Population Genetics Graduate Programme funding
for training opportunities
The graduate programme is calling for applications for support for
attending workshops, courses or other similar training opportunities during
the second half of 2012.
Please send a brief application by e-mail, to lumi.viljakainen(at)oulu.fi
(and copy to outi.savolainen(at)oulu.fi) including a brief description of
the workshop, training course etc., an estimate of costs and a statement on
the recent progress of your doctoral studies.
If you have not earlier submitted your research plan for the thesis work
to the school, you need to add it to the application. Attending regular
conferences will not be supported at this time. For more information, get in
touch with Lumi or Outi. Please send your application by June 10, 2012. Fund
recipients will be announced by June 17.
Decisions on Population Genetics Doctoral
Programme positions
The Population Genetics Doctoral Programme received 27
applications. The executive board has evaluated all the applications. There
were many very good applications, also outside the group of funded ones.
Based on the merits and the research plan of the applicants (with some
additional factors such as diversity of groups), the executive group decided
to award partial doctoral programme positions in the following way
(conditional on matching funding from other sources). The number of months
awarded to each student is listed, the details on the timing of the
positions will be sent to the applicants and supervisors
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Field |
Months |
|
Aisala Heidi |
Lumme |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
24 |
|
Li Zitong |
Sillanpää |
Statistics |
24 |
|
Mattila Tiina |
Savolainen |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
42 |
|
Natri Heini |
Merilä |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
18 |
|
Neuvonen Anu |
Sajantila |
Forensic medicine |
15 |
|
Niemi Marianna |
Kantanen |
Animal breeding |
21 |
|
Niskanen Alina |
Aspi |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
15 |
|
Zhou Yongfeng |
Savolainen |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
6 |
|
Zueva Ksenia |
Primmer |
Evolutionary biology / Population genetics |
36 |
The applicant must be registered as a doctoral
student in their home university to be receiving this salary.
Outi Savolainen (Head of the Doctoral Programme)
For more information, please contact
Outi.Savolainen@oulu.fi, Lumi.Viljakainen@oulu.fi
Five Graduate School positions available
The graduate school in population genetics is funded by the
Ministry of Education and Culture and the Academy of Finland. The school
builds a doctoral program and trains graduate students in the broad
area of population genetics. The students take formal courses and carry out
research work and complete a doctoral thesis in about four years.
The students entering the school should join a research project led by
one of the supervisors that are members of the school. The topics covered by
different projects include evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, genetic
epidemiology, gene mapping, plant and animal breeding, conservation
genetics, molecular anthropology and archaeology, and risks associated with
GMO (more information can be found at
http://www.oulu.fi/biology/PopGenSchool/index.html). The working place
depends on the research group and the supervisor. The minimum starting
salary (1740 EUR) is set by the Ministry of Education and Culture which
finances the graduate school, but the local university (research group)
normally pays a somewhat higher salary. The positions include minor teaching
duties. Each student will apply for study rights for a Ph.D. at the
University they have chosen. The criteria can differ between Universities
and more information on the Ph.D. studies at each university can be found
for Oulu at
http://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/uniogs,
for Helsinki at
http://www.helsinki.fi/admissions/postgraduate_applicants.htm and for
Turku at
http://www.utu.fi/en/studying/students/degree/postgraduate/index.html.
The school announces five positions for PhD students, starting at the
beginning of 2012. The positions are maximally for four years. The
application should include (when applicable):
- Filled application form (which can be found here)
- CV including the topic and grade of MSc thesis (max 2 pages)
- a list of publications
- a training plan for PhD studies (what type of formal training,
courses etc you would like to have)
- a short (half a page) description of a career plan (why this type of
training)
- a plan for PhD research (a research plan or a good description of
the direction the student wants to take), including information on
potential supervisors (max 2 pages)
- contact information of two referees
Please send the filled application form to lumi.viljakainen(at)oulu.fi.
The other documents (2.-7.) should be sent (as a single pdf-file) to
kirjaamo(at)oulu.fi (subject: Application for Population Genetics Graduate
School position) or by regular mail University of Oulu, Kirjaamo, PL 8000,
90014 University of Oulu, Finland). The deadline for the applications is
14 October 2011 by 3PM.
If necessary, some of the applicants may be invited for an interview in
early November. The results of the call will be published on the graduate
school web page by November 15. The students chosen for the positions or
those on the reserve list will be notified by personal email.
For additional information, please contact Outi Savolainen (Outi.Savolainen@oulu.fi)
or the coordinator of the school (lumi.viljakainen(at)oulu.fi) or directly
the project leader you would like to work with (http://www.oulu.fi/biology/PopGenSchool/index.html).
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