Twenty PhD Positions are available in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funded Project on Pro-poor Sanitation Innovations, named "Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia".
The five research themes are:
- Smart sanitation provision for slums & informal settlements
- Emergency sanitation following natural & anthropological disasters
- Resource‐oriented decentralized sanitation
- Low‐cost wastewater collection & treatment
- Faecal sludge management
Candidates should be young researchers from developing country, preferably from sub‐Saharan Africa and South‐East Asia, however researchers from other developing regions are encouraged to apply!
Deadline for application: 15 December 2011
For more information please visit: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Pro-poor-Sanitation-Innovations/Twenty-PhD-Positions-Available