Graduate Opportunities
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
Postgraduate Opportunities
Fifteen fully funded Prize PhD Studentships
+ over 100 other funded PhD places in physics in Scotland
The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) is opens a single door into all physics PhDs in
Scotland. When you apply for SUPA Prize PhD Studentship you will also be considered for all other
funded places available in physics departments in Scotland.
Major themes pursued by researchers in SUPA are:
• astronomy and space • particle physics
• condensed matter and material physics • photonics
• nuclear and plasma physics • physics and life sciences
UK and overseas students are invited to apply for fifteen fully funded SUPA studentships and more
than 100 other funded PhD places in physics in Scotland for 2010.
SUPA Prize Studentships
SUPA is offering fifteen fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding students from both the UK
and overseas. These prestigious and competitive awards are intended to attract top students
from around the country and around the world to study for a PhD in Scotland.
SUPA Prize Students are registered for a PhD in physics at one of the participating universities:
• University of Aberdeen • University of Glasgow
• University of Dundee • University of St Andrews
• University of Edinburgh • University of Strathclyde
• Heriot-Watt University • University of the West of Scotland
The considerable physics expertise within Scotland is made available to PhD students through
the excellent training environment of the SUPA Graduate School, which uses:
• video links between dedicated teaching rooms • tutorials and discussion classes
• computer mediated resources and tools • lectures by distinguished visitors
• practical activities (e.g., programming labs) • summer schools
• collaborations with major research facilities • knowledge transfer opportunities
• entrepreneurship training
All physics PhDs in Scotland are considered SUPA Graduate School students and are eligible to
attend offered trainings.
Applications should be made at www.supa.ac.uk by 31 January 2010.
Further Funded PhD places in Scotland
Applicants for the fifteen SUPA studentships will also be considered for the other physics studentships available within Scotland. When you fill in the application form for the SUPA Prize PhD
Studentship, please indicate which of other 100 funded places are of interest to you.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR NON-ITALIAN CITIZENS
IN THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH AREAS
THEORETICAL PHYSICS (N. 15)
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS (N. 20)
The INFN Fellowship Programme 2009/2010 offers 35 (thirty five) positions for non-Italian
citizens for research activity in theoretical (n. 15) or experimental physics (n. 20).
Fellowships are intended for young post-graduates who are under 35 years of age by
November 15, 2009.
Each fellowship, initially, is granted for one year and then maybe extended for a second
year.
The annual gross salary is EURO 28.000,00.
Round-trip travel expenses from home country to the INFN Section or Laboratory will be reimbursed and lunch tickets will be provided for working days.
Candidates should choose at least two of the following INFN sites, indicating their order of
preference.
– INFN Laboratories:
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Roma), Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LAquila),
Laboratori Nazionali de Legnaro (Padova), Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (Catania)
– INFN Sections in the universities of:
Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Ferrara, Firenze, Genova, Lecce, Milano, Milano Bicocca,
Napoli, Padova, Pavia, Perugia, Pisa, Roma La Sapienza, Roma Tor Vergata, Roma Tre,
Torino, Trieste.
The research programmes must be focused on the research fields of the Section or
Laboratory selected ( http://www.infn.it).
Applications, in electronic form, must be sent to INFN no later than November 15, 2009.
To register, candidates must use the website http://www.ac.infn.it/personale/fellowships/
The application form requires:
• statement of research interests;
• curriculum vitae:
• three reference letters (specifying name, surname and e-mail of each referee).
Theoretical fellowships must start from September to December 2010. Requests for starting
earlier accepted.
Experimental fellowships must start no later than April 2010. Requests to participate
accepted.
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DE FISICA NUCLEARE
IL PRESIDENTE
(Prof. Roberto Petronzio)
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Lighting the way. Optoelectronics Research Centre PhD in Photonics
Considering a career in lasers, optical communications, nanophotonics,
biophotonics, fibre optics, integrated optics, or sensors?
Come and work with some of the world’s leading photonics scientists in our
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Fully funded places are available for UK students including tuition fees and a
tax-free bursary up to £ 18,000.
Fully funded places are also available for EU and International students; for
details please visit our website.
www.orc.soton.ac.uk/ photonics_phd.html admissions@orc.soton.ac.uk
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Quantum Dynamics in
Physics, Chemistry and Biology is a graduate school offering a doctoral degree program
in these disciplines. The IMPRS is a joint initiative of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear
Physics, Ruprecht-Karls University, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the Max
Planck Institute for Medical research (all in Heidelberg) and the Heavy Ion Research Center
(GSI) in Darmstadt.
Applications of students from all countries are welcome. To be eligible for PhD studies at the
University of Heidelberg, applicants should have a Master of Science degree (or equivalent).
International applicants whose mother-tongue is not English or German are advised to
provide a proof of English proficiency.
Applications for this round must be received by October 15, 2009. Each applicant has to
initiate his/her application by registering online at http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/imprs-qd/ and
following the steps outlined there. In particular, applicants should not send any material until
they are encouraged to do so.
