Two of the applications were not complete and will therefore not be processed. The remaining 12 are now scrutinized by independent reviewers. The applications have been divided into two groups and are reviewed by three expert researchers per group, all from different Swedish universities. They must strictly follow the assessment criteria and then recommend applicants for membership or suggest that the application will be rejected, if applicants do not meet basic quality requirements.
The recommendations must then be processed by SWEAH's management and distributed to the board for decisions on accession and rejection. Decisions are made by the board on 28 November and the new PhD students are welcomed to an online kickoff on 20 January 2025, via a personal invitation.
Assessment criteria SWEAH
Eligible applicants are doctoral students who are active at one of SWEAH's partner universities and have been admitted to doctoral level education. Applicants must not have progressed further than halfway through their doctoral studies.
In the assessment, account is taken of how the thesis project and the doctoral student contribute to the diversity within the research school's interdisciplinary environment and to development and innovation in the research area of ageing and health. Each application is assessed based on the quality of attached texts (research questions, methodology, etc.), the applicant's individual background and motivation, the thesis project's relevance and potential for the development of interdisciplinary research on ageing and health, in relation to SWEAH's goals - as well as the potential for innovation and development of new knowledge in relation to existing research on ageing and health.