Doctoral Scholarships at The Leo Apostel Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Description
The Leo Apostel Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies offers possibilities for doctoral scholarships, with employment for two years and with eventual prolongation for an additional two years (hence a total of four years). The purpose is to work towards a doctoral degree during these four years. Candidates need a university degree equivalent to a Master's degree in order to start a doctorate. The subject of the doctorate should engage with one of the aspects of the scientific activities of the Leo Apostel Centre. Refer to the previous section for a description of these activities.

Eligibility

• You need to have one of the following nationalities: EU member state, Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein.
• Your Master's degree must have been obtained not longer than five years ago.
• This program solicits outstanding students with research ambitions that synergistically combine with CLEA research.

Application Procedure
A candidate who wants to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship or a doctoral scholarship, needs to submit an application online before January 7th, 2012. The following information and documents need to be pasted in the respective fields of the dedicated webpage which will be temporarily online at: http://www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/apply

The candidate needs to supply the following information

1. The exact date of doctoral graduation (or the anticipated date of the PhD defense, if this is earlier than June 1st, 2012.
2. A detailed list of publications (ordered chronologically, for publications in ISI-journals the impact factor needs to be indicated) and appended, a list of conferences you attended as a contributor.
3. A curriculum vitae.
4. An application letter. May also contain a short text where the candidate explains his or her specific interest in working at the Leo Apostel Centre, and any material which the candidate considers to be relevant for his or her application.

Do NOT send any scan of diplomas or proofs of tests such as TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language). In this first stage of the call no further documents need to be sent.

Submission Deadline
07 Jan 2012.

Website Link
http://www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/apply/call/