PhD Scholarships - Fisheries, Energy, Coastal

18 August 2010

University of Waikato Intercoast Doctoral Scholarship

DEAL DONE: Waikato's VC Professor Roy Crawford, and Bremen's Rector Professor Dr Wilfried Muller, after an agreement was forged between the two institutions in Feb 2010

The University of Waikato and the University of Bremen are seeking top-quality doctoral students to undertake projects that will be part of the International Graduate School, INTERCOAST.

The international research training group INTERCOAST - 'Integrated Coastal Zone and Shelf-Sea Research' is a collaboration between the Universities of Bremen (Germany) and Waikato (New Zealand). Research themes focus on aspects of global and climate change which have strong impacts in coastal and shelf-sea zones and are of ecological, geo-scientific, socio-economic, and legal interest. This training group will educate interdisciplinary, highly motivated, and internationally visible scientists in the fields of Marine Geosciences, Marine Ecology, Social Sciences, and Law.

Projects will involve research relevant to the North Sea (Germany) and Bay of Plenty coastlines (NZ). Students will be based at the University of Waikato and will visit the University of Bremen for an extended stay of six to twelve months. Students will also participate in the annual workshops which will alternate between the two Universities. Students will be working in a rich research and training environment through interaction with the thirteen currently enrolled INTERCOAST PhD students, two postdoctoral researchers, and supervisors from the Universities of Waikato and Bremen.

View the INTERCOAST research projects

Download an Expression of Interest form

Download the regulations and application form for NZ citizens and permanent residents, or for International students.

Applications deadlines

Expressions of interest must be submitted by 31 August 2010.

Doctoral Scholarship applications must be submitted by 30 September 2010.