Gonville & Caius R.O. Whyte PhD Studentship

Gonville & Caius College invites applications for the Gonville & Caius R.O. Whyte PhD Studentship for research in the ecology of monsoonal and equatorial Asia. This Studentship is for one PhD student with Home fee status and is for three years, subject to satisfactory progress in the first year. The Studentship covers University tuition fees (Home) and a maintenance allowance for the length of the Studentship. The purpose of the fund is to promote research on the applied aspects of ecology in monsoonal and equatorial Asia and its relation to human affairs and integrated rural development in general. Monsoonal and equatorial Asia is defined as Pakistan to Japan, but with special emphasis on east Asia and southeast Asia including Brunei, Burma, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Kampuchea, Macao, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The benefaction is intended to support research in the broad fields of applied ecology, plant, animal and human. This will incorporate field studies of undisturbed and secondary biological ecosystems, crop and animal husbandry, horticulture, forestry, the use, management and conservation of land, rural sociology and nutrition (particularly of women and children). These studies may be supported by field and laboratory work in botany, zoology, climatology and biogeography; soil science and hydrology; the conservation of genetic resources of crops and livestock; and environmental conservation in rural Asia in general. Candidates are expected to be of outstanding academic ability. Preference is given to those who put Caius as their first-preference college and the successful candidate must be willing to transfer college if Caius is not already their first-preference college.