Agricultural Transformation by Innovation (AgTraIn) is a world-class Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme offered by a consortium of internationally recognised European universities:
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
- Montpellier Supagro, France
- University College of Cork, Ireland
- Universita Degli Studi di Catania, Italy
- Wageningen University, The Netherlands
PhD Topics
In connection with the annual call for applications, the AgTraIn programme publishes a catalogue of AgTraIn PhD research topics from which you must choose your research topic.
PhD Fellowships
Category A fellowships can be awarded to doctoral candidates from all countries other than the 27 EU member states, the EEA-EFTA states.
Furthermore, the doctoral candidate must not be resident nor have carried out her/his main activity (studies, work, etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in one of these countries.
The only exception to this rule applies to third-country candidates who have previously received an Erasmus Mundus masters scholarship.
Category A fellowships include €7500 for travel. Each fellowship is made up of two additional components: operational funds and salary/stipend.
Operational funding ranges from €10,800 to €21,600 depending on type of study, while salary (doctoral candidate employed) is €100,800, and stipends (doctoral candidate legally treated as a student) is €50,400.
For more information and scholarship applications, see: PhD Scholarships in Agriculture