GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF APPLICANTS FOR ACCEPTANCE TO DOCTORAL STUDIES (DR.PSYCHOL.) PROGRAMMES AND OTHER APPLICANTS FOR FELLOWSHIPS

(please see also section 2.1: Regulations for the degrees of dr.art., dr.juris., dr.med., dr.odont., dr. polit., dr.psychol. and dr.scient.)

Approved by the Research and Researcher Training Committee on 22.4.93 and the Council of the Faculty of Psychology on 2.2.95.

General

Applicants are evaluated by two Committee members before the meeting of the Committee which will deal with the application. The choice of the two members must be such that the applicant’s project is within the field of expertise of one of them

When the application is for acceptance and employment which will be funded by a project, the evaluation committee will be expanded to include the researcher who has been allocated the project funding.

 
Evaluation criteria

A reasonable delineation of problems and/or hypotheses must be demonstrated. The project should be based on implementable methods. As far as possible, the project should employ methods that are well established within the area concerned. (The proportion of time intended to be employed on "methodological development" should normally be kept to a minimum).

The project should have a reasonable timetable (be capable of being completed within the time and fellowship period allocated).

The project description should include a reasonable survey of the literature that demonstrates that the applicant is familiar with the field and is capable of drawing sensible conclusions from previous research.

If necessary, the project should have been approved by the Faculty’s Ethics Committee before acceptance. There is a moderate requirement as regards the original contribution of the project to research.

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Applicants will be given notice of their acceptance or rejection under one of the following categories: