PhD Resources

These pages contain details of external PhD programmes and positions that may be useful, as well as possible funding sources:

These organisations conduct annual PhD recruitment programmes with funding for international candidates. The list is in no particular order. ICTP takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information on this page (e.g. deadlines or candidate qualification requirements) concerning these external sites. It is always advisable to confirm recruitment details with the external organisation. Please contact Adrian Tompkins (tompkins-AT-ictp.it) if you wish your organisation to be listed here.

• Germany
  Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPIM)
  Location: Hamburg
  Web Link: http://www.earthsystemschool.mpg.de/Home.13.0.html
• Italy
  Trieste University Fluid Dynamics
  Web Link: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/phd/fluid/
• UK
  Reading University
  Note: Some positions are NERC-funded paying only the University Feed for international students
  Web Link: http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/pg-research
• USA
  Basically all the universities in the US have grants to support international students. Deadlines are usually Nov-Jan of previous year.
• UCLA
  Location: West Coast
  Web Link: http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/content/view/29/72/
• COLA/GMU
  Location: East Coast
  Web Link: http://aoes.gmu.edu/academics/graduate/climate
• East Anglia University Phd
  Web link:http://www.uea.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught-degree/detail/msc-climate-change
• Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Location: Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venice (Italy)
  Web link: http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=10497

Postdoctoral Positions

These are other PhD listing sites that may be worth browsing for positions.  Some of these are general sites that contain vacancies at all levels (i.e. post-docs and faculty in additional to PhDs) and thus will require a certain level of "sifting".

• Roger Brugge Met Jobs
• Scholarship.net
• Earthworks
• Penn State Met Job Resources Links

Scholarships

There are a number of international and national governmental and non-governmental organisations that offer bursaries and awards to support students from developing countries to pursue post-graduate research degrees both within and outside their country of origin:

• UK: Dorothy Hodgkin Awards
• NORWAY:  Scholarships from Norwegian State Education Fund
• AUSTRALIA:  Australia development scholarships
• SWITZERLAND: Sawiris Fellowships at ETH
• FRANCE: Eiffel Scholarships (closing date around January)
• BELGIUM: VLIR-UOS (deadlines mostly in February)
• GERMANY: DAAD programmes (various for developing countries)
• WMO
• British Council
• scholarship-postions.com