Are you a PhD student who loves your research? Do you want to share this joy with others and raise your own online profile? In 2015, SAYAS is launching a blogging platform, inviting four young writers to share their experiences as a PhD student throughout the year. These bloggers will be selected through a nation-wide…
The Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize, worth £25,000, is awarded annually for outstanding academic achievement in transcultural understanding and is designed to illustrate the interconnected nature of cultures and civilizations. The award was founded by the International Relations scholar, Dr Nayef Al-Rodhan. The Prize was first awarded in 2013. Specifications Eligible work can be from any humanities…
This year, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Royal Society Pfizer Award, the programme has been expanded to allow two awards to be made in 2015. Each award consists of a grant towards a research project that is linked to an African centre of scientific excellence. Early Career Award: intended for candidates at an…
The experiences we have as small children have a long-term impact on the entire course of our development. High-quality education and upbringing from an early age is thus crucial both for every individual and for society as a whole. In their statement “Socialisation in early childhood ─ Biological, psychological, linguistic, sociological and economic perspectives”, the…
Centre for the Study of Biodiversity in Amazonia – Call for Proposals 2015 The Centre for the Study of Biodiversity in Amazonia (CEBA) is a French Laboratory of Excellence based in French Guiana to foster knowledge on terrestrial biodiversity in Amazonia. CEBA coordinates research capacity in France on the topic of Amazonian terrestrial biodiversity, and…
Modern high-throughput screening methods for analysing genetic information, proteins and metabolic products offer new ways of obtaining large quantities of data on life processes. These OMICS technologies, as they are known, are fuelling hopes of major advances in medicine, pharmacy, biochemistry, the food sciences and related fields. However, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina…
Details on the vacancies here For each of the positions, applications with a letter of motivation, a full Curriculum Vitae (with age, nationality, marital status), and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable of the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience should be submitted on or before 20th January, 2015
