5. Third parties
Other relevant parties – third parties – capable of professionally supporting the project may be attached to the project. Third parties can be based in any country.
Each third party must designate a third-party supervisor to the project. The third-party supervisor is to assist in supervising the Industrial PhD student.
Third party eligible for subsidy: Subsidy may be provided for only one third party. To be eligible for subsidy, the third party must be a university or research institution within the public sector, and must not be part of the host university. A subsidy of up to DKK 45,000 from DASTI is provided for supervising an Industrial PhD candidate. The third party will be jointly responsible for ensuring the academic completion of the project.
Third parties not eligible for subsidy: Third parties from both the private and public sector may be attached to the project. However, private sector third parties cannot receive subsidy from DASTI. Public sector third parties which are not universities or whose primary purposes do not include research also cannot receive subsidy from DASTI.
If several universities take part in an Industrial PhD project in which an employee from a university other than the host university is a third-party supervisor, a binding agreement concerning cooperation on the Industrial PhD project must be made. The project is based at the host university.
