During the second or third year, doctoral researchers are required to either teach a course at the BA or MA level on their subject or field of research at one of SCRIPTS’ partner institutions, participate in an associated research project, preferably at one of the Research Units or in one of the projects, or spend three months interning at a think tank cooperating with the BGTS.

Doctoral researchers are welcome to participate in further training activities, for example by attending Summer and Winter Schools in methods training, such as the ECPR Winter or Summer School, and can be eligible for additional funding to support this training. Additional funding is also available for field research in the course of thesis research. Furthermore, doctoral researchers can organise research stays, preferably at one of SCRIPTS’ international partner institutions, or cooperate with associated research projects within SCRIPTS to further academic networking.