PhD student fellowships

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) "The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques" in Jena, Germany, invites applications for 6 Ph.D. fellowships.

The application deadline is June 29, 2012.

For detailed information about the IMPRS, Projects offered, and application requirements, @http://imprs.ice.mpg.de/.

What is a PhD worth?

Here is another article  in nature that makes some good points about the worth of a Ph.D.

"The number of science doctorates earned each year grew by nearly 40% between 1998 and 2008, to some 34,000, in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The growth shows no sign of slowing: most countries are building up their higher-education systems because they see educated workers as a key to economic growth. But in much of the world, science Ph.D. graduates may never get a chance to take full advantage of their qualifications"

Ph.D. program used to be for science-loving driven people, and the world wants more innovation from academic science to solve global problems.

PhD fellowships

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, announces that eight Ph.D. fellowships will be available from 1 October 2010. You can read more about it here.

Organic Synthesis: Problems

Here are some links to the best organic synthesis problems on the web (some even supply answers) 

Tohru Fukuyama's Group: http://www.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~fukuyama/index-e.htm 

Steven Ley's Group: http://leygroup.ch.cam.ac.uk/Education/education.htm 

David Evan's Group: http://daecr1.chem.harvard.edu/problems/