Industrial PhDs at DTU Aqua

What is it?

The industrial PhD scheme of Innovation Fund Denmark aims to foster collaborations between companies and universities and in the process, it helps connect early career researchers to the private sector.
As a company, this is a great way to explore more risky research questions or to boost your R&D team through knowledge transfer in a targeted manner.
As a company, this is a great way to engage with world-leading researchers to explore your R&D challenges.
As a student, this is a great way to be fully engaged with private sector R&D.
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An individual is employed in a private company and enrolled at university as a PhD student. The candidate works on a unique research project as part of their employment and education.
Innovation Fund Denmark supports this project by providing a subsidy for salary (612,000 DKK for 36 months) and 100,000 DKK for travel allowance. The university receives up to 360,000 DKK (which includes overheads). The company covers the rest (40%) of the research cost.
At the moment a typical PhD salary+pension starts at 404,400 DKK per annum.
The grant to the company (excluding share to the university) covers at most 50% of the project cost.
A PhD project lasts 36 months during which time the student also has to be involved in coursework (about 6 months spread through the three years, covered by the university share)

You are welcome to contact the PhD School at DTU Aqua to discuss the possibilities of co-operation.