Ghent University Special Research Fund - Doctoral Scholarships for Candidates from Developing Countries

To be admissible for this call, all of the following requirements must be met:

Candidates need to come from – and have the nationality of – a developing country (see country list);
There must be a guarantee that the candidate will be able to work on the PhD project at the partner university in a selected developing country (South). This implies that there must be a local PhD supervisor at the partner university or research center.
A written statement is requested from the university authorities stating that the candidate is either a fulltime PhD student or a staff member of this university and will be sufficiently exempted from teaching or other assignments as to be able to fully concentrate on the PhD research in the South.
This statement should also mention that the candidate receives a local PhD scholarship or salary when working on the PhD at the partner university in the South.
CSC scholarship holders are not eligible to apply for a Doctoral grants for researchers from developing countries. CSC students are referred to the call Cofunding for Chinese candidates PhD candidates holding a CSC scholarship (deadline October 2017).