UNIVERSITY SUPPORT FOR TRAINING 2012

Department of Biochemistry will get support money for training for 20 students to be used to help obtaining a training place. The support is 1600 €/student. If training is done in Finland the employer pays you salary and he gets this support for your salary costs. If training is done abroad it may be that you get this support as a personal grant. The minimum salary is set by the University and is 1103 €/month or more; if training is done at a university unit the salary is 1294 €/month. A prerequisite is that the training lasts at least 1,5 months. Unfortunately there is never enough money to give to everyone; therefore it has been agreed with student guild Histoni that the support is issued based on certain criteria.
	
The training support are issued for 3rd year (Bachelor degree) students and seniors such that approx. 2/3 of the available support goes to 3rd year students and approx. 1/3 goes to Master programme students. International M.Sc. students belong to the latter group. However, as agreed last year the relative amounts of supports for the groups may be somewhat adjusted from the 2/3 to 1/3 division based on the amount of applicants in each group. What is more, since there are always more applicants than support available, the support is issued based on a lottery. Later in the spring it is possible to get further support, if other departments cannot use all the support given to them.

Those who get the support need to seach for a training place, which could be at the Department, at other departments (for example Medical school), University hospital, biotech companies or wherever one could find a suitable biochemist´s training. It is recommended that students use this opportunity to learn job application; therefore training at own department should be considered only if it really is the interest target. Training place need not be in Oulu (could even be abroad), but travelling or accommodation costs for training elsewhere will not be covered by the Department. Training counts for credits for the course Orientation to research work.

Naturally, those students, who do not get the support are also free to search for training places.

Specific further advice will be given to those who are lucky to get the support. Meanwhile please ask me if you have anything to ask regarding the training. 

Tuomo Glumoff,  BK350, p 5531170, tuomo.glumoff@oulu.fi

HOW TO APPLY:

Please sign on the list in this folder by Tuesday, February 14th, 16:00.