Objectives:
NanoFar is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate programme newly selected by EACEA. This European programme is coordinated by the University of Angers (France), and involves the Universities of Nantes (France), Liège and Louvain (Belgium), Nottingham (United Kingdom) and Santiago de Compostela (Spain). NanoFar is a three-year PhD thesis, co-supervised by partners in two different countries and including a one-year mobility period in a partner country. It aims to train the best students in the field of Nanomedicine at the doctoral level.
Scholarships:
The Erasmus Mundus programme awardstwo different Erasmus Mundus Doctorate fellowships to doctoral candidates:
- Category A fellowships can be awarded to doctoral candidates from all countries other than the 27 EU member states, the EEA-EFTA
states (Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein).
The doctoral candidate must not be resident nor have carried out her/his main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12
months over the last five years in one of these countries.
The only exception to this rule applies to third-country candidates who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters
scholarship in order to follow an EMMC.
- Category B fellowships can be awarded to any doctorate candidate who do not fulfil the Category A criteria defined above.
Important:
- The fellowships are awarded exclusively for full-time enrolment,
- Third-Country doctoral candidates, who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters scholarship, can be awarded a Category
A fellowship,
- Doctoral candidates benefiting for an EMJD fellowship cannot benefit from other Community grants while carrying out their Erasmus
Mundus doctoral activities,
- For Category B fellowship holders, the doctoral candidate could not be located in the country in which has obtained his/her last
university degree.
How many scholarships are offered?
Number of PhD Fellowships that NanoFar offers for the current admission period is: 5 +1* Category A and 3 Category B.
(one fellowship is reserved for West Balkan countries and Turkey)
Costs:
Fees and other required participation costs to study for a PhD differ between the consortium universities.
However, for PhD candidates selected for a fellowship for the NanoFar EMJD programme, participation costs and tuition fees will be provided (they are included in the EU grant).
Deadline: 4 February 2012
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