Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) offers 11 doctoral research fellowships, commencing September 2006. The application deadline is 1st March 2006. The fellowships have a duration of 4 years, and include 25 % teaching duty at AHO. The yearly salary amounts to NOK 292.000. Candidates with external funding are welcome to apply.

Eligible applicants must have a Master degree in architecture, engineering, landscape design, industrial design or interaction design, or have other relevant education at a corresponding level.

Application form
http://www.aho.no/Om_aho/Hovedadministrasjon/ledige_stillinger/Soknadsskjema_phd2006.doc

About the application
The application must be written on a standardized form for PhD applications. Enclosed must be a project description of up to 10 pages, covering the following points:
- Topic and research question
- academic relevance
- method(s) and theoretical approaches
- empirical material / sources
- general account of the research field (research status, national and international literature in the field)
- the applicant's academic qualifications and networks

The project description should be written in such a way that it shows your mastery of standard academic conventions.

The application material can be written in Norwegian or English. In addition to application form and project description, the application must contain CV, certified copies of examination certificates, references, as well as a list of enclosures. All application material must be delivered in 3 copies. The application must be marked with "Doctoral Research Fellowship 2006" and sent to Oslo School of Architecture and Design, P.O. Box 6768 St. Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway.

Who to contact
The designated research topics have assigned contact names at AHO's five institutes. These contacts will be able to provide you with more information and advice you on how to develop your application. You may also contact the director of the doctoral programme, professor Halina Dunin-Woyseth. For practical questions regarding applications and procedures contact adviser Ingunn Gjørva in the Research Administration.

Application form
http://www.aho.no/Om_aho/Hovedadministrasjon/ledige_stillinger/Soknadsskjema_phd2006.doc

Reference:
http://www.aho.no/