Responsibilities
Overview of CYENS’s Doctoral Training Program
CYENS’s Doctoral Training Program (DTP) kicked off in 2019 providing the best possible experience of impactful collaboration, following best practices from across Europe. CYENS’s DTP is a far more valuable and engaging experience compared to working only with an individual supervisor or a small group in a university. CYENS DTP provides a collaborative cohort environment, offers a wide range of research projects and innovation activities, and training opportunities. The program fosters knowledge transfer and student engagement with the wider community and the partner institutions.
CYENS’s DTP is an in-house program for supporting and guiding PhD students who will be registered at a university of the CYENS consortium (University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of Technology or Open University of Cyprus). The program allows students to participate in scientific colloquia, research presentations, mobility activities and visits, joint supervision of PhDs, and projects organized in collaboration with CYENS’s advanced partners (UCL and Max Planck) and other members of its developing network. CYENS will also facilitate the development and innovation of research ideas and outcomes and provide mentoring opportunities (e.g., peer feedback, guidance by senior researchers).
A CYENS DTP student has to take a minimum of 4 courses or series of seminars offered by CYENS’s DTP program. These courses are independent of any coursework/seminar PhD requirements by the Host University. The selection of the courses will be on the students and their supervisors and must take into consideration the availability of the courses.
Indicative list of DTP courses:
CYENS will award a certificate for the participation in the CYENS DTP program in addition to the PhD degree.
CYENS DTP PhD Fellowships – September 2023
For the academic year 2023-2024, as part of its Doctoral Training Program, CYENS will offer up to three (3) PhD fellowships to eligible candidates. Fellowships will be for up to 3 years, during which candidates are expected to complete their PhD. The Doctoral Training Program covers: (1) a full-time fellowship with an attractive renumeration package, (2) coverage of the tuition fees of the host University, (3) placement expenses at the external partner university.
DTP Requirements:
CYENS’s Doctoral Training Program (DTP) kicked off in 2019 providing the best possible experience of impactful collaboration, following best practices from across Europe. CYENS’s DTP is a far more valuable and engaging experience compared to working only with an individual supervisor or a small group in a university. CYENS DTP provides a collaborative cohort environment, offers a wide range of research projects and innovation activities, and training opportunities. The program fosters knowledge transfer and student engagement with the wider community and the partner institutions.
CYENS’s DTP is an in-house program for supporting and guiding PhD students who will be registered at a university of the CYENS consortium (University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of Technology or Open University of Cyprus). The program allows students to participate in scientific colloquia, research presentations, mobility activities and visits, joint supervision of PhDs, and projects organized in collaboration with CYENS’s advanced partners (UCL and Max Planck) and other members of its developing network. CYENS will also facilitate the development and innovation of research ideas and outcomes and provide mentoring opportunities (e.g., peer feedback, guidance by senior researchers).
A CYENS DTP student has to take a minimum of 4 courses or series of seminars offered by CYENS’s DTP program. These courses are independent of any coursework/seminar PhD requirements by the Host University. The selection of the courses will be on the students and their supervisors and must take into consideration the availability of the courses.
Indicative list of DTP courses:
- Project Management
- Innovation, Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial skills for Research Engineers
- Product from Concept to Market
- IP Protection Workshop: Key IP, commercialization, methods for Higher Education: licensing, spin-ins and spin-outs
- Research Methods and Research Ethics
- Science communication and dissemination
- Grant-writing
- Other seminars
CYENS will award a certificate for the participation in the CYENS DTP program in addition to the PhD degree.
CYENS DTP PhD Fellowships – September 2023
For the academic year 2023-2024, as part of its Doctoral Training Program, CYENS will offer up to three (3) PhD fellowships to eligible candidates. Fellowships will be for up to 3 years, during which candidates are expected to complete their PhD. The Doctoral Training Program covers: (1) a full-time fellowship with an attractive renumeration package, (2) coverage of the tuition fees of the host University, (3) placement expenses at the external partner university.
DTP Requirements:
- Registration at one of the local partner Universities of Cyprus (i.e., Host University), under the supervision of a CYENS academic. Note: PhD students have to adhere to the doctoral program’s expectations and examination procedures of the host university. CYENS will not interfere with the PhD requirements of the host university. The PhD degree will be awarded by the Host University.
- Dedicating 75-85% of the time at the CYENS Centre and 15-25% at the external partners. Note: CYENS will cover the placement costs at the external partners.
- Completion of a minimum of 4 in-house program courses/seminars offered by CYENS’s DTP, preferably during the first 2 years of the program. Note: These courses may count towards the course requirements of the PhD program at the Host University, providing the Host University/Department agrees.
- Engagement in the communication and dissemination activities of CYENS (e.g. poster days, industry events)