DAAD PhD Scholarship at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences of University of Potsdam in Germany (Fully Funded)
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The deadline passed on 14 October 2018. The details below are kept for reference.
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Applicant criteria
- NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
- SpecialityAgriculture and Veterinary Science
- GenderBoth
Opportunity criteria
- Opportunity FieldNature and Environment
- Job locationGermany
- Needed documentsCV, Motivation Letter, Transcript of Records, Degree Certificate, Research Proposal, Recommendation Letter
- Deadline2018-10-14
Opportunity description
The NatRiskChange Research Training Group is offering two full DAAD PhD scholarships at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences of University of Potsdam, Germany for a period of four years. The scholarships are funded by the Graduate School Scholarship Program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), as the working projects are "Forecasting of Urban Flash Floods Based on Rainfall Radar Image Analysis and Urban Hydrological Modeling" and "Development of a consistent and transferable method to identify most effective locations for dyke relocations on landscape scale".
Responsibilities:
The PhD student will be based at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Potsdam. They are expected to participate in group seminars and research activities within the graduate school as well as in teaching activities in undergraduate level.
The scholarship includes:
[1] A monthly rate of €1,200
[2] Travel support and potential support for studies and research
[3] Combined insurance (health, accident, liability)
[4] Potential support for rent, or family allowance
[5] Full funding for a German language course in Germany of up to six months, preceding the scholarship
About NatRiskChange Research Training Group:
"Natural hazards and risks in a changing world (NatRiskChange)” aims to foster the scientific knowledge basis. This research training group started on October 1st, 2015, aiming to pursue the development of methods to improve hazard and risk analysis and quantification based on the transient, non-stationary nature of hazards and risks in response to the changing natural and altered components of the Earth system. Key scientific aims are the development, testing, and pilot application of studies on identification, quantification, and prediction of transient natural hazards and associated risks.
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DAAD PhD Scholarship at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences of University of Potsdam in Germany (Fully Funded)