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School: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contract Type: fixed term whole-time
Job Type: Research
Salary: €18,000 (year 1), €18,500 (year 2) and €19,000 (year 3).
The new School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Ireland is offering a three - year PhD position funded by COFORD. This award will provide a yearly stipend of €18,000 (year 1), €18,500 (year 2) and €19,000 (year 3). In addition, European Union PhD fees will be paid for the four years and the balance of funds for each year will be available for consumables, travel subsistence and minor items of equipment. Minimum requirements for applicants will be an upper 2nd class Honours degree in Zoology, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Science or Toxicology or other relevant area. Relevant professional experience or relevant MSc degree experience will be an advantage. While this PhD programme will be research based, various graduate courses will be available. The successful candidate will be required to undertake 50 hours of undergraduate demonstrating each year, which will constitute teaching experience but will not be paid separately.
This project will focus on the assessment of soil improvement and ecotoxicological properties of clean non-contaminated wood ash. It will involve both laboratory and field work, and will include plant and invertebrate work. The project is jointly supervised by Prof. John O’Halloran, Dr Frank van Pelt and Dr Marcel Jansen.
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences is one of the largest Schools in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science UCC, has a graduate school of over 100 PhDs and research MScs, including taught MSc students in Marine Biology and Ecological Assessment and 20 Post Doctoral Fellows. The Department has a strong research ethos while also being dedicated to delivering high quality teaching. Details of the Department and of research interests can be found at http://www.ucc.ie/academic/zeps
To Apply:
Suitably qualified persons are asked to submit a complete CV with transcripts of their previous degree/s, names and contact details of two professional referees and detail in a cover letter their motivation to study for a PhD degree.
Applications should be sent to Professor John O’Halloran, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC, Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork. E-mail address: j.ohalloran@ucc.ie - Fax: +353-21-4904664 to arrive by 16 July, 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed and these interviews will be conducted during July or August 2010 with a latest starting date of 1 October, 2010.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
School: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contract Type: fixed term whole-time
Job Type: Research
Salary: €18,000 (year 1), €18,500 (year 2) and €19,000 (year 3).
The new School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University College Cork, Ireland is offering a three - year PhD position funded by COFORD. This award will provide a yearly stipend of €18,000 (year 1), €18,500 (year 2) and €19,000 (year 3). In addition, European Union PhD fees will be paid for the four years and the balance of funds for each year will be available for consumables, travel subsistence and minor items of equipment. Minimum requirements for applicants will be an upper 2nd class Honours degree in Zoology, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Science or Toxicology or other relevant area. Relevant professional experience or relevant MSc degree experience will be an advantage. While this PhD programme will be research based, various graduate courses will be available. The successful candidate will be required to undertake 50 hours of undergraduate demonstrating each year, which will constitute teaching experience but will not be paid separately.
This project will focus on the assessment of soil improvement and ecotoxicological properties of clean non-contaminated wood ash. It will involve both laboratory and field work, and will include plant and invertebrate work. The project is jointly supervised by Prof. John O’Halloran, Dr Frank van Pelt and Dr Marcel Jansen.
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences is one of the largest Schools in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science UCC, has a graduate school of over 100 PhDs and research MScs, including taught MSc students in Marine Biology and Ecological Assessment and 20 Post Doctoral Fellows. The Department has a strong research ethos while also being dedicated to delivering high quality teaching. Details of the Department and of research interests can be found at http://www.ucc.ie/academic/zeps
To Apply:
Suitably qualified persons are asked to submit a complete CV with transcripts of their previous degree/s, names and contact details of two professional referees and detail in a cover letter their motivation to study for a PhD degree.
Applications should be sent to Professor John O’Halloran, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC, Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork. E-mail address: j.ohalloran@ucc.ie - Fax: +353-21-4904664 to arrive by 16 July, 2010. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed and these interviews will be conducted during July or August 2010 with a latest starting date of 1 October, 2010.
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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