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SUMMARY:Funding for PhD students carrying out Flavor research (Giract)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210709
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:GIRACT is the leading transnational business research and cons
 ultancy organization specializing in food ingredients\, additives and rela
 ted fine chemicals and technologies.\n\nThe consortium of five industry sp
 onsors aims to raise awareness of the industry and career opportunities in
  order to increase the flavor research talent pool in Europe. The 5 sponso
 ring companies are:\n\n	FIRMENICH\n	GIVAUDAN\n	 KERRY\n	KIKKOMAN\n	LESAFF
 RE INTERNATIONAL\n\nThis 12th edition is organised by Giract\, in coordina
 tion with Andrea Cattaruzza\, Director of AndCat Ltd and Professor Emeritu
 s Andy Taylor of the University of Nottingham\, UK.\n\n\nThe aim of the pr
 ogram is to promote innovative flavor research amongst PhD students across
  European universities and research institutes. PhD students enrolled in u
 niversities and research institutes in 32 European countries (European Uni
 on\, UK\, Switzerland\, Norway\, Turkey\, and Russia) are eligible to appl
 y.\n\nFunding:\n\n\n	Best PhD thesis award (EUR 5\,000). The winning stude
 nt will present his/her work to potential employers at the annual Savory F
 lavor Conference in Geneva\n	6 Bursaries for 1st–year PhD students (EUR 
 3\,000 each)\n\nThe program targets two different groups of PhD students:\
 n\n\n	Group 1 (best PhD thesis award): students who are about to complete 
 their PhD and hence will soon be examining opportunities for employment\n	
 Group 2 (bursaries for 1st–year PhD students): students who are about to
  start their PhD studies\n\nThis is translated into the following sub-obje
 ctives:\n\n\n	Publicize the attractions of flavor research so as to pull h
 igh caliber students into appropriate PhD courses and then into industry\n
 	For Group 1:\n	\n		Solicit and evaluate innovative flavor research projec
 ts amongst these students\n		Offer the opportunity to the winning student 
 to present his/her work to potential employers at the Annual Savory Flavor
  & Food Industry Conference\, held in Geneva in the spring of each year\n	
 \n	\n	For Group 2:\n	\n		Award bursaries to 6 selected students who are pl
 anning to start their PhD studies in flavor science during the 2021–2022
  academic year\n		Give the 6 winning 1st–year PhD students the opportuni
 ty to visit the laboratory of sponsor companies during the second year of 
 their PhD studies through use of part of their bursary for travel and acco
 mmodation costs.\n	\n	\n\nWho can apply: \nYou are eligible to apply provi
 ded you are\n\n	enrolled as a PhD student in a European University/Institu
 te (European Union countries\, UK\, Switzerland\, Norway\, Turkey\, and Ru
 ssia)\n	a PhD student pursuing research in areas relevant to flavor scienc
 e\, technology\, processing\, chemistry\, etc.\n\n\nGroup 1 – best PhD t
 hesis award:\nYou must be a final–year PhD student\, and your research m
 ay not be already sponsored by a commercial organization and/or not be bou
 nd to it. The winning candidate must be able to present his/her research\,
  including patented work\, to program sponsors.\nYou must be able to submi
 t your application by 30 November 2021 and the final thesis by 15 December
  2021.\nPlease visit this webpage for eligibility and application details.
 \n\nGroup 2 – 1st–year PhD students:\nYou must have completed a Master
  degree AND be enrolled for a PhD degree before 30 November 2021.\nYou may
  not be already sponsored by a commercial organization and/or not be bound
  to it\nPlease visit this webpage for eligibility and application details.
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