Scholarship
The Ghent University, Belgium, invites applications for scholarship to Doctoral Degree students.
Scholarship award:
- PhD scholarship at Ghent University (24 months).
- 24 months of PhD research will be executed at the partner university in the South, for which no funding is provided through this scholarship. This part of the research (24 months) must be funded (e.g. local PhD scholarship or salary) at the partner institution in the South.
- The Ghent University promoter receives a bench fee of €310/per month of research in Ghent + €8000 travel budget to cover (part of) the operational costs, as well as part of the travelling costs of the student and both the Ghent University and the local promoter.
Important Dates
February, 2020.
Eligibility
- The proposals must be jointly submitted by a candidate, a promoter (supervisor) at Ghent University and a supervisor at the partner university.
- No restrictions are imposed on the field of research, nevertheless preference will be given to topics that are relevant for development
- Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see country list);
- There must be a guarantee that the candidate will be able to work fulltime on the PhD project for a period of 24 months at the partner university in a selected developing country (South). This implies that the following conditions needs to be fulfilled:
* there must be a local PhD supervisor at the partner university or research center in the South;
* A written statement is requested stating that the candidate will be/is either a funded fulltime PhD student or a staff member at this partner university
* and will be sufficiently exempted from teaching or other assignments as to be able to fully concentrate on the PhD research in the South. Applicants * can dedicate maximum 10 % of their time (fulltime appointment) to other tasks (teaching and other tasks)
* This statement should also mention that the candidate receives a local PhD scholarship or salary for a period of 24 months when working on the PhD at the partner university in the South.
- This cofunding is only open for students who intend to obtain a (joint ) PhD degree at Ghent University
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online mode only
Last Date
The last date for application is February, 2020.
Contact Details
For any further details, the applying candidates can refer to official notification using the following link https://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/bof/dos 