The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials. The first fellowship is for a period of up to 3 years, without teaching or administrative duties. The second fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with up to 25% teaching or administrative duties. The starting date for the two positions is no later than 01.10.2014. The application deadline is 20 April, 2014.

Study Subject (s): The PhD fellows will carry out research in statistical methodology related to the five-year project “Focus Driven Statistical Inference With Complex Data” (FocuStat), funded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for pursuing PhD research programme at University of Oslo in Norway.
Scholarship Provider: University of Oslo, Norway (project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council)
Scholarship can be taken at: Norway
Accreditation: The University of Oslo is accredited by EUA.

Eligibility: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials. Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in statistics, or document that they will complete their Master’s degree in the course of the spring semester 2014. Candidates without a Master’s degree have until 30 June, 2014 to complete the final exam. A good command of English is required. The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Norwegian and international researchers can apply for these PhD research fellowships.

Scholarship Description: The PhD fellows will carry out research in statistical methodology related to the five-year project “Focus Driven Statistical Inference With Complex Data” (FocuStat), funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The themes and topics for the FocuStat project are broadly defined, inside the theory and applications of modern statistics for complex data structures. These themes in particular include Bayesian nonparametrics, model selection and averaging, methods that combine or bridge parametrics and nonparametrics, confidence distributions, new ways of combining statistical information, high-dimensional data, etc. The doctoral fellows will be members of the research group for Statistics and Biostatistics and, once appointed, a project plan will be worked out in accordance with the activities of the research group in general and those for the FocuStat project in particular.

Number of award(s): Two PhD research fellowships are offered.

Duration of award(s): The first fellowship is for a period of up to 3 years, without teaching or administrative duties. The second fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with up to 25% teaching or administrative duties. The starting date for the two positions is no later than 01.10.2014.

What does it cover? Pay grade is 50 – 57 (NOK 421 100 – 473 400 per year).

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: Not Known

Online Application: The mode of applying is online. The application must include:
-Application letter
-CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work – scientific publications)
-Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
-Documentation of English proficiency
-List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
-Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
-Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 20 April, 2014.

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