From: bco-bounces@lists.oulu.fi [mailto:bco-bounces@lists.oulu.fi] On Behalf Of Anita Tienhaara
Sent: 28. elokuuta 2009 10:23
To: FinBioNet@smtp-rs2.it.helsinki.fi
Subject: [Bco] Biological interactions graduate school announces 9 new PhD-positions

Biological interactions graduate school announces 9 new PhD- positions

The Biological Interactions Graduate School (BIOINT) is a national graduate school in Finland which includes representatives from 11 different universities and research institutes. The participants in the graduate school excel in basic research in areas of evolutionary biology, genetics, molecular biology, physiology, ecology and their applications. The aim of the school is especially to train graduates with multidisciplinary expertise spanning traditional fields in the biological and environmental sciences, as well as to encourage application of the obtained knowledge for solving local and global environmental problems. Three Centers of Excellences (CoE in Evolutionary research, Jyväskylä), CoE in Evolutionary genetics and physiology (Turku and Helsinki) and CoE in Virology (Helsinki and Jyväskylä) offer their excellent working environments to the benefit of the school.

BIOINT is accepting applications for 5 four-year and 4 two-year graduate student positions, as well as from project leaders with projects suitable for PhD students in the graduate school.

2. - Four-year positions are open for students who are yet to start a PhD project or have commenced a PhD project less than a year ago. Students accepted to the 2nd application round will have the chance to choose from the list of projects accepted to the 2nd round (see below) and develop the application together with the project leader.

3. - Project leaders with ideas for graduate student projects (4 years) within the scope of BIOINT (regardless of whether or not they are currently associated with the graduate school) are invited to submit project plans. If accepted to the 2nd application round, project leaders will choose one of the students accepted to the 2nd round (see above) to be associated with the project and then develop the application together with the prospective student and submit it to the board of the graduate school.

4. - (up to) two-year positions are for graduate students who have already been working in a PhD project for one year or more and are applying to complete their studies in the same project.

More information about the school and the application procedure can be found in the attached document and at http://www.sci.utu.fi/biovuo/en/

First round applications should be sent to Thomas Lilley by email (tmlill@utu.fi) or mail (Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, 20014 University of Turku) by 15.9.2009.

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