Doctoral Scholarships for Developing Countries Candidates – Netherlands

Designation/Position-  Doctoral Scholarships

Ghent University invites application for Doctoral Scholarships for Candidates from Developing Countries – call 2021

About- With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF) Ghent University grants PhD “sandwich” scholarships to promising PhD students from developing countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University (North) and half at a university in a developing country (South). Ghent University only finances the part of the research that will be carried out in Ghent (24 months), the candidate must have full-time co-funding for the other 24 months of research to be carried out in the South.

Research/Job Area- PhD students

Location- Ghent University, Netherlands

Eligibility/Qualification–

1. Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see country list)
2. The proposals must be jointly submitted by a candidate, a supervisor (promoter) at Ghent University, and a supervisor at the partner university (South)
3. No restrictions are imposed on the field of research, nevertheless, preference will be given to topics that are relevant for the development
4. Only degree students (students who intend to obtain a (joint ) Ph.D. degree at Ghent University) are welcome to apply. Exchange students cannot apply for this scholarship
5. Ghent University wants to encourage more female researchers to apply for this scholarship. That is why a Ghent University supervisor can support a maximum of 2 candidates per call on the condition they are of a different gender.

Job/Position Description- 

1. Students need to start and end with a research stay of 3 -12 months in Ghent.
2. The first research stay in Ghent needs to be started between 1 October 2021 and 28 February 2022.
3. 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.
4. PhD scholarship at Ghent University  (in total 24 months).
5. The Ghent University promoter receives a bench fee of € 310/per month of research in Ghent + € 8000 travel budget to cover (part of) the operational costs, as well as part of the travelling costs of the student and both the Ghent University and the local promoter.

• Selection criteria:

Please note that this call is highly competitive. The success rate for this call is 19% (call 2019).

1. the qualifications of the applicant
2. the relevance of the research topic for development & capacity building
3. the doctoral project

(including the scientific/scholarly potential of the promoter’s research group(s); including the partnership between Ghent University and the local institute; the scientific/scholarly potential of the local institute).

How to Apply- 

• Application forms must be submitted (in English) electronically via e-mail to BOFapplication@ugent.be. 
• The Ghent University supervisor must submit the following 2 documents:
  • An advice on the candidate, stating the supervisors opinion on the capability of the candidate as a future researcher.
  • An advice on the ethical and biosafety context of the proposed research project

Last Date for Apply– 4 February 2021

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