Scholarships for excellent students from all countries. Study in Holland.

Target group: Master’s degree, Bachelor’s degree , PhD degree
Purpose: Study, Research
Field of study: All
Countries: All
Eligible candidates: excellent results in all your previous studies, in the top 5% of students in your study or research programme

Value and purpose of grant : a monthly allowance of € 1,380 euros (this includes a standard contribution towards healthcare insurance), visa fees (standard contribution), a generous contriburion towards tuition fees or towards bench fees for the PhD thesis, a one -off payment towards international travel costs (standard contribution based on country of origin)

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We are looking for someone who has (nearly) finished a master of science program (MSc) in which statistics, mathematics, or computer science play a prominent role. Experience with programming and data analysis techniques is an advantage, as well as experience with statistical software such as R, S-Plus, Mathematica or WinBUGS. Good communication skills are required, as well as in interest in methodological research within the field of clinical epidemiology and health economics.

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The research section Theoretical Epidemiology and Biostatistics conducts studies aiming to improve existing and to develop new methods for design and analysis of (clinical) epidemiological studies. (more…)

More than 100 PhD funding awards for 2011 entry

We are offering more than 100 funding awards for PhD students for 2011 entry to show our commitment to developing the next generation of researchers.
Ranked 12th in the Times Good University Guide 2011, we are a research intensive university with a strong reputation. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, all our 31 subjects were assessed as including world-leading (4*) research and nearly 90 per cent of our research was rated as being internationally recognised.

PhD funding is available in science, arts, humanities and social sciences subjects. Awards vary according to the subject area and range from full studentships covering all fees and a maintenance grant for three years to partial funding.

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The Leiden Institute of Chemistry is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Leiden University. Leiden University is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The experimental section of the Soft Matter Chemistry group is headed by dr. Alexander Kros who received in 2009 the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) award. The current group is composed of 10 PhD-students, 3 postdocs and 2 technicians. Our group has an organic synthesis lab equipped with 2 peptide synthesizers and equipment for analysis (i.e. FT-IR, CD, optical and fluorescence spectroscopy, CLSM) Furthermore we have direct access to AFM, SEM, TEM, NMR, cell culture facilities. We collaborate with several research groups within Leiden University and other Universities.

We offer a position for a:

PHD STUDENT, on the subject Model Systems for Membrane Fusion (38 hours a week)
vacancy number: 10-178

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