PhD prolongation funding for Doctoral Student Representatives

Context & Rules

Each year, DSA receives funding corresponding to approximately 14.5 months of doctoral education salary prolongation (approximately 800,000 SEK). The purpose of these funds is to support PhD students involved in student representation who require prolongation of their doctoral studies due to their engagement in student representative activities.

You can read more in the pdf below:

Distribution model

Category
Role
Number of positions
hrs/month
hrs/year
Months
% total
Group 4
Chairperson
1
30.83
370
1.54
13.58
Vice-Chairperson
1
20.67
248
1.03
9.10
Treasurer
1
9.00
108
0.45
3.96
Secretary
1
8.50
102
0.43
3.74
Workgroup manager
5
9.67
580
2.42
21.29
Group 1 & Group 3
Departmental Student Representative
25
1.34
400
1.67
14.68
Student Safety Representative
9
1.34
144
0.60
5.29
Doctoral Programme Representative
8
1.34
128
0.54
4.70
Research School Representative
2
1.34
32
0.13
1.17
Group 2
At the Board of KI (Konsistoriet)*
1
-
-
-
-
At the Faculty Board (Fakultetsnämnden; FN)
1
5.67
68
0.29
2.50
At the Research Committee (Kommittén för forskning; KF)
1
4
48
0.20
1.76
At the Committee for doctoral education (Kommittén för utbildning på forskarnivå; KFU)
3
5.67
204
0.85
7.49
At the Course and Programme Committee (Kurs- och programkommittén; KPK)
2
3.33
80
0.33
2.94
At the Steering group for KID funding
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
At the Network Medicine Alliance (NMA; previously American-European-Network Medicine)
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
At the Docent committee (Docenturutskott)
1
1.3
15.6
0.07
0.57
At the Internationalisation Board (Internationaliseringsnämnden)
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
At the KI/SLL Research Council (KI/SLL forskningsråd; FR) 
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
At the Council for Environment and Sustainable Development
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
At the Executive Board of Cancer Research KI
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH)
1
1.33
16
0.07
0.59
Other Central KI positions
0
1.33
-
-
-

* Already compensated by KI

Application form

All applications are assessed individually by the DSA Board. The deadline to apply for the Doctoral Student Representatives of 2025 and 2026 is July 12th at midnight.

In case of error when submitting the form, 1) make sure you fill in all mandatory fields and tick all mandatory boxes, 2) try using a different browser, 3) email us your application at [email protected].