Scholarships and Funding for PhD Students and Young Researchers ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** This page provides information on study options for PhD students and young researchers, in at universities abroad and other academic institutions. It also contains links to several supplementary funding for stays at universities abroad. You may also find useful the offer courses for the less busy summer months. Academics.com [ URL "http://www.academics.com/home.html"] Academics.com contains offers of research positions for researchers seeking further career job offers are from German-speaking countries – Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Eastchance.com [ URL "http://www.eastchance.com/index.asp"] The Eastchance.com site provides information on study and employment opportunities and is especially on assisting young researchers (including those still studying) from Central an It also contains information on upcoming international events – conferences, workshops and for young researchers, whose participation is grant-supported or is free of charge (or sub fee). The site also provides a guide to submitting applications for scholarships and study a sample CV, motivation letter, research proposal, etc. EURAXESS [ URL "http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/general/index"] EURAXESS is a European Commission portal where companies and research institutes can post vacancies free of charge and users have free access to offers of research jobs and funding in Europe. EURAXESS is also a Europe-wide network initiated by the European Commission. EU Czech Republic has two service centres and eight regional contact points located in differ institutions and universities in the Czech Republic, to which research workers can address inquiries. The Prague contact is Viktória Bodnárová, +420 739 329 857, bodnarova(zavinac)s "bodnarova(zavinac)ssc.cas.cz"] Centre for International Services [ URL "http://www2.dzs.cz/scripts/detail.asp?id=156"] Scholarships for study stays abroad on the basis of intergovernmental agreements and other university students, including offers for PhD students. EMBO - Life Sciences Mobility Portal [ URL "http://mobility.embo.org/"] The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) - Life Sciences Mobility Portal provide on funding, training and jobs for European life scientists as well as those from other cou considering research opportunities in Europe. The portal is specially designed for their n complementary to the European Commission's Researchers in Motion portal. Find a PhD [ URL "http://www.findaphd.com/firstmain.asp"] The FindAPhD.com portal features an extensive database containing an up-to-date list of op PhD students. The offers are from universities within the EU. Get Scholarship - Beasiswa [ URL "http://www.getscholarship.net/"] A site for students and anybody interested in study stays, funding, scholarships or profes The server displays offers for undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD students and p IEFA International Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search [ URL "http://www.iefa.org IEFA is a major information search tool for financial aid, scholarships, study stays, gran awards. It offers a user-friendly interface allowing searches according to field of study, and type of information sought. Registration is free. Besides giving access to detailed in site also offers users the option of receiving up-to-date news relating to a specific fiel International Scholarships and Financial Aid [ URL "http://scholarship-positions.com/"] This database contains offers of study stays, study opportunities and financial assistance higher education institutions, PhD students and postdocs. Science Careers [ URL "http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/"] Science Careers is a site containing employment offers in industry, academia and governmen for qualified scientists. It provides an overview of all information sought by scientists development opportunities and serves as a tool for employers, helping them select suitable effectively. Access to offers is free for all site users. The site is divided into the fol job opportunities, funding for scientific projects, conferences, workshops and other event contains a magazine about issues related to scientific careers. Scholarshipnet - Scholarship, Postdoc and Grants information Listings [ URL "http:// www.scholarshipnet.info/"] Scholarshipnet compiles offers of international scholarships and postdoctoral programmes. updated site also presents offers of fellowships, funding, information on prizes awarded, summer schools. The offers are divided into 4 categories: undergraduate, postgraduate, pos non-degree. Scholarshipnet provides information on programmes and events worldwide, though is on European (particularly Western European) offers. DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Foundation) www.dfg.de [ URL "http://www.dfg.de/en"] MPG (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft/Max Planck Society) www.mpg.de [ URL "http://mpg.de/en"] Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung/ Alexander von Humboldt Foundation www.humboldt.foundation.de [ URL "http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html"] Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren/ Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres www.helmholtz.de [ URL "http://www.helmholtz.de/en"] DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/ German Academic Exchange Service www.daad.de [ URL "http://www.daad.de/en"] www.daad.cz [ URL "http://www.daad.cz"] ERA-MORE - The European Network of Mobility Centers (The European Researcher´s Mobility Portal) ec.europa.eu/research/era/ [ URL "http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/more-effective-national systems_en.htm"] BAYHOST (Das Bayerische Hochschulzentrum für Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa) - support for between Bavarian universities and the countries of Central, Eastern and South-eastern Euro scholarships. http://www.uni-r.de/bayhost/english [ URL "http://www.uni-r.de/bayhost/english/index.html"