Research school for clinicians in psychiatry (KI-Region Stockholm)

Call for applications

The announcement for the research school that starts in the autumn of 2023 has ended and the places have been filled.

Announcement period for places in the research school starting in autumn 2025: The announcement opens on 10th of January 2025 and the last day for applications is 11th of March 2025.

Target group

The research school aims at doctoral students at KI, who has not yet completed their half-time seminar. The research school is for clinically active doctoral students working for Region Stockholm. Applicants should be clinically affiliated through a permanent position, a research residency block or other position that lasts the duration of the research school period.

If the applicant has not yet been admitted to doctoral education at KI at the time of application, the prospective principal supervisor shall estimate when the admission is planned to take place. The applicant must be admitted to doctoral education at latest three weeks before the course start during autumn 2023. After admission, complementary documentation of admission shall be sent to administrative officer Katarzyna Kumanowska.

Information about KI's process for admission to doctoral education

Eligibility

Eligible to apply is anyone who:

• are clinically active individuals working for Region Stockholm. Applicants should be clinically affiliated through a permanent position, a research residency block or other position that lasts the duration of the research school period by Region Stockholm or a partnered care provider that lasts the duration of the research school period
• has a doctoral student at KI or expected to be admitted to doctoral education at latest three weeks before course start

Assessment of the application

Your application will be judged from two perspectives:

• The project – scientific quality, feasibility and relevance
• The applicant – experience and motivation

Courses

The research school comprises a total of 16 weeks of full-time study (24 credits) over two years, divided into four four-week blocks.

The research school, which is to be completed in its entirety, partly includes the obligatory courses for doctoral students at Karolinska Institutet, as well as more advanced training of research methods, with an emphasis on epidemiological methods and biostatistics, including psychiatric research methods within genetics, neurobiology and brain imaging. Please note that the course Quality assurance of clinical research that is obligatory for students who are to conduct clinical research is not included in the research school’s course package. You find information about obligatory courses for doctoral students at KI in General syllabus for doctoral education in the subject of Medical Science.

Reimbursement to participant´s clinic from Region Stockholm

The research school reimburses each participant’s clinic a sum of SEK 14295 per week (SEK 57181 per block) during the course periods on condition that the clinical manager (or his/her equivalent) testifies that the participant will be granted paid leave for each course period. The amount includes salary-related costs (social fees). 

During the course periods there will be no time or opportunity for any parallel clinical work.

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