A study on the impact of the economic collapse on the health of Icelanders, global impact from Icelandic consumers, fear of labour, physical health and sleep patterns among adolescents are examples of the subjects of the doctoral projects that received grants yesterday. The grants went to 25 doctoral students and researchers at the University and will be used for research in diverse fields in all five schools within the University.
The grants are allocated to research-projects in medicine, museum studies, pharmacology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, chemistry, economics, public health sciences, Icelandic medieval literature, biology, sport and health sciences, environmental and civil engineering, glaciology, electrical and computer engineering, and physical sciences.
Five doctoral students received a grant from the Eimskip University fund this year and 20 from The University of Iceland Research Fund; thereof thirteen doctoral students and seven researchers who will use the grants to employ doctoral students. Of the 25 grantees six went to international students who pursue their doctoral studies at the University of Iceland.
This is the ninth time that doctoral grants are awarded by the Eimskip University fund. and the eighth allocation from the Research Fund of the University of Iceland. The latter has placed special emphasis on strengthening doctoral studies according to University policy.
Strengthening doctoral studies has played a significant part in the University‘s success on the international scene; the University has been ranked among the 300 best universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the past four years. A dynamic research university is essential for Icelanders to become competitive in the fields of science, innovation and economic development.
About the Eimskip University Fund
The Eimskip University Fund was established in 1964 by Western Icelanders when they donated their share in Eimskipafélag Íslands to the fund. It was founded in memoriam of all the Western Icelanders and to support students in research based studies at the University of Iceland.
The fund is managed by Landsbanki and has operated the way it does now since 2005. That year major changes were made in the Fund’s organisation in order to allocate grants to students in graduate research studies at the University of Iceland. The first allocation after the changes was made in 2006 and since then over a hundred doctoral students in the fields of Engineering & Natural Science, Humanities, Health Sciences, Education and Social Sciences have carried out their research and studies at the University of Iceland with the Fund’s support.
The University of Iceland Research Fund
The University of Iceland’s Research Fund was established in 1982 in order to strengthen research within the University. The fund allocates grants to University employees, post docs and doctoral students as well as travel grants to students during research studies. Over 200 doctoral students have received grants from the fund. The University Council Science Committee manages the fund and the Committee’s chairperson also chairs the Research Fund’s board. The board sets the allocation work procedure.