PhD funding call
DOCTIRIS
In order to encourage partnerships between academia and industry, the Minister of the Brussels-Capital in charge of Scientific Research in 2011 launched a new program called "DOCTIRIS." This action aims to fund projects of doctoral thesis carried out in collaboration with an industrial partner (PhD business) and implies that the researcher provided at least 50% of the project within the partner company.
The call DOCTIRIS for researchers who wish to pursue a PhD in applied research and is aimed at universities, colleges and research centers that are implanted group, in whole or in part in the Brussels-Capital.
The grants cover the salary of the researcher, operating costs of the host laboratory and administrative costs for the institution. The funding period is two years renewable twice for a year.
Applications must be send to INNOVIRIS before 1st September 2011 at 12:00 am.
more info on INNOVIRIS (fr/nl)