P-NUT News

Professional PhD Program (PPP)

From today on, PhD candidates can apply for the Professional PhD Program (PPP), an initiative of the Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN). In the PPP, PhD candidates get the opportunity to work at an organization outside the university and work on a problem from the daily life of that organization.

By now, a few vacancies are readily available for projects at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the "Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling" (Council for Social Developments) and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.

Are you interested? Then apply now on the PPP website, http://www.hetpnn.nl/ppp You will also find more information there about the project.

30% Ruling

P-NUT in University Council

http://www.utnieuws.nl/nieuws/aantrekkelijke-30-regeling-nu-ook-voor-promovendi

Summarized translation:

If you:

- are foreign

- started after 1/1/2012

- lived at least 150km away from the border at the moment of accepting a job at the UT

you can apply for the 30% ruling. In your first year this is a netto gain of 215 euro's, increasing until 335 euro's in your last year.

Additional information: you lose the optional model opportunities, but get other advantages, such as exchanging a driver's license.

More detailed information on the 30% ruling here:

http://www.expatax.nl/30ruling.php