BIOP Graduate School:
Apply for PhD-project grant
Vacancies
- There are currently a number of PhD-projects co-funding
grants available. Please refer to the application guideline below and on-line
application procedure (students cannot apply for positions here).
The BIOP Graduate School wishes to strengthen collaboration between universities and industry within the field of biophotonics. Therefore, applicants are strongly encouraged to incorporate industrial partners into the proposed projects. Preferably, the industrial partner should co-fund the project in terms of salary of the graduate student.
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General information
The BIOP Graduate School has funding for ten, three-year PhD-projects starting July 2005.
The ten PhD-projects are be co-funded by the BIOP Graduate School from a grant covering typically 1/3 of the salary expenses for the PhD-candidate for a duration of three years.
Currently, each grant amounts to kr. 500.000 for the total duration and includes all salary expenses.
For the remaining 2/3-funding of the PhD-project, the Board applies the
following policy:
Co-funded project proposals or applications are given priority in case funding
from industrial partners or partners from different research areas collaborate
and/or co-funds. The reason is the the Board wishes to strengthen
cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Application guideline and procedure
You may apply for a grant co-financing 1/3 of the salary expenses for a PhD-project within a research area (see list of general topics below). Grants of kr. 500.000,00 for the entire duration of the three-project are available.
The main supervisor or the candidate for the PhD-project should fill the application below, and the application must be accompanied by a project description. The project description should contain a description of the research activities outlining the novelty of the research and, preferably, list major milestones of the project. The document should be limited to two pages (standard formatting), and figures may be included.
The on-line application form(s), see below, must be completed. For the application to be considered by the BIOP Graduate School board, the information outlined below must be provided.
Before you apply
- Please read carefully the application procedure before starting to fill out the online application form (the form cannot be saved and must be completed in one step).
- If you are already familiar with application procedure, you may follow this link to the online application form PhD.
- Questions or comments regarding applications should be directed to the school director.
Information about candidate
Candidates must provide
- full name
- cpr. number (for Danish citizens - birthday for foreign applicants)
- home address
- citizenship
Application
The application must be accompanied by
- curriculum vitae and when applicable publication list
- educational background, including
- master degree and year of graduation (or expected year of graduation)
- issuing university
- total average grade and final exam grade
- brief project description (separate file) and project work title for
PhD-project
- the project description should contain a description of the research activities outlining the novelty of the research and, preferably, list major milestones of the project
- the document should be limited to two pages (standard formatting); figures may be included
- name of supervisor and co-supervisors for PhD-project, including
- current position and academic title
- institution and department
- cpr. number (for Danish citizens - birthday for foreign supervisors)
- telephone number and e-mail address
- brief curriculum vitae for supervisor(s)
- letter of consent from the department head of host institution (accepting the applicant as PhD student at the department)
Financial support
The application must include a scheme for financing the entire three-year PhD-program. Usually, the main supervisor is requested to guarantee the remaining 2/3 financing of the PhD-project salary expenses.
The graduate school grants 1/3 of the salary expenses, that is kr. 500.000,00 for three years incl. overhead. The remaining part of the financing scheme must be accounted for by the remaining participating institution(s).
Regarding the BIOP Graduate School grant, the following conditions apply
- the applicant must be accepted at a Danish or foreign university as PhD student.
- an approved and signed financing scheme for the entire project must be in place when applying. However, the BIOP Graduate School may grant its share in advance under the strict condition that the remaining part of the financing scheme is approved no later than the project starting date.
- if the remaining part of the financing scheme, for some reason, is repealed, the share granted by the BIOP Graduate School also is repealed.
- an agreement, signed by all participants in the PhD-program, determining the share of the intellectual property rights is strongly recommended prior to commencing the PhD-program. The BIOP Graduate school can provide a draft proposal for such an agreement.
The above conditions apply to PhD-projects co-funded by universities, government-funded research institutions and industrial partners.
Evaluation of applications
The school director board reviews the applications. After it has been assured that the application meets the required conditions, the school director presents the applications to the Graduate School board that will conduct a review of the applications. If needed, the school director may call the applicant to appear before the board and present the project proposal and to answer questions related to the project proposal.
The result of the evaluation is communicated to the main supervisor (applicant) by electronic mail.
Research areas
General topics
- Laser physics, laser technology and non-linear optics for biological and medical applications
- Inference based on mathematical processing of spatial and temporal structures
- Advanced data and image processing
- Optical sensors based on optical fibers and photonic crystal fibers for biological and medical applications
- Tissue optics and light propagation in tissue
- Optical excitation of biochemical processes
- Optical tweezers systems
- Lasers and optical methods for applications in ophthalmology
- Lasers and optical methods for applications in dermatology.
- Lasers and optical methods for applications in cardiology
Other topics within biophotonics not listed above may also apply. You may contact the school director if in doubt.
On-line PhD application form
Please have all relevant documents handy. Note that all documents must be submitted by using this form.
- Follow this link to fill out the on-line application form for PhD-project grant.