Project description template for admittance to a PhD programme at VID

Scope
Maximum 3500 words (references, tables and all other text included)

Title
which precisely indicates the focus of the project

1. Introduction
Topic and background of the project, own motivation, social relevance, etc.

2. Previous research/contribution to the field
What is the most important research in the field, and how does the project position itself in relation to this? What is the project's contribution to existing research?

3. Research question
Overall research question and subsidiary research questions

4. Theoretical perspective(s)
Which theoretical perspectives are to be used in the project?

5. Method(s)
How will the material be established? Which analytical methods will be used?

6. Research ethics assessments
Which approvals are needed? (when relevant, explain the need for filling in the notification form of Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt), Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK), other bodies).

7. Relevance for the PhD program
Relevance to the PhD program Possible relevance for the call

8. Thesis type
Will the thesis be article based or written as a monograph? For article‐based theses, when will the different parts of the project be published? In which journals?

9. Progress plan (including stay abroad)
The progress plan must be detailed and realistic

10. References

This template must be used by everyone who applies for admission to a PhD program at VID.