[Denmark] Development Research PhD Scholarships from The Danida Fellowship Centre

Deadline: March 16, 2010

The objective of the support is to generate knowledge to promote the overall objective of the Danish development assistance to reduce poverty. Grants will be awarded to projects generating new knowledge relevant to Denmark's development assistance and contribute to solving the problems of developing countries. It is further important that the research contributes to the enhancement of the research capacity within developing countries, and that it is driven by the countries' own demands and strategies.

Eligibility:
PhD and postdoc applicants. The applications can only be submitted by an organisation, such as a governmental institution, business enterprise or private organisation in Denmark. The main applicant must be attached to the Danish organisation, which will be responsible for the approved
project.

How to Apply:

1. Grants under theme 1 and 2 will only be awarded to research programmes with developing countries below the GNI threshold set by the World Bank (USD 2.570 per capita 2008) and will primarily be awarded towards research in Danish programme countries.
2. Grants under theme 3 can also be awarded to non-programme countries but only to countries where Denmark supports other types of development activities.
3. The main applicant researcher (except for individual PhD applicants, see below) must at the time of submitting the application hold a PhD or equivalent qualification. Applications for individual PhD projects must have completed a Masters degree at the time of submitting the application.

Application Mailing Address:
The application should be submitted before the following deadlines mentioned to:

Danida Fellowship Centre
Research Unit
Hostrupsvej 22
DK-1950 Frederiksberg

Assessment Criteria:

In assessing the applications, importance will be on the factors in the application requirements as described in guide to applicants. The FFU applies the 3 criteria used by the Danish Council for Strategic Research – the relevance of the research, the quality of research and the potential effect of the research. The three criteria are more specified in the application guide.

Scholarship Deadline:

• Deadline for larger strategic prequalified projects will be Friday 19 March 2010 at 12.00 noon.
• Deadline for individual PhD and postdoc applications will be Friday 12 February 2010 at 12.00 noon.

Further Information:

Questions about the application procedure can be directed to the Research Unit, Danida Fellowship Centre at email: research@dfcentre.dk or visit their website.

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