University of Ghent announce PhD Scholarships for Candidates from Developing Countries in Belgium for the year 2012 in now available.
Study Subject(s):Any
Course Level:PhD
Scholarship Provider: University of Ghent, Belgium
Scholarship can be taken at: Belgium
Eligibility:
To be admissible for this call, all of the following requirements must be met: Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see list); There must be a guarantee that the candidate will be able to work on the PhD project at the partner university. This implies that there must be a local PhD supervisor at the partner university or research center. Also a written statement is requested from that supervisor or the university authorities stating that the candidate is either a student or a staff member of this university and will be sufficiently exempted from teaching or other assignments as to be able to fully concentrate on the PhD research. This statement should also mention that the candidate receives/received a local scholarship or salary when working on the PhD in the home institute.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Developing Countries
Scholarship Description:
With support from its "Special Research Fund" (BOF), Ghent University wishes to support university research groups or research centres in developing countries in their aim to grow into excellent research centres by upgrading local academic personnel. Therefore Ghent University grants PhD scholarships to promising PhD students from developing countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University and half in a university in a developing country. No restrictions are imposed on the field of research, nevertheless preference will be given to topics that are relevant for development. Relevance for development measures the degree in which the action of development corresponds with the expectations of the beneficiaries, the needs of the country, global priorities and the policies of partners and donors. This program is limited to universities and research centers in developing countries (see country list in the call) with which Ghent University is already cooperating or has cooperated in the last 5 years. It is the Ghent University promoter who has to present evidence of this previous cooperation. These grants take the form of a so called "sandwich" scholarship: the candidate obtains a scholarship for 24 months to work within a span of 48 months on an alternating basis on the PhD at Ghent University and at the university or research center in the country of origin of the candidate. The proposals must be submitted by a promoter at Ghent Universityand a supervisor at the local institution.
How to Apply: By post
Scholarship Application Deadline: 8 March 2012
Source:
Special Research Fund - Doctoral Scholarships for Candidates from Developing Countries — Ghent University (http://www.ugent.be/en/research/funding/phd/BOF/DOS/docos.htm)