[SG]PhD scholarship at NanoCore

www.nanocore.nus.edu.sg

NanoCore is an interdisciplinary research collaboration in the science and technology of the nano-scale. It is led by its Director Venky Venkatesan, an ISI highly cited physicist, former Professor at the University of Maryland and Fellow of the American Physical Society (http://www.nanocore.nus.edu.sg/venky_venkatesan.html). NanoCore is generously funded by the National University of Singapore and is housed on the top floor of the Temasek building. NanoCore is open to research staff and students who want to work across traditional scientific and engineering disciplines to achieve progress in the technology on the nanoscale. Special emphasis is put on entrepreneurship and technology transfer.

Excellent students from all scientific and engineering, as well as biomedical disciplines are welcome to apply for NanoCore PhD Scholarships. Students whom we are recruiting typically are in the top 10% of their class and have shown the ambition and ability to immerse themselves in challenging, high impact research projects. We also highly welcome students who have entrepreneurial ambitions. The scholarship entails:

-4 years of funding
-full coverage of all tuition and fees
-monthly living allowance (12 months per year)
-possibility to work with any NanoCore researcher/collaborator

If you see a fit then please send your Cover Letter and CV. The Cover Letter should briefly introduce you and state your motivation to work at NanoCore. If you can, name research areas you would like to work in. Highlight any achievements that show academic and/or entrepreneurial capabilities. Please limit your cover letter to approximately 400 words. Your CV should be clear and concise. Please name two (three if you can) individuals whom you have worked or studied under and who are able to provide a reference. If you have taken the GRE and an English test (e.g. TOEFL), please include the scores in your CV, official test scores can be sent later. Send Cover Letter and CV as one pdf file, the Cover Letter should occupy the first page, the CV should occupy subsequent pages. Name the file: "lastname_firstname_nanocore_phd.pdf". Please make sure that the email address on your Cover Letter and CV matches the email address you use to contact us. Please keep the text in the email to one or two sentences. In the subject line please put: "NanoCore PhD application: LastName FirstName". We look forward receiving your documents by 1. December 2009 for the August 2010 intake.

contact: elemdk@nus.edu.sg