Call for the 4th edition of theFrancium Supporting Outstanding Doctoral Candidates program (20.11-31.12.23) | Gdańsk University of Technology

The Francium Supporting Outstanding Doctoral Candidates Program is part of the implementation of the tasks of the IDUB Program, which is aimed at stimulating the research activity of doctoral students of the Doctoral School at Gdańsk University of Technology, and in particular at directing this activity towards cooperation with foreign entities. Within the program pro-quality scholarships are granted to outstanding participants of the Doctoral School, especially to doctoral students conducting research in international cooperation.

 Please note

The application must be submitted electronically only through the MojaPG system in the Grants Module. Read the instructions for submitting applications through the system. We encourage you to check out the program's tutorial (to be added soon)

Scholarship recipients

Applications for a scholarship may be submitted by participants of the Doctoral School in their second, third or fourth year who meet the minimum conditions 
 

Minimum conditions for submission: 
    1) for all applicants: 
    
    a) having a positive opinion of the supervisor regarding the progress of the research work; 
    
    2) for doctoral students in their third and fourth year of the Doctoral School: 

    a) possession of at least one scientific article published or manuscript accepted for publication in a journal indexed in Scopus and/or Web of Science, located in the Q1 or Q2 quartile excluding papers published or accepted for publication in journals of publishers using the Business Open Access model, in which the doctoral student is the first or second author, which was written after the start of education and is substantively related to the future dissertation,
     b) enclosing with the application a statement by the doctoral student on the substantive connection of the article referred to in  section 2(a) with the future dissertation, signed by the doctoral student and supervisor.

• Applications may also be submitted by doctoral students after their fourth year, who have obtained an extension of their training at the Doctoral School, and previously the payment of their pro-quality scholarships was suspended in accordance of the rules 
• Doctoral students who are employed under a contract of employment in excess of 0.25 FTE or are self-employed are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Funding conditions

• The pro-quality academic scholarship in the Program is PLN 2,500 per month. 
• The scholarship is awarded for a period of 12 months - for a given academic year. If the competition is announced during the academic year, the scholarship is paid with compensation from October of that academic year.
• Scholarships are paid only by transfer to the account indicated by the doctoral student in the computer system of the university MojaPG.

Please note

Only publications in English or another congressional language are considered for the competition, excluding works published in the following publications from the so-called "Business Model Open Access" group: BioMed Central, Copernicus Publications, Dove Medical Press, Frontiers, Hindawi, MDPI, Open Library of Humanities, PLOS, International Business Information Management Association, as well as the European Research Studies Journal.

The Commission reserves the right not to consider applications in which a doctoral student:
a) showed more than 2 achievements in the relevant application;
b) presented achievements for evaluation beyond the regulatory dates, i.e. 01.10.2022-31.09.2023;
c) presented achievements that are not subject to evaluation in accordance with these detailed criteria

Deadline for recruitment

• The call for applications in the program will be conducted from November 20 to  December 31, 2023, 11:59 p.m.

How to apply?

• The call for applications in the program will be conducted from November 20 to  December 31, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
• The application must be submitted electronically only through the MojaPG system in the Grants Module.
• The application should be reviewed by the applicant's supervisor before submission.

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