The Professional PhD Program (PPP) is an initiative from the PhD Candidates Network of the Netherlands (PNN) to improve the transition of PhDs in the Netherlands to a career outside of academia. Although most PhD programs focus on an academic career, approximately 70% of PhDs work outside of academia, for example in the public sector or in business. By participating in the PPP, successful PhD candidates are given a chance to work at an organization outside of the university for several months on a practical project required by the company.
The duration of the PPP is between 3 and 6 months. Projects can be carried out part-time (from 0.2 FTE) or full-time (1.0 FTE with unpaid leave). The company pays only the salary part of the costs of the PhD candidate (thus no WW responsibility) according to the conditions of the CAO NU/UMC/OI. The PPP is open to PhD candidates with Dutch or foreign nationality. Depending on the vacancy, knowledge of Dutch and/or English may be required as well as specific skills for the vacancy. The candidate must be able to finish the PPP during their PhD program.
Read more on PNN regulations and available vacancies.
At the moment NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) has a vacancy, but it is for Dutch speaking PhDs only, preferably with a background in SSH.
