian students admitted for the academic year 2008/09 to one of the Master of Science programme at Politecnico - 8 student of the Campuses of Milano and Piacenza and 4 students of the Campuses of Como and Lecco.
All international students who fill-in the on-line application form and deliver the required documentation to the International Admission Office both during the first call (from October 15th 2007 to January 31st 2008 ) or second call (from February 1st to April 15th 2008), will automatically be considered for purely merit-based scholarship that covers both tuition fee and accommodation. Students obtaining a scholarship will have to pay only a nominal tuition for a maximum of €210.00 .
The European Union supports the masters course EU4M (European Master on Mechatronics and Micro-Mechatronic Systems ) by offering 18 attractive scholarships (2 years with 21000 €/year) for Non- European students and one grant for Western Balkan students. It offers also some grants (1,2 or 3 months) for Non- European scholars (academics).
The deadline of application is 31 January 2008. The Master has been accepted in the framework of the prestigious European programme on education “Erasmus Mundus”.
During the programme, the student will work one year on universities in two different european countries: Karlsruhe (Germany), Besancon (France) and Gijon (Spain). Lectures are given in the local languages French, German and/or Spanish.
Duration of studies is two years. During the programme, the student will work one year on universities in two different european countries: Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft, Karlsruhe (Germany), Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et des Microtechniques de Besancon(France) and Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gijon (Spain), obtaining two master’s diplomas of those two institutions. Lectures are given in the local languages French, German and/or Spanish.
Details of the grants and the Masters course and an online application form can be found at www.eu4m.eu
Contact:
Prof. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Fritz J. Neff Co-ordinator of ERASMUS Mundus EU4M-Consortium Director of LMHS (Lab for Micro-Mechatronic Systems) Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics Hochschule Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft Moltkestrasse 30 76133 Karlsruhe Tel.: ++(0)721 925-1706 FAX: ++(0)721 925-1707 e-mail: fritz.neff [at] hs-karlsruhe.de e-mail co-ordinator: eu4m-consortium [at] hs-karlsruhe.de
Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia invites applications from international students for the scholarships from Government of Malaysia for academic session 2009/2010. The scholarships are as follows:-
* MTCP Scholarship * MIS Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies * MIS Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies * Commonwealth Scholarship (Comprehensive information is provided in the brochure)
A panel established by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia will finalise the selection.
Deadline: 31th December 2008
For further information about the scholarship contact: Ms. Norkamilah Zanial e-mail: norkamilahz@mohe.gov.my
The Geography Department and Coastal and Marine Resources Centre of University College Cork, Ireland, have two funded research studentships available to commence in October 2008. The studentships cover university fees at the EU level, and an annual stipend. The PhD project aims to address issues of the use of Geoinformatics technologies for predicting the effects of climate change with respect to those coastal areas that are most at risk.
The potential benefits of integrating remotely sensed data derived from satellite, airborne and field sources, with other spatial information will be considered. Automated image processing routines will be developed in order to better understand the coastal system at present. Through scenario testing of potential climatically induced terrestrial, marine and meteorological changes, the response of different coastal habitats will be modelled to provide greater insight into the present and future functioning of marsh, dune, lagoon and estuarine environments along the Cork coastline. The use of geovisualisation for communication of results to local interest groups will also be explored.
The MSc project will explore the utility of high spatial resolution, multispectral optical and SAR satellite data to map the habitat distribution and vertical expansion/contraction and stability of raised bogs. Methods to characterise habitat distribution include the investigation and classification of the combined multispectral optical and SAR data. Advanced supervised classification techniques will be explored using both hard and soft/fuzzy classifiers in attempting to classify peatland species and habitats. Interferometric techniques, using a time series of C-band and L-band SAR images, will be used to determine the feasibility of identifying and quantifying centimetre level vertical displacements within the bog.
Applicants should have a minimum of a 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent in an Earth, Environmental or Engineering Science discipline. Experience in remote sensing, image processing, quantitative environmental science and in undertaking fieldwork would be an advantage. For further information please contact:
Dr Fiona Cawkwell (e-mail: f.cawkwell[ at ]ucc.ie, telephone: +353 (0)21490 2707) for the PhD project or Dr Ned Dwyer (e-mail: n.dwyer[ at ]ucc.ie, telephone: +353 (0)21 470 3104) for the MSc project.
Applicants should send a copy of their CV, with the names and addresses of 3 referees, plus a brief statement outlining their academic interests and their reasons for wishing to undertake this research project to the email addresses above.
