{"id":64237,"date":"2025-02-10T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/?page_id=64237"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:46:39","slug":"se-250-excellence-phd-scholarship-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/en\/for-students\/schools-of-phd-studies-calendar\/se-250-excellence-phd-scholarship-application\/","title":{"rendered":"SE 250+ Excellence PhD Scholarship Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<h4><strong>SE 250+ Excellence PhD Scholarship Application<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Semmelweis University is dedicated to the further development of PhD training, which is decisive for the scientific performance and the succession of teachers\/researchers. In this spirit, it is considersed a priority task to promote the PhD students\u2019 academic careers by devising forms of support that enable the development of research performance and educational competencies during PhD training.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship is equivalent to 50% of the state PhD scholarship (that is, HUF 70,000\/month in the first two academic years of PhD training, and HUF 90,000\/month in the second two academic years), which can be supplemented by the host organizational unit from its own financial resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The current grant applies to the first semester of the 2026\/2027 academic year (1 September 2026 &#8211; 31 January 2027).<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Conditions of application<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Active PhD student status in state scholarship or self-funding PhD training, or as a post-complex exam MD\/PhD student<\/li>\n<li>Persons with health services or other employment relationships exceeding 20 hours per week are not eligible to apply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria<\/h3>\n<p><strong>I. Excellent academic performance<\/strong> (70% of points to be obtained)<\/p>\n<p><u>For students facing a complex exam:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OTDK award<\/li>\n<li>International Conference Abstract<\/li>\n<li>Publications rated Q2 or more \u2013 in which the student and\/or the supervisor are affiliated with Semmelweis University \u2013 maybe considered sufficient, provided that Semmelweis University is listed as an affiliation in the article<\/li>\n<li>Number of citations received for publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>For students after a complex exam:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publications rated Q2 or more, <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>in which the student and\/or the supervisor are affiliated with Semmelweis University \u2013 maybe considered sufficient, provided that Semmelweis University is listed as an affiliation in the article<\/li>\n<li>Number of citations received for publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>II. Teaching activities carried out in theoretical or preclinical institutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(30 % of the possible points to be obtained)<\/p>\n<h3>Conditions for disbursing the scholarship<\/h3>\n<p>The beneficiary (grantee) undertakes to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>present his\/her research results at the PhD Scientific Days 2027<\/li>\n<li>meet the conditions for obtaining a PhD degree and submit his\/her PhD thesis by the deadline specified by law (within three years of the complex examination)<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion of a study contract with Semmelweis University, which includes the<strong> obligation to repay the grant in case of non-fulfilment of the undertaken obligations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be submitted to the application:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short professional curriculum vitae (CV);<\/li>\n<li>List of publications printed from MTMT and certified by the University Central Library with indication of impact factor*, citations and ranking of journals (based on SCImago ranking: D1, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4); with the inclusion of the affiliation of both the student and the supervisor;<\/li>\n<li>In the case of publications already accepted for publication but not yet included in the MTMT, a copy of the letter of acceptance and the title page of the scientific article;<\/li>\n<li>Recommendation from heads of institute and\/or supervisors (optional);<\/li>\n<li>A copy of an international conference abstract copied from an abstract book &#8211; or downloaded from an online interface &#8211; (only required for PhD students facing the complex exam);<\/li>\n<li>A copy of OTDK award certificate(s) (required only for PhD students facing the complex exam).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/files\/2026\/09\/Declaration-by-supervisor-26271.docx\">Thesis statement<\/a> (required)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/files\/2026\/09\/Declaration-by-the-clinic-and-department-head-26271.docx\">Head of department declaration<\/a> (optional if you have a teaching activity or if you receive an institutional supplement).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"keretes w-100\">\n<p><strong>Applications must be submitted via the application platform at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/palyazz.semmelweis.hu\"><strong>https:\/\/palyazz.semmelweis.hu<\/strong><\/a><strong> by 30 September 2026. Applicants will receive a confirmation of acceptance of their application by e-mail.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Decisions regarding the applications are expected to be made by 30 October 2026, and applicants will be notified by email.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>We cannot accept applications sent after the deadline. We would like to draw the applicants&#8217; attention to the fact that providing untrue data in the application documentation will result in disqualification from all applications\/competitions announced by the University Doctoral School.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application deadline: 30 September 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102199,"featured_media":0,"parent":15302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64237"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67058,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64237\/revisions\/67058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/phd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}