TBDP
National Doctoral Programme of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Biomaterials
National Doctoral Programme of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Biomaterials (TBDP), formely known as National Graduate School of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Biomaterials (TBGS), is a national multidisciplinary doctoral programme with over 100 PhD students. The programme is aimed to increase quality and efficiency of Finnish PhD student training in the field.
News:
Open positions:
University of Kuopio: PhD student position in the area of bone quantitative ultrasound and nanoindentation, University of Eastern Finland - Kuopio. We are seeking a highly-motivated PhD student in the area of bone quantitative ultrasound and nanoindentation. Please find further information from the attachment.
Coming dissertations:
February 2012
University of Turku: Pauli Keränen: Use of Bioactive Glasses as Porous Implant Surface Inlays, a Laser-Deposited Coating and Peri-Implant Bone Graft Extender
24.2. University of Jyväskylä: Leena Ristolainen: Occurrence and consequences of sport injuries
Applications for PhD student positions for 2012-2013: (call closed)
TBDP- doctoral programme opened 28 PhD student positions for the period of 2012-2013. The program received 90 applications by the deadline 30th August 2011. In the TBDP board meeting on 21th October 2011 the board members made the decision of the salaried positions.
The assessment highlighted the following issues:
- Research plan quality, innovative and importance
- The merits of applicant
- Executive Board members' feedback
- The balance between different geographical and scientific areas in national and multidisciplinary doctoral programme in proportion to send applications
- The balance between female and male researchers
- The merits of the research group
Statistics:
- Section I: 50 % of applicants / 50% granted salary
- Section II: 25 % of applicants / 32 % granted salary
- Section III: 25 % of applicants / 18 % granted salary
- Helsinki: 22% of applicants / 29 % granted salary
- Jyväskylä: 12 % of applicants / 11 % granted salary
- Eastern Finland: 31 % of applicants /36 % granted salary
- Oulu: 13 % of applicants / 7 % granted salary
- Tampere: 11% of applicants / 7% granted salary
- Turku: 11 % of applicants / 7 % granted salary
- Female applicants and granted salary: 47 %
- Male applicants and granted salary: 53 %
Look at TBDP events updated. (18.4.2011).