PhD Scholarships in Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (2016)

The Department of Finance at the Copenhagen Business School invites applications for PhD scholarships in finance. Several scholarships are available of which one is a general scholarship within any area of finance while five scholarships are within specific areas of finance, as described below.

Three scholarships are available within the field of financial frictions and the students will be associated with the Center for Financial Frictions (FRIC), which is a Center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. Financial frictions are costs or impediments in connection with financial transactions, for example due to transactions costs, borrowing constraints, credit risk, capital requirements, or asymmetric information.

One scholarship is available within the areas of household finance and behavioral finance. This scholarship is funded by a European Research Council Starting grant awarded by the European Research Council to Professor Steffen Andersen.

One scholarship is available within the area of empirical entrepreneurial finance. This scholarship is funded by the Sapere Aude grant awarded by the Danish Council for Independent Research to Professor Morten Sørensen.

All scholarships initially cover a three-year period of study. Extended funding is available for successful candidates who wish to pursue a university career.

The PhD program at CBS allows students to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The program is highly international, and students are expected to take part in the Department’s research activities, such as seminars and conferences organized by the Department.

CBS PhD graduates in finance are held in high esteem in academia and research institutions as well as in government and the private sector where their research qualifications are in high demand. The Department of Finance has placed PhD candidates at leading academic institutions (Cass Business School, London Business School and the EPFL in Lausanne), at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, at Goldman Sachs, and in leading Danish financial institutions.

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programs. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organization of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities).

A PhD scholarship normally runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours). The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently between DKK 29,104.00 (app. 3,901.00 €) and DKK 35,164.00 (app. 4,713.00 €) per month including pension contributions, depending on seniority.

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