Oportunidades
Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations
Publicado el 19 de marzo de 2011
| Eligibility |
All Institutes. No geographical restriction
Multiple submissions from an institution are allowed. |
| Deadline |
May 19. Winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. |
| |
|
| Topics |
Innovation in global health research |
| |
* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children |
| |
* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges |
| |
* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and Monitor Eradication |
| |
* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies |
| |
* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection |
| |
* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations |
| |
|
| Amount |
Initial grants: US $100,000 each, promising projects may receive additional funding of up to US $1 million |
| Number of grants |
60 grants for this round. Next round in fall 2011. |
| Link |
www.grandchallenges.org/gce/ |
| |
|
| Application process: |
Accelerated grant-making process with short two-page applications online and no preliminary data required. |
| Contact |
grandchallenges@gatesfoundation.org |
| |
80 055 554 423 |
| Overview of financed projects |
http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations/Pages/grantsawarded.aspx?Round=all |
PhD in the field of plant evolution and development
Publicado el 06 de marzo de 2011
Looking for a PhD candidate in the field of plant evolution and development to assist in carrying out a funded project on the evolution of MADS-domain transcription factors. A four year scholarship will be offered to a highly motivated candidate. Skills that would help to carry out the project are phylogenetic analysis and experience with methods to investigate protein-protein interaction. Would you be so kind to present this opportunity to smart and interested students that wish to pursue a PhD and feel like living in Belgium for a few years? The position is to be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found and candidates can e-mail me for more information. A summary of the planned research is below.
Leer más »
Post-doctoral position available at the FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation.
Publicado el 06 de marzo de 2011
A full-time postdoctoral position is currently available in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile to work at the recently created FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation in the Main Campus of P. Universidad Católica de Chile, downtown Santiago – Chile.
We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our interdisciplinary Plant Systems Biology research group. The successful candidate will join a collaborative research program to understand regulatory networks involved in N nutrient responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. The research activity will be carried out in collaboration with computer scientists, mathematicians and experimental biologists.
Leer más »
Abiertas las postulaciones a 4 concursos CONICYT para fortalecer la atracción e inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado
Publicado el 06 de marzo de 2011
Las cuatro convocatorias 2011 abiertas por el PAI de CONICYT, tienen por finalidad financiar la Inserción de Capital Humano Avanzado en la Academia y en la Industria; entregar apoyo financiero para la realización de Tesis de Postgrado en la Industria, y financiar la Atracción de Capital Humano Avanzado del Extranjero.
Leer más »
Tesis de Pre-grado o Magíster y Asistente o Técnico de Investigación
Publicado el 06 de marzo de 2011
Se ofrece Tesis de Pre-grado o Magíster (Remunerada) y Asistente o Técnico de Investigación
Tema:
Identificación de subgrupos de mujeres obesas con diferente riesgo potencial para desarrollar carcinoma endometrial
El proyecto de investigación se encuentra financiado por un FONDECYT Regular (Marzo 2011-Marzo 2014).
Las técnicas de laboratorio a emplear incluyen:
RT-PCR, Real- time PCR, inmunohistoquímica, Western blot, Cultivo celular.
Interesados enviar curriculum vitae a:
Dra. Alejandra Villavicencio
avillavicencio@inta.uchile.cl
Cel: 7-8797276
Llamados abiertos a Cursos regionales y de Postgrado
Publicado el 27 de febrero de 2011
Estimados les informamos que se encuentran abiertos los siguientes llamados:
1) Organización de Cursos Regionales, período Setiembre 2011-Diciembre 2012.
2) Becas para participar en Cursos de Posgrado en el Institut Pasteur de París.
Three international training courses in field epidemiology, 2011
Publicado el 11 de febrero de 2011
The International Field Epidemiology Training Program – Thailand would like to remind you for the deadline of the training course as below.
The Field Epidemiology Training Program-Thailand (FETP-Thailand) was established in 1980 with a collaborative effort of the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the first field-based epidemiology training outside the America Continent which was modeled after the Epidemic Intelligence Service in the USA. The term “FETP” has been recognized as the applied epidemiology training that directly linked to public health services.
Leer más »
Doctoral Grants, Institut Pasteur International Network PhD Program
Publicado el 11 de febrero de 2011
The Institut Pasteur calls in 2011 to candidature for doctoral grants of the PhD Program within the Institut Pasteur International Network.
For this second edition in 2011, the Institut Pasteur will finance two doctoral fellowships for a duration of three years to allow students to realize their doctoral training in an institute of the Institut Pasteur International Network (RIIP) except metropolitan France. This fellowship aims at promoting and facilitating the realization of doctorate trainings of French and foreign researchers in a laboratory of the RIIP. This may apply to standard or jointly-supervised theses. Fellowship areas may include all themes developed in the laboratories of the RIIP: research on the infectious diseases (infectious physiopathology, immunology, microbiology, epidemiology, virology, parasitology) and health service activities (surveillance, resistance).
Leer más »
Programa para Científicos Jóvenes – UCHILE
Publicado el 09 de febrero de 2011
La Dirección de Investigación de la Facultad de Medicina informa a la comunidad científica que el Howard Hughes Medical Institute tiene un nuevo Programa para Científicos que inician su Carrera que apoyará a hasta 35 Científicos destacados que estén trabajando fuera de los Estados Unidos en países seleccionados (Chile entre otros).
Leer más »
Contratación de Académicos con Grado de Doctor PUC
Publicado el 09 de febrero de 2011
El Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular centra su investigación en el estudio de las Bases Celulares y Moleculares de las Enfermedades, en busca de la generación de nuevas aplicaciones terapéuticas. En este contexto el desarrollo de la investigación en células troncales y regeneración tisular resulta atractivo, como alternativa terapéutica.
Leer más »
Boletín de Noticias
ANIP
en Flickr
