The Industrial PhD Programme
An Industrial PhD project is a three-year industrially focused PhD project where the student is hired by a company and enrolled at a university at the same time.
The company receives a monthly wage subsidy of DKK 14,500 while the university has its expenses for supervising etc. covered. The PhD student works full time on the project and divides his or her time equally between the company and the university.
Less red tape in the Danish Industrial PhD Programme - auditor's certification now only required for final financial report
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation aims at reducing the administrative burdens for users of the agency's various subsidy programmes as much as possible. This is an ongoing task that requires a constant assessment of the optimal amount of control with the use of subsidies.
As part of this effort, the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is now removing the requirement for an annual auditor's certification of the financial reporting submitted by companies for Industrial PhD projects. From now on, an auditor's certification will only be necessary for the company's final financial report in the project. This is effective immediately and applies to all ongoing Industrial PhD projects.
New edition of Guidelines for the Industrial PhD Programme
An new and revised edition of the Guidelines for the Industrial PhD Programme has been published. The significant changes are:
- Longer stays in non-Danish divisions of the company
It is now possible to stay in non-Danish divisions of the host company for up to six months as part of the project. - Categorisation of public and private sector companies
The criteria for categorising a company as part of the public or private sector have been determined. - On non-compete clauses
The Industrial PhD candidate’s employment contract must not contain any non-compete clauses limiting possibilities of employment elsewhere. - 3+5 Industrial PhD educational course
It is now possible to have Industrial PhD projects following a 3+5 scheme approved.
Submitting the business report at CBS
Industrial PhD students who have taken the business course at CBS, but haven’t submitted their business report yet have to submit before the last deadline which is the 30th of March 2012 at 12.00. The business report should be sent as a PDF-file to Peter Holdt Christensen at and Susanne Andersen at .
It won’t be possible to receive guidance in preparation of the business report. The result of the assessment will be available in the beginning of May.
European Industrial PhD Programme
EU has established a European Industrial PhD Programme. € 20 mil. have been reserved for the programme on the 7th Framework Programme for research.
A restriction in the Danish Industrial PhD Programme is that the Industrial PhD candidate has to be employed in a Danish division of the company. There is no such requirement in the European programme - but the company and university have to be from two different countries.
Industrial Postdoc
It is now possible to apply for subsidy for Industrial Postdoc projects at the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation.
Newsletter
The Industrial PhD newsletter is published a number of times every year. To sign up, send an email to .
Contact
Jane Thomsen, tel. (+45) 7231 8419, email
Susanne Michelle Andersen, tel. (+45) 7231 8420, email
Ole Høy Jakobsen, email
