Rules for Application and attribution of Scholarships
Scholarships to partly cover the participation to these courses can be granted to PhD students, if a set of criteria are fulfilled. For each EURO-DOTS PhD course, special rates with large discount will be foreseen for Ph.D. students. This registration fee will have to be paid in any case to the course organizer upon registration. The scholarship can be used to cover either 50% of the main expenses (course fee, travel, hotel) or 100% of the course fee. This choice needs to be agreed with the student’s supervisor (and paying organization). In any case, a cap of 1,000€ will not be exceeded. The student should provide information on the funding model at the time of application (using the Application form (AF) (pdf|doc), see section ‘Step by step for PhD students’).
In order to be eligible for a scholarship, a PhD student must fulfill the following requirements and provide the information by filling out the Application Form (AF) (pdf|doc). Certification by the PhD advisor is requested.
- Proof of registration as a PhD student in a European university
with final acceptance in the doctoral program of their university of origin.
The requirement regarding Doctoral program only applies if the university is organized into doctoral programs. - The PhD work must have started.
The requirement should be stated by providing the official time of commencement of the PhD program. - The course should fit sufficiently with the PhD topic of the student (short justification required) such that the student can directly benefit from it within his/her research program.
- Statement from the PhD advisor that the acquired ECTS credits by the PhD student will be accepted by the home university (if applicable).
See the AF. - The student takes the engagement to take the exam
Payment of the scholarship depends on the student completing the course with an exam.
The specific exam format will always be provided in each course announcement. - Scholarships are restricted to one per student and per year, during the PhD program (to be revised during the course of the project).
- Students can not apply for scholarships for courses organized by their home university.
- Students have to fill out the course evaluation form provided after completion of a course
It is to be expected that there might still be more applications than budgeted scholarships. Therefore, typically, a maximum of 10 scholarships will be reserved per course. Moreover, a maximum number of 30 scholarships per course provider and per year are considered. The Steering Committee however reserves the right to increase these numbers if considered appropriate.
Application for a scholarship must be done at the latest 1 month before the start of the course. The decision on granting the scholarship is taken by the Steering Committee and is communicated to the student at the latest 2 weeks before the start of the course. The first 10 applications that fulfill the criteria will be accepted.
The scholarships are paid after the issue of a certificate of completion (attendance, exam and course evaluation) and the submission of the Scholarship Payment Form (SPF) (pdf|doc), see section ‘Step by step for PhD students’.
NEWS on EURO-DOTS 
Almost 100 Scholarship applications!
We are approaching the 100th EURO-DOTS scholarship application! We invite you to register as soon as possible for one of the numerous announced EURO-DOTS labeled courses. A premium of 1,000Euro (complementary to the 1,000 scholarship fee) will be offered to the lucky applicant hitting the number 100!
Testimonials
Testimonials of PhD students on EURO-DOTS courses can be found on the Testimonials page.
Second Call for Course Proposals
A second call for submission of course proposals is launched with focus on topics/themes of high priority as identified in the gap analysis!
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Deliverables
The ‘public’ deliverables of EURO-DOTS are available in the section Downloads & Documents.
New EURO-DOTS Courses
More than 35 courses modules with the EURO-DOTS label are scheduled for 2012! The full course catalog and calendar are available in the Course section
New EURO-DOTS flyer and poster
The new EURO-DOTS flyer en poster can be downloaded from the PR and Dissemination section.
Workshop EURO-DOTS
The presentations given at this workshop can now be found under Events & PR.
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EURO-DOTS-2
The consortium has submitted a proposal EURO-DOTS-2 under Call 8 in order to ensure the continuity of this platform
