The Copenhagen Bioscience PhD programme is a new initiative that offers talented students with a university degree from outside of Denmark an opportunity to launch their careers in the vibrant environment of the Novo Nordisk Foundation research center cluster. Up to sixteen students will be recruited annually through the programme for enrolment in September the same year. For students to be enrolled in September 2017, the programme will be open for applications from October to December 2016.
Students will be selected based on academic achievements, research experience, academic references and interviews. The interviews will take place in Copenhagen in March, 2017. The Novo Nordisk Foundation will pay for travel and accommodation for selected candidates in association with the interview visit.
General Programme Outline:
The four-year programme is divided into a predoctoral year followed by three years of PhD training at one of the Novo Nordisk Foundation research centers (see below).
The first year of the programme includes short rotations, a common course, common seminars and selection of PhD project. All awardees will have to pass an examination at the end of the first year in order to qualify for the following three years of PhD education. You can find more information
at the programme website.Full salary and tuition fee will be covered by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The programme offers the possibility to rent an apartment for the first year, in the city centre of Copenhagen, ranked as the most liveable city in the world, again, in 2016.
Eligibility:
- A fully completed application form must be submitted via the NNF’s web-based application system before the deadline, December 15, 2016.
- To enter the Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme at the Center for Protein Research, Center for Basic Metabolic Research or the Danish Stem Cell Center, applicants must either hold a degree from a university outside of Denmark, at a level equivalent to a Danish Masters degree at the time of enrolment, or hold a Bachelors degree and have at least 12 months’ research experience at the time of enrolment.
- To enter the Copenhagen Bioscience PhD Programme at the Center for Biosustainability, applicants must hold a degree from a university outside of Denmark, at a level equivalent to a Danish Masters degree at the time of enrolment. Page 3 of 14
- The programme is also open for applicants with Danish degrees who have at least a year of full-time research experience from outside Denmark.
- The applicant must provide a minimum of two academic references.
- If you are not a native English speaker, you must provide proof of English proficiency such as a valid TOEFL, IELTS or GRE certificate. However, if you have prior studies on university level completed in the English language/in an English speaking country proof of English proficiency will not be required, but make sure to indicate this in your CV.
- All applicants must have lived outside Denmark for a minimum of one year leading up to the programme start date.
- Applicants should not be resident in Denmark at the time of the application deadline
Contact Details:
For questions about the application process or general questions about the programme:
Amelia Green
Programme Coordinator
[email protected]
+45 35 33 13 22
For questions about the Novo Nordisk Foundation Research Centers:
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research
Hanne Varmark
Senior Research Coordinator
[email protected]
+45 35 33 70 36
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
Kateryna Kolkova
Research Coordinator and PhD Coordinator
[email protected]
+45 35 33 36 09
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability
Susanne Plougheld Winther
Project manager
[email protected]
+45 45 25 80 03
Novo Nordisk Foundation Section for Basic Stem Cell Biology, BasicStem, at the Danish Stem Cell Center, DanStem
Naomi Dayan
Senior Advisor, PhD Coordinator
[email protected]
+45 23 64 90 98
Application Deadline – 15th December 2016
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