Special Research Fund Doctoral Scholarships, Ghent University 2021

Selection of the candidates will be based on the following criteria –

• the scientific/scholarly potential of the promoter’s research group(s); the partnership between Ghent University and the local institute; the scientific/scholarly potential of the local institute
• the qualifications of the applicant
• the doctoral project
• the relevance of the research topic for development & capacity building

• A written statement is requested from the candidate that he/she will be 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 a maximum of 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.
• 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 the development.
• Students need to start and end with a research stay of a minimum of 3 up to a maximum of 12 months in Ghent.
• The first research stay in Ghent needs to start between 1 October 2021 and 28 February 2022.
• At least 24 months of locally funded research stay in the South must be scheduled in between the first and last research stay in Ghent.