Classics and Ancient History Leventis Studentship for PhD

Call a Meeting Successful applicants are expected to have a good first degree (at least 2.1, or international equivalent) in Classics and Ancient History or a related discipline, and a Master in Merit / Distinction level, or international equivalent, Classics and Ancient History or related discipline. If English is not your native language then you also will need to meet the entry requirements of our English language.

Open Scholarship for International Students: None

Call a Meeting Scholarship Description: Department of Classics and Ancient History is offering fully funded scholarships to outstanding researchers. We offer: The Leventis scholarships for PhD studies on the impact of non-Greek Culture Greek (open to both UK / EU and overseas students): tuition all paid for three years. Call a Meeting Students also will receive annual maintenance grant for three years, which we expect to be £ 13,590 per year.

Call a Meeting This scholarship is for study on the impact of non-Greeks on Greek culture, and forms part of the initiative is funded by the AG Leventis Foundation. http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
http://thescholarshipprogramme.com PhD research can be in any field or period covered by the ancient culture of research expertise of the Department. Examples of suitable topics could include the influence of ancient medicine / philosophy in the Arab or Western tradition, or from the library of Alexandria on the Mediterranean culture, or the influence of Greek culture to others in the Black Sea region. University encourages interdisciplinary research and offers an excellent resource for the field of cognitive studies, such as Arabic and Islamic Studies, Archaeology, History of Medicine, Politics. Call a Meeting The initiative also funds faculty, organized by Dr. Myrto Hatzimichali, the work focuses on ancient libraries and scholarships, and international conferences on the impact of non-Greek against Greek culture planned for 2013.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: June 14.2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Postdoctoral Positions in Integrative Neuroscience 2011 at NUIG

Personal Scholarship Essay The successful candidate will work on a work program that will employ, integrated, multidisciplinary, whole-system approach to explain the interaction of neural neurobiology of anxiety-pain, with special emphasis on the role of the endogenous cannabinoid system. Neurobiological mechanisms underlying fear-induced analgesia and hyperalgesia related concerns will be investigated.

Position Details:

This Personal Scholarship Essay post is funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator Program grant of ~ € 1 million to Dr. David P. Finn, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, NUI Galway (for more information and the latest publications see http:// www.nuigalway.ie / pharmacology / Dr_David_Finn.html). The work will involve collaboration with Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and the National Center for Biomedical Engineering Science at NUI Galway, University of Nottingham and University College London. Successful candidates will join a vibrant group of researchers at NUI Galway's Neuroscience Cluster (http://ncbes.nuigalway.ie/neuroscience.aspx) and the Center for Pain Research (http://www.nuigalway.ie/centre_pain_research/).

Essential Qualifications:

Personal Scholarship Essay Applicants must have completed, or close to completion, PhD in a relevant field and have an interest in pursuing pre-clinical research into pain, stress / anxiety and their interaction. http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
http://thescholarshipprogramme.com

Desired Qualifications: The Personal Scholarship Essay ideal candidate will have significant experience in one or more of the following: Behavioral neuroscience / neuropharmacology, pre-clinical pain, stress and / or models of anxiety research; stereotaxic surgery, intracerebral and intrathecal injection; immunohistochemical, neurochemical; in. vivo microdialysis coupled to HPLC, mass spectrometry for quantitation of small molecules, Western immunoblotting, RT-qPCR. Peer-reviewed publications in areas relevant to the project are also desirable.

Application Deadline:
Application Deadline June 3, 2011

Further details:
For more information about these scholarships please visit the link below.

http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/docs/Postdoctoral%20Researcher%20NUIG%2035-11.doc