AALTO UNIVERSITY INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
Ref: President’s decision 9.12.2013
AALTO UNIVERSITY INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 1.1.2014-31.12.2017
Aalto University awards incentive scholarships for doctoral candidates according to the following principles. The scholarships are
awarded to students who have fulfilled the requirements as of 1 January 2014. The scholarships are not awarded backdated.
500 euro scholarship
is paid to doctoral student for the first refereed (i.e. peer-reviewed) article included in the doctoral dissertation published in an
international publication forum or the first art production or product development project. The student must be one of the main
authors in the publication or one of the main artists in the art production or product development project. Publication channels are
defined according to the individual Schools. In the School of Arts, Design and Architecture the article must have been published in
an official journal defined by the Finnish Publication Forum (see http://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/english.html and
http://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.php?lang=en ).
500 euro scholarship
is paid to doctoral student, who has, within two years of the date of admission to pursue doctoral studies, completed the
theoretical studies (60 credits). The doctoral studies must have been completed according to the official degree structure and
accepted by the Supervising Professor.
2,000 euro scholarship
for completing the doctoral degree, provided that it has been no more than eight full semesters from the date the study right was
started to the date when the pre-examiners were appointed (the date of the Doctoral Programme Committee meeting). The
doctoral studies must have been completed according to the official degree structure and accepted by the Supervising Professor.
If the doctoral dissertation contains a pre-examined art production or product development project, it has been no more
than nine full semesters from the date the study right was started to the date when the pre-examiners were appointed for the
whole dissertation (the date of the Doctoral Programme Committee meeting). The doctoral studies must have been completed
according to the official degree structure and accepted by the Supervising Professor.
OR
for completing the doctoral degree, provided the degree was earned by the end of the calendar year the doctoral candidate turns
30 years.
The time spent on maternity and parental leave as well as national military or non-military service completed (documents required)
may be excluded from the calculated duration of study. However, if the scholarship is age related no deduction is granted.
Scholarships are granted to those doctoral candidates who have met the scholarship criteria during 1 January 2014 – 31 December
2017.
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture shall award scholarships based on the application made by the doctoral candidate. The
application has to be submitted within six months from when the scholarship criteria were met.
The scholarship based on the first refereed article (peer-reviewed) OR the first art production or product development project can
be paid only once during the doctoral studies (see guidelines above).
Directions for application
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Make sure that you are enrolled as present Doctoral Candidate for the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and
Architecture.
This incentive scholarship is applied with the form attached to these directions. You need to attach a transcript of records
You can order a transcript of records electronically via WebOodi https://oodi.aalto.fi/a/frame.jsp?Kieli=6&valittuKieli=6 .
Only credits which have been accepted by the Supervising Professor as part of your doctoral degree will be accepted. Please
ask your Supervising Professor to sign your transcript of records and the application form.
If you apply the incentive scholarship based on the first refereed article (the peer-reviewed article) which has been
published in a journal defined by the Finnish Publication Forum and is an article which is part of the doctoral dissertation,
the published article or a link to electronic publication must be attached. The Doctoral Programme Committee has paid
attention to the fact that in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture doctoral dissertations are mainly monographs, so
the incentive scholarship is not only limited to article dissertations. The student must be one of the main authors in the
publication.
If you apply the incentive scholarship based on the first art production or product development project the doctoral
student must be one of the main artists in the art production or product development project. In order for the doctoral
student to receive this incentive scholarship, the pre-examiners must have recommended this art production or product
development project as accepted and the Doctoral Programme Committee must have accepted the work to be included as
part of the doctoral dissertation.
The printed application form and the attached transcript of records should be delivered to:
1. The scholarship box at the Research Institute (opposite the lecture room 344, next to room 354) MARK THE ENVELOPE:
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP/Taru Henriksson OR
2. Sent by post (MARK THE ENVELOPE: INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP/Taru Henriksson) to the Aalto University, School of Arts,
Design and Architecture, Research Institute, P.O. Box 31000, 00076 Aalto.
Late applications will not be handled. The decision about the incentive scholarship will be done by the Research Director of the
School. The recipients will be informed by e-mail of the awarded scholarship within a month from the deadline. The scholarship will
be paid to the applicant’s bank account directly after the decision has been made. For more information please contact Research
Coordinator Taru Henriksson taru.henriksson@aalto.fi
INCENTIVE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Please note! Save the form to your computer before filling it in.
Personal information of the applicant
Surname
First name/s
Social security number/date of birth
E-mail address
Postal address, city code, city
Phone number
Department
Date of commencement of studies leading to the Doctor of Arts
or Doctor of Science (Architecture) degree at the Aalto
University (dd.mm.yyyy)
Incentive Scholarship to be applied for (see the directions above):
□ 500€ first refereed published article (attach the article or link to it to this application)
OR
□ 500€ first accepted art production/development project (attach the information and the date when accepted as part of
dissertation)
□ 500€ doctoral studies completed within first two years (60 credits) (attach accepted transcript of records)
□ 2000€ completed doctoral degree within 8 or 9 (if dissertation contains art productions) semesters (attach the needed
information and the date when pre-examiners were appointed to the whole dissertation)
OR
□ 2000€ doctoral degree completed by the end of the year when the applicant turns 30 years
Bank contact information and IBAN bank account number
Place of assessment
Date and signatures
Date (dd.mm.yyyy) and place
Signature of the applicant
Date (dd.mm.yyyy) and place
Signature of the Supervising Professor
Please notice that the School will inform the Finnish tax authorities of the scholarships awarded.