Closing Date 31 December 2012 The Biasiswa Pendidikan MPOB offers TWO postgraduate research in PhD programme for the year 2012/2013 at any university in United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) or Australia which are recognized by the Public Service Department (PSD). ELIGIBILITY The candidates must satisfy the following conditions: Must be a Malaysian citizen; Has identified a suitable university to pursue full time post-graduate degree in any top 10 university in the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) or Australia; Good command of English with a minimum score of 580 for TOEFL or IELTS with 6.0 bands; The applicant must obtain good honours in Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in the same discipline; Research undertaken must be related to oil palm or palm oil and its products; Age at enrollment must be below 40 years old. RESEARCH AREAS Bioinformatics Human Nutrition Genomics Biotechnology Plant Pathology Environment Bio-energy Me