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Doctoral students usually have an employment relationship with JYU. In a special case, for well-founded reasons, the first year can be paid as a grant. The following types of grants are available for doctoral students:

1. Grant for dissertation work

The grant is €1,900/month (the maximum amount of tax-exempt grant in 2023 €25,547.52 /year). The grant is intended for starting doctoral studies and conducting full-time, year-round dissertation work in Finland or abroad. As a rule, the grant is awarded for one year.

2. Grant for launching or finishing one's doctoral dissertation (dissertation start-up and completion grants)

The grant is €1,900/month and can be awarded for 1 to 3 months for beginning or finishing one's doctoral dissertation. A start-up grant can be awarded to someone who has worked under another title (e.g. research assistant or project researcher) if the person's previous employment relationship has not been related to the dissertation work.  Dissertation completion grant will not be awarded to doctoral students mentioned in section 1 receiving a grant from the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ or to a person who is employed at the University during the grant period.

3. Incentive grant for doctoral students

Incentive grants can be awarded to doctoral students who do not have an employment relationship with the university, other than those mentioned in section 1. The incentive grant is intended, for example, for those doing their dissertation but working outside the University. The maximum incentive grant is €5,000 and can be awarded only once.

4. Travel grant

A travel grant can be awarded to doctoral students who do not have an employment relationship with JYU. It can be awarded for congress travels and visits to cooperation partners.

Grantees working in the premises of JYU sign an . The departmental secretary is in charge of making the agreement.

Grantees do not have an employment relationship with JYU. Potential part-time teaching is compensated by a fee. Doctoral students are in charge of writing their dissertation; if the position includes other responsibilities and obligations, the person is hired with a different job title.

Social security: Grant recipients must independently find out the details of their pension insurance at Mela (Farmers’ Social Insurance Institution, which handles the statutory earnings-related pension and occupational accident insurance of Finnish farmers as well as of those receiving a grant or a scholarship from Finland) and apply for grant recipient insurance. Further information on social security for grant recipients is available on Mela website at or by phone: +358 29 435 2650.

Taxation: Grant recipients must independently find out the details of their taxation and report their grants on their tax return.

Grant researchers must enter their research and publication data in JYU's research information system .

The immaterial rights grant researchers have received through their independent work belong to them only, unless agreed otherwise.

Doctoral students must make sure that their is valid. The purpose of the supervision document is to clarify the responsibilities of doctoral students and their supervisors as well as to promote the completion of doctoral studies.

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