Bourses de recherche, Aarhus, Danemark

L’Université d’Aarhus, Danemark, offre des bourses de recherche au Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, pour le Center for Contemporary Religion (CCR) ou pour Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC)

The foundation’s objective is to support scientific and scholarly

research at Aarhus University. The foundation awards grants on the basis
of recommendations from Aarhus University. In the evaluation of
applications and recommendations, emphasis is placed on academic
excellence and on supporting initiatives with the potential to
strengthen strategically important research efforts.

The eligible applicant for AUFF is the head of the graduate school. This
call is directed to interested Master or PhD students to send forward an
expression of interest to:

1. Center for Contemporary Religion (CCR). The CCR constitutes a base
for general interest in contemporary issues regarding religion and
society. CCR was founded as collaboration between researchers within the
Study of Religion and researchers within Theology, but now being placed
at the Department of Culture and Society, the center organises research
focusing on religion and society in the contemporary world.

2. Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit (RCC). The RCC explores
the dynamic interrelationships between religion, cognition and culture
from both top-down and bottom-up disciplinary approaches. Its scientific
methodology is explicitly interdisciplinary and draws on and practices
laboratory methods as well as fieldwork, textual, iconological and
archaeological methods in close cooperation with its partners in
psychology, the neurosciences and the humanities.

The CCR and RCC will send selected candidates further to the head of the
graduate school. If more than one candidate is recommended, the head of
the graduate school is responsible for ranking the candidates. The head
of the graduate school is also responsible for the qualitative
evaluation of the potential doctoral student.

Application deadline

Applicants wanting to be associated with CCR should send an expression
of interest to Jørn Borup (JB@teo.au.dk)

Applicants wanting to be associated with RCC should send an expression of interest to Armin W. Geertz (AWG@teo.au.dk)

The deadline for application is January 24, 2012.
Funds are distributed in May and December.

The next call for grant applications to the Aarhus University Research
Foundation will take place in July 2012.

FUNDING TO FURTHER THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF PHD EDUCATION AT AARHUS
UNIVERSITY

Projects and initiatives which are eligible for support:

A. Recruitment of talented foreign researchers to PhD programmes at
Aarhus University

Purpose
To increase the number of highly qualified foreign PhD students at
Aarhus University. Grants to enable a potential foreign applicant to
visit Aarhus University for one to three months are available. The goal
of the visit is to facilitate a thorough qualitative evaluation of the
potential applicant to a PhD programme at Arhus University. Examples of
relevant activities in which a foreign candidate might participate
include courses, summer school, and workshops; laboratory work; or
developing a PhD project in collaboration with his/her supervisor. The
candidate is to be evaluated by his/her supervisor at the end of his/her
stay. This evaluation may be included in the candidate’s application for
admission to a PhD programme at Aarhus University. Danish citizens are
not eligible for this grant. Students with qualifying examinations from
Danish institutions are not eligible.

Funding available
Applications for funds to cover the following costs will be considered:
• An introductory grant for the foreign candidate (DKK 10,000 per month)
• Travel expenses (DKK 15,000 maximum)
• Expenses related to courses, workshops, laboratory work, etc. (DKK
20,000 maximum)
Maximum total funding available per candidate: DKK 65,000

Evaluation criteria
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
• The foreign candidate’s qualifications in relation to the research
field of the section to which he/she is considering applying
• The ability of the institutional research culture to host the
candidate’s visit successfully
• Additional documentation of the foreign candidate’s qualifications
(where applicable)

The following documentation must be submitted along with the application
• The foreign candidate’s CV
• Reasons from both principal supervisor and the head of the graduate
school in question in support of the candidate’s stay, including any
strategic considerations related to the recruitment of doctoral students
from specific universities, countries or regions
• Documentation of PhD scholarships the foreign student would be able to
apply for

B. Funding for a term of research at Aarhus University for doctoral
students enrolled at a foreign university

Purpose
To increase the number of highly qualified foreign PhD students at
Aarhus University, thereby contributing to the internationalisation of
doctoral education at the university, by establishing three to six-month
research collaborations with foreign doctoral students. During their
term of study at AU, foreign PhD students may (for example) participate
in research activities, PhD courses, summer schools and workshops:
perform laboratory work and/or work on their PhD theses, in order to
complete a limited portion of their doctoral work at AU. Doctoral
students with Danish citizenship are not eligible.

Funding available
• Fellowships (DKK 5,000 – 10,000 per month)
• Travel expenses (DKK 15,000 maximum)
• Expenses related to courses, workshops, laboratory work, etc. (DKK
20,000 maximum)
Maximum total funding available per candidate: DKK 65,000

Evaluation criteria
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
• The foreign student’s individual qualifications
• The foreign candidate’s qualifications in relation to the research
field of the section at which he/she would continue his/her studies
• The ability of the institutional research culture to host the
candidate’s term of study successfully
• The extent to which the foreign student’s presence would strengthen
the institutional collaboration between the foreign student’s home
university and Aarhus University

The following documentation must be submitted along with the application
• The foreign student’s CV
• The head of the graduate school’s reasons in support of the
candidate’s term of study at AU, including any strategic considerations
related to the recruitment of doctoral students from specific
universities, countries or regions


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