El apoyo comprende un subsidio de instalación, fondos operativos, y un salario durante 36 meses, por un total de 125,400 euros. Las temáticas de investigación apoyadas son: Estrategias para el mantenimiento de la pesca a pequeña escala en el Mediterráneo; Reducir el impacto del transporte de pienso a través de una mejor utilización de los desechos de las plantas para el ganado; Sistemas de cultivos-ganadería con árboles integrados para los pequeños agricultores de la Amazonia; e Impacto de los sistemas de innovación y de investigación en el sector agrícola y alimentario de los países del Sur (entreotros tópicos)

Los solicitantes deben presentar un título de posgrado universitario (grado MA / MSc), una sinopsis de investigación que relacionada con uno de los temas de investigación anunciado en la convocatoria, visión e interés en el tema, logros de investigación documentados (por ejemplo, publicaciones en revistas internacionales con revisión por pares), competencia en Inglés (min. puntuación: IELTS: 7.0, TOEFL: PBT: 600 o iBT: 100), y referencias académicas.

Para inscribirse los participantes deben registrarse online. Para consultas sobre la postulación escribir a agtrain@life.ku.dk

Para mayor información, visitar http://agtrain.eu/howtoapply/

AgTraIn – Agricultural Transformation by Innovation – Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme Guidelines. Here you will find information on the different steps of the assessment process and the assessment criteria.How are applications assessed?

Step 1: applications are screened for eligibility. You should make sure that your application is complete. Note that all applicants must fulfil the language proficiency requirement and the consortium can require additional language documentation if needed.
Step 2: Eligible applications are evaluated by the AGTRAIN Assessment Committee consisting of a number of senior scholars. The evaluation categories are:
– Academic potential as indicated by (i) a very good second university degree; (ii) a research synopsis that closely relates to one of the research topics announced on the AgTraIn website http://www.agtrain.eu under Research Topics and demonstrates insight and interest in the subject;and (iii) documented research achievements, e.g. publications in international journals with peer review (70%).
– Recommendations from two academic references (15%).
– English proficiency (15%).
Each of the three categories is given a score from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); eligible applicants must not score 3 or lower in any category. The three categories are weighted 70%, 15% and 15%. Overall average score is used to rank all applicants.
Step 3: The best applicants are short-listed and invited to develop full research proposals (in collaboration with their supervisors; the AGTRAIN Secretariat will facilitate contact to supervisors). Short-listed applicants are notified by email in early December. Full applications are due mid-January. In this part of the process, you are in close contact with the two supervisors. AgTraIn 2 © AGTRAIN 2013