International PhD Fellowships, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany

Beginning in February 2017, BIGSSS offers a new and innovative PhD program in the Social Sciences which is part of the EU COFUND scheme. The project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under grant agreement N° 713639.

BIGSSS-departs is a 42-month structured PhD program which provides close supervision of dissertation work accompanied by a demand-tailored doctoral curriculum. BIGSSS-departs is one of our full-time PhD programs in which fellows commit themselves to their own dissertation projects and the full academic program of the BIGSSS curriculum. It supports doctoral fellows in achieving early scientific independence, and provides funds for conducting, presenting, and publishing their research.

BIGSSS-departs Fellows pursue a freely chosen dissertation project in one of BIGSSS’ three Thematic Fields:

• A. Global Governance and Regional Integration
• B. Welfare State, Inequality, and Quality of Life
• C. Changing Lives in Changing Socio-Cultural Contexts

BIGSSS-departs Fellows benefit from their inclusion in BIGSSS’ vibrant research networks, simultaneously assisting them in identifying promising career prospects inside and outside academia, and in strengthening their skills and capabilities.

The BIGSSS-departs PhD program is composed of the following key components:

• Close supervision and demand-tailored education,
• the doctoral curriculum of the BIGSSS’ PhD Program,
• a mandatory stay abroad for up to six months at one of our BIGSSS-departs partner institutions. Fellows may chose between eight high profile academic partners and two non-academic institutions.

Admitted Fellows of the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program receive employment contracts with a gross salary of €2250 per month. Costs for social insurance and health insurance are deduced from this salary. The BIGSSS-departs program includes several defined PhD Milestones for each academic year. The continuation of the work contract is bound to the successful completion of these milestones. Financing of additional research costs such as travel cost, conference participation, in-house and outreach events are provided.

Current Call (open until September 15, 2016)
If you are interested in the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program starting in February 2017, please download the current BIGSSS-departs call for applications.

Application Requirements

• An excellent MA degree (or national equivalent) in a discipline pertinent to at least one of BIGSSS’ three Thematic Fields, i.e. Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, or related social science disciplines e.g. Law, Economics or Mass Communication. The degree must be completed by the end of December of the year of application, which means you may apply before having finished your MA degree.
• English proficiency as described in the application materials section below.
• Applicants must apply with a freely chosen dissertation project which fits into one of BIGSSS’ three Thematic Fields.
• Applicants have to include a “Statement of Fit” between their dissertation proposal and faculty members they have identified as potential supervisors (list of recent research areas and supervisors)
• All accepted researchers must move to Bremen for the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program.
• EU Mobility Rule: Due to EU COFUND regulations, applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Germany for more than 12 months during the 3 years immediately prior to the date of their application to BIGSSS-departs. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account.
• Early-Stage Researchers requirement: Due to EU COFUND regulations, all applicants shall, at the start of the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program (February 2017), be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree.

General Application Guidelines – Please read carefully
Please submit your application for a BIGSSS-departs PhD Fellowship electronically via our online admissions system.

Please note that the program commences on February 1, 2017. The application deadline for the BIGSSS-departs PhD program is September 15, 2016 in order to be considered for the program starting in February 2017. All deadlines refer to the date of receipt of the application, not the mailing date. Please apply by using our online admissions system.

Our online admissions system will only accept documents in pdf-format. You can download a free version of PDFCreator.

If you have any questions regarding the admissions process, please consult our Frequently Asked Questions section below or contact our Admissions Officer (admissions-officer@bigsss-bremen.de).

Application Materials
Please make sure to download and read the complete list of application materials for the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program, including all detailed descriptions and guidelines!

Checklist of application materials for a BIGSSS-departs Fellowship:

1. Personal Information form (to be completed in the online admissions system)
2. Curriculum Vitae (free text – PDF)
3. Preliminary Dissertation Proposal (free text – PDF)
4. One-page Proposal Abstract (free text – PDF)
5. Statement of Purpose (free text – PDF)
6. Statement of Skills and Experience with Methods of Empirical Social Research (free text – PDF)
7. MA/BA/Diplom/Magister Certificates (scan – PDF)
8. University Grade Transcripts (scan – PDF)
9. Certification of English Proficiency (scan – PDF)
10. Ethics Form (download form – PDF)
11. EU Mobility Rule (EUMR) and Early-Stage Researchers (ESR) Confirmation Form (download form – PDF)
12. Two Recent Letters of Recommendation (to be submitted by referees via the online admissions system)
13. Optional: Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (scan – PDF)

Please make sure to download and read the complete list of application materials for the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program, including all detailed descriptions and guidelines!

All application materials must be submitted via our online admissions system only.

FAQ
You will find answers to the frequently asked questions regarding the admissions process to the BIGSSS-departs PhD Program in our list of FAQ. Please read them carefully before submitting your application in the online admissions system.

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