3rd Nordic EWM Summer School for PhD Students in Mathematics
The University of Turku
Turku
Finland
June 22-27, 2009

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Every year the Marc de Montalembert Foundation offers a grant of 7000 Euros to a young Mediterranean for a project linked to the knowledge of the cultures of the Mediterranean region. Applications are open between 1 October 2008 to 31 December 2008.

Further information may be obtained from the website or from Giulia Sacchi.
 

Stanford University, California, USA
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Faculty Research Fellowship Program
Call for Applications: 2009-2010
Deadline: October 15, 2008

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University invites applications for residential fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. Applications will be considered from tenured and tenure-track faculty, and postdoctoral scholars from the U.S. and foreign universities. Candidates may apply as individuals or as small groups.  

Fellowships are offered in a number of interdisciplinary areas, including:

• Gendered Innovations in Knowledge. While much has been written on women in science and engineering, especially the difficulty of recruiting and retaining women in these areas, the challenge now is to integrate the insights of gender studies into scientific theory and practice. We welcome research proposals that address how gender analysis, when turned to science and engineering, can profoundly enhance human knowledge. The key questions are: How has gender analysis sparked creativity by opening new questions for future research? How can employing gender as a tool of analysis lead to new knowledge? To better understand what we are looking for, see Londa Schiebinger, Gendered Innovations in Science and Engineering (Stanford University Press, 2008) and Has Feminism Changed Science? (Harvard University Press, 1999), part III, or Signs, Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 28 (2003):859-922 on "Feminism Inside the Sciences."
• Gender in the Physical Sciences, and Math
• Gender in Engineering and Computer Science
• Gender in Environmental Sciences
• Gender in the Life Sciences and Bio-technology
• Gender-specific Medical Research and Women's Health
• Clustering in Scientific Subfields. Women tend to cluster in particular sciences, such as the life sciences, and in particular subfields of science or engineering (for example, there are many more women in civil than in electrical engineering). We welcome applications that investigate what it is about particular fields that attract or repel women.
• Title IX in Science and Engineering. Title IX applies to all areas of federally-funded education, including science and engineering. Researchers working on the use of Title IX, in particular identifying criteria for assessing institutional compliance with Title IX, in the sciences are invited to apply.
• Women in "Big Science".
• Work culture and work-life balance in professional life, especially in the sciences.
• Division of Household Labor. It is well known that women tend to undertake more household labor than men in heterosexual relationships, even when they work in full-time paid employment. We are interested in new approaches to these issues, rather than a restatement of existing conclusions.

Fellows must be in residence at the Clayman Institute for the duration of their fellowship. Fellowship stipends range from $36,000 for postdoctoral scholars to $60,000 for senior faculty. Applications for one, two or three quarters will be considered.

Complete applications are to be received in our office by 4:00pm (PST) on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. To apply and for further information, please visit the Clayman Institute website.

Jane M. Gruba-Chevalier
Program Manager
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Serra House
589 Capistrano Way
Stanford, CA  94305-8640
Tel:    650-723-1994
Fax:    650-725-0374

The HP Labs Innovation Research Program is designed to create opportunities, at colleges, universities and research institutes around the world, for breakthrough collaborative research with HP. Through this open and competitive Call for Proposals, they are soliciting best ideas on a range of topics with the goal of establishing new research collaborations. Full program guidelines are detailed at the 2008 Innovation Research Program Request for Proposals.

Detailed descriptions of the Research Topics in the 2008 RFP can be downloaded from here.

The University of Ferrara offers to international students several Ph.D. positions, seven of them with fellowships.

The successful applicants will start their activity on January 1st, 2009. Winners of the fellowships will receive about 820 Euro net per month and will be entitled to have a free room at the Residential College of IUSSFerrara 1391. Additional places without fellowship are foreseen.

For international students, admission to doctoral programs and special fellowships is based on qualifications and letters of recommendation.
The application has to be addressed to:  
Rettore dell'Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Ufficio Postlaurea
Via Scienze 41/b
44100
Ferrara

The following material has to be sent together with the application:
1. A photocopy of an identity document
2. Certification of the University degree, including titles of the courses and marks obtained in the examinations.
3. At least two recommendation letters.
4. Curriculum vitae.
5. Any other document which can be useful for evaluating the attitude of the candidate to the research activity.
All documents, unless written in English or Italian, are to be translated into one of the above languages.
Application and the attached documents must reach the University of Ferrara on or before July 11, 2008. Decisions will be taken at the end of July.

For more detailed information on the admission procedure, the official announcement, the downloadable application form and the deadlines, please refer to the official site.

For information about the doctoral programs which are available at the University of Ferrara, please consult the website.

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