Supervision and support of the doctoral researcher

Subject to a charge, the UFO account is a temporary user account for a person who is not employed by the university. At the user account you have access e.g. to university's IT services and O365 service, which includes an email address in form firstname.lastname@oulu.fi.

University of Oulu Graduate School is granting temporary UFO accounts based on the following instructions:

• When a researcher starts doctoral studies in the university as a non-staff student, UniOGS grants the UFO account to him/her automatically at the same time as the doctoral degree study right.
• If one’s employment contract ends but the doctoral research project continues actively, the UFO user account can be applied by contacting uniogs(at)oulu.fi
• If a researcher has an active UFO account, he/she can request for an extension by filling the form (Cost center code 2406501)

See more information in intranet Patio.

The University of Oulu Graduate School is using the following systems and services:

• Studyinfo (to apply for the doctoral study rights)
• Eforms (forms e.g. for change of supervisor and nomination of the follow-up group; see more information about Eforms)
• Peppi - study register (course registration, PSP)
• Peppi - study guide (study requirements, description of courses)
• Oili (annual registration at the University)

Each doctoral researcher will be added to the UniOGS mailing list for doctoral researchers.

Some of the Graduate School courses will be arranged in the Moodle learning environment.

Check that your e-mail address and other contact information in Peppi is correct and update if needed.

The general service address of the Graduate School is uniogs(at)oulu.fi.

The University of Oulu has a strong commitment to the development of the research environment and the research career: The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).

In general, doctoral training is funded by doctoral programmes of the University of Oulu Graduate School, grants from foundations, carrying out teaching duties at the University, or from the research group/project funds. Before deciding on funding, check if any funded doctoral positions are open amongst the open positions at the University of Oulu or discuss with your prospective supervisor about funding. Each doctoral researcher’s Doctoral Training Plan must include a funding plan, that describes the planned sources of funding for the training (eg. possible grants from foundations, teaching duties, etc). In addition, the other costs directly related to the research project should be taken into account in the Doctoral Training Plan.

Instructions for research funding are given in Patio intranet:

• Applying research funding (applying competitive funding and funding in general)
• Information for grant researchers (also about 10% work contract)
• Research support (information and support for finding funding, you can also subscribe to the research funding newsletter for grant scouting)

You can also find funding sources from both Finland and abroad from the Aurora-database. There you will find all the foundations and other non-research funding agencies from which you can apply for a grant for doctoral training, travel, etc. Finnish foundations can also be found here. Also, EDUFI promotes international cooperation and mobility and has a scholarship pool and fellowships for doctoral training.

The University of Oulu provides the following funding options for grants:

• Scholarship Fund of the University of Oulu (link to Patio)
• The University of Oulu Scholarship Foundation
• The Tauno Tönning Foundation and grant system

Each faculty has a Data Specialist, who can help you with issues related to data management and planning.

More information about data management, storage options and contact information for Data Specialists can be found in Patio under:

"Data management"

Data management issues are also presented in the course "Responsible research: publications, data, metrics and merits". See more information in Peppi!

You can discuss the issues related to research ethics and integrity with your supervisor. The University of Oulu also offers counselling regarding research ethics. Please find more information in Patio under:

"Ethics and advice on research integrity"

The Graduate School organises an obligatory course called "Scientific Research and Ethics", please see the "Study requirements" page for more information.

Read more about the guidelines offered by The Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK) on responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland.

Check the service kit prepared by Oulu University Library for new researchers and teachers.

The Doctoral Researchers' Section was established in autumn 2013 to connect doctoral researchers across different disciplines and represent their interests within and outside the University of Oulu. All doctoral researchers at the University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS) and other members of the student union are warmly welcome to join our activities.

Our monthly meetings are open to all doctoral researchers and a great place to discuss topical issues. Please find us in Teams workspace "DRS", which is open to all.

See our latest news and updates:

• http://www.facebook.com/ouludoctoralstudentssection
• Instagram: @drsoulu
• Twitter: @DRSUniOulu

Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/366950416739175/

Join the DRS mailing list: http://lists.oulu.fi/mailman/listinfo/doctoralstudents

As a doctoral researcher you have access to the University of Oulu's career services. Please see Career Counselling and Employability Services in Patio!

The Momentum project also provides free-of charge career training for highly educated job seekers and university students.

The Study psychologist's services are also available for doctoral researchers.

The University of Oulu has guidelines for preventing bullying and harassment as well as misconduct in studies. These guidelines can be accessed via Patio:

• Prevention of bullying and harassment
• Code of conduct for the prevention and processing of misconduct in studies