Beca de formación - Investigación inmunológica

FUNDACION L.A.I.R.

Madrid, España

Fecha límite: 15/04/2014

Descripción

FUNDACIÓN LAIR convoca beca de formación en procesos de investigación inmunológica para licenciados en Ciencias Biológicas o Bioquímica.

Fellowship - Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computer Applications

Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación

Spain

Closing Date: Saturday, 15 March, 2014

Description

INTERNATIONAL PHD PROGRAM FELLOWSHIPS BSC_LA CAIXA

Since 1982, the “la Caixa” Foundation has offered several fellowship programmes aimed at allowing students to undertake postgraduate studies in Spain and abroad. Over the years, thousands of students have advanced their training thanks to “la Caixa” Foundation fellowship. In 2008, the “la Caixa” Foundation launched a new programme addressed to national and international students. As part of this programme, each year fellowships are awarded to students who wish to complete work toward their doctoral degrees.

BSC-CNS is at the service of the international scientific community and industry that require High Performance Computing resources. The multidisciplinary research team and the computational facilities –including MareNostrum – make BSC-CNS an international center of excellence in e-Science.

Under a collaborative Framework Agreement, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the “la Caixa” Foundation continue the fellowship programme started last year with a 2nd call. This programme aims to help the recruitment of talented students from across the world by doing their doctoral thesis work in one of the accredited “Severo Ochoa” centres of excellence. The objective of this joint activity is to boost the research capacity of the best research institutions in Spain. For this year, the “la Caixa” Foundation has selected the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) to offer four grants more for the academic year 2014-2015 addressed to PhD students. This grant is renewable up to four years.

BSC-CNS is looking for young scientists from the national and international community who wish to do their PhD in a stimulating environment, rich in technological resources and campus life. We encourage applications from highly motivated engineers and computer scientists with outstanding qualifications. Successful candidates will join research groups with top-level scientists and will carry out their research in cutting-edge areas of Computer Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computer Applications in Sciences and Engineering.

PostDoc & fellowship - Forest resources management planning

University of Lisbon

Portugal

Closing date: 07/03/2014

Description and more information

The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment of the School of Agriculture of the University of Lisbon welcomes applications to 1 scholarship for a PhD holder and 2 scholarships for MSc holders. The focus of the research is on forest resources management planning. Details about the positions may be checked at:

*http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/vida-no-isa/destaques/concursos-bolsas-premios-outros/20140214-call-of-applications-for-a-phd-scholarship

This is a *Post Doc scholarship* and not a PhD scholarship.

*http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/vida-no-isa/destaques/concursos-bolsas-premios-outros/20140214-call-of-applications-to-a-scholarship-for-master-of-science-holder

*http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/vida-no-isa/destaques/concursos-bolsas-premios-outros/20140214-call-of-applications-to-a-scholarship-for-master-of-science-holder-2

Fellowship - Electrochemical & Thermal Energy Storage

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Closing date: 4th March 2014

Description

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to join us through an Ikerbasque Research Fellowship in the areas of:

       Electrochemical Energy Storage.

       Thermal Energy Storage.

For more detail on CIC’s research activities please visit our webpage: www.cicenergigune.com

Fellowships - Geophysical fluid dynamics

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

United States

Closing Date: 15th February 2014

Description

Since 1959 the GFD program has promoted an exchange of ideas among researchers from distinct fields that share a common interest in the nonlinear dynamics of fluid flows in oceanography, meteorology, geophysics, astrophysics, applied mathematics, engineering and physics.

The program is organized around a ten-week course of study and research with an overall philosophy of bringing together researchers from a variety of backgrounds to provide a discussion of concepts spanning different disciplines, and thereby creating an intense research experience. Fellows complete a mentored research project. The Program commences with two weeks of Principal Lectures. The 2014 theme is "*Climate Physics and Dynamics*".Lectures on "*Water, Radiation, and Convection in the Climate System*" will be given by Kerry Emanuel (MIT) and on "*Large Scale Dynamics in the Atmosphere and Ocean*" by Geoffrey Vallis (Exeter).

Fellowship - Micronutrients and cardiovascular health

IMDEA Food Institute

Madrid, Spain

Closing date: 6th February 2014

Description

IMDEA Food Institute is now offering the opportunity to join us through a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual responsible for carrying out basic and applied, i.e. animals and humans research in the area of micronutrients and cardiovascular health. May serve as lab coordinator in one or more projects.  Participates in the development of study protocols including participation in study design discussions.  Develops research plans including grant proposal preparations and study protocols. Performs laboratory analyses, interprets statistical results, and prepares reports including integrated summaries for reports, manuscript and proposal submissions.

Fellowship - Electrochemical & thermal energy

CIC Energigune

Basque Country, Spain

Closing date: 24th January 2014

Description

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to join us through a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship in the areas of:

•  Electrochemical Energy Storage.
•  Thermal Energy Storage.

For more detail on CIC’s research activities please visit our webpage: www.cicenergigune.com

PhD / Formación - Nanociencia

Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón

Zaragoza, España

Descripción

Próxima convocatoria de un contrato de personal en formación con las siguientes tareas a realizar:

• Síntesis de diversos materiales nanoporosos (MOFs, sílices, silicatos laminares, etc.).
• Encapsulación de diferentes aditivos en materiales nanoporosos.
• Posible escalado de los dos procesos anteriores.
• Caracterización de los materiales obtenidos por SEM, TEM, TGA, XRD, BET, FTIR, Vis-UV y adsorción de N2.
• Caracterización de la liberación/desorción, etc. de los aditivos usando herramientas tales como cromatografías HPLC y GS-MS y absorción Vis-UV.

Requisitos

Ingenier@ Químico, Licenciad@ en Químicas o similar. Se valorará también un máster directamente relacionado con Ingeniería Química, Química o Materiales y la predisposición a realizar el doctorado a través de la solicitud de una beca predoctoral tipo DGA o FPU. Se considerarán también candidaturas de estudiantes que estén a falta de presentar en breve el proyecto/trabajo final correspondiente.

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Fellowship - Development of translation layer to workflow TAVERNA to COMPSS applications

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 16 January, 2014

Description

BecatransPLANT.

POSITION: Development of translation layer to workflow TAVERNA to COMPSS applications.

AREA: 

Computer Sciences

The Computer Science department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center offers a research part- time grant to develop the following responsibilities:

• Design and development of a layer which allows to translate workflows TAVERN to COMPSS applications (see http://www.taverna.org.uk and compss.bsc.es for more information ).
• Development of workflows that check the new functionality.
• These activities were carried out in the framework of the European project Transplant.

Requirements

• Students at last year of Computer Engineering.

Be valued :

• Previous experience in distributed systems.
• Knowledge of programming in C , Java and Python.
• High level of English.

All candidatures must include:

- Curriculum vitae and academic record.

- Cover Letter.

More information and applications

Fellowship - Design and development planning communication layer for COMPSS programming model

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 16 January, 2014

Description

BecaASCETIC

POSITION: 

Design and development planning communication layer for COMPSS programming model

AREA: 

Computer Sciences

The Computer Science department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center offers a research part-time grant for clusters and Grid computing group to perform the following responsibilities:

• Design and development of the communication layer COMPSS to improve their performance. See for more information compss.bsc.es COMPSS.
• At present, the communication layer depends on an external library which partially limits the performance COMPSS (GAT).
• Application Development test to evaluate the performance of the new version.
• These activities were carried out in the vicinity of the European project Ascetic.

Requirements

• Students at last year of Computer Engineering.

Be valued: 

• Previous experience in distributed systems.
• Knowledge of programming in C, Java and Python.
• High level of English.

All candidatures must include: 

- Curriculum vitae and academic record.

- Cover Letter.

More information and applications

Contrato predoctoral para nefrología experimental y patología vascular

IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Madrid, España

Descripción

Se busca candidata/o para SOLICITAR Ayuda para contrato predoctoral FPU, la incorporación se realizaría en el Departamento de Nefrologia Experimental y Patología Vascular del IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz de Madrid para trabajar en el proyecto “Caracterización y modulación terapéutica del proceso de diferenciación de macrófagos en patología vascular y renal".

Requisitos

- Expediente MINIMO de 2,5 en Biología, Farmacia, Bioquímica, Química,  o titulaciones afines.               

- Obtención del título posterior a 01/01/2011.

Más información y solicitudes

Ayuda a Investigadores en Oncología 2014 AECC

CIC bioGUNE

Bilbao, España

Descripción

Se ofrece la posibilidad de solicitar una Ayuda a Investigadores en Oncología 2014 AECC https://www.aecc.es/Investigacion/Fundación Científica/Convocatorias en el Laboratorio de la Dra Martinez Chantar, (Unidad de Metabolomica, CIC bioGUNE,Vizcaya)en el proyecto " Implicacion de la proteina mitocondrial Prohibitina 1(PHB1) en la reprogramacion metabolica y la regulacion transcriptional del cancer de Hígado: potencial aproximación terapeútica".

Requisitos

Presentar el Título de Doctor o el de Especialista (MIR, FIR, BIR…) en el momento de la adjudicación de la convocatoria. Haber publicado al menos tres artículos en revistas internacionales incluidas en JCR/PubMed, al menos uno de ellos comoautor principal (primero, co-primero o último en la lista de autores).

Más información y solicitudes

Beca de iniciación a la investigación celular

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

Madrid, España

Fecha final de recepción de solicitudes: 25 de Noviembre 2013

Descripción y requisitos

Se busca titulado superior en ramas afines a la biomedicina (biólogo, bioquímico, farmaceáutico, médico, veterinario) con expediente superior a 2.5 para solicitar beca CIBERES (http://www.ciberes.org/templates/ciberes/html/com_programas/programa/7-convocatoria.pdf) de iniciación a la investigación con duración de un año. Se valorará contar con master realizado, comunicaciones a congresos, artículos y participación en proyectos de investigación, así como experiencia en laboratorio en técnicas de biología molecular, cultivos celulares,

Más información y solicitudes

Beca predoctoral - Nano-superconductividad para aplicaciones en energía

Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón-Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, España

Fecha límite: 24/11/2013

Descripción

Se ofrece beca predoctoral para desarrollar la investigación: "NANO SUPERCONDUCTIVIDAD PARA APLICACIONES EN ENERGIA".

Requisitos

Titulación requerida: Tener finalizado un máster en físicas o nanomateriales.

Más información y solicitudes

Research Fellow in Ecology & Conservation

University of Sussex (School of Life Sciences - Evolution, Behaviour and Environment)

Sussex, United Kingdom

Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a post-doctoral research fellow to work with Dr Jorn Scharlemann within the newly established Ecology & Conservation Group. We are looking for an analytical thinker with broad interests in biodiversity conservation who enjoys the challenge of working quantitatively at the science-policy interface on issues of global importance for sustainability. This new post will involve collating, compiling and analysing global datasets on terrestrial biodiversity, socio-economic data and conservation actions, to answer questions relating to issues of conservation policy relevance. Experience in the quantitative analysis of complex global datasets using GIS and statistics, and the willingness to work between disciplines will be essential. We are looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and self-motivated scientist who is able to work independently and as part of the team.

Requeriments

You must have (or be about to obtain) a relevant PhD or have equivalent research experience. You must also have relevant quantitative research skills and knowledge of biodiversity conservation.

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Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Space Telescope Science Institute

USA

Description

The Space Telescope Science Institute announces the continuation of the Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and solicits applications for fellowships to begin in the fall of 2014.

The Hubble Fellowships support outstanding recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct independent research that is broadly related to the NASA Cosmic Origins scientific goals as addressed by any of the missions in this program: the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the Herschel Space observatory, and the James Webb Space Telescope.

The research may be theoretical, observational, or instrumental. 

Requirements

This program is open to applicants of any nationality who have earned (or will have earned) their doctoral degrees on or after January 1, 2011, in astronomy, physics, or related disciplines. The fellowships are tenable at a U.S. host institution of the fellows' choice, subject to a maximum of one new fellow per host institution per year. 

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Fellowship in martian atmosphere research

University of  Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Description

Atmosphere-crust coupling and carbon sequestration on the young Mars:

Professor Martin R. Lee1, Dr Patrick Harkness2 and Dr Darren Mark3

1School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow

2School of Engineering, University of Glasgow

3Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride.

Images of Mars from orbiters reveal dry river channels and lake beds, which are clear evidence that water once flowed over the planet's surface. It is quite possible that life could have evolved in these hospitable environments, but about three thousand million years ago Mars became cold, arid and hostile. This project will explore the reasons for the dramatic change in climate, and specifically will test the hypothesis that early Mars supported liquid water, and possibly also life, because it had a warm and dense CO2-rich atmosphere.

The key to the problem of martian climate deterioration is accounting for the CO2 that has been lost. A proportion of the early atmosphere may have escaped to space or been frozen into the polar caps, but here we will examine the idea that CO2 was 'scrubbed' by precipitation of carbonate minerals within the planet's crust - a reaction termed 'carbonation'. This project will seek evidence for carbonation by analysis of martian meteorites and data from orbiters and rovers. The effectiveness of carbonation will be assessed by examining carbonated terrestrial rocks and undertaking laboratory experiments. Once the tell-tale signs of this process have been identified, new tools will be developed in collaboration with space systems engineers at Glasgow that can be used by future Mars rovers to locate and study the products of atmosphere-crust reactions.

Requirements

This project would suit someone with a background in Earth Science/planetary geology, but they should also have an interest in developing space hardware. The student will be based with Prof. Lee in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, and will be co-supervised by Dr Harkness (School of Engineering) and Dr Mark (SUERC, East Kilbride). Time will also be spent at Imperial College (London) collaborating with Prof. Sanjeev Gupta. This project is part of a larger planetary materials research programme being undertaken by the University of Glasgow and SUERC, together with UK and international partners.

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Fellowship in the area of fluid-structure interaction

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Tarragona, Spain

Description

The Laboratory for Fluid-Structure Interaction (LIFE) (http://www.etseq.urv.es/life) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) (www.urv.cat) in Tarragona (Spain), is looking for an enthusiastic postdoctoral candidate with a strong interest in fluid dynamics. Successful candidates will join a small but very active multidisciplinary team, working in fluid-structure interaction problems. The research will be mainly experimental and focused in the area of fluid-structure interaction with application to several engineering problems. Some of the topics that will covered during the research include but are not limited to: flow-induced vibrations of offshore structures; dynamics of offshore energy generation devices; new concepts for offshore energy generation; aero/hydrodynamics of offshore wind turbines; wake interactions between wind turbines; new designs of vertical axis wind turbines; fundamentals of fluid mechanics and bluff body wakes, development of optical measurement techniques for solids and fluids, etc…

Fellowships are awarded each year by the Catalan Government under the program Beatriu de Pinós. The work will be mainly experimental and will be carried out at the department facilities, including two wind tunnels and a water channel. There is also the possibility to use and develop CFD and FEM prediction tools.

Requirements

Successful candidates must hold a PhD degree in Engineering, in the areas of Mechanical, Industrial, Aeronautical, Naval or Civil Engineering, with:

-A minimum of two years of postdoctoral experience outside Spain.

-At least one original publication in journals or publishers of reference in their field of knowledge as a first author or co-author at the moment of the call deadline.

-Not have resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 12 months in the last two years prior to the deadline for proposal submission.

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