Provided By: Foundation for Economic Education
Deadline: November 01, 2009
Type of Award: Essay Contest
Amount: $2000
Awards Available: 1
Website: http://fee.org/contest/eugene-thorpe-essay-contest/

Description:
The Eugene S. Thorpe Award is available to students with an interest in free-market economics. You must compose an original 2000 to 3000 word essay on a provided topic to enter this competition.

Applicable Majors:
Accounting
Accounting Technician and Bookkeeper
Accounting and Business/Management
Accounting and Finance
Actuarial Science
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
Agribusiness Operations
Agricultural Business Technology
Agricultural Business and Management
Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Production Operations
Agricultural and Extension Education Services
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling
American Government and Politics (United States)
American History
Anthropology
Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Applied Economics
Area Studies
Asian History
Auctioneering
Auditing
Banking and Financial Support Services
Business
Business Administration and Management
Business Statistics
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing
Business/Corporate Communications
Business/Managerial Economics
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry
Canadian History
Construction Management
Consumer Economics
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
Consumer Services and Advocacy
Credit Management
Customer Service Management
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation
Demography and Population Studies
Development Economics and International Development
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
Economics
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
European History
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
Family and Consumer Economics
Fashion Merchandising
Fashion Modeling
Finance
Financial Planning and Services
Franchising and Franchise Operations
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
General Studies
Geography
History
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers
Hospitality Administration and Management
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
Housing and Human Environments
Human Resources Development
Human Resources Management
Human Sciences Business Services
Human Sciences Communication
Humanities
Information Resources Management/CIO Training
Insurance
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
International Business
International Economics
International Finance
International Marketing
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Investments and Securities
Knowledge Management
Labor Studies
Labor and Industrial Relations
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Logistics and Materials Management
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing
Marketing Research
Merchandising and Buying Operations
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
Non-Profit/Public Management
Office Management and Supervision
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Physical Anthropology
Political Science and Government
Professional Studies
Public Finance
Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
Purchasing, Procurement and Contracts Management
Real Estate Management
Receptionist
Resort Management
Restaurant/Food Services Management
Retailing and Retail Operations
Sales, Distribution and Marketing Operations
Selling Skills and Sales Operations
Small Business Administration and Management
Social Sciences
Sociology
Special Products Marketing
Taxation
Tourism Promotion Operations
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing
Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician
Transportation Management
Urban Studies/Affairs
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing

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Microbial Ecology Research Group
The research group Microbial Ecology is part of the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES) in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Groningen. The group studies the adaptive strategies of prokaryotic microorganisms that allow these to survive in complex natural habitats. One of the topics focuses on the role of microbial diversity in ecosystem functioning. The research is strongly multidisciplinary and includes microbiology, ecology, molecular biology and plant physiology and ecology. The group provides a lively and internationally oriented scientific environment with excellent facilities.

Project
A major goal in general ecology is to understand the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. Ecological theory predicts that ecosystems with a higher diversity of species are more productive and more stable in the face of stresses and environmental fluctuations. Amongst the different components of biodiversity, the diversity of functional traits of species in a community is considered to be the best predictor of the related ecosystem process. In this context, we recently used experimental communities of bacterial species to evaluate the role of bacterial functional diversity on community processes. Diversity had indeed a positive effect on community function and we were able to demonstrate the relevance of the complementarity of species for resource use capacity in shaping biodiversity- ecosystem functioning relationships. The main goal of this PhD project is to use a similar model system to address the role of bacterial diversity in respect of the stability of the communities. You will be responsible for designing experiments with bacterial communities to test theories related to the diversity-stability relationship. You will apply classical microbiological methods to determine community functioning. You will develop and apply molecular methods for the quantification of bacterial species, as well as statistical models to untangle the effects of diversity components on community stability. The project will be carried out in collaboration with the Microbial Ecology center (UMR5557, Université Lyon1) in Lyon, France.

Requirements
You have a Masters degree or equivalent degree in microbiology/ microbial ecology, with a strong background in general ecology or in ecology with interest in working with microbial model systems. Experience with the application of molecular methods in the study of the complex communities is an advantage. The project is demanding and asks for dedication as well as a creative mind. Good proficiency of the English language is required. The Ph.D. candidate is expected to attend a few courses and to assist in teaching students at different levels (10% of time).

Additional information
For more information you may contact Dr Joana F. Salles
e-mail address: J.Falcao.Salles@ rug.nl

Additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
o About the organization (http://www.rug. nl)
o (http://www.rug. nl/fwn/onderzoek /programmas/ biologie/ microbieleoecolo gie/index)

Conditions of employment
The university offers a salary of EUR 1633, to 2443,- gross (bruto) salary per month. Objective of the temporary 4 years position is to produce a number of research articles in highly ranked, peer-reviewed scientific journals, which will form the basis of the thesis leading to the granting of the Ph.D. degree (Dr.) at the University of Groningen. After the first year, there will be an evaluation as to the feasibility of successful completion of the Ph.D. thesis within the next 3 years.

Application
Letters written in English, including a personal motivation, a curriculum vitae, along with names and addresses (including telephone/fax and e-mail addresses) of three referees, are to be sent to:
Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Groningen
Biological Centre
Postbus 14
9750 AA Haren
The Netherlands

The position will be open until March, 15th.

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One Postdoc and two PhD Positions are available at the Section of Neuroimaging, Marburg. Our research group is located within the Department of Psychiatry and focuses on MR-neuroimaging in cognitive psychiatry. Some of our current projects address methodological developments, others investigate the neurocognitive correlates of various psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, autism, depression etc.).

Project description:
The work of the successful candidates will include the performance of experiments in the field of social-cognitive and affective neuroscience using fMRI, the analysis of effective connectivity between brain regions by Dynamic Causal Modelling and analysis of structural MR images (e.g., DTI data, hippocampus volumetry). Some projects are embedded in a German-wide multicenter project investigating therapy effects in patients with schizophrenia and panic disorder, respectively.

Requirements:
We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in multidisciplinary research. Applicants should have a degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine, Physics, Informatics, Biology or related areas. A background in fMRI analyses techniques (SPM, FSL, MATLAB etc), statistics or clinical neuropsychology would be of advantage.

The position is available immediately and search will continue until a candidate has been selected. Applications (including CV and publication list) should be sent to Soeren Krach (soerenkrach@ web.de) or Andreas Jansen (an.jan@gmx.de).

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The research alliance JARA-Brain between the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen
University and the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine at the Research Center Jülich investigates the structure and function of the human brain in health and neuro-psychiatric disorders in order to develop new diagnostic or therapeutic approaches.

As part of the growth of JARA-Brain, a three-year PhD position has become available in the "Neuropsychiatric Systems Biology" group (head: Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff) at the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Aachen (head: Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schneider). Working at the interface between basic neuroscience and its clinical application, this research group addresses the following questions: How are the processes underlying motor, cognitive and affective functions organised in the human brain? How do their different components interact to form physiological networks? How is this regional organisation or its functional integration disturbed in patients suffering from neurological or psychiatric disorders? Which models for the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying clinical symptoms can be derived from these findings?

Methods that will be learned and applied during the course of the PhD project include the performance of neuroimaging experiments using fMRI, the analysis of effective connectivity between brain regions by Dynamic Causal Modelling und quantitative Meta-Analyses of published functional imaging results.

We are now looking for a PhD student with a strong interest in this multidisciplinary research. Applicants should have a degree in Neuroscience, Psychology, Medicine, Informatics, Biology or related areas. A background in neuroanatomy, statistics and/or fMRI analysis techniques (SPM, FSL, MATLAB etc) would be of advantage, readiness to learn new methods in an interdisciplinary environment a necessary requirement.

The position is available immediately and search will continue until a candidate has been selected. For further information or informal inquiries, please contact Simon Eickhoff (seickhoff@ukaachen. de). If this position has raised you interest, please sent your application preferentially by email (seickhoff@ukaachen. de) or alternatively by letter to: Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Simon B. Eickhoff

AG Neuropsychiatrische Systembiologie

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Universitätsklinikum Aachen
Telefon: +49 241 80 80523
Fax: +49 2461 61 2820
eMail: SEickhoff@ukaachen. de

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Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin
Forschungszentrum Juelich

Telefon: +49 2461 61 8609
Fax: +49 2461 61 2820
eMail: S.Eickhoff@fz- juelich.de

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Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Program aims to nurture human networking among ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan.

Website: Click here to visit the site

Features of AYF Program

The scholarship grantees shall take a preparatory course in the Japanese language and other subjects for 7 months at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, Osaka. After completing the preparatory course, grantees will be proceeding to Japanese graduate schools as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship students (Masters &/or Ph.D.) from April 2010.

Additional Information

Please visit the Web site for additional information.

Applicable Majors

Any of the fields in Humanities, Social Science, Engineering, Physical Science and Biological Science

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