DISCOVER (Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC): 8 fully-funded PhD positions 2457 views

The Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) at the University of Copenhagen is inviting applications for International Doctoral Programme ‘Discovering treatment from biomedical research’ (DISCOVER) and is offering 8 fully-funded PhD positions. The scheme is co-funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant.

About the programme:

• DISCOVER will in total recruit 24 fellows over three calls during 2021-2023.
• The programme offers 36-months fully funded fellowships, attractive employment and salary conditions with enrolment as PhD-student at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences.
• Each PhD student will work with an original biomedical research project in one of BRIC’s laboratories.
• Clinical co-supervision and collaboration will be part of each project to develop the translational potential of the project.

Requirements:

• Applications are open to motivated researchers with a Master’s degree and maximum three years of experience since issuing of the degree at the time of application.
• Applicants with an MD can have up to five years of experience.
• Prolonged career breaks are taken into account upon documentation (parental leave, illness, military- or civil service). As a prerequisite for a PhD fellowship employment in Denmark, your master’s degree must be equivalent to a Danish master’s degree.
• Mobility is required and applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activities (work, study etc.) for more than 12 months in Denmark in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.

Applications:

Apply online (in English) and the application must include the following:

• Motivation letter (Cover Letter)
• CV
• Certified copy of original Master of Science diploma and transcript of records in the original language, including an authorized English translation if issued in other language than English or Danish.
• Eligibility declaration
• Documentation of English test
• List of 2-3 referees
• Documentation for career breaks (if any)
• Other relevant information for consideration