Fellowships in Management, Economics and Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany

Deadline: 15 June 2014
Open to: PhD holders from the fields of Economics, Management and Social Sciences
Fellowship: EUR 1,20o per month

Description

The Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS) constitutes the integrated PhD program of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne. It is dedicated to excellency in teaching and research. All PhD students who obtain their degree at the WiSo-Faculty are part of the CGS, attend its courses and benefit from its infrastructure.

The school encompasses researchers from Management, Economics, Sociology, Political Sciences, Econometrics/Statistics, Economic Psychology and Energy Economics/Politics. The Graduate School was initiated in 2008 and is funded by the State of North Rhine Westfalia and the University of Cologne.

Each year CGS awards up to 10 scholarships to excellent students (among the top 10% of their year) with a Master/Dipl. degree or close to finishing their degree. These students will enter a focused, intensive three-year program leading to a PhD (Dr. rer. pol). It is the expressed purpose of this intensive program to educate excellent researchers and teachers who, after obtaining their degree, will mainly stay in academia.

Eligibility 

Applicants from all fields of Economics, Management and Social Sciences who have finished their PhD are invited to apply.

Fellowship

Scholarships amount to EUR 1,200 a month for the duration of three years and are limited to a three-year period. Allowances for international travels, experiments, etc. will be also provided.

Office space and administrative support will be provided by CGS.

Application

The application deadline is June 15, 2014.

Applicants should submit a statement outlining their research project and their motivation for joining, a detailed curriculum vitae, and a list of publications in electronic form to weiler@wiso.uni-koeln.de. Two recommendations need to be sent directly to the above mentioned email.

For further information, please visit the official website.

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