The Danish Graduate School in Biostatistics is pleased to announce that 1 PhD-scholarship will be awarded by 1st of April 2006. The PhD Scholarship is co-financed between The Danish Research Agency and specific institutions in the graduate school.

Applications for the one 3-year scholarship are invited from candidates with a master degree in statistics or corresponding background to one of the following projects:

Technical University of Denmark and National Environmental Research Institute
1. Identification of ecological thresholds of sustainability in marine ecosystems Institute for Informatics and Mathematical Modelling and Department of Marine Ecology at the National Environmental Research Institute in Roskilde. Contact persons: Professor Henrik Madsen, hm@imm.dtu.dk, and senior scientist Jacob Carstensen, jac@dmu.dk

The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
2. On-line production monitoring in animal husbandry using state-space models and potentially observable Markov decision processes. Contact persons: senior scientists Søren Højsgaard, soren.hojsgaard@agrsci.dk and Erik Jørgensen, Erik.Jorgensen@agrsci.dk

Aalborg University, The Faculty of Engineering and Science and Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
3. Production of grass, improved utilization of the yield components.Project at The Danish Institute of Agricultural Science (Research Centre Foulum). Contact person: senior scientist Søren Højsgaard, soren.hojsgaard@agrsci.dk

It is a prerequisite for allocation of the scholarship that enrolment as a PhD student at the relevant university takes place. Appointment will take place at the institution where the PhD project is to be carried out. The terms of employment are stated in the agreement between The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the Ministry of Finance.

The PhD programme is to be completed in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the PhD Course of Study and on the PhD Degree of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the regulations and guidelines defined by the respective universities.

How to apply
Applicants should use a specific application form to be found on our home page www.phdbiostat.dk. The letter of application (written in Danish or English) should include all the enclosures stated in the guidelines. The application should be phrased as a specific project plan, and it is advised to contact the relevant contact person.

Deadline for application is January 20, 2006. Application in 6 copies marked “Biostat PhD” should be forwarded to: Danish Graduate School in Biostatistics, entrance B, Øster Farimagsgade 5, P.O. Box 2099, DK-1014 Copenhagen K.

The quality of the application will be assessed by an assessment committee in accordance with the Ministerial Order Regarding Appointments. The committee will judge the quality of the project as well as the qualifications of the applicant. On the basis of the recommendations of this committee the board of the graduate school will make a decision for allocating the scholarship.

Further information about the scholarship can be obtained by contact to the director of the graduate school, professor Niels Keiding, Institute of Public Health, N.Keiding@biostat.ku.dk, telephone +45 35 32 79 03.

The Danish Graduate School in Biostatistics aims to stimulate and coordinate the national training of PhD students within biostatistics. The graduate school is based on a collaboration between universities, industry and government research institutes. It was founded on January 1, 2004 and has received a 5-year grant from the former Danish Research Training Council. The participating institutions contribute with financial support as well. The activities are focused on initiation of advanced PhD courses and research seminars as well as allocation of PhD scholarships. For more information, please refer to the home page www.phdbiostat.dk

Download application form in English.

Reference:
Danish Graduate School in Biostatistics