The University of Limerick (Ireland) and the YERUN network have jointly organized the Doctoral School 2025, titled  ‘Engaged Research Design for Sustainability’. 

This program offers a unique opportunity for early-stage PhD students to develop the skills, knowledge, and tools necessary to address the complex challenges facing our world today. Through an interdisciplinary, place-based learning experience, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how their research can contribute to addressing these pressing issues. The aim of this training programme is to facilitate PhD students in building transdisciplinary relationships with peers and mentors, to enable collaborative learning, and the exploration of stakeholder engagement in their research.

For full information please refer to this website: https://www.ul.ie/doctoral-school-2025-engaged-research-design-for-sustainability

The event is hosted in the format of an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme, consisting of an onsite-phase in Limerick from January 20 - 24, 2025, and a virtual learning phase until April 2025.

Applications must reach Vicky Kelly by November 11, 2024. Please submit a short biography and summary of your research area.

PhD students, who are fully enrolled at Ulm University and who participate in the complete programme (including virtual learning phase) are eligible for a scholarship for a short term mobility from the Erasmus+ programme. The scholarship amounts vary between € 553 and € 1.289, depending on a number of factors:

• type and duration of travel
  • standard travel (air plane) - max. 2 travel days
  • green travel (train/bus) - max. 6 travel days
• classification as participant with fewer opportunities
  • participants with disabilities
  • participants with severe illness or chronic disease
  • participants who have to take their own child(ren) abroad
  • first generation academics

A total of five scholarships have been reserved for participants in the Doctoral School 2025. The grants will be awarded on a first come - first serve basis.

Please submit the following documents via eMail to Dr. Sabine Habermalz no later than January 6, 2025:

• Application Form
• Proof of Enrollment at Ulm University (PDF from Campus Portal sufficient)
• Acceptance Notification from University of Limerick
• Learning Agreement
• Declaration on Honour: Green Travel (if applicable)
• Declaration on Honour: Participant with Fewer Opportunities (if applicable)

^{Incomplete Applications will not be processed.}