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External / contract PhD candidate or visiting scholar at VTI

TBM - Application for an external / contract PhD student or visiting scholar at VTI

First / given name:

Surname / family name:

Date of birth:

Email:

In what field do you have a degree (MSc, MA or PhD)?

Affiliation (if applicable), name company or university / In case of CSC scholarship: which Chinese university will be nominating you for CSC funding?

Position

What type of position are you applying for?

External PhD candidate: financed personally

Contract PhD Scholarship: financed by other scholarships

Contract PhD Industry (financed by an external employer)

Visiting scholar (financed by home university. For PhD student / Postdoc / Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Full Professor.

If Contract PhD Scholarship financed by other scholarships, please specify:

If a Visiting scholar please specify, I am a:

Length of stay

For what time period are you applying?

Full PhD candidate for 4 years (I am aware that I have to pay a one-off tuition fee of € 11.000 and a bench fee for supervision of € 10.000 per year)

Shorter period of (I am aware that I have to pay a bench fee for supervision of € 10.000 per year):

Months (max. 24)

Research themes

My research fits best with the following research theme:

If other, please specify:

Supervisor

Note that all applications have to go through this website

Who would you suggest as your supervisor at our department?

Documents to upload

Max. 10mb per file & max. total combined file size of 30mb

Upload your resume:

Research proposal (around 3 pages or 1200 words):

The title of the research
Concise description of the research and research objective
Research methods
Time table for the research
Expected applicability of the research

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Scan of your highest relevant degree and transcripts

Upload your scan of degree and transcripts:

Motivation letter (max 1 page)

Brief statement of motivation
What your expertise is?
How does it fit with our research?
What your additional value will be to our research?
When you have selected “other” in the question about the research themes, pay extra attention to how your topic will match with our research.

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Writing sample - for example a chapter of your Master Thesis or a published paper, preferably on a topic relevant for your position

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Proof of English proficiency

Proof of English proficiency - more information

Upload your Proof of English proficiency:

Proof of livelihood - Upload a bank statement or scholarship contract showing you have sufficient money to provide for your cost of living in the Netherlands. The IND requirement for 1 person is: € 1.250 x 48 months = 60.000 euro total. For a family this is: € 1.750 x 48 months = 84.000 euro total.

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References - Please provide contact information for 3 references.

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External / contract PhD candidate or visiting scholar at VTI

TBM - Application for an external / contract PhD student or visiting scholar at VTI

Documents to upload

Proof of English proficiency

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