A faculty scholarship consists of one year's salary and one year's study fee.
You can apply for a faculty scholarship when your project has been approved by the Graduate School.
Please note the Faculty Scholarships are intended for students lacking one year of funding.
4 times a year, you can apply for a scholarship from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Deadlines:
- 1st of March (earliest PhD enrolment date June 1st same year)
- 1st of June (earliest PhD enrolment date September 1st same year)
- 1st of September (earliest PhD enrolment date December 1st same year)
- 1st of December (earliest PhD enrolment date March 1st the following year)
The Dean of the Faculty decides the allocation of the scholarships on the basis of recommendations from a scholarship committee that consists of the heads of the Faculty’s eight departments.
All applicants will receive a reply by the end of the month in which they apply.
Application requirements
- The student and the project must have been approved by the Graduate School.
- You need documentation for the secured financing of two years’ salary, two years’ tuition fees and a minimum of 50% of the running costs. Please note that only one year may consist of a guarantee. You have to include signed documentation that you are fully financed, this can be e.g.:
- Grant letters - if the grant is given to the PhD student, make sure that the name of the student is in the documentation and that we can see how much is covered.
- Grant letters - if the grant is given to e.g. the main supervisor, we will need both the grant letter and a statement from the grant recipient saying that the money have been secured for the project of the specific student.
- Letters/ statements from departments (e.g. hospital departments, SDU research groups) please do not use the word guarantee - except if it is for the deficit guarantee (maximum one year)
- Please note that a budget is not sufficient documentation of the financing
Please be aware that you cannot apply for a scholarship if you are already enrolled as a PhD student, even if the starting date has not yet arrived.
How to apply
You can find the form to apply for the 1-year Faculty scholarship on the page "Forms, guidelines and regulations".
Please send this to The Graduate School at phd@health.sdu.dk
Scholarship placement
The Faculty scholarship must be used to finance the first year of the PhD. If economic considerations makes this impossible, please contact the Graduate School prior to submitting your enrolment form.
The approval of your application for a Faculty scholarship is valid for one year. If you have not commenced your PhD study period within one year from the date of the approval of your application for a scholarship, the approval will be withdrawn without further notice. Note that you can reapply if this happens.
If you have full financing for all three years, you can be enrolled.
When sending the enrolment form to the Graduate School, you must include documentation that you are fully financed. This means that you need to have signed documents stating that three years of salary, three years of tuition fees, and at least 50 % of your working/running expenses are secured.
Maternity/paternity leave
Your enrolment can be extended if you take maternity/paternity leave during your enrolment. If you are Employed at SDU at the beginning of you maternity/paternity leave, the salary for the extension will be covered automatically.
Long term sickness
Your enrolment can also be extended in case of long term sickness (more than 30 days). If you are employed at SDU, your main supervisor and Head of Department at SDU, must find out on how to finance the extension.
Employed outside SDU
If you are employed elsewhere, please contact your place of employment for more information.
The study fee is DKK 62,500 per year, in total DKK 187,500.
No exemptions for payment of tuition fees can be granted, but if you receive a faculty scholarship, it covers the study fee for one year.
There is no general estimate as to the size of running costs, but it may be a sizable amount within the medical, biomedical and biotechnological areas, where a project may involve payment to patients or test subjects, procurement and housing of laboratory animals, use of reagents and laboratory apparatus, help from technicians etc.
Your main supervisor or the research environment should help you to procure the necessary equipment for your project.
At least 50 % of your estimated working/running expenses must be secured at the time of enrolment.
Southern Denmark Research Support provides support and advice for researchers wishing to find and apply for external research funds, as well as financing of PhD projects.