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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>another year we offer the grants for PhD at UOC. There is one line called: Applications of Geographic Information Systems (<a href="http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/escola-doctorat/linies-recerca/linies-nit/applications-geographic/index.html">http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/escola-doctorat/linies-recerca/linies-nit/applications-geographic/index.html</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>But please, take a look also to the other research lines, because you will find some others regardin urban planning and other topics very active in Geo4All. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Toni</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The call for grant applications for the Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme; Education and ICT (e-learning) Doctoral Programme, and Network and Information Technologies Doctoral Programme is open.</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The deadline for applications for the doctoral programmes is 11 February 2018. The UOC is offering grants for these three doctoral programmes for the 2018/2019 academic year.</span></strong><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To be eligible for the UOC Doctoral Grants Programme students must be full-time and physically present at the University's premises.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The grants normally cover three years, but in some cases they can be extended to a fourth year of postdoctoral work. Grants require annual renewal. Renewal is contingent on the students achieving the training and research objectives established in each case. One of these objectives is to complete the doctoral thesis within a maximum of three years, after which students can apply for a further one-year postdoctoral grant.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The programmes offer the chance to study for an industrial doctoral degree, with grants for the best applicants with agreements with companies. Doctoral students studying an industrial doctoral degree will have a university supervisor and a tutor at the company.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The UOC is a fully accredited online university based in Barcelona and serving over 60,000 students worldwide. The University welcomes doctoral students who want to develop their research in a top-level, international setting and on a doctoral programme that forms part of the Bologna process.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prospective applicants can find information on the application process and on the content and organization of each doctoral programme on the <a href="http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes" target="_blank">website</a>. We recommend you contact the researcher who is in charge of the thesis proposal you are interested in and ask them for advice (eg, by sending them a draft of your application letter).</span><br><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For further information: <a href="http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes" target="_blank">http://estudios.uoc.edu/en/doctoral-programmes</a></span></strong><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The deadline for applications is <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>11 February 2018. The application requires several documents to be submitted. Make sure you prepare your application in advance</span></strong>.</span><br><br><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>UOC</span></strong><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=200 style='width:150.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid #38FF8F 2.25pt;padding:2.25pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000078'>Doctoral School</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000078'><br>Escola de Doctorat<br><a href="mailto:phd_school@uoc.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:#000078'>phd_school@uoc.edu</span></a><br><a href="http://www.uoc.edu/marca/signatura-correu/uocri_ed.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#000078'>facebook</span></a> / <a href="http://www.uoc.edu/marca/signatura-correu/uocri_ed.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#000078'>twitter</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-top:solid #38FF8F 2.25pt;padding:2.25pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000078'>Av. 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