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CERES Individual Membership: overview

The CERES research school has four major types of individual members:

° Senior fellows
° Affiliated members
° PhD candidates
° Junior fellows (post doc's)

How to apply for a CERES membership?

click here for the criteria.

 

 

Senior fellows and affiliated members

  Senior fellow Affiliated member

PhD holder

Yes

Not necessary

Admission on the basis of curriculum vitae

Yes

Yes

Admission on the basis of a minimum of 10 CERES ABC credits in the last five years (this is the equivalent of five refereed multiple-author scientific journal publications of the C category in the CERES valuation framework)**

Yes

Not necessary

Accepted by (at least one) CERES Working Programme (and hence working in one of the domains of the school)

Yes

Yes

Working at a research institute which is a full or associated member of CERES

Yes

Not necessary

At least 0.2 research time in CERES

Yes

Not necessary

PhD supervisor in CERES

Stimulated

Possible

Formal acceptance by

CERES Board

CERES Directorate

Annual fee

For each 0.1 fte:

€ 50 (min: € 100)

€ 150

Membership possible of other KNAW -acknowledged research school

Not for the same research fte*

Yes

Membership possible of local research institute and/or graduate school

Yes

Yes

Annual valuation of productivity and quality (over a five year period) on the basis of a personal file

Yes

On demand

Publications and activities mentioned in CERES annual report (under a specific Working Programme)

Yes

Possible, in separate section

Publications and activities mentioned in Reviews for research school evaluation

Yes

No

Provide annual input for Publications Accreditations Committee and valuation decision making

Standard

Opportunity given

Supervised PhD candidates all in CERES

Preferably

Opportunity given

Involvement in CERES training programme

Stimulated

Opportunity given

Involvement in CERES temporal ‘think tank’ groups

Possible

Possible














































* Occasionally senior fellows combine membership (e.g. 0.2 fte) in CERES, with membership (e.g. another 0.2) in another research school

 

** See http://CERES.fss.uu.nl , under CERES Valuation System, ratinglist

PhD candidates

  • registered as CERES PhD candidate at the central CERES office, with a (copy of) Training and Supervision Plan, including the supervisory arrangements
  • accepted by the CERES directorate
  • registration fee: € 1000 (special cases: reduced fee possible)
  • free access to all CERES training activities, summer schools, and meetings of all CERES working programmes (up to one calendar year upon PhD graduation)
  • CERES PhD certificate upon graduation (on demand)
  • Registration of all publications and relevant activities in CERES annual reports and reviews (under a chosen CERES Working Programme)

Junior fellows (post doc's)

  • PhD holders until five years upon PhD graduation, and not yet applied for, or accepted as senior fellows
  • Accepted by CERES directorate, and a CERES Working Programme
  • With a tutor assigned by the CERES directorate
  • registration fee: for each registered fte research time: per calendar year: € 50 with a maximum of € 200
  • free access to all CERES activities, summer schools, and meetings of all CERES working programmes
  • Registration of all publications and relevant activities in CERES annual reports and reviews (under a chosen CERES Working Programme)
  • Annual valuation of research productivity and quality (for postdocs: at 50% of their registered research time)

In addition CERES has honorary fellows, affiliated members who applied for a (re-) qualification trajectory, affiliated PhD candidates, and visiting scholars.