UNWE Won A Project for Support of Doctoral Students

Thursday, 29 March 2012 0:00

At an official ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel the Minister Sergey Ignatov bestowed to the Rector of UNWE Prof. Statty Stattev the approved Contract for Grant of 400 000 BGN. Universities from all over the country have applied for the grant with their projects by a competitive principle. Our university is among the 12 winners to whom the total grant of 8 000 000 BGN will be distributed. These funds are provided from the Human Resources Development Programme of the European Social Fund in the implementation of operation for Support of Development of The Doctoral Students, Post-Doctoral Students, Post-Graduate Students and Young Scientists.

The objective of the project is to be strengthened the interest of young people to realize in the field of education and science and to be raised the quality of the scientific elaborations by improvement of the conditions for work of the Doctoral students and young scientists. Our Doctoral students could be able to conduct more efficiently their researches by the sum of almost 20 000 BGN – for preparation of their dissertation papers, publications of their works in scientific editions as well as for implementation of mobility. The official trips abroad will find an expression in participation of our Doctoral students in similar events organized from western universities as well as in realization of research and study activity, said Prof. Stanka Tonkova, Head of the project and Director of the Center for Research and Educational Projects at the UNWE. Funds will also be used for conduction of the consecutive National Conference for Doctoral Students as well as for publishing the Doctoral Students Papers, Volume 5.

Prof. Statty Stattev and Prof. Stanka Tonkova (on the right)
The Rector Prof. Statty Stattev and The Minister Sergey Ignatov

It`s very nice young Doctoral students and young scientists to be financially supported in order to profoundly continue their researches and after several years they will become the world stars in the science, said at the ceremony the Minister Ignatov.

It`s a very serious support for our young people, because the funds for science are comparatively not enough, considered Prof. Stattev who reminded the words of the Minister Ignatov that our scientists have earned from 12 to 17 times less than their European colleagues participating in the projects. We are grateful for this grant. We are going to work also on the upcoming projects related to the internships, the elaboration of new academic plans and programmes in a direct dialogue with the business, said the Rector of UNWE.

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