More than 1300 doctoral students are currently studying at the University of Debrecen, which is an outstanding number at a national level. The institution has set up two grants available only to Ph.D. students and professors.
Dániel Molnár, President of the Doctoral Students’ Self-Government of the university, said that it is very important to have predictability, and with this grant system, the university contributes greatly to the fact that doctoral students can see a sense of security in their research careers.
Each of the science support programs has different conditions. The supplementary fellowship grants require that the applicant won’t work elsewhere.
The excellence scholarship has higher criteria. Zoltán Bács, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Debrecen, said that the scholarship of excellence is available to a relatively narrow group of applicants.
A professorial fellowship has also been established, with emeritus status as a prerequisite.
György Kossa, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the University of Debrecen, said that such a publication and research grant amounts to HUF 800 million a year, so HUF 7.4 billion over five years in total.
