There is an opportunity in Leuven for a PhD in Theology and Religious Studies. The way this works is the following: if you get this position, you have one year of funding (starting in September, about 1800 euro/month net) in which one works and further refine one’s project with a supervisor (named ‘promoter’ here), and applies in January/February for a full PhD fellowship to the Belgian research agency – the FWO – for further four years (this one). UPDATE: There is an additional opportunity for after the first year, apart from the candidate’s FWO application: the promoter can also submit a project application with the FWO or the Research Council of KU Leuven. Two shots at it, as it were.
This means that if you get that, you end up with five years of full funding which should be enough to complete a thesis, take a few steps toward its publication, and apply for postdocs.
If you happen to be interested, I suggest you check the details, here (updated link), and get in touch with a professor in the faculty right away. The deadline is August 18 (updated).
There are here professors of Greek, respectively Latin Patristics, and the two professors of New Testament are interested in reception history as well.
Good luck!
October 12, 2016 at 5:13 pm
Hi, thanks for this! Is the opportunity still available for the 2017 entry?
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October 15, 2016 at 9:40 pm
Hi Miruna! Sorry for the late reply: I expect it will be, though I can’t be sure. You might wait for this 1-year gig as described above, but at this point you could also apply directly for the 4-year FWO PhD fellowship; the deadline for that is late January I think. I would definitely encourage you to contact a professor here as soon as possible if you plan to apply for the 2017 entry either way. Feel free to write me an email with further questions!
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January 29, 2018 at 8:07 am
Hey Arslan, you should probably find someone from the faculty in which you plan to do a PhD.
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