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PhD Scholarships, Hughes Hall University of Cambridge, UK

In 2010 Hughes Hall launched the 125th Anniversary Appeal to raise £1.5 million for the Scholarship Fund, and has now raised over 80% of this target. We are enormously grateful to all our benefactors for their generosity. This enables us to steadily increase our funding to students, often in joint awards with Cambridge University and other bodies.

Full Scholarships
Two Hughes Hall PhD Scholarships are awarded each year for full-time PhD study, in conjunction with the University of Cambridge. These cover both maintenance and fees for all three fee-paying years. Maintenance will be paid monthly by Hughes Hall at the university’s published rate, and fees via a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for a Home/EU student or a Cambridge International Scholarship for an Overseas student. Applicants must specify Hughes Hall as their first choice college in their university application.

Top-Up Scholarships
Hughes Hall also offers several scholarships of £2,500 per year, kindly provided by benefactors. These will normally be awarded to current or former Hughes Hall students applying for a higher, full-time course. Applicants must specify Hughes Hall as their first or second choice college in their university application.
Elizabeth Cherry Scholarship for PhD with preference for the Arts
Hong Kong Alumni Scholarship for any course
Chui Wen Mei Scholarship for any course

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PhD Studentship in Mathematical Genomics and Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK

Modern genomics promises not only to help uncover the molecular basis of disease, but also to have a major impact on health care through translation of advances in techniques, computation and knowledge into clinical trials and clinical practice. Quantitative analysis is at the heart of this goal, and there is a pressing requirement for researchers with thorough mathematical and statistical expertise, in addition to training in medical genetics and informatics.

This PhD programme has been established as a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The programme will provide the opportunity to work at the interface between the mathematical and computational sciences, and genome-scale and translational medical research.

Who are we looking for?
Successful applicants will have strong mathematical, statistical and computational skills, and may include exceptional biologists. They will develop quantitative techniques and theoretical approaches and apply them to practical problems in both translational and basic biomedical research.

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Research Fellowships, St John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK

Applications and referees’ referees’ reports must be received by 17.00 Monday 3 October 2016 (BST). Incomplete applications will NOT be accepted. Please make sure that your application and your referees’ referees’ reports reach us before the closing date.

Fellowship details:

Successful candidates will enter into their Fellowships on 1 October 2017 or such earlier date as may be agreed with the College and will vacate them on 30 September 2020 or three years after the commencement of the Fellowship if earlier. Tenure will normally be extended for a fourth year following application to the College Council.
The annual salary of Fellows who are not full-time students working for a degree or other qualification is at present on the scale £26,537 to £28,982, and Fellows are permitted to receive additional remuneration for up to six hours’ College or University teaching a week. Fellows who are full-time students will receive a reduced salary until completion of their courses. The salary for a Fellow who has other remunerations (other than that for up to six hours of College or University teaching) will be reduced by the total amount of this remuneration
Fellows may apply for grants to assist with the cost of their research, including obtaining academic material, travel expenses and the cost of extended periods of research if based outside Cambridge. Conference grants and book allowances are also available.
Office accommodation is provided for Fellows who do not live in College. Fellows wishing to reside with a partner/family will be eligible for a housing allowance. Fellows wishing to live in College are provided with residential accommodation with charges for services and supplies. Fellows are entitled to a maximum of 90 free lunches/dinners in each quarter of a year.

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PhD Studentship in Biostatistics / Applied Statistics, University of Cambridge, UK

NIHR Blood Transfusion Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics University of Cambridge

A PhD studentship in Biostatistics/Applied Statistics is available in a new interdisciplinary research programme in population health and genomics. The studentship will focus on developing stratified approaches to recommending the intervals at which particular groups of blood donors should be able to give blood. The project will be based on the INTERVAL study, a major randomized trial in which 50,000 male and female blood donors in the UK are randomized to give blood at, or more frequently than, the standard intervals (8 and 10 weeks vs the standard 12-weeks for men, and 12 and 14 weeks vs the standard 16-weeks for women). The outcomes in the trial are the amount of blood collected over the two years of the trial, the number of deferrals (temporary rejection of a donor due to low haemoglobin), quality of life and adverse events. In addition to the overall comparison of randomised groups, interest centres on whether different inter-donation intervals should be recommended for people with different characteristics (e.g. by age, weight, blood biomarkers, or genetic characteristics).

It is envisaged this studentship will involve:

delineating which donors benefit most based on single and multiple baseline characteristics;
developing statistical methodology for model selection and data reduction techniques;
examining methods for internal and/or external validation of such stratified groupings;
incorporating complex genetic information into stratification schemes;
comparing simple and complex stratification schemes both in terms of their overall efficiency in increasing benefit/decreasing harm, and in terms of their potential for practical implementation.

The research project would be suitable for a student wishing to develop skills in statistical methodology or applied statistics. Findings from the study will have major implications for blood donation policies in the UK and internationally. Eligible students will have obtained a Masters or equivalent in a related field (eg, medical statistics) and will have an excellent first degree (2:1 or higher). Exceptional students without a Masters may also be considered.

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Cambridge International Scholarship Scheme (CISS), University of Cambridge, UK

The University of Cambridge will offer, via the Cambridge Trusts, approximately 80 Cambridge International Scholarships to Overseas Students who embark on a research course in the next academical year. The awards will be made on a competitive basis to those applicants considered by their departments to be the most outstanding.

Value of the Award
Each award will underwrite the full cost of fees and maintenance for the duration of the course.

Duration of the Award
The award has a maximum duration of three years and is available to all students who will be registered for a three year research programme, leading to the PhD (including CPGS), that starts in the next academical year.

Eligibility
To be eligible to receive a Cambridge International Scholarship students must:

be liable to pay the Overseas University Composition Fee (i.e. be assessed as ‘Overseas’ for Fee Status purposes).
be engaged in a three year research programme leading to the PhD (i.e. will be registered as PhD, “Probationary PhD” or “CPGS”) starting in the next academical year.
be engaged in full-time study.
have a high upper-second-class undergraduate honours degree from a UK Higher Education Institution, or an equivalent from an Overseas Institution.

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MPhil in Conservation Leadership Scholarships, University of Cambridge, UK

The MPhil degree in Conservation Leadership is a full-time, 11-month, masters course, aimed at graduates of leadership potential with at least three to five years of relevant experience. The unique features of this course are its delivery by a partnership between several university departments and conservation organizations based around Cambridge, and its focus on issues of management and leadership. Consequently, the course aims to deliver a world-class and interdisciplinary education in Conservation Leadership that is not available elsewhere.

The course is based in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Geography, which is working in collaboration with partners in the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) to deliver the course. CCI was created in 2007 by eight internationally renowned conservation organisations and the University of Cambridge. All are members of the larger network of organizations in the Cambridge Conservation Forum (CCF).

The Director of Conservation Leadership is Nigel Leader-Williams, based in the Department of Geography. The Lecturer in Conservation Leadership is Chris Sandbrook, based at the United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The Programme Administrator for Conservation Leadership is Emily Chenery, based in the Department of Geography.

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Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships, King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK

The Governing Body of King’s College invites applications for Junior Research Fellowships in the following three fields:

Chemistry, including Chemical Engineering
History, Politics and Culture of the modern Middle East
Politics and International Relations

The Junior Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body, with full privileges of Fellows. In addition to pursuing research, a Junior Research Fellow is required to live in Cambridge or close by and to participate in College life and activity. Privileges include all meals, limited financial support for expenses associated with research, the possibility of an office and accommodation in College properties. Although these are research posts, teaching is likely to be made available if desired.

The stipend attached to a Junior Research Fellowship is £19,510 – £25,110, according to age and academic qualification. Additional payment is made for teaching.

Eligibility
Graduates of any university are eligible. Candidates will usually have completed their PhD and must not have undertaken more than 2 years of postdoctoral work by 1st October 2014 (i.e. your PhD cannot have been granted before 30th September 2012).

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PhD Studentships in Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK

Two PhD Studentships are expected to be available to start on 1 Oct 2013 for suitably qualified candidates to conduct research leading to the award of a PhD degree in the field of Construction Engineering. The research will be conducted at the Construction Information Technology laboratory that is part of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The project is funded by the US National Science Foundation, in conjunction with the EU FP7 Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme and industry.

The project will explore ways to detect existing infrastructure objects in spatial and visual data for the purpose of automating the generation of as-built geometric infrastructure models. The project will address both construction engineering and computer vision issues and provides the opportunity for a 1-year fully funded visiting studies at Georgia Tech at the beginning for those applicants who wish to extend their knowledge base in computing prior to engaging in research; thus the candidates missing background in computer vision can gain it if they are prepared to travel to the US for a short period.

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Ruth Whaley Bursary for Women in Finance, University of Cambridge, UK

Ruth Whaley Bursary for Women in Finance
supported by Cambridge Judge Business School
This bursary aims to encourage more women with a finance background to undertake an MBA, with the hope that more women will take up senior finance positions in future.

The bursary offers £10,000 to one candidate per intake. The successful recipient will also be mentored by Ruth Whaley as part of this award. Ruth is the founder and Principal at Barset Consulting LLC, a Risk Management Consulting firm in New York: she is a senior finance executive with more than 25 years’ experience in global fixed income and risk management at the executive and board level.

Eligibility criteria
This bursary is open to women currently working in finance. Candidates need to have accepted an offer of admission from the Cambridge MBA programme, have a high GMAT score, and have attended a top university.

Applying
Interested applicants should first apply to the Cambridge MBA and if accepted, they will be asked to submit a one-page essay on how a particular sector in the financial services industry (e.g. investment banks, retail banks, etc.) can rebuild public trust in the sector. Candidates are free to choose the sector within the financial services industry to focus on. Essays are to be submitted by 26 April 2013.

Further details
For further details, please contact the MBA Admissions staff.

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Ancora Foundation Graduate Fellowship, University of Cambridge, UK

Ancora Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the University of Cambridge
This fellowship is a collaboration between the Ancora Foundation and Cambridge Overseas Trust to provide two fellowships annually for Indonesians to study for a one-year master’s program in any field at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge, one of the world’s oldest universities, has attracted many of the very best minds since 1209. Today the university has grown to around 17,500 students (7,000 of whom are graduate students), and 3,000 teaching and administrative staff. Of the graduate students, 50 per cent come from overseas, and well over a third are women.

Historically, the university has had a very good reputation for both mathematics and the sciences. But it also has strong humanities and social science faculties. In the last two British Government research assessment exercise in 2001 and 2008 respectively, Cambridge was ranked first in the country. In 2006, a Thomson Scientific study showed that Cambridge has the highest research paper output of any British university, and is also the top research producer in 10 out of 21 major British research fields analysed.

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