Special Research Fund- Doctoral Scholarship
Duration and starting date
- Period: 4 years
- Funding: the scholarship is approximately € 2.225 per month, depending on the family status of the scholar. A bench fee of € 310/month will be awarded to the promoter.
- Deadline: 26 April 2021; 23:59
- Start fellowship: 1 October 2021
- Results online: 31 August 2021
Who can apply for a BOF-doctoral fellowship
To apply for a BOF doctoral fellowship candidates must meet several conditions:
Applications must be submitted with the support of a Ghent University promoter. It is allowed that the application also contains a co-promoter and 1 or more involved researchers.
To act as a (co-)promotor of a BOF-doctoral fellowship several conditions must be met:
BOF doctoral scholarship within a specific collaboration
There are 3 special programs to apply for a BOF doctoral scholarship within a specific collaboration:
BOF PhD scholarship with UNU-CRIS (United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies) label
- If the intended doctoral research fits within the theme "Challenges to Global or Regional Governance" the candidate and promoter can choose to apply for a BOF-doctoral scholarship with UNU-CRIS label.
- read more on applying for a BOF-doctoral scholarship with UNU-CRIS label.
BOF PhD scholarship with I-SITE ULNE (I-SITE Université Lille Nord-Europe) label
- Ghent University is one of the 14 partners in the excellence programme of Lille University (I-SITE Université Lille Nord-Europe or I-SITE ULNE). The aim of this excellence programme is to create research collaboration between Ghent University and Lille University or one of the other founding partners of the I-SITE ULNE excellence program throughout joint doctorates. Since 2019, Ghent University commits itself to allocate 2 BOF PhD scholarships with "I-SITE ULNE" label on an annual basis, for 3 consecutive years.
- read more on applying for a BOF PhD scholarship with I-SITE ULNE label
BOF doctoral scholarship with GUGC label
- To further develop the research activities on the GUGC campus and to promote research cooperation between the GUGC campus and Ghent University, two joint UGent-GUGC doctoral scholarships are awarded every year since 2021.
- read more on applying for a BOF PhD schilarship with GUCG label
Submission at FWO
- Candidates who are awarded a BOF doctoral scholarship in 2021 and who are eligible to apply for a FWO PhD Fellowship fundamental research or FWO PhD Fellowship strategic basic research in 2022 are obliged to do so.
- In case the awarded BOF doctoral scholarship holder also applied for a FWO PhD Fellowship FO or SB in 2021 and is invited for the second FWO evaluation round (interview), he/she is obliged to participate and prepare the interview thoroughly in advance.
- If the FWO fellowship is awarded, the candidate is obliged to switch to FWO funding. The BOF scholarship will then be reallocated to a candidate on the BOF reserve list. In this way the number of awarded doctoral scholarships at Ghent University can be maximized.
How to apply?
Applications for a BOF PhD grant have to be submitted on the forms provided for that purpose and sent by e-mail to BOFapplication@ugent.be .
The application can be submitted either in Dutch or English.
The promoter of the application must submit a document "advice promoter" and "questionnaire about the ethical and biosafety context of the proposed research project".
- For the candidate: apply for a BOF doctoral scholarship
- For the promotor: complete the advice promotor
- For the promoter: complete the questionnaire about the ethical and biosafety context of the proposed research project.
The following enclosures must be added to the application:
- Obliged: for non-Ghent University degrees (including interuniversitary programs at Ghent University): copies of diplomas, transcripts of records, and proof of ranking among fellow students and/or percentile scores. Candidates who did not yet obtain their master degree at the moment of the application deadline have to send their diploma and final study results no later than 12 July 2021 to BOF@UGent.be
- If applicable and available: document concerning ethical implications
- If available: own enclosures
- Obliged: in case of a BOF-doctoral scholarship with UNU-CRIS label, a statement by dr. Philippe De Lombaerde, Director ad interim of UNU-CRIS, should be added to the application form, in which he supports the application of the candidate for a BOF-doctoral scholarship with UNU-CRIS label.
- Obliged: in case of a BOF-doctoral scholarship with I-SITE ULNE label, a statement of the promoter at Lille University or at one of the founding partners of the I-SITE ULNE excellence project is required, in which he/she confirms to support the application of the candidate for a BOF-doctoral scholarship with I-SITE ULNE label.
- Obliged: in case of a BOF doctoralscholarship with GUGC label: declaration by the supervisor of the GUGC that he/she will supervise the candidate's doctoral research.
Additional information for applicants
- Information on the choice of the scientific committee
- Information on DMP
- Information on the candidate
- Information on PhD project
Evaluation procedure
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The PhD grant proposals will be evaluated by the evaluation committees of the Research Council of Ghent University . The Research Council will base its recommendation on the evaluation of the qualifications of the applicant (study results) and the PhD project proposal; also the scientific potential of the Research Group(s) as well as the development of the scientific potential of the institution can be taken into account for this evaluation.
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This results in three scores: (1) a score for the candidate, (2) a score for the project and (3) a score for the supervisor.
Results
- Results available on 31 august 2021
Scientific report
End report: within three months following upon the end of the grant a final scientific/scholarly report has to be sent electronically to BOFapplication@UGent.be. The promoter and co-promoter (if applicable) are included in this e-mail (either as sender, or in CC). This report will relate only to the last two years of the BOF grant. The first two years are reported in the application for prolongation (see further).
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Contact
Research Department
Research Co-ordination Office - Special Research Fund
Mrs. Cédrique Walthoff-Borm
T 09/264.30.90
More information
The entire call and application form can also be downloaded below.