AUFF grants: PhD education at Health 1401 views

Aarhus University announces the calls for AUFF grants, the purpose of improving the internationalization of the PhD education at Health. The call is supported by Aarhus University Research Foundation, and is subject to sufficient funds.

Categories:

Both are applied for by the supervisor at Health:

1. Grant for recruitment of talented international candidates to the PhD program at Health
2. Travel grant for a research stay at Health for international PhD students

Grant for recruitment for the PhD program

• It is possible to apply for a grant for 1-3 months for a research stay at Health.
• The grant awarded is a scholarship to international potential PhD students with a qualifying degree from a non-Danish university.
• The purpose of the research stay is to assess the candidate’s suitability for a PhD study at Health, and the stay can thus be used for preparing an application for PhD enrolment and a general introduction to the local research environment.
• The research stay must be concluded by the end of 2019.

Travel grants stay for international PhD students:

• It is possible to apply for a grant for 3-6 months as funding for a research stay at Health.
• The grant awarded is a scholarship to international PhD students enrolled at a non-Danish university.
• The purpose of the research stay is PhD studies and project work relevant to the candidate’s PhD program.
• The research stay must be concluded by the end of 2019.

Grants value:

• Scholarship of DKK 15,000 per month (taxed at source) to be used for living expenses (housing, course fees etc.) and travel expenses (transport, visa etc.).

How to apply

• The applicant is the supervisor, must be employed at Health.
• Candidates can use ‘Find a Researcher’ or the webpages of the departments to contact potential supervisors at Health
• Applications must be emailed as one PDF file to graduateschoolhealth@au.dk.