Current Postgraduate bursaries

Project: Identifying the causes for the decline of the endangered Bank Cormorant in Southern Africa

We invite applications for the above full-time MSc or PhD study opportunity at the University of Cape Town, under a joint collaboration between the Animal Demography Unit and the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, two world-renowned centres in ornithological research with a strong emphasis on postgraduate studies...

Closing Date: 1 March 2012

Big boost for wildlife conservation: 23 new SOS projects

Beginning in January 2012, top species conservation experts from around the world have determined the allocation of $US 3.3 million to 23 species conservation projects. Gorillas, cockatoos, and frogs are just a few of the multitude of threatened species that are receiving a helping hand from SOS (Save Our Species)...

Closing Date: 15 September 2012

PhD and postdoctoral bursaries available for research on Hymenoptera Systematics and evolution

Two bursaries are available to join an international team of researchers working on hymenopteran (wasp, bee and ant) systematics and evolution. The bursaries are non-taxable: R200 000 per year for the PhD bursary and R300 000 per year for the post doctoral bursary, both renewable for a second year...

Closing Date: 10 February 2012

PhD position: evolution of mate choice and speciation

The Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research (GEOMAR) seeks to recruit a PhD student in Evolutionary Biology. The PhD student will be funded by a German science foundation (DFG) grant, entitled "Interactive effects ofenvironmental change and host-parasite co-evolution on the ecologicalspeciation of sticklebacks"....

Closing Date: 15 February 2012

Postdoctoral and Doctoral students required - CSIR NRE

CSIR Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE) unit conducts world-class, directed inter-disciplinary research and technological innovation, with partners and stakeholders, in the field of natural resources and the environment to contribute to the social, economic and environmental improvement of South Africa and Africa. NRE is looking for a number of Postdoctoral and Doctoral students...

Ad Expires: 31 February 2012

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN BEE NUTRITION: UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

As part of the UK government's Insect Pollinators' Initiative, a postdoctoral position is available in an international team studying the nutritional ecology of honeybees and bumblebees...

Ad Expires: 31 February 2012

GRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RHODES UNIVERSITY

1. Primary production and productivity studies of Zostera capensis...
2. The Knysna estuary is famous for the endangered seahorse, Hippocampus capensis...
3. The physico-chemical environment of the estuary and embayment is changing...

Ad Expires: April 2012

POST GRADUATE POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR STUDIES IN FOOD WEB ECOLOGY OF THE KOWIE RIVER ESTUARY (RHODES UNIVERSITY)

Research and bursary funding is available for strong and highly motivated students to study food webs in the Kowie catchment region (MSc or PhD level)...

Ad Expires: March 2012