LIDC is contributing thousands of pounds towards field costs for five three-year PhD Studentships.The funds will support research projects in a range of innovative and specialised areas including using mobile phones to help monitor infectious disease, analysing sexual behaviour among young women in South Africa, and exploring land and legal issues in post-conflict countries in Africa.
They will supplement the five development Studentships, out of a total of 13 Studentships, offered by The Bloomsbury Colleges. Each development project - Studentship plus field costs ? is worth more than ?60,000. Applications are welcome from students of all nationalities. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2010. http://www.lidc.org.uk/news_detail.php?news_id=78
