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PhD Student Fellowships in Infection Biology of Human Pathogens MH Hannover, Germany

Scholarship / Financial aid: 1,365 €/month
Date: up to three years
Deadline: April 30, 2009
Open to: young researchers

Announcement follows:
The central aim of the programme is to give young researchers the opportunity to perform their PhD work in the rapidly moving field of the infection biology of human microbial pathogens in a highly stimulating, competitive, international environment. The core element of the IRTG is a joint research programme centering on the question how human microbial pathogens achieve acute or persistent infection and how the host organism reacts to persistent infection.
STIPENDS
Stipends will be 1,365 €/month and are available for up to three years. It is an integral part of the programme that PhD students spend 6-12 months in one of the partner labs at the Karolinska Institute.

REQUIREMENTS
Candidates that hold the equivalent of a master’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Life Sciences, or who graduated in medicine are welcome to apply. Those applicants who are selected for interviews in a first round of screening will be asked to attend a selection workshop in Hannover to be held June 10 / 11, 2009.

DEADLINE
The deadline for receipt of a complete application is April 30, 2009.

Website: http://www.mh-hannover.de/4587.html
Email: IRTG1273@mh-hannover.de


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White Rose Studentships University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Scholarship / Financial aid: 4 studentships available
Date: one academic year
Deadline: 30 April 2009
Open to: international students
Announcement follows:

There are four White Rose Studentships to be taken up at the University of Leeds in September or October 2009. On each project there will be joint supervision with the University of Sheffield or the University of York.
-These full-time studentships provide tuition fees at the UK rate and an annual maintenance grant of £13,290 to be increased annually in line with the basic Research Council Rate;
-The School in which the student is registered at the University of Leeds will receive an overall Project Support Grant of £2,700 for the lifetime of the award, of which the School should pay £500 directly to the department/school in the collaborating institution. The remainder will be used at the discretion of the supervisors to support the research and inter-institutional collaboration.

Website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/postgraduate_scholarships/wrs-app.doc


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