Call for Applications: Increase of Doctoral Scholarship under the Unite.WIDENING Project

Wrocław University of Science and Technology is implementing the project Raise excellence in R&S&I in HEI for widening countries (acronym: Unite.WIDENING), carried out in partnership with universities of the Unite! alliance, with participation of the representatives of industry. As part of the project, the initiative titled “Industry-Embedded Doctoral School” has been planned, aiming to foster collaboration with industry in the education process of doctoral students in Widening countries (i.e., Poland and Portugal). The action provides direct support in the form of an increase in the doctoral scholarship for PhD students who are preparing their dissertations in strategic areas defined for Poland and Portugal, in collaboration with industry and under the academic supervision of a second supervisor from a Unite! alliance university based in a non-Widening country.

 

Who can apply?

Doctoral students of the Doctoral School of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, in their first year of studies, may apply for the increase in the doctoral scholarship by submitting an application to the Dean of the Doctoral School.

 

Eligibility for the increase in the doctoral scholarship is granted to the following doctoral students:

1) Students conducting their doctoral dissertation in at least one of the strategic areas defined for the project:

  • Health & Biotech,
  • Urban and Resources Sustainability,
  • Circular Economy & Materials,
  • Digital & Autonomous Technologies.

2) Students having a second supervisor employed by a Unite! alliance university based in a non-Widening country.

The following countries are considered non-Widening in the project: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy.

Unite! Universities from the non-Widening countries:

Politecnico di Torino,
Graz University of Technology,
Technical University of Darmstadt,
University Grenoble Alpes,
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Aalto University,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

3) Students conducting a research project that has the potential to be developed in collaboration with industry, including through an internship in a company.

The detailed information is  on the Page of Industry-Embedded Doctoral School

Further information

For further information, please contact:
Krystyna Kubiak, Project Office
e-mail: krystyna.kubiak@pwr.edu.pl