[meetyeti] Fwd: FONASO PhD fellowship(Erasmus mundus)

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From: Arunava Datta <arunavadatta@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Subject: FONASO PhD fellowship(Erasmus mundus)
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FONASO

A fully integrated three-year doctoral programme. Focus on the
scientific fields of economics & policy and ecology & silviculture

Emphasis on applied research and joint supervision.Joint research with
leading research and industry organisations in Africa, Asia,
Australia, Europe and North America

Attractive EU Fellowships

Research Topics

For the application deadline 1 November 2013, the following research
topics were available within the two scientific fields of the FONASO
programme (i) economics and policy, and (ii) ecology and silviculture.



The FONASO topics fell within the following 4 categories:


Economics and socio-economics of forest and nature

Governance, policy and sociology of forests

Forest ecosystems and ecosystem services

Silviculture and sustainable forest management

FONASO doctoral candidates will be part of research groups at two or
more of the twenty partner institutions. All applicants must choose
one of the described topics as base for their doctoral study synopsis.

How to apply

Annual Calls

FONASO only issues one annual call for applications covering both EU
and third-country applicants in order to obtain one pool of
applications among which to select the best. The annual call announces
selected research topics relevant to the application round.

FONASO has a policy of equal opportunities for men and women and
people with special needs.



Application Form and Guidelines

When the call is opened you can access the Application Form:

Application form



For directions on how to complete the application, you will also be
able to download application guidelines to completing the FONASO
doctoral candidate application form:
Application guidelines



Main contents of the application form:

Indication of selected research topic from the FONASO PhD Topic Catalogue

Project synopsis of max 1500 words

A sample of own scientific text

Certified copy of university transcript(s) and degree certificate(s)

Brief Curriculum Vitae

English proficiency (min score IELTS 7.0 , TOEFL: Paper-based 600/IBT 100)

Two academic references

Only complete applications will be assessed.



Evaluation criteria

Eligible applications are evaluated by the FONASO Assessment Committee
according to three main criteria:

Academic potential as indicated by (i) a very good second university
degree and (ii) documented research achievements, e.g. publications in
international journals with peer review (40%).

A research synopsis that closely relates to one of the topics
announced in the FONASO PhD Topic Catalogue (40%).

Academic references (20%).

Short-listing

Based on this, the best applicants are short-listed and invited to
develop a full project proposal. Short-listed applicants are informed
by email. They are put in direct contact with the potential
supervisors, who will assist the applicant in developing the full
project proposal. Within a deadline of 5-6 weeks, the applicant
submits the full proposal on a standard format to the FONASO
Secretariat.

Interview

Each shortlisted applicant is invited, if recommended by their
principal supervisor, to present their proposal before a Scientific
Committee, consisting of at least two members of the FONASO Consortium
Commission including one representative of the principal supervisor
institution. The interview will take place at Copenhagen University.

Travel costs are covered by the Consortium.

Start date

Selected doctoral candidates must expect to start their doctoral
studies by August/September the coming year.


http://www.fonaso.eu


Kind Regards

Arunava


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