PhD position Biology Scholarship in Experimental High-Energy Heavy-Ion Physics

The Biology Scholarship ERC-Starting Research Group QGP-ALICE at Utrecht University has an opening for a PhD position in Experimental High-Energy Heavy-Ion Physics. The group is strongly involved in Heavy-Flavour Physics in the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Requirements

Biology Scholarship Applicants need to have a Master's Degree or equivalent in Physics or Sciences and have a strong interest in studying fundamental properties of nature. Experience in experimental physics or high-energy/nuclear physics and programming skills in C++ are of advantage.

Conditions of Employment

When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist.

You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,610 euro gross per month.The salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.33%.

You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM.

A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personeelsinformatie (in Dutch) or under Personnel (in English).

General information about working at FOM can be found in the English part of this website under Personnel. The 'FOM-sollicitatiecode' (in Dutch) applies to this position.

The Biology Scholarship position is immediately available. Interested candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, a brief description of his/her current research work and arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to: Dr. Andre Mischke (a.mischke@uu.nl).
The expected start date for the positions is summer 2011

Contact:

Dr. Andre Mischke
Email: a.mischke@uu.nl

IES Liberty Summer Seminars Biology Scholarship

The seminars Biology Scholarship offer interdisciplinary introduction to the tradition of classical liberal thought scholarship. Subjects covered include economics, history, moral and political philosophy, law, jurisprudence.

The main aim is to approach these fields from a liberal point of view. The Biology Scholarship seminars are a unique opportunity to boost your understanding of the classical liberal principles of individual rights, private property, and free markets and their applications to today’s issues.

Who are the Europe and Liberty seminars participants?

Hundreds of Biology Scholarship students have already been involved with the Institute’s programs. The participants are junior, senior, or graduate students and recent graduates but they are also young scholars or entrepreneurs. They usually describe it as a week which had a tremendous impact in their intellectual life and which has proved helpful for careers in academia, law, journalism, and other idea-oriented fields. It is also a great experience from a personal point of view, since for a week, students and faculty members, coming from everywhere in the world, get to live together, to speak and to debate. They Biology Scholarship get to learn from each other and are in contact with different cultures, education and ways of life.

What happens during a Europe and Liberty program?

A Biology Scholarship traditional Europe and Liberty seminar lasts 6 days from. The day is divided into 3 sessions of lecture, discussion groups and discussions with the speaker. Every session lasts 2 hours and is followed by a coffee break, lunch or dinner. The week is an intensive week of lectures and discussions. After each lecture the participants break into small groups to probe and debate ideas they have just heard. A highlight of the seminar are the evening discussion groups; guided by faculty members, participants continue their exploration of the day’s themes. During the week, participants will have to interact constantly with each other and with the faculty members who not only lecture but join the participants for meals and evening discussion groups and socializing.

How can you participate in a Europe and Liberty Seminar?

The Biology Scholarship Institute has to make a selection among the great number of application forms it receives every year. The deadline for application is May 10. The Europe and Liberty selection committee members then meet and choose the candidates from the applications received.

How to apply?

You can apply by using “My IES” but must read the information about the application procedure first please read carefully!

Application deadline : May 10, 2011

More information on: http://ies-europe.org/