Masdar UAE Offers Scholarships
Masdar the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company has launched a UAE-wide search for top young scholars to pursue graduate-level science and engineering degrees at its seven university partners. Twenty Masdar Fellowships will be awarded to engineering and science graduates who demonstrate outstanding performance and a strong commitment to help build the UAE’s scientific base.
Sultan Al Jaber, Masdar CEO emphasized: “Masdar’s philosophy is to develop the UAE’s indigenous human capital, to transform the natural resource wealth of the country to a long-term, competitive and sustainable knowledge economy”.
Masdar Fellows will be able to pursue research areas of interest in any of the member institutions in Masdar Research Network (MRN). The MRN is a unique collaborative network of world-class scientists and researchers in seven leading scientific centres on three continents, including Columbia University (USA), Imperial College London (UK), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), German Aerospace Center-DLR (Germany), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), University of Waterloo (Canada), CIEMAT – Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (Spain).
Each fellowship will cover educational and living expenses, in addition to a pre-set salary and foreign living allowance. Upon graduation, Masdar Fellows may choose to work at Masdar, the Masdar Institute of Science & Technology (MIST), founded through a cooperative agreement with the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), or a Masdar-related joint venture.
Current Masdar research included many cutting-edge technologies, such as solar energy, water technologies, carbon capture and storage, biofuels, energy storage and energy efficiency.
Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2007. Potential candidates should submit their CV and expression of interest to the MRN Fellowship Committee by e-mail: mrnfellowships@masdar.ae - TradeArabia News Service
Sultan Al Jaber, Masdar CEO emphasized: “Masdar’s philosophy is to develop the UAE’s indigenous human capital, to transform the natural resource wealth of the country to a long-term, competitive and sustainable knowledge economy”.
Masdar Fellows will be able to pursue research areas of interest in any of the member institutions in Masdar Research Network (MRN). The MRN is a unique collaborative network of world-class scientists and researchers in seven leading scientific centres on three continents, including Columbia University (USA), Imperial College London (UK), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), German Aerospace Center-DLR (Germany), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), University of Waterloo (Canada), CIEMAT – Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (Spain).
Each fellowship will cover educational and living expenses, in addition to a pre-set salary and foreign living allowance. Upon graduation, Masdar Fellows may choose to work at Masdar, the Masdar Institute of Science & Technology (MIST), founded through a cooperative agreement with the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), or a Masdar-related joint venture.
Current Masdar research included many cutting-edge technologies, such as solar energy, water technologies, carbon capture and storage, biofuels, energy storage and energy efficiency.
Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2007. Potential candidates should submit their CV and expression of interest to the MRN Fellowship Committee by e-mail: mrnfellowships@masdar.ae - TradeArabia News Service
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