SICSA prize Phd studentships in Computer Science
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An annual studentship competition for the best and brightest in informatics and computing
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SICSA offers up to 20 prize studentships
per year to the very best students from anywhere in the world. Our aim
is to attract the research leaders of the future, whatever their
nationality or place of residence, to come and work with us in Scotland.
Each
SICSA student will spend 3 to 4 years as part of a programme
coordinated across the partners. These students will catalyze new
collaborations across the research community, and lead the next
generation of excellent computing researchers.
In 2010, we will
be offering up to 20 SICSA prize studentships, across Scotland. We are
looking for outstanding applicants in any area of computer science and
informatics. We are particularly interested in applications from
students who want to work in one of the SICSA research themes.
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SICSA prize studentships are funded
jointly by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the university where
the studentship is held. They are worth around £18,000 per year for 3.5
years. This includes support for living expenses of around £13,000,
research expenses and postgraduate fees at the level charged to
students who are UK/EU residents.
Additional support may be available
to students who are not UK/EU residents and who would normally be
required to pay the full postgraduate fee. The level of this support,
however, depends on individual universities and cannot be guaranteed.
SICSA is committed to Scottish
research collaboration, including excellent researchers in smaller
groups as well as those in larger units. Studentships are therefore
available at all Scottish Universities that are members of SICSA.
To reinforce the
collaborative nature of SICSA, each studentship will involve cross-site
supervision. Formally, however, each student would be registered in the
traditional manner, at a single degree-awarding institution.
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Applying for a SICSA prize studentship
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The Scottish Graduate Academy offers
prize studentships to excellent candidates from across the world. There
is no residence qualification and candidates from any country may apply.
We are willing to consider
applicants in any area of computer science and informatics but may give
preference to students who are working in SICSA theme areas:
Next-generation InternetMulti-modal interactionModelling and abstractionComplex systems engineering
Some universities would like to recruit students for specific projects and information about these projects is available here.
However, your application does not have to be related to any of these
projects and you may make a research proposal in any area of work.
Students must have or must expect to
be awarded a 1st class honours degree, an MSc with Distinction or
equivalent GPA scores. We will normally reject your application if you
have not achieved this level of qualification.
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How to apply
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Applications for 2010 studentships should be made on-line using the On-line Application System.
You must register with our application system before submitting an
application. Please read the instructions below BEFORE filling in the
form and make sure that you have all the information that we need.
You may list up to three Scottish
universities that you would like to consider your application. You must
submit an application to your preferred (1st choice) University, using
their application procedures, and your SICSA prize studentship
application will not be considered until you have done this. You do not
need to submit an application to your 2nd or 3rd choices universities -
we will contact you if necessary about these.
Your SICSA prize studentship application MUST include:
details of your undergraduate qualifications (and MSc qualifications if you have them)your preferred SICSA Institution/s.a copy of the transcript of your marks, which you must upload as an attachment a research proposal, which you must upload as an attachment
You may include details of any
industrial experience you have which is relevant to your application
and your SICSA research proposal and you may upload a list of
publications (if you have had any of your work published.
You will not be asked to upload
copies of your references, nor submit details of your referees. If a
university wishes to nominate you for a SICSA studentship, they will
forward the references they have received as part of your application
to the Graduate Academy Board.
To be considered in March 2010, applications must be received by the deadline of 28th February 2010. Remember, you have to fill in both a university application form and a SICSA prize studentship application form.
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Tentative Application Deadline : 28 February 2010
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Homepage: http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/
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