What is it about?
Deadline extended until 20 July 2015
With a view to promoting human resource capacities in the developing countries and to enhancing international understanding and friendship among nations and the people of Poland, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology, and Engineering Education at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow have placed forty-five (45) fellowships of six (6) months duration each, in Poland, starting on 1 October 2015. The beneficiaries of these fellowships will be given the opportunity to undertake an individual research programme in the field of Science, Technology and Engineering.
Field of Research (Please refer to the list of invited Member States entitled to submit applications hereunder)
01 | Automation in Mining Devices (4) Mining devices automation | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering,mining devices, automation, |
02 | Automation in Transportation (2) Transport System telematics | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | Mechanical/transport engineering/automation degree |
03 | Decision Engineering. (2) Problem base engineering. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering be able to use MS Office and drawing programs |
04 | Drilling Engineering (4) Drilling and Hydraulic fracturing simulation | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering preferably in earth engineering, petroleum or computer sciences and solving of problems using mathematic methods. |
05 06 07 08 | Economic Geology (8) Prospecting for mineral deposits in desert environment (2) 3-4 modelling of mineral deposits (2). Mineralogy and geochemistry (2) Prospecting for mineral deposits (2) | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree (05) and (06): Good skill of computer operation, MS Office. (in case of any deposit some digital data from the candidate country are welcome) (07) Basic knowledge on economic geology, mineralogy and geochemistry. Be able to work with microscopes and MS Office. (08) Good skill of computer operation, MS Office is a minion. Student should bring some samples for further investigation WDS and EDS, etc) |
09 | Economic Sociology and Economics (1) Interrelations between new technologies and social, economic life in globalizing world. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 35 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree In humanities or Social sciences or economy General knowledge in world economics |
10 | Gas Engineering (4) Enhanced gas recovery (EGR) technology with CO2 sequestration in gas fields. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 35 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree In petroleum engineering, geoscience, gas engineering or mechanical engineering. |
11 | Geoengineering (4) Drilling parameters influence on injection performance | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree In engineering preferably in earth engineering, petroleum or computer sciences. |
12 13 | Geology and Mining (4) Analyse of use geothermal waters for energetical purposes (2). Possibility of looking for the gas in unconventional reservoirs (2) | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean Africa, Asia and the Pacific | no more than 40 years of age no more than 30 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree 12 engineering background in one of the following fields: mining and geology, heat transfer, civil engineering. 13 M.Sc degree basic knowledge on geology and reservoir engineering . |
14 | Geotourism (3) Assessment of geotouristics values of selected geological objects in the developing countries. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree geology geophysics and environmental protection. |
15 | Iron Metallurgy (2) Identification of rheological character of liquid phases in blast furnace. | Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in field of iron metallurgy |
16 17 | Materials Science and Ceramics (2) Glass-ceramic materials (1) MAX phase materials in Ti-Al-C-N system obtained by SHS method (1) | Africa, Asia and the Pacific Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age no more than 35 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree Knowledge in ceramics engineering B.Sc or M.Sc degree General Knowledge in chemistry, material science and ceramics. |
18 | Metallurgy (1) Vacuum refining of new steel grades | Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 35 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree General Knowledge in metallurgy and process control. |
19 | Mining and Geology (4) The deposits at the great depths | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in mining and geoengineering |
20 | Mining devises (4) Selected problems in operation of mining devices | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering, mining devices. |
21 | Mining Geophysics (1) Recognizing the mining discontinuity with GPR method. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering, preferably in geophysics, applied geophysics geology. General knowledge in earth sciences mathematics and physics. |
22 | Nanomaterial in Sensor Technology (2) Low dimensional structures as gas sensors. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering general knowledge in material science, electrical engineering |
23 | Safety and Reliability (2) Availability problems in transportation systems and devices | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering general knowledge related to transportation problems , including safety and reliability problems or be familiar with CAD/CAM/CAE programs |
24 | Software Engineering (2) Modeling and analysis of a multi-agent system with colored Petri nets. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree In electrical engineering, computer science or related disciplines. Good skills in computer engineering at least one year experience with programming Java language, basic knowledge in software engineering and software modelling with the UML language, be familiar with databases design and programming, good background in mathematics. |
25 | Solid State Physics (2) Studies Magnetostrictioni In Stoichiometric and Doped Magnetite Single Crystals. | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree Physics or technical physics |
26 | Transport Engineering (2) Transportation technology systems and devices | Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean | no more than 40 years of age | B.Sc or M.Sc degree in engineering general knowledge related to transportation problems, including safety and reliability problems. |
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List of Invited Member States
List of invited Member States
AFRICA
(46 Member States)
•Angola •Benin •Botswana •Burkina Faso •Burundi •Cameroon •Cape Verde
•Central African Republic •Chad •Comoros •Congo •Côte d'Ivoire
•Democratic Republic of the Congo •Djibouti •Equatorial Guinea •Eritrea
•Ethiopia •Gabon •Gambia •Ghana •Guinea •Guinea-Bissau •Kenya •Lesotho
•Liberia •Madagascar •Malawi •Mali •Mauritius •Mozambique •Namibia
•Niger •Nigeria •Rwanda •Sao Tome and Principe •Senegal •Seychelles
•Sierra Leone •Somalia •South Africa •Swaziland •Togo •Uganda
•United Republic of Tanzania •Zambia •Zimbabwe
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
(35 Member States)
•Afghanistan •Bangladesh •Bhutan • Brunei Darussalam Cambodia •China •Fiji •India •Indonesia •Kazakhstan •Kiribati •Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic •Malaysia •Maldives •Mongolia •Myanmar •Nauru •Nepal •Niue •Pakistan •Palau
•Papua New Guinea •Philippines •Samoa •Sri Lanka •Tajikistan •Thailand •Timor-Leste •Tonga •Turkmenistan •Tuvalu
•Uzbekistan •Vanuatu •Viet Nam.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
(31 Member States)
•Argentina •Barbados •Belize
•Bolivia (Plurinational State of) •Brazil •Chile •Colombia •Costa Rica
•Cuba •Dominica •Dominican Republic •Ecuador •El Salvador •Grenada
•Guatemala •Guyana •Haiti •Honduras •Jamaica •Mexico •Nicaragua
•Panama •Paraguay •Peru •Saint Kitts and Nevis •Saint Lucia
•Saint Vincent and the Grenadines •Suriname •Trinidad and Tobago
•Uruguay •Venezuela(Bolivarian Republic of).
Qualifications Required
The required qualifications for each field of research (project) are as per the attached annexes to this letter of announcement (see Annex III).
Facilities offered by Polish Authorities
(i) Free tuition and access to the university facilities based on the local regulations.
Accommodation at the AGH UST Student Campus organised for fellows by the UNESCO AGH Chair.
(ii) Monthly allowance of 1350 PLN (approximately US $450) corresponding to the salary of a local junior research fellow. Thus, all living expenses and accommodation in Poland are to be borne by the fellow with this allowance; and;
(iii) A one especial allowance of 1350 PLN to be paid upon arrival in Poland, this sum will cover different activities related to your stay in Krakow, such as an obligatory medical check-up upon arrival (in accordance with the internal regulations for all students); cultural, historical and/or touristic visits, conferences, workshops, and seminars related to your studies.
No provision to finance or lodge family members is made.
At the end of the research studies, the beneficiaries will receive a certificate attesting to their attendance at the host institution, this certificate will be given after receipt of the requested reports and financial clearance from the Institution.
Facilities offered by UNESCO
(i) International travel expenses: (by the most direct, economical route) from the beneficiary’s country to and from Poland will be covered by UNESCO under its Regular Programme Budget.
(ii) Health insurance for fellowship beneficiaries who are declared medically fit: UNESCO fellowship holders may be covered by a health insurance policy, taken-out by the Organization for the duration of fellowship. The costs of this health insurance is subscribed to and covered by UNESCO on behalf of awarded fellows.
*ONLY THE SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO SEND TO THE PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME AND FELLOWHIPS SECTION A COMPLETE MEDICAL DOSSIER, THE PRESCRIBED FORM OF WHICH WILL BE SENT ALONG WITH THE LETTER OF AWARD.
Submission of applications
Candidatures should be submitted per invited Member State. Original applications in duplicate must be channelled through the National Commission for UNESCO of the candidate’s country and communicated to Mr Stoyan Bantchev, Chief, Participation programme and Fellowships Section, by 12 June 2015 at the latest to UNESCO mailing address. An advance copy of the application should be sent by fax (33.1) 45.68.55.03 or scanned by e-mail s.bantchev(at)unesco.org; v.lopy@unesco.org and l.zas-friz@unesco.org. Applications should have imperatively the following attachments in DUPLICATE:
(ii) Two photographs attached to the applications (4x6 cm);
(iii) Certified copies (in English) of Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree obtained; and,
(iv) UNESCO certificate of language knowledge, duly completed by a relevant authority, if the mother tongue of the candidate is not English.
(v) Two letters of recommendation from someone related to the candidate’s work, as well confirming the candidate’s qualifications.
Deadline 12 June 2015 at the latest
IMPORTANT
It is the National authority’s responsibility to ensure that all candidates are duly informed of the above-mentioned conditions prior to the submission of applications.
Files which are incomplete or which are received after the deadline as well as candidatures that do not fulfil the requirements will not be taken into consideration.
Only the selected candidates will receive a letter through their respective National Commissions for UNESCO.
All application should be endorsed by the National Commission from the country of the candidate.
All correspondence should be in English.
(i) UNESCO fellowships application forms, ALL four (4) pages duly completed in English using capital letter (illegible documents will be eliminated from the procedure, hand writing form must include capital letter only);
Visas
Fellows, from countries where Polish Embassies or Consulates exit, will have to obtain their entry visa to the country of study prior to their departure. Fellows, from countries where no such Embassy or Consulate exists, must secure their visa through the nearest Embassy of the Republic of Poland.
UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Poland provide no allowance to defray passport and visa expenses. Selected beneficiaries will have to secure their own visas themselves.