About the program
Duration: 01.04.2017-01.04.2018
Deadline: 14.11.2016
The PhD program of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel announces a one-year scholarship starting at the 1st of April 2017 (á CHF 30’000 per year; two tranches with evaluation).
Your tasks
The grant is intended to support a young graduate during the starting phase of his/her PhD research project. It is expected that he/she will develop his/her research project in that time for applying to the Swiss National Science Foundation or other funding institutions at the end of that year.
Your profile
The scholarship is addressed to students who held a 1st class MA degree either in Egyptology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ancient History, Greek Philology, Latin Philology, Comparative and Historic Linguistics or European Archaeology. It is expected that the PhD student is highly motivated and will personally be involved in the PhD program of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel. Most welcomed are PhD projects that can be linked to the research fields of the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel. The PhD student has to choose from the date of admission to the doctoral program a first or second supervisor from the Department of Ancient Civilizations at the University of Basel.
The following documents should be sent by email to the coordinator of the Doctoral Program of Basel Ancient Studies Mr. Hans-Hubertus Muench (hubertus.muench@unibas.ch):
1. Letter of motivation
2. CV
3. MA-Diploma
4. 1-2 sample of text (max. 20 pages each, including at least 1 academic qualification text, like BA- or MA-thesis)
5. Sketch for the dissertation project (max. 3 pages)
6. Letter of reference
Applications can be submitted in German, in French or in English. The enrolment at the University of Basel is mandatory.
Contact: coordinator of the Doctoral Program of Basel Ancient Studies Mr. Hans-Hubertus Muench (hubertus.muench@unibas.ch).
To APPLY click "Further official information" below and fill the application form.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
https://blogs.hu-berlin.de/researcher/2016/10/02/one-phd-scholarship-1-year-within-the-department-of-ancient-civilizations-at-the-university-of-basel/