Application and election Procedures

Deadline 1 October 2010

FONASO only issues one annual call for applications covering both EU and third-country applicants in order to obtain one pool of applications among which to select the best. The annual call announces selected research topics relevant to the application round. Notice that applicants must apply to only one of these topics.

FONASO has a policy of equal opportunities for men and women and people with special needs.

Application Form and Guidelines

You can access the Application Form 2010 here. For directions on how to complete the application, you will also be able to download the Guidelines to completing the FONASO doctoral candidate application form.

Main contents of the application form:

• Indication of selected research topic from the FONASO PhD Topic Catalogue
• Project synopsis of max 1500 words
• A sample of own scientific text
• Certified copy of second university degree(s) certificate
• Brief Curriculum Vitae
• English proficiency (min score IELTS 7.0 , TOEFL: Paper-based 600/IBT 100)
• Two academic references

Evaluation criteria

• Academic potential as indicated by (i) a very good second university degree; (ii) a research synopsis that closely relates to one of the topics announced in the FONASO PhD Topic Catalogue, (iii) documented research achievements, e.g. publications in international journals with peer review. This is the most important criterion 
• English proficiency
• Academic references

Short-listing

Based on this, the best applicants are short-listed and invited to develop a full project proposal. Short-listed applicants are informed by email no later than 8 November 2010. They are put in direct contact with the potential supervisors, who will assist the applicant in developing the full project proposal. Within a deadline of 5-6 weeks, the applicant submits the full proposal on a standard format to the FONASO Secretariat.

Interview

Each shortlisted applicant is invited, if recommended by their principal supervisor, to present their proposal before a Scientific Committee, consisting of at least two members of the FONASO Consortium Commission and one supervisor of each proposal. The interview will take place at Copenhagen University in Mid-January 2011. Applicant costs are covered by the Consortium.

Start date

Selected doctoral candidates should expect to start their doctoral studies around 1 September 2011.