Full Scholarships: Five PhD and One Post Doctoral Positions

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Egerton University in collaboration with International Institute of Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC, Netherlands) invites applications for the following Scholarships in the Academic Year 2009/2010

Full Scholarships: Five PhD and One Post Doctoral Positions for East African Nationals

These scholarships are offered under the research project "EOIA: An Earth Observation- and Integrated Assessment approach to the Governance of Lake Naivasha", which is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research under the WOTRO - Global Science for Development Programme.

The project will be implemented jointly by Egerton University (Kenya), and ITC/University of Twente (The Netherlands) on a sandwich arrangement: 2 years in Kenya and 2 years in The Netherlands.

The 5 PhD candidates will be recruited for a period of 4 years for the following projects.

Quantifying the effect of landuse change in upper catchments of Lake Naivasha.
Impact of exogenous and endogenous changes on limnology, fisheries and piscivorous birds
Hydrological impacts on terrestrial fringe biodiversity
Water governance
Socio-economic linkages
Detailed description of the project is available at www.itc.nl/EOIA

One post Doctoral position open to all is also available for a candidate who will integrate the five
projects.

Requirements: MSc/MA degree from a recognised University in a relevant field. Applications are to be submitted online at http://www.itc.nl/research/phd/graduate_registration_application.aspx

Closing date is on 15 June 2009.

Further information can be got from becht @ itc.nl or jonvando@ yahoo.com