The new CAPES Dundee project invites eligible Brazilian students to apply for a 4-year PhD in the laboratory of their choice within the College of Life Sciences. 10 PhD studentships are available.  CAPES support includes:

• stipend for the grantee's maintenance, £910 per month
• setting allowance, a one-off payment of £910.00
• international return air ticket
• health insurance, £560 per year

These values may be altered according to the student's family circumstances.

In addition, the University of Dundee will pay full tuition fees and will also offer College of Life Sciences Scholarships to outstanding CAPES students on a competitive basis that will provide an additional £2760 in stipend per annum.

Projects are available in the areas of:

• Anatomy and Human Identification
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Drug Discovery
• Environmental Microbiology
• Gene Regulation and Expression
• Immunology and Cell Signalling
• Molecular Microbiology
• Molecular Parasitology
• Molecular Physiology
• Nucleic Acids Structure and Function
• Plant Sciences
• Structural Biology

 For further details, including information on how to apply, please see:

http://www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional/reino-unido/programa-capesuniversidade-de-dundee 

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS IS 25TH FEBRUARY 2012