Applications are sought from exceptional graduates for the New Abbest PhD Research Scholarships. These scholarships will be include a maintenance grant of €16,000 p.a. for 3.5years, plus €2,000 expenses plus all programme fees. Applications will be dealt with on a rolling basis with a final closing date of 25th September 2006.
Under this scheme applicants formulate their own research proposal, which fits in with the Institute`s research themes. Currently the areas in which the Institute is seeking applications are as follows:
Applied Arts
- Education, Social Context and Policy Intelligent and Interactive Media Content and Applications Performing Cultures and Public Life Transforming Cultures and Social Justice
Built Environment
- Applications of ICT in the Construction Industry
- Architecture and Architectural History
- Futures Thinking in Areas such as Urban and Sustainable Economic Development
- Geospatial Sciences Including Land Management Hertiage Studies
- E-Learning and E-Delivery of Academic Programmes
- National and Urban Spatial Planning
- Sustainability in the Built Environment
Business
- Consumer Behaviour
- Marketing / Branding
- Retail Internationalisation
- Strategic Management / Marketing
- Supply Chain / Logistics
Engineering
- CMOS Photoreceivers
- Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters for Fibre-Optic Networks
- Civil and Building Services Engineering
- Control Systems and Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical and Transport Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
Science
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Research / Devices
- Cancer Research and Radiobiology
- Environmental, Nanotoxicology and Pharmaceutical Research
- Information and Communications Technology
- Materials Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications
- Nanomaterials
- Novel Energy Sources and Conversion Techniques
- Phototonics / Optoelectronics
- Pure and Applied Mathematics
- Spectroscopic and Microscopic Techniques
Tourism and Food
- Culinary Innovation
- Food Processing and Safety
- Sustainability in Tourism
If you would like an application for this programme or have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Nicole O`Neill on +353-1-4023374, nicole.oneill@dit.ie.
Please contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research for more information.
Website:
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/study/graduate/research/abbest.html
