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Four Doctoral student positions in Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme |
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The North changes the world – more sustainable, more intelligent, more humane. We, at the University of Oulu, work as part of the international science
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build a strong foundation for all our actions. We offer a working environment where individuals can cultivate their skills, do meaningful work, and develop professionally. Our university's several specialized research and service units enable extensive and
diverse development and career opportunities for experts in various fields Four (4) Doctoral student positions in Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme available for application University of Oulu is now hiring highly motivated candidates for doctoral student positions in the doctoral programmes of the University of Oulu Graduate School
(UniOGS). Successful candidates must commit to researcher training within Health and Biosciences Doctoral Programme with full-time work and to completing their degree within four years. DP-HBS gathers clinical medicine, biomedicine, biochemistry, molecular medicine, dentistry, health sciences, medical
technology and biology under the umbrella of a multidisciplinary training programme. In the current call, there are four (4) full-time positions available in DP-HBS for 2021-2024. Eligibility and Requirements An eligible candidate has a Master’s degree or an equivalent degree in a field relevant to the applied field. The
major subject of the doctoral student is expected to be in the Doctoral Degree Programme of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Health Sciences, Dentistry or Biology. The degree must have been completed before the selection with at least good grades.
Applicants are expected to be at the very early stage of research, in practice starting their doctoral training with this position. If they already have doctoral study rights in University of Oulu or elsewhere, they need to
explain why they should still be considered as starters and early-stage researchers. Any applicant who has received doctoral study rights 30.11.2019, or before, are ineligible to apply. Selected candidates must meet all the requirements to receive doctoral
study rights as defined in: http://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/requirements_for_admission. In student selection, priority will be given to such doctoral students whose supervisor is not receiving strategic
funding related to doctoral training from the University of Oulu during the applicable term, i.e. 2021 onwards. Prior to submitting, applicants are expected to find a prospective main supervisor in an eligible research unit. Applicants
are advised to seek potential supervisors in the faculty web pages (https://www.oulu.fi/university/node/35079).
The proposed main supervisor must clearly be identified in the application form (full name, title, position, faculty and research unit at the University of Oulu). A letter from the proposed supervisor willing to commit for supervision must be attached into
the applicant’s set of documents (see below). Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the commitment letter does not bind the proposed supervisor to any commitment,
if the applicant is not selected into the doctoral student position applied here and for which the letter of support was provided. Salary and key terms The salary of selected doctoral students will be initially set on level 2, and later on levels 2 – 4 of the national
salary scale for the teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In addition, a supplementary remuneration is given for personal achievement and performance (max. 50 %). In practice, the salary is roughly 2200 – 2700 € per month for an early stage
researcher, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and progress of the doctoral thesis. Since this call is for starting doctoral researchers, the positions are filled at its earliest April 1, 2021 and
ending December 31, 2024. A six-month trial period is applied in the positions. How to apply Submit your application through the online system by 31 January 2021. Please include the following
attachments as five separate pdf files (please note that the online system has a maximum size limit for attachments):
Applications received after the deadline, incomplete applications, and/or applications with attachments that exceed
the specified limits, will not be considered. APPLY
in SAIMA (Finnish text) >>>> APPLY
in SAIMA (English text) >>>> Application and evaluation process Evaluation and ranking of the applications will take place in multiple stages. First, ineligible or incomplete applications
are rejected. Second, eligible and complete applications are evaluated and ranked by the evaluation panel. Third, applications with highest scores from the second round will be further evaluated and ranked by the corresponding Doctoral Training Committee.
Finally, University of Oulu Graduate School deans will consolidate the evaluation results and make the final decision for the positions. All applicants will be informed of the selection by e-mail. Further information About eligibility and degree requirements, see the Graduate School website: https://www.oulu.fi/uniogs/ About the evaluation process: DP-HBS coordinator Mirja Peltola (firstname.lastname@oulu.fi). Feel free to distribute this announcement further |