Please find below specific information about a special research fund for Chinese PhD students.

Deadline: 16 november 2009, Further information: http://www.ugent.be/en/research/opportunities/phd/dosChina.htm

With support from its "Special Research Fund" (BOF), Ghent University is able to provide cofunding for Chinese PhD students holding a PhD-grant from the Chinese Scholarship Counsil (CSC)

Duration

The cofunding has the same duration as the candidate's CSC-grant. For candidates who are already working on their PhD at Ghent University with a CSC-grant, the cofunding starts in March 2010 and ends when the CSC-grant stops.

Who can apply

The candidates must possess the Chinese nationality and must apply for a CSC-grant in 2010 or be a PhD-student at Ghent University with a CSC-grant.

Not every research domain is covered by the CSC. See the the list of CSC Favorably-Sponsored Areas & Majors.

Candidates can look for a Ghent University promoter (=supervisor) in their domain of intrest by browsing the list of faculties. There is also a list of research proposals suggested by some Ghent University professors. If you are interested in any of these proposals, please contact the supervisor mentioned in the proposal

Chinese candidates who are not elligible for a CSC-grant or are not awarded a CSC-grant but who want to do a PhD at Ghent University, can apply for a doctoral grant for candidates from developing countries, issued by Ghent University. The application form for this programme can be found here.

How does it work?

The candidate applies to Ghent University jointly with a promoter of Ghent University.The Research Council makes a selection of the applications based in part on the recommendations obtained from members of the Council for Development Cooperation. The recommendation is based on the evaluation of the doctoral project, the qualifications of the applicant and the scientific/scholarly potential of the promoter's research group(s).

How much funding is involved?

The cofunding consists of financing for a yearly airline ticket (about €1.000/year), accomodation (about €6.000/year), insurance (about €500), enrolment(2x €256,60) and a bench fee (€3.720/year)

关于申请比利时根特大学“特别研究基金”博士生联合培养项目的通知

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比利时根特大学设立“特别研究基金”项目，与国家留学基金管理委员会（CSC）共同资助中国科研人员和留学生赴比利时进行博士研究生联合培养。有意向者可登陆如下网址获得相关信息: http://www.ugent.be/en/research/opportunities/phd/dosChina.htm

期限

该联合培养项目的期限与国家留学基金资助的项目期限相同。对于已获得国家留学基金项目资助并在根特大学进行博士研究生学习的人员，其联合培养的时间始于2010年3月，结束时间与留学基金资助的截止时间相同。

申请条件

申请人必须为中国国籍，并需要于2010年向国家留学基金申请项目支持，或者是已获得了国家留学基金项目支持并在比利时根特大学攻读博士学位的人员。

国家留学基金委主要支持的研究领域，可参考“国家留学基金管理委员会主要支持领域和专业清单” （list of CSC Favorably-Sponsored Areas & Majors）.

申请者可根据其专业兴趣，通过浏览根特大学学院列表（list of faculties）寻求培养导师。也可根据根特大学一些教授的建议，浏览相关科研项目建议清单(research proposals)。如果对其中任何项目建议感兴趣，请联系在建议书中提到的导师。

对于不符合申请国家留学基金项目条件，或没有获得留学基金项目资助，但却希望赴比利时根特大学攻读博士学位的申请人，可以申请根特大学为来自发展中国家提供博士研究生培养的项目。相关信息可登陆http://www.ugent.be/en/research/opportunities/phd/docos.htm查询。

如何申请

申请人需要与根特大学的一位导师联合申请。根特大学研究委员会将部分根据促进发展合作委员会成员提供的申请人推荐信息，对申请人进行遴选。申请人的推荐信息是基于对博士培养项目、申请人资历以及导师课题小组的学术潜力等进行评估。

资金支持

该联合培养项目将资助每年一次的国际旅费（1000欧元/年），食宿（6000欧元/年），保险（500欧元），注册费（2×256.6欧元）以及实验室费用（3720欧元/年）。

申请截止日期：2009年11月16日