VDSEE Completion Grants

Spring call 2024: 

Application period: 17 May - 14 June 2024 (23:59 CET)

Starting dates: 1 August, 15 August, 1 September 2024

The completion grants support selected VDSEE PhD-candidates in the final phase of their doctoral studies. All VDSEE PhD-candidates are eligible to apply, regardless of whether they have previously had a contract with the University of Vienna.

The funding period is 4 months during which the doctoral candidates are expected to complete and submit their doctoral thesis. Successful applicants will receive a 30 hours/week University assistant Prae Doc-contract.

Job grading in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Requirements

• Applicants and supervisors must be VDSEE-members
• Applicants must have successfully passed the public presentation at the Faculty (FÖP) within the first 12 months after the start of Doctoral Studies, signed the doctoral thesis agreement and submitted all annual progress reports (from WS2020 on: including TAC-minutes).
• Applicants are expected to have an excellent record of Doctoral Studies and have made relevant academic achievements such as publications, conference presentations, etc.
• Applicants are expected to complete and submit their doctoral thesis within the funding period of the completion grant.
• All laboratory and analytical work must be completed before the start of the completion grant.

Application documents

• Completed online application form 
• A report on the status of the doctoral thesis including the abstract, a tabular overview of the chapters, information about the completion status of each chapter, and a work schedule for the completion of the doctoral thesis within the funding period. Please use the provided template.
• CV including a list of publications and conference presentations (max. 3 pages).
• Transcript of records (“Sammelzeugnis”)
• Form signed by supervisor(s) and applicants consenting that the requirement for eligibility of the completion grant are met. 

Please send the application as a single pdf file (surname_completiongrant_06.2024.pdf) to docschool.vdsee [at] univie.ac.at. Only complete applications that meet all formal criteria will be evaluated.