Why Apply for School Candidate?

PhD Candidates can take advantage of:

• periodic updating about the initiatives organized by the School;
• events organized by the School (e.g., summer schools, workshops and seminars) free of charge;
• special reduced fee to attend to solar cell related Conferences;
• scholarships/grant opportunities;
• possible collaborations between School and Enterprises

Who Can Apply For School Candidate?

PhD students meeting the requirements 1 and 2 (below) set by the MC, can apply for School candidates.

1. The PhD thesis deals with third generation PVs (Third Generation Solar Cells (Perovskite cells-PSCs, Dye-sensitized cells-DSSCs, Organic cells-OSCs, Quantum-dot cells-QDSCs, Tandem cells-TSCs, and Other emerging photovoltaics-OEPVs);

2. The PhD Candidate is supervised by a member of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the School or by a person collaborating with/suggested by a member of the SC;

How to Apply For School Candidate?

PhD students can apply as School Candidate by filling in the candidate form and sending it by email to the Coordinator of the School and “CC” to secretary staff (please see bottom of the page for details). The Candidate will be notified as soon as possible about the result of her/his application.

Who can Apply for "European PhD on Third Generation Photovoltaics Label"?

The PhD Candidate can apply for “European PhD on Third Generation Photovoltaics” label if the following requirements are fulfilled:

1. The PhD thesis deals with third generation PVs (Third Generation Solar Cells (Perovskite cells-PSCs, Dye-sensitized cells-DSSCs, Organic cells-OSCs, Quantum-dot cells-QDSCs, Tandem cells-TSCs, and Other emerging photovoltaics-OEPVs);
2. The PhD Candidate is supervised by a member of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the School or by a person collaborating with/suggested by a member of the SC;
3. The PhD Candidate has spent at least 2 months* working in a different University/Research Institute from the establishment where the Candidate carried out the PhD thesis (a reference letter from the supervisor at host Laboratory/Institution should be provided by the candidate together with the application form); [*including secondment, training,] collaboration,…];
4. The PhD Candidate thesis (or at least an extended summary) should be written in English (and must be submitted together with the application to the Secretariat/Coordinator of the School);
5. PhD Candidates already awarded with a PhD in the last 3 years, can also submit their application (with Thesis or Extended Thesis summary) to the Secretariat/Coordinator of the School to be evaluated (by the Scientific Committee) and eventually awarded with “European PhD on 3^rd Generation PVs”.
6. The label is automatically awarded in the case that the candidate, meeting all four previous requirements (examined and confirmed by the School), successfully completes their PhD defense and at least her/his supervisor is member of the Scientific Committee of the School.

How to Apply for "European PhD on Third Generation Photovoltaics Label"?

The applicants meeting requirements 1-4 or 1-5 set by the MC can apply to be awarded with “European PhD on Third Generation Photovoltaics” label by filling in the Application form and sending it by email to the Coordinator of the School and “CC” to secretary staff (please see bottom of the page for details), with an extended English abstract of the PhD thesis attached. The candidate will be notified as soon as possible about names and addresses of the appointed reviewers (selected from the Scientific Committee members), whom paper thesis and possible related published papers should be sent to for the evaluation. The Coordinator will notify, possibly within two months, the applicant with reviewers’ decision:

1. The thesis merits the award of the label.
2. The thesis does not merit the award of the label.

Applicants, who did not write their PhD thesis in English but meet the remaining requirements, can apply as well by submitting an English extended summary. The English extended summary should include:

1. An Abstract summarizing the thesis work in a few hundred words;
2. An Introduction section where the topic is introduced according to the most relevant and updated international scientific literature, and the originality/novelty of the work is clearly explained;
3. The Objectives of the thesis clearly and analytically explained;
4. A comprehensive Material and Methods section where instruments and no standardized methods are clearly explained;
5. A Results and Discussion section where the results are clearly explained and discussed also according to the relevant and updated international scientific literature;
6. A Conclusion section where the main results and their contribution to knowledge advance are clearly explained.