DkIT announces five fully funded PhD Studentships
DkIT is delighted to announce that applications are now welcome for five fully funded PhD studentships at Dundalk Institute of Technology.
About:
Successful applicants will be registered as full time postgraduate students in the DCU-DkIT Graduate School. Each PhD position will be located on the DkIT campus and the PhD Degree will be awarded by Dublin City University.
Funding:
Funding is through an internal DkIT initiative and provides a stipend of €12,000 per annum, plus fees and a contribution to direct research costs. The duration of each PhD studentship is 3 years. Terms and conditions will apply.
Application Process:
Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter to [email protected] no later than 5pm on Fri 31st August, with the following subject line: “PhD application <insert: position ref number>”.
Short listed candidate will be invited to interview. Informal inquiries on each project should be sent to the Project Supervisors listed below. Please note, canvassing will render an applicant ineligible.
Project Descriptors & Eligibility Criteria:
| Position Reference | DkIT PhD SMRC 01 |
| Project Title | Targeting potassium (K+) channels to develop new treatments for erectile dysfunction. |
| Project Supervisor | Dr. Keith Thornbury |
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| Enquiries | [email protected] (informal inquiries only) |
| Position Reference | DkIT PhD CREDIT 01 |
| Project Title | Tidal current turbine performance optimisation using computational fluid dynamics. |
| Project Supervisor | Dr. Fergal O’Rourke |
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| Enquiries | [email protected] (informal inquiries only) |
| Position Reference | DkIT PhD CREDIT 02 |
| Project Title | An investigation into tidal current turbine array optimisation using computational fluid dynamics and blade element momentum theory. |
| Project Supervisor | Dr. Fergal O’Rourke |
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| Enquiries |
[email protected] (informal inquiries only) |
| Position Reference | DkIT PhD CFES 01 |
| Project Title | Carbon fluxes through the littoral zone of a humic lank (Shallow-C). |
| Project Supervisor | Dr. Valerie McCarthy |
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| Enquiries | [email protected] (informal inquiries only) |
| Position Reference | DkIT PhD ELECTRO 01 |
| Project Title | Sensitizing the Photooxidative Power of Polyoxometalates for Solar-Driven Environmental Applications. |
| Project Supervisor | Dr. Tim McCormac |
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| Enquiries | [email protected] (informal inquiries only) |
Closing date for applications:
5pm Friday August 31st. Applications received after this time will not be considered.
Applications to be emailed to [email protected]
