TALENT is a doctoral programme co-funded by the European Union, offering 74 PhD scholarships in the natural and life sciences. The selected fellows will be offered an employment contract of three years, which covers the time it takes to complete the PhD. The offer is contingent on the fellows being enrolled in the 180 ECTS/three year PhD Programme at the Faculty of SCIENCE and on obtaining any permits pertaining to residence and work, which are mandatory by law.
The recruited researchers will receive a highly competitive salary for PhD students. TALENT fellows will at least receive €53,472 (gross salary) per year (average for each year during the 3-year period) (on average €4,456 pr. month) as stated in the Grant Agreement with the Research Executive Agency. 25 fellowships are being offered at this round of the call.
The programme is bottom-up, meaning you are free to define your own projects according to your interests, as long as they are aligned with departmental interests and there is qualified supervision on offer at one of our departments.
When applying for a scholarship, you must choose one of these programme areas for the evaluation of your application:
- Biodiversity
- Biological Sciences & Bioinformatics
- Chemical Sciences
- Computer Sciences
- Earth & planetary systems sciences
- Environment, Climate & Sustainability
- Food Sciences
- Health & Genomics
- Mathematical Sciences, Statistics & Economics
- Nano & Materials Sciences
- Natural Science Education
- Nutrition & Sports
- Particle Physics, Astrophysics & Cosmology
- Plant Sciences & Biotechnology
- Quantum Sciences and Technology
- Resource Economics & Global Development
Who?
Applicants for the TALENT programme must fulfil the following eligibility criteria to be eligible for a scholarship:
- At TALENT's call deadline (13 Feb 2020), the applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity of work or studies in Denmark for more than 12 months in the past 3 years. Time spent on obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention, compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
- Must at the TALENT call deadline (13 feb 2020) be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and must not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree.
- Must hold a relevant MSc degree at the time of applying. However, candidates, who do not hold an MSc degree, are also considered eligible if their credentials and CV equal those achieved on an MSc. This could be in the form of five years of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate education OR four years of full-time undergraduate education combined with relevant courses, fieldwork, scientific publications or conducted research.
For further information about the eligibility and admissibility criteria incl. other general requirements, which must be fulfilled, please consult the TALENT Guide for Applicants (PDF).
The application must include the following enclosures (find all mandatory templates in the boxes to the right):
- Cover/motivation letter.
- Project description, incl. ethics assessment form.
- CV, incl. publications (and the names and contact details of two referees: one should be from the master thesis supervisor (if applicable), or other senior scientist that the applicant has worked closely with).
- Declaration of mobility.
- Documentation of academic degrees obtained: transcripts and diplomas must be in English or an officially approved translation must be included.
- Copy of the required score from one of the following English tests (for non-native English speakers, cf. requirement regarding English skills). All pages of the test must be submitted.
Deadline: 13 February 2020.