Doctoral Scholarship
Application for a Doctoral Scholarship Awarded as Part of the
Performance-Oriented Granting of Funding (Leistungsorientierte
Mittelvergabe, LOM) in the Faculty of Medicine at Otto von
Guericke University of Magdeburg
1.
Application form
1.1.
Details of the applicant’s doctoral studies
Subject area (course):
Target qualification (degree
type):
Thesis topic:
Thesis supervisor:
Hospital/Institute:
Planned funding period:
1.2.
Personal details
Surname, first name:
Born
on:
in (city and country):
Residential address:
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Number of own children
living in the same household:
Other gross earnings per
scholarship year:
I hereby confirm that:
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my details are complete and correct
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I am not receiving any other funding
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I am not receiving any other income than the income specified above
Applicant’s signature: …………………......…………………..
Date: …………………
Supervisor’s signature: …………………………………………
Date: …………………
Doctoral Scholarship
2. Summary (max. ½ page)
3. Current research status with literature
4. Applicant’s own preliminary work
(previous research work, preparatory work, own publications (where applicable)
and a graphic presentation of the data already collected by the candidate)
5. Presentation of the applicant’s research objectives
6. Detailed work plan and schedule
7. List of any abbreviations used in the application that are not generally used on
a day-to-day basis
(The answers to points 3 to 6 should take up no more than a maximum of 6 pages.)
The application must comply with the following format requirements:
A4, left and right margins: 2.5cm, top and bottom margins: 2cm, font: Lucida Sans, font
size: 10, titles: bold. The given outline should be maintained and a sub-categorisation, e.g.
5. , 5.1, 5.1.1, etc. should be used. The text should be single spaced and justified. Lists of
references and/or publications can have a smaller format, for example using font size 8 or
9.
Required attachments to the application:
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A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s supervisor (professor/lecturer or
research assistant with a teaching licence) and a statement guaranteeing that the
necessary working conditions, including material resources, are available (including
specification of the third-party-funded project into which the work in question has
been incorporated where applicable);
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Applicants from subject areas other than Medicine additionally need to submit their
authorisation to complete doctoral studies in the Faculty of Medicine at Otto von
Guericke University of Magdeburg (Matriculation Application for Doctoral
Candidates or certificate of matriculation specifying a doctorate as the candidate’s
qualification objective);
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Medical students also need to have matriculated as doctoral students in the Faculty
of Medicine at Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg by the time they receive
their doctoral scholarship at the latest (Matriculation Application for Doctoral
Candidates or certificate of matriculation specifying a doctorate as the candidate’s
target qualification);
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Curriculum vitae in tabular form;
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A copy of the applicant's last examination certificate (medical licensing
examination, German “Diplom” degree, Master’s degree, Bachelor degree, etc.);

A positive statement from the Ethics Commission for work carried out as part of
clinical studies;
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An animal experiment licence in the case of work involving animal experiments;

If children’s allowance will be claimed copies of birth certificates of the own
children who have not completed the age of 12 years yet living in the same
household have to be submitted;