Together with the CNRD partners a PhD program will be designed and initiated. PhD students should be embedded in third party funded research at the CNRD partners. A maximum of nine students per year will get a three year scholarship. All research topics must be related to MDG 7. Students will join two common phases in Germany of five months each (one in the first year and the other in the third year).
During the first phase in Germany students participate in a PhD summer school organized by CUAS and partners. The supervisors of ITT and the CNRD partners will actively participate in the summer school and guest lecturers from universities and the private sector will be engaged. Students will present their research topic and discuss it with their colleagues and supervisors. Furthermore, seminars in scientific work with special focus on interdisciplinary research, a cross cultural communication workshop and an excursion are planned. The rest of the time is reserved for collaborative research at CUAS or at partners in Germany (UNESCO/IHP, Wuppertal Institute, DLR, German partner universities of CUAS) as well as for a literature review in one of our excellent libraries. The second phase in Germany will primarily be used for the presentation of the PhD thesis, discussion with the German supervisor and colleagues and the final revision of the thesis.
CNRD is offering semester scholarships for master students and full scholarships for PhD candidates to form young professionals with a profound knowledge on natural resources management in the context of MDG7.
*by CNRD info