Study Subject (s): Fellowship is awarded in medicinal chemistry at University of Oslo.
Course Level: Fellowship is available for pursuing PhD research programme at University of Oslo in Norway.
Scholarship Provider: Fellowship is funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRINATEK/ FRIPRO). If funding is granted from the School of Pharmacy, the position may be extended one year to totally a four year position.
Scholarship can be taken at: Norway
Accreditation: The University of Oslo is accredited by EUA.

Eligibility: Applicants must hold a Master of Science degree or equivalent in synthetic organic chemistry or synthetic medicinal chemistry. Applicants with a background in synthetic lipid chemistry, synthetic medicinal chemistry or enantioselective synthesis will be preferred. The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. The fellowship requires admission to the research training program at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a project outline, must be submitted no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission must be approved within three months.

Scholarship Open for International Students: Norwegian and international researchers can apply for this PhD research fellowship.

Scholarship Description: The position is connected to a project with the working title “Design, synthesis and evaluation of new organocatalysts for enantioselective iodolactonizations”, which is a project within organic synthesis related to medicinal chemistry and lipid chemistry. New low molecular organocatalysts will be synthesized and evaluated. Applications of the catalysts in the preparation of medicinally useful compounds, such as oxygenated lipids and natural products, will also be part of the project. Some of the oxygenated lipids are of interest for the development of new drugs, but may also increase the knowledge of biological processes related to the resolution of inflammation. The LIPCHEM research group has collaborations with Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, where some of the prepared compounds will be evaluated in models related to resolution of Inflammation. The PhD fellow will work in close collaboration with one post doctoral research fellow on the same project.

Number of award(s): There is one PhD research fellowship available.

Duration of award(s): The fellowship is for a period of three years funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRINATEK/ FRIPRO). If funding is granted from the School of Pharmacy, the position may be extended one year to totally a four year position.

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

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
-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.
-In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.

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

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